HEALTH
Backchat investigates Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia
It’s described as a disease of poverty, so it might surprise you that Australia has one of the highest rates of Rheumatic Heart Disease in the world.
Cancer drug could prevent paedophiles from offending
Backchat reports on researchers in Sweden who have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a clinical trial which would test the efficacy of an anticancer drug in the treatment of male paedophiles.
Will we see pill testing at festivals this year?
Will Tregoning from UnHarm talks to Backchat about his plan to introduce pill testing at Australian festivals and the response from the NSW government.
Soundcheck Feb 8-14: Shamir, Majical Cloudz, Thundercat, Gideon Bensen & more
Need a live music fix? Here are our top gig picks in Sydney this week.
HEALTH talk Death Magic, Max Payne and their social media game with Jordan Sexty
We catch up with HEALTH’s John Famiglietti ahead of their visit for St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. Win tickets to their sideshow within!
We finally get to see what’s in the biggest trade agreement we’ve ever signed
The full text of the TPP was finally released Thursday night, all 6000 pages.
There’s a town in Tasmania that hasn’t had safe drinking water for 6 years
Gretna is just an hour out of Hobart, and is one of 26 communities in Tasmania where residents can’t drink the water.