A genuinely meaty episode: the two biggest promises politicians make every election, and why they keep failing rural families.

👶 The Childcare Desert — why supply has never kept pace with demand in the bush, why in-home care and nanny subsidies remain so limited, and the impossible choice many rural mums face between working and having somewhere safe to put their kids

🏫 Homeschooling & Distance Ed — why it doesn't make sense to drive two hours each way for daycare, and whether Australia should follow the US in funding families who choose to educate at home

🚧 Regional Roads Are a Mess — why so much road funding disappears into contracts that ignore local knowledge, and why unsealed roads and single-lane highways are a genuine safety issue, not just an inconvenience

🚛 Sharing the Road With ...