Life Matters

Life Matters is a magazine-style radio program that has been broadcast on Radio National by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 1992. The first presenter was Geraldine Doogue, and the program is presented by Hilary Harper (Monday to Thursday) and Beverley Wang (Fridays). Covering a range of social and personal issues, it airs each weekday at 9am, and is repeated at 7pm.

History
Life Matters was created as "a program charting social change" by Doogue, then Radio National general manager Norman Swan and producer Joanne Upham in 2002. Doogue had been recruited to the ABC in 1991 to present Offspring, a predecessor program to Life Matters.

Presenters

 * Geraldine Doogue presented the program for eleven years from its inception.
 * Julie McCrossin presented the program from 2002 to 2005.
 * Richard Aedy presented the program from 2006 to 2011.
 * Natasha Mitchell presented the program from 2012 to 2016.
 * Amanda Smith presented the program from 2017 to 2018.
 * Hilary Harper and Michael Mackenzie presented the program from 2019 until Mackenzie's retirement in May 2022.
 * , Life Matters is presented by Hilary Harper from Monday to Thursday and Beverley Wang on Fridays.

Format and description
Life Matters covers a range of topics relating to personal relationships; health, financial, and work issues; "and the world". It interviews experts and invites listeners to contribute by phoning in and sending text messages.

From its inception the program has been broadcast on weekdays from 9 am. , it is repeated at 7pm, and past episodes are also available on the ABC Listen app.