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If you listen to podcasts, and let’s be honest, there’s a fair chance that you do, it’s likely that you’ve heard ads for a thing called Better Help.
It’s an app offering flexible, affordable therapy whenever you need it. Kind of an “Uber for therapy”.
Since we first brought you this story two years ago, app-based therapy has continued to grow – and now AI chatbots are increasingly being used for mental health support too.
So are we actually better off with BetterHelp and apps like it?
Today, we’re returning to our conversation with clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha, on the Uberfication of mental health care – and why a gig economy for psychologists isn’t the answer to our struggling mental health system.
This episode first aired in August, 2024

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Guest: Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr Ahona Guha
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David Shoebridge has taken over the Greens leadership with a big ambition: to replace Labor.
He’s doing it at a time when Australians are becoming less attached to the major parties, and less trusting of the people who run them.
But so far, it’s Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that has made the most of that anger, while the Greens, after losing seats at the last election, have stagnated in the polls. Their challenge now is to convince disillusioned voters that the Greens can be more than a bit player in the halls of parliament.
Today, Greens leader David Shoebridge on his plan to turn the Greens into an anti-establishment force, and whether that requires changing the party itself.

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Guest: Greens leader David Shoebridge
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News of an alleged rape involving seven men at an elite university – a case being called the ‘Cornell 7’ – is reverberating across the US.
For many people, the case – and the way the men and the institutions involved responded at the time – echoes high profile incidents here in Australia.
So what responsibilities are our institutions failing to live up to? And what should they be doing differently?
Today, advocate Tarang Chawla on the so-called Cornell 7, and what the case tells us about misogyny at home.
And a warning – while we try not to get too graphic, this episode does cover sexual assault.

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Guest: Anti-violence advocate Tarang Chawla
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In April this year, Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested and charged with five counts of the war crime of murder.
He’s now out on bail and maintains his innocence – and One Nation has swung its support behind him.
Now, the minor party says it’s also seeking to make a change to the criminal code — a change that could make a big difference to Roberts-Smith’s upcoming trial.
Today, journalist Ben McKelvey on the law One Nation wants changed — and what that could mean for Australia’s international standing.

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Guest: Journalist Ben McKelvey
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For years we’ve heard from older generations that the current interest rate pain is nothing compared to the horror of 17.5 per cent rates in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
But now, as the Reserve Bank delivers its fourth hike this year, analysis shows the pain being inflicted on homeowners is comparatively worse.
So, as the official cash rate hits a 15 year high of 4.6 percent – how bad could it get?
Today, KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley on the chance of more interest rate hikes, the flow on effects of this latest hit, and whether we should be looking at alternatives like tax hikes, to get inflation under control.

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Guest: KPMG senior economist Terry Rawnsley
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