Why are we switching off the news and what we can do about it? – with Lenore Taylor

Covid-19 continues to spread and hospital numbers soar under the strain of yet another new variant. The climate crisis confronts us daily with crippling floods in Australia as well as heatwaves across the planet. As communities around the world come to grips with disaster, people have started to turn away from the news. In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about why Australians are switching off the news – and what we can do about it