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Backchat — 100 episodes

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India hosting the 20th BRICS summit | An update on rezoning and the endangered swift parrot | Local band Fathom's run for Guinness World Record | Sydney Universities partnering with AI tech giants

2

Take-Home Assessment Restrictions | Pill Testing Made Permanent | Emergency Department Winter Surge | Sydney Fringe Festival

3

Misogyny in Australian elite mens sport | Preventing the bird flu spread | BEKS on hitting back at anti-trans rhetoric in QLD | Why is Castle Law making a comeback now? | AI music ban on ARIA charts

4

Fighting back against anti-trans protestors | Sk8r Boi - Wollongong edition | Why are pollies rallying against the national gun buyback? | You shaved your bush? A tale of manufactured social media trends | Police are stealing our data - why aren't we being protected?

5

Students Say No To Hanson Protest | NDIS Cuts Update | International Youth Day

6

New Transgender and Queer Inclusion in 2026 Census | Closure of Lazy Thinking | Native Rat Army Vs. Invasive Rats | Fibremaxxing: Yay or Nay? |

7

NSW budget | UNSW Parramatta campus | Newsrooms in crisis | One Nation v the Socceroos | AI art galleries

8

Bonus: Full Interview with Australian Global Sumud Flotilla organiser Ethan Floyd

9

Palantir's involvement in Australian surveillance | The rise of traditional gender roles amongst young men | Bluesfest cancelled | Iranian women's soccer team granted asylum in Australia

10

Diversity in F1 | NSW's controversial new police taskforce, Operation Shelter | Improving queer rights pioneer Ayesha Kazan's quality of life | Thai Airways boycott campaign | Yanis Varoufakis at the Greek Festival of Sydney

11

Pride in Protest removed from Mardi Gras parade | Why are we so invested in Heated Rivalry? | Queer representation at Harbour Lights Hockey Club | ADHD diagnosis training roll out by NSW GPs

12

Terror charge added over Boorloo Invasion Day rally bombing | Police tactics at the Sydney Herzog protest | Is Valentine’s Day consumerist and/or heteronormative?

13

Israeli president visits Australia | links between mental health and homelessness | combatting AI misinformation | cinema workers' safety

14

The spectacle of the Australian Open | Pride in Protest censored | hating on the new hate speech laws | why Jan 26 is complicated for Indian-Australians

15

TikTok Awards controversy | Would you swim in the Cooks River? | Ozempic in Australian healthcare | Sydney's viral food penalty map | Why can't we let go of Spotify?

16

Parramatta Council housing goss | 1800 RESPECT funding increase | How climate change is affecting your health | New busking reforms in Sydney

17

Pharmacists and GPs debate over prescription power | Fight to protect public housing | Pride in Protest on over-policing at Mardi Gras | Do we need skincare for children? | Teen Vogue merger

18

Cairo Takeaway's legal battle | National Socialist Network protests | Rise in Australia's triple zero outages | Earlwood's Greek anarchist posters

19

Clash at Sydney weapons expo | Update on NSW treaty | Australia's climate policy updates | Secret deportations to Nauru

20

Labor Party's leaked talking points on Israel and Palestine | Artist's rights amid AI advancements | QLD Trans Healthcare policies

21

Good Food Guide drops Merivale venues | Courts dismiss Rising Tide protester cases | Why is Christian Orthodoxy appealing to young people?

22

Trauma sensitivity for frontline responders | Queensland's pill testing ban | impacts of keratoconus | degredation of rave culture | NARO renting report

23

Are we seeing a rise in homophobia? | The psychology of extremism | GPs and the health of the nation

24

Data and stats aren’t everything! | Can we fix Parramatta Road? | Why does Sydney get so flooded when it rains? | Protect Mardi Gras vs. Pride in Protest | Asian representation in ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’

25

Closure of Meanjin | Prescription cannabis and driving | Protecting Children Online | Are shark nets effective?

26

Cancer rates in young people | Pre-recorded testimony for victim-survivors | Politics in Sports | The psychology of extremism | Memefication of the right wing

27

Woollahra's ghost train | Death of journalists in Gaza | A welcome lunch for Palestinian refugees | The strange rise of sovereign citizens and how do young Australians actually feel about changes to the First Home Buyers Grant?

28

Creative Futures in Western Sydney | AI-Induced Psychosis | Renaming PCOS | Who Really Profits from Political Merch?

29

March for Humanity | the dangers of online surveillance | are the Logies still relevant?

30

Bonus: Full Interview with ACP members on screening of Palestine Action documentary 'To Kill A War Machine'

31

Bonus: Full Interview with NSW Socialists Secretary Eleanor Morley

32

Bathroom camping | Sydney Writers Fest | Tinnitus and young people | Palestine Action documentary | NSW Socialists

33

Australia's hypocrisy on Palestine | The Aunties Fund | Is Sydney’s Nightlife Dead?

