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Learn how to ask for more money from your employer. Plus, find out where you can access free and confidential legal help in Australia.

Learn useful phrases to talk about movies and going to the cinema.

Learn how to express romantic feelings. Plus, find out why the 14th of February became known as St Valentine’s Day.

Learn phrases for talking about different schools. Plus, find out about English support for migrant and refugee students.

Learn how to talk about goals and New Year’s resolutions. Plus, find out how Three As Technique can help your language learning goals.

Join Janice Petersen and practise the difference between the sounds J /ʤ/ and W /w/. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Choosing your favourite episode might be like choosing a favourite child. OK, maybe it's not that hard. Find out which episodes Josipa and Janine think are the best from 2022.

Join Janice Petersen and practise TH sounds. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Learn how to ask about someone's religious beliefs. Plus, find out if Australia is a religious country.

Join Janice Petersen and practise the difference between the sounds T /t/ and D /d/. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Learn phrases for expressing disappointment. Plus, find out how Mt Disappointment got its name.

Join Janice Petersen to understand stress patterns and hear the difference between numbers ending in -teen or -ty. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Learn how to start a conversation and talk about soccer . Plus, find out how the Socceroos and Matildas got their names.

Join Janice Petersen and practise the difference between the sounds P /p/ and B /b/. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Learn some phrases you can use when talking about pregnancy. Plus, find out the difference between going to a public and private hospital.

Join Janice Petersen and practise the difference between the sounds S [s] and SH [ʃ]. These minipods are a fun and simple way to improve your pronunciation.

Australians love swimming in the water. Our waterbirds do too. Learn how to live with some of Australia’s biggest and boldest birds including pelicans, seagulls and black swans.

Learn formal and informal ways to invite someone to a celebration. Plus, find out how to celebrate Diwali festival.

It’s great to have lizards in your backyard. They will look after the garden by keeping the slugs and snails away. Find out more about lizards and how to live with them.

There are over fifty types of parrots in Australia. Colourful and curious. Friendly and fun. Find out how to live with Australian parrots, both big and small.

Many people are wary of snakes, but they are an important part of the Australian eco-system and are protected by law. Learn how to live with snakes.

Have you ever looked up in the sky at sunset and seen lots of bats lying silently across the sky? These large bats are called flying-foxes. Although we see lots of bats in the suburbs, many types are endangered. Learn how to protect them.

Learn phrases you can use to resolve workplace conflict. Plus, find out where to access free content that can help you reduce the daily stress in your life.

Kookaburras, with their special laughs, are part of Australian backyards and neighbourhoods. Find out how you can live side by side with these amazing birds.

Have you ever heard a thumping and screeching sound in your roof? Well, it may be a brushtail possum! Find out more about this endangered animal and what to do if you have one living nearby.

Learn some phrases you can use when you want to participate in community sport. Plus, find out why community sport is an important part of Australian culture.

Koalas only eat leaves and are very shy. They are one of Australia's most loved animals and are a protected species. Find out more about koalas and learn how you can help protect them.

Living with spiders is part of life in Australia! There are thousands of types of spiders. If that makes you nervous, don't worry, not many of them are harmful. Find out how to live with spiders.

Have you ever seen a sign in your local park that says, warning swooping magpies? Learn about the Australian Magpie, one of Australia’s most loved and feared birds.

Learn phrases to talk about plants and gardening. Plus, find out how you can become a gardener even if you don't have a garden.

Learn how to talk about Aussie Rules football. Plus, find out how you can play footy and represent your community and country of origin.

Learn how to talk about recycling. Plus, find out how you can live a sustainable life.

Learn useful phrases when renting a car. Plus, find out about some important and unusual Australian road rules.

Learn how to talk with your energy provider about switching plans plus discover tips on how you can cut your electricity costs.

Learn how to reference First Nations Australians and find out what is mystical Dreamtime.

Learn names of different Aboriginal nations. Plus find out the Aboriginal English meaning for HOLIDAYS, SORRY BUSINESS, and MARRIED UP.

Learn the Aboriginal English meaning for MOB, CHARGED UP, DEADLY and GAMMIN. Plus, find out what's the difference between Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country.

Learn the meaning of hiking, strolling, power-walking, climbing, trudging, strutting, toddling and more.

Learn some phrases you can use when you want to talk about going on a holiday. Plus, find out where to go during winter in Australia.

Learn the meaning of panting, sniffing, snorting, yawning, snoring and more.

Learn how to talk about flexible work with your employer. Plus, find out about flexible working arrangements rules in Australia.

Let's practise using verbs related to eating. Learn the meaning of slurp, crunch, munch, chew, lick, nibble, swallow, burp, gulp and more.

Learn vocabulary you can use when talking about healthy diets and body weight. Plus, find out why obesity is becoming a major public health issue in Australia.

Learn how to answer the three most common job interview questions from an Australian employer. Plus, find out how job interviews in Australia are different from other countries.

Learn how to talk about things we think might happen. Plus, find out who Sheldon Riley thinks has the best chance of winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Learn to talk with confidence about voting and elections in Australia. Plus, find out about the voting system in the country.

Learn vocabulary you can use when you visit a dentist. Plus, find out how can you benefit from the government program called the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.

Learn how to talk about lack of money in personal and professional situations. Plus, find out how people in financial hardship can get free and confidential assistance in their language.

Learn interesting ways to say you like or dislike something. Plus, find out how two famous Australian desserts, lamingtons and pavlova, got their names.

Learn how to tell your employer you need to take sick or carer’s leave. Plus, find out about your sick leave entitlements at work.