Life Matters is a magazine-style radio program that has been broadcast on Radio National by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 1992. The first presenter was Geraldine Doogue, and the program is presented Monday to Thursday by Tegan Taylor (replacing Hilary Harper) and by Beverley Wang on Fridays. Covering a range of social and personal issues, it airs each weekday at 9a.m., and is repeated at 7p.m.
History
Life Matters was devised in 1992 as "a program charting social change" by a trio consisting of Doogue (already an established and acclaimed broadcaster),
Norman Swan (general manager of Radio National at the time), and producer Joanne Upham. Doogue had been recruited to Radio National in 1991 to present
Offspring, a predecessor program to
Life Matters, after losing her passion for hard news following her high-profile recruitment by the ABC to work in news and current affairs including the launch of
The National, the networks' contentious and unsuccessful remoulding of their evening television news and current affairs hour
Presenters
-
Geraldine Doogue presented the program for eleven years from its inception.
-
Julie McCrossin presented the program from 2002 to 2005.
-
Richard Aedy presented the program from 2006 to 2011.
-
Natasha Mitchell presented the program from 2012 to 2016.
-
Amanda Smith presented the program from 2017 to 2018.
-
Hilary Harper and Michael Mackenzie presented the program from 2019
-
, Life Matters is presented by Hilary Harper from Monday to Thursday and Beverley Wang on Fridays.
-
Tegan Taylor replaces Hillary Harper in presenting the show Monday to Thursday, with Beverley Wang continuing in the Friday broadcast role.
Format and description
Life Matters covers a range of topics relating to personal relationships, health, financial and work issues, "and the world". It interviews experts and invites listeners to contribute by phoning in and sending text messages.
[ Throughout its history, the show has also had a rolling offering of special regular segments & feature series, with recent notable examples including Dated: Love Online After 50, Hillary Harper's very personal five-part investigation of later-life searching for romance and relationship in the online era of dating apps (following the breakdown of her 20-year marriage),]
From its inception the program has been broadcast on weekdays from 9 am.[
]
External links
