On today's show: * Were the lockdowns worth it? * Why is the tracing app critical time set to 15 minutes? * When is it likely that we will be able to travel interstate again?

In today's Alone Together series, Pam has suggested a track that is totally out there, so you have been warned! We'll be playing one of those songs each day on Life Matters as a way of lifting all our spirits. This one lifts the roof.

Julianne McLeod was a language teacher to older migrants in Newcastle when she had a light globe moment. The result created waves of confidence in her students that extended beyond the classroom. To the beach.

It's Mary's song today for our Alone Together series. She writes: "My son was helping me in the garden and announced 'There's a lobster in the grate!' A yabby had been washed out of one Adelaide's many creeks and had managed to climb up our drain and through narrow bars where it cowered under a leaf..."

Every track is destined to fill a dancefloor with abandoned gyrations.

Bogotá quintet delivers fiery electro-Cumbia contortions with hidden depths.

The Red Cross have launched a phone service to connect vulnerable Australians as many feel the pressure of home isolation and social distancing restrictions.

The number of Australians receiving unemployment benefits has jumped by more than half a million people in two months, as coronavirus continues to cripple the economy.

The Prime Minister says coronavirus restrictions could be eased earlier than expected, announcing the National Cabinet would give Australia an "early mark" and look at a plan next week.

Australia's National Cabinet was joined by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to discuss the possibility of a trans-Tasman travel 'bubble' - but what do we need to be sure of before that can become a reality?

There are fears without adequate protection, entire tribes in the Brazilian Amazon could be eradicated.

Extensive medical scanning of a seal found at Cape Conran on the Victorian east coast has revealed not one, but six fish spines embedded in the seal's face after the fight of its life.

Nichols’ latest LP is another serving of not-quite-as-you-know-it country.

A concept album about the 17th century witch trials of Essex? Yes please.

Tranquillity triumphs on the erudite Canadian’s latest album.

Demands to be heard by all lovers of Berlioz's best-known orchestral work.

An overwhelmingly joyous account of one of Mozart’s lesser-known operas.

A fresh-feeling recording of ear-popping brilliance.

Uchida's measured approach reaps rewards, capturing the joy in this life-affirming music.

The first step on what seems to be a joyous journey for the Norwegian pianist.

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.

Fluently stylish and idiomatic, these performers live and breathe Bach's music.

A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.

The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.

This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.

Offers more than a whistle-stop tour of the hits.

An absolute tour de force of an album from an artist with nothing left to lose.

Cope’s solo standout, and a record he’d naturally never repeat.

How the US and China have handled the coronavirus contagion and the secret history of Labor's election debacle.

Hear from the chair of Infection Control at the National University Hospital in Singapore, who says home isolation is impossible to enforce, and everyone who tests positive for coronavirus should be isolated in hospitals or in designated hotels until they recover. Plus, veteran British historian Max Hastings discusses his new history of the World War Two Dambusters raid.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told the army to shoot to kill anyone who violates strict COVID-19 lockdowns. Has he gone too far, or is this just more of the strong-man machismo that made him so popular? We talk to Sheila Coronel, Professor of Investigative Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School. Also, why don't Australian prime ministers leave quietly? Australia has had 30 prime ministers since its Federation in 1901. According to political historian Norman Abjorensen they all have one thing in common: a marked reluctance to relinquish power.

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?

We make it easy for New Zealanders to work in Australia but not so easy for them to survive in times of personal crisis. Four Kiwis tell their stories of falling between the cracks.

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week – life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.

COVID-19 tests within 48 hours required.

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