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Life Matters

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Country
  
Australia

Hosted by
  
Natasha Mitchell

Language(s)
  
English

Air dates
  
since 1992

Home station
  
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Website
  
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/

Life Matters is a radio program that has been broadcast on Radio National by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 1992. The first presenter was Geraldine Doogue. Its current presenter is Natasha Mitchell.

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History

Life Matters was created as "a program charting social change" by Doogue, then Radio National general manager Norman Swan and producer Joanne Upham in 2002. Doogue had been recruited to the ABC in 1991 to present Offspring, a predecessor program to Life Matters.

Presenters

  • Geraldine Doogue presented the program for eleven years from its inception.
  • Julie McCrossin program from 2002 to 2005.
  • Richard Aedy presented the program from 2006 to 2011.
  • Natasha Mitchell has presented the program from 2011.

    • Format

    From its inception the program has been broadcast on weekdays from 9 am.

    References

    Life Matters Wikipedia
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