34

Campus Free Speech for Palestine | Should We Australianise the Hottest 100? | Torres Strait Islander Climate Change Lawsuit

35

Venice Biennale Backlash | Trans Healthcare | Bulk Billing Blowouts

36

Sam Kerr’s Trial | Sydney’s Train Strikes | Parsley Bay Protests | Queer Services in Greater Western Sydney

37

Antoinette Latouff’s battle with ABC | Why is Endometriosis Still Underfunded? | Cairo Takeaway vs the Daily Telegraph

38

Laneway Drama | Far-Right Extremism | Heat Inequality | Dutton’s War on “Wokeism”

39

Trans Healthcare Scrapped | Local Council Drama | The Rise in Right-Wing Anti-Semitism | Hottest 100 Controversy

40

How to Talk About Invasion Day | Yabun Festival | Blak Powerhouse

41

Palestinian and Jewish Perspectives: One Year On | Can Doxxing Laws Keep Us Safe?

42

Are We Too Focused on Our Own Image? | Justice for Sexual Harassment Survivors | Music’s Role in the Climate Crisis

43

Saving NSW’s Festivals | Med Students Tackle Placement Poverty | AI in Classrooms

44

The Greens’ Plans for South West Sydney | The Future of the Inner West | Why Are Eating Disorders Rising?

45

Who is falling behind when it comes to gendered pay? | Sydney icon Danny Lim on protest and power | School students across Sydney strike for Palestine

46

Why is Country Music Having a Moment? | Fitness Influencer Scams | Steps Toward Closing the Gap in NSW |

47

Changes to Doxxing Laws | Asbestos, Asbestos Everywhere! | Syphilis in Australia: A brand new story?

48

Dragging the Hills Shire Council | Breaking Down the ICJ Ruling | The Power of Diverse Storytelling: Sweatshop Literacy Movement's Latest Anthology

49

Shark Stigma // Medicare Turns 40 // Stage 3 Tax Cuts For Dummies

50

Invasion Day and Growing Right-Wing Sentiment in Sydney // ANTaR, Reconciliation, and the Referendum // Parallels Between Indigenous and Palestinian Struggles for Sovereignty

51

Rozelle Interchange Chaos // Rip it, Rip It Good: Staying Safe This Summer

52

The holes in pothole funding // Arrests at protests - your rights with police // 2023 Nurse of the year - HIV care in Sydney

53

Woollahra Council Parking and Postcode Discrimination // Scams, Robbery, Fraud! // NSW's Casual Teacher Crisis

54

How safe do you feel in your city? // Big changes for the rights of stateless asylum seekers // How the Greens are taking action on the situation in Gaza

55

What's the go with FOGO? // Sydney Uni's Inroads program is here to assist with alcohol-related anxiety // NSW Government is conducting an audit into Sydney's struggling live music scene

56

First Nations people and Australia after the Referendum // The context to Israel and Palestine that you're not hearing

57

Referendum 2023: How to cast a valid, informed vote // Live crosses to voting booths // Unpacking today + what comes next

58

Referendum 2023: the case for YES // Insight into the Progressive NO perspective // Have Indigenous voices been given enough space during the campaign?

59

NSW cops not trained for strip searching // Sydney's urban trees // Eridication of Varroa Mite abandoned

60

What's in the NSW state budget? // Housing and the NSW budget // Cultural burning: Can the past address a modern problem?

61

Macquarie Bank goes cashless // Sewage pump station planned for Parsley Bay // Eaterloo public housing redevelopment drags on

62

Sydney housing crisis costing billions // A dive into the world of Deepfakes // Varroa Mite continues to devastate bee colonies across NSW

63

Federal politicians receive a pay bump // Voice 2023: what Australia can learn from the rest of the world

64

Zoom attempt at data harvesting backfires // A breakdown of the intergenerational report // Are food delivery companies putting their workers' lives at risk?

65

Matildas fever sweeps the nation // Sydney NIMBY-ism leading to racist outcomes // Sydney bus issues addressed in new Government report

66

Fair Pay For Radio Play bill explained // Yes, Western Sydney is much hotter

67

New shark net program examined / Pill testing back on the agenda in NSW // Head knocks in women' sport

68

Busfire season approaching - how prepared are we? // Cash going out of fashion // A look into the world of ethical porn

69

Girl Dinner explained // Bush To Bowl healing experience // Egg freezing: fad or future?

