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A year and a half on from the beginning of the pandemic, it feels like we’re in a never-ending loop of lockdowns, border closures and long queues for the vaccine, and our mental health has taken a hit. Plus, if you’re a student on Youth Allowance, you’re not eligible for the weekly disaster payments the PM announced this week to help people in lockdown. Also, it’s International Non-Binary People’s Day and we talk to young gender-fluid Aussies about coming to terms with their identity. Live guests: Sophie Johnston, youth commissioner at the National Youth Commission Australia Professor Ian Hickie, The University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre Imogen Brackin, educator and advocate

More young Aussies are trying to take care of their skin, forking out serious dosh for treatments and wonder products. But should you really trust what skin-fluencers say? Three black soccer players have faced a torrent of racist abuse after England’s Euro 2020 defeat. Plus, researchers suspect wildlife vigilantes are working in secret to keep dying Aussie species from going extinct. Live guests: Joe Williams, a proud Wiradjuri/Wolagulu man and former NRL player Amy Clark, senior beauty editor and podcast host at Adore Beauty Michael Bode, researcher at Queensland University of Technology

The Federal Government is copping a fresh round of criticism for its vaccine rollout, this time over a graphic ad showing a young person struggling to breathe on a ventilator. Key abortion provider Marie Stopes has shut down four abortion clinics in regional Australia, leaving advocates worried. Plus, gamers are making some serious cash by selling old consoles and games, sometimes up to millions of dollars. Live guests: Professor Julie Leask, expert in public health and vaccine uptake at the University of Sydney Professor Danielle Mazza, Chair of General Practice at Monash University Alice Clarke, games reviewer, freelance journalist and columnist with The Age