Work and Life Balance

What’s that old saying, ‘all work and no play….’ We can’t eliminate either form our lives and wouldn’t want to. But we do need to get a good balance between the two.

And many people find a healthy balance between work life, family life and social life a difficult one to maintain. A report by the University of South Australia’s Centre for Work + Life has found that 32% of working Australians are unhappy with their work and life balance. The Work, Life and Workplace Culture report has also found that Western Australians and South Australians were more likely to have a healthy balance and that women often found it harder, juggling home and mothering duties with their work.

Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life was a co-author of the report and spoke about some of the findings.

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Healthy Work and Life Balance

Many people find a healthy balance between work life, family life and social life difficult to one to maintain. A report, being launched this morning by the University of South Australia’s Centre for Work + Life has found that 32% of working Australians are unhappy with their work and life balance. The Work, Life and Workplace Culture report has also found that Western Australians and South Australians were more likely to have a healthy balance and that women often found it harder, juggling home and mothering duties with their work. Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life was a co-author of the report joined us to discuss some of the findings and was asked whether work/life imbalance was a modern or an age-old problem.

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Navigating the empty nest: re creating relationships

For Parents whose children are leaving the nest, it often leaves them feeling empty, lost and saddened at thought of losing their babies.  However, it is also a time for self reflection, rejoicing and a time to re-create relationships with loved ones and yourself.

Author and Psychologist, Robyn Vickers-Willis spoke to Beck Johns about her latest book “Navigating the Empty Nest: re-creating relationships” and how parents and children can develop a whole new relationship with one another once their child has left the nest…

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When the wind changed

While debate continues about emissions trading schemes and their worth, residents in two Victorian country towns have taken matters into their own hands.

Frustrated about State and Federal governments lack of action on climate change a small group applied to the Hepburn council for approval for their own community wind farm, which will produce enough energy to power almost 2,300 homes in the Hepburn Daylesford area.

To tell us about how the project will work we are joined by the Hepburn Renewable Energy Association President Per Bernard.

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Free range eggs – are we getting what we pay for?

When you buy eggs from the supermarket, are you really getting what you paid for?  Do you buy free range even thought they are more expensive but morally it seem like the right thing to do?  Or do you buy caged eggs because they are cheaper?  Well it seems we may not be getting what we paid for.  An article in choice magazines looks at how the term “free range” has been altered to suit the bigger producers.  Melina Tensen, Scientific Officer of RSPCA Australia tells are more about free range, barn laid and caged eggs…

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Rice for the Kiwi’s

Here in Australia we can only look on in envy as the NZ Reserve Bank cuts the nations interest rates.

And with U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice heading to New Zealand for talks with the PM and Foreign Minister, Selwyn gave us the latest on what they may talk about…

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Truckies hitting the brakes

A national trucking strike is proposed for next Monday,  with reports suggesting 70 per cent of the industry are preparing to shut down until a number of demands are met by the Government.

Many of the demands are related to recent changes to driving hour regulations and the driver’s log book system.

MICK PATTEL from the National Road Transport Forum spoke about the industry’s most urgent demands.

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Storm water and the gulf

 The Save Our Gulf Coalition are concerned over the amount of storm water that runs out into the gulf, and that there’s no set goal of how much water could be saved through storm water harvesting and reuse.

Added to that are their concerns over brine discharges from the proposed desalination plant at Port Stanvac.

Robert Lloyd is spokesperson for the Save our Gulf Coalition

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Lovebox Festival

There’s nothing like joining thousands of other music lovers at an outdoor music festival, and Jess found that England can put on festivals like no one else.

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Fast tracking teachers – are there benefits?

Fast tracking skilled workers into the teaching profession is a new plan being proposed byt the Opposition.  It is a program which allows teachers to complete an extensive Masters of Education, President of the South Australian Education Union Correna Haythorpe says such a programme will leave teachers unprepared and vulnerable.

Correna spoke to Peter about the proposal at 7:15 this morning.

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