Fifty years ago Reg and Catherine Hamlin trekked to Ethiopia and founded the world's only hospital repairing fistula conditions for poor village women. Their work has since healed thousands and Catherine, at age 85, still frequents the operating theatre. Hear...
A new report from the University of New South Wales has studied the health impacts of over 1000 needle and syringe exchange programs across Australia. It shows that since 2000, these programs have saved more than $1 billion in health care, by preventing 32,000 cases of HIV infection and almost 100,000 cases of Hepatitis C. But do they help people overcome addiction and prevent overdose? Is prevention of disease and saving money a good enough reason to keep them open?
Elizabeth is in an unusual situation with her ex-husband. The couple divorced a few years ago - after some serious betrayal brought an end to several years of marriage. But the pair are still very much emotionally attached. They text...
A review of Thomas Keneally's book "Australians, Origins to Eureka". Reviewed by Kara Martin My Year 6 son has a science teacher who loves art. My daughter loved this teacher's classes, but my son feels very ripped off. He loves...
Join business people across Sydney for Hope 103.2's Business Networking Breakfast at the Novotel Sydney Olympic Park on Thursday November 5 to hear Open House host Sheridan Voysey speak on Four Questions On The Nation's Soul. Sheridan will examine social...
This week, a believer talks about doubt and an unbeliever talks about faith! Tom Frame is a theologian; his latest book looks at reasons why Australians don't believe in God. James LeFanu is a science writer; his latest book suggests...
Asylum seekers are creating headlines worldwide, as thousands flee troubled nations hoping for a better life. The Tamil refugees intercepted in Indonesian this week ended their hunger strike yesterday - but are refusing to leave their boat. And the Australian...
ADAM is one very honest guy who phoned to talk to us about his struggle with pornography addiction. It's something he's battled for years. He says it probably began after his first sexual experience as a teenager, then became a...
This week we heard from Becky Tirabassi, author of Let God Talk To You, about hearing God's voice. I'd love to hear your stories too. Have you had an experience where you heard God speak - whether audibly, or in...
What does riding a violently-shaking rocket into orbit then landing and walking on the moon feel like? What is life really like behind the scenes of the adult entertainment industry? Are there answers to some of the most perplexing...
Join me this week as we continue our Single Life series, help solve the problems of another soul in our Second Opinion segment, and learn to hear God's voice: Could it be that God wants to speak to us but...
Nearly everywhere you look, our culture is offering us sexual images - on billboards, on TV, in magazines. There's porn companies selling childrens merchandise; Video games that simulate rape; And magazines forcing little girls to become sexually aware... Where once kids...
A story appeared in the papers this week, about Prenups - It's one that pops up in the media from time to time, saying that law firms have reported a rise in the demand for Prenuptial Agreements. One company says...
Steve's brother, let's call him Adrian, has a new girlfriend... The guy is head over heels, besotted. The problem is, no-one else in the family likes her. Steve, and his parents, think the girl is arrogant and ignorant. She comes...
In billboard ads, clothing lines, toys, games and magazines, females are being objectified at a younger and younger age. And the results are catastrophic. This week we tackle again the problem of sexualised girls, find out the cost being paid...
What do you think of when you hear the word 'celibacy'? To many, it probably sounds like an old-fashioned, painful discipline, relegated to monks and nuns in boring black robes... Well that image needs to change, according to Christine Colon....
The world is changing so rapidly, yet if the call of Jesus Christ means anything it means that you and I are called to be transforming agents of change within this world. How can we live up to that challenge?...
This week some fascinating research was released on Australian's beliefs about Jesus. The research, conducted by McCrindle Research, was commissioned by the "Jesus - All About Life" campaign. One of the questions asked in the survey was - If Jesus were...
Richard is dealing with a major gambling problem - not his own, but his former wife's. She has a serious addiction to poker machines. Even though the couple separated a number of years ago, Richard has been bailing her out...
