Around two thousand couples get married in Australia every week, so what does modern marriage — and divorce — look like? Plus is there any danger of polio returning to Australia? Watch more from #TheContext with John Barron: https://bit.ly/3zbe6oN

00:00 - Introduction to The Context with John Barron
0:19 Introduction to The Context – this week, marriage (and divorce) in Australia
0:50 But first, vaccines and diseases – are polio and diphtheria making a comeback?
4:17 Interview with Dr Meru Sheel, infectious diseases epidemiologist
8:20 Marriage – a social, economic and political barometer of life in Australia
13:05 Marriages and divorces by the numbers with Madeleine Morris
15:53 Interview with marriage celebrant, Kate Morgan
18:34 Now and Then: Who does the housework in an Australian home?
21:17 Divorce rates in Australia – and the legal and societal changes that influenced them
25:34 Family Law in Australia – an interview with Angela Lynch, former CEO of the Women's Legal Service in Queensland
29:34 Coming up next week – Space travel from the moon to … Mars?

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