70

Rising grocery costs - are supermarkets price gouging? // Fresh calls for Unis and Gov to act on campus sexual assaults

71

NAIDOC week exclusive: Acknowledging country beyond words // Safeguarding native languages

72

What Australian media covers and what it ignores // Changes to opioid dependence therapy // Sydney's urban birds

73

DIGITISATION OF THE WORK PLACE // ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE // SEXUAL HEALTH FOR WORLD PRIDE

74

INVASION DAY 2023 // THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR FIRST NATIONS ISSUES // WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A VOICE TO PARLIAMENT // CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE VOICE

75

SYDNEY'S PARKING PERMITS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RENTERS // ABORTION ACCESS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS // POKIE REFORM IN NSW WITH ALEX GREENWICH

76

GENDER PAY GAP EXPLORED // PROBELMATIC CULTURE IN OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS // SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS MINNS

77

RADICAL CHANGES TO INDONESIA'S LEGAL CODE // NSW SCHOOL SYLLABUS SET FOR OVERHAUL // AUSTRALIA'S VAPING PROBLEM

78

SYDNEY GOLF CLUB HAS CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENT GREENLIT // SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IN AUS MUSIC // GAMBLING HARM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR REFORM

79

FAREWELLING CHARLES RUSHFORTH // NSW GOV SCHOOLS GOING CO-ED // RISKS OF BUY-NOW-PAY-LATER SERVICES THIS SILLY SEASON

80

CABBIES DODGING THE METER // SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH SHADOW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, PENNY SHARPE // CONCERNING WAIT TIMES FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

81

REDCYCLE COLLAPSES // NSW GOV PLANTS ONE MILLION TREES IN SYDNEY // EXPLORING CHANGES TO GAMBLING ADS

82

NETBALL, GINA REINHART AND AUS SPORTS SPONSORSHIP // CHINATOWN'S REVIVAL // UNPACKING LABOR'S FIRST FEDERAL BUDGET

83

COMMERCIALISATION OF SYDNEY'S GREEN SPACES // CASSIUS TURVEY AND INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE

84

BANKSTOWN STATE LABOR MP SENSATIONALLY QUITS // ARE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER THREAT IN NSW? // THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RESPONDS TO RORTING ALLEGATIONS

85

HOW CYCLE-FRIENDLY IS SYDNEY? // STAGE 3 TAX CUTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE // SHRINKFLATION EXPLAINED

86

CONTROVERSIAL DAM PLAN EXPLAINED // MOULD AND REAL ESTATES // SYDNEY RENTAL MARKET SINKS TO NEW LOW

87

CREATIVE COMMUNITY REACT TO HALTHING OF MARRICKVILLE ARTS HUB // REALITIES FOR LEGALISING POT IN AUS // WESTERN SYDNEY'S FOODBOWL LAND SHRINKING AS DEVELOPMENTS SOAR

88

DRUG DECRIM OFF THE TABLE FOR NSW // KOALA HABITAT UNDE THREAT FROM WESTERN SYDNEY DEVELOPMENT PLAN // HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR A LOOMING THIRD LANIÑA

89

STAR CASINO CAUGHT OUT // EXPLORING THE CULTURE OF PRIVATE BOYS SCHOOL CULTURE // WHAT QUEENS DEATH WILL MEAN FOR FED PARLIAMENT

90

SYDNEY TRAINS DISPUTE EXPLAINED // CAN YOU ETHICALLY SHOPLIFT? // BARRIERS FACED BY DOCTORS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

91

HOW THE GENDER PAY GAP IMPACTS YOUNG WOMEN TODAY // HEAR FROM A NSW STUDENT AWARDED ORDER OF AUSTRALIA // ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT QUIET QUITTING

92

SYDNEY GOLF COURSE FIGHTING COUNCILS TO EXPAND // HOSPO VENUES CONTINUE TO CLOSE // THE LATEST ON QANTAS' DISPUTE WITH WORKFORCE

93

MORE REDEVELOPMENTS OF SYDNEYS PUBLIC HOUSING // ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONKEYPOX // USYD STAFF SET TO STRIKE

94

LOW INCOME SYDNEY SUBURBS SUFFER HIGHEST POKIE LOSSES // NCIE STAFF SPEAK OUT FOLLOWING SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT // ADDRESSING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS WITH JENNY SMITH

95

CAT CURFEWS, THE FEMTECH INDUSTRY & SHARING/ SELLING USER DATA AND FIRST SESSION OF NEW PARLIAMENT

96

SYDNEY RENTAL PRICES CLIMB EVEN HIGHER // THE MENTAL TOLL OF OUR CHANGING CLIMATE // BATTLES TO SEE A GP

97

WILL PUBLIC TRANSPORT EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? // YOUTH DISPLACED FROM CLIMATE CHANGE // BREAKDOWN OF SRI LANKA'S CURRENT POLITICAL & ECONOMIC CRISIS

98

NAIDOC 22 - UPTICK IN INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS // INTERVIEW WITH FIRST NATIONS MEDIA CEO, DENIS STOKES // FIRST NATIONS RESPONSE MUTUAL AID NETWORK

99

ONE YEAR FROM SYDNEY'S WORST LOCKDOWNS // WOMEN'S JUSTICE NETWORK SET TO LOSE CRUCIAL FUNDING // ACCESS TO ABORTION AND A CHARTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS

100

QANTAS’ FALL FROM GRACE // STATE BUDGET BREAKDOWN // THE NGOs HELPING AFGHAN REFUGEES SETTLE IN AUS