If your social media feed has convinced you that everyone has ADHD, new data is offering a reality check.

Freshly released figures expose a hidden story: your diagnosis might depend more on your postcode, your paycheque, and whether there’s a doctor nearby rather than your actual symptoms.

Today, we’re joined by Dr Norman Swan to unpack the national prescription records, which state is such a massive outlier, and what it really costs to get an assessment in Australia’s mental healthcare system.

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• Iran is considering attending peace talks with the US in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official says.
• Federal officials will make the case for major changes to the $50 billion NDIS at a meeting with their state counterparts, with the reforms expected to form the centrepiece of Treasurer Jim Chalmers' budget savings
• Woolworths will face court this week over allegations it misled consumers with "illusory" discounts that disguised rising prices
• Prosecutors say US singer D4VD has been charged with murder over the death of a teenage girl, whose dismembered body was found in his apparently abandoned Tesla
• Kenyans Sharon Lokedi and John Korir have won the Boston Marathon

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Host: Taylah Strano

Guest: Dr Norman Swan, ABC

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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• NSW Police are reviewing charges laid against protesters after the state’s highest court ruled the protest laws in place at the time were unconstitutional

• Millions of Australians are a step closer to claiming a one-thousand-dollar tax deduction without receipts, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers announcing draft legislation will be released today

• Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson has praised her directorial debut, as she prepares to defend herself in a high-profile defamation case brought by the film's star

• Nicole Kidman has opened up about the ‘harrowing’ moment she learned her mother had died, just before accepting a major award in Venice

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Host: Ailish Delaney

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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Is the Strait of Hormuz open or not? And what happens once this ceasefire deal ends later this week?

We're bringing in two foreign correspondents to unpack what played out in the Middle East this weekend and what renewed peace talks could bring between Iran and the US in the coming days.

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• Iran and the US could meet for a new round of peace talks in the coming days
• Ben Roberts-Smith has asked for his family's privacy to be respected as he intends to fight all allegations of war crimes
• King Charles will mark his late mother's 100th birthday with a national address
• Alec Baldwin is reportedly headed back to court over fatal film set shooting
• Madonna joins Sabrina Carpenter on stage for Coachella weekend two

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Host: Taylah Strano

Guests:

Steve Clemons, Journalist & Editor-At-Large for The National Interest

Ali Hashem, Senior Al Jazeera correspondent

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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