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The Informer is a national weekly queer news update covering the latest news and information in a rapidly changing time from Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station, JOY 94.9
– Federal Parliament has passed Australia’s own version of Magnitsky Laws, which allows for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights violations. Emma Hoy spoke with one of the
The post Aus passes Magnitsky laws, activists call for Chechen leaders to be targeted | Critics of proposed ‘cyber-bulling’ law say it will only make defamation lawsuits easier | Religious Discrimination Bill won’t protect those who face discrimination says gay Christian man | The Informer – 9 Dec 2021 appeared first on The Informer.
– World AIDS Day is 1 Dec so we look back at two stories from this season. One looks at exciting new research being undertaken in Melbourne into a potential
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– The federal government has tabled its long-awaited Religious Discrimination Bill. The legislation would weaken some existing protections for LGBTQIA+ Australians and has been roundly condemned by queer advocates, among
The post Religious Discrimination Bill legalises discrimination opponents say | MQFF rebuffs calls to cut film funded by Israeli gov | The Informer – 25 Nov 2021 appeared first on The Informer.
– New research by Vic Pride Lobby finds the vast majority of queer Victorians surveyed don’t trust or feel safe around police. We speak with Nic Holas of the Lobby...
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– The Victorian state government has proposed changes banning deferrable medical interventions on intersex children until they are able to consent. The changes have been welcomed after years of
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– The board of Sydney Mardi Gras has proposed changes to its constitution that would mean a significant portion of the board is appointed by other board members, not elected
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– As Melbourne emerges from another tough long lockdown, we hear from some queer pubs about how they’ve managed while their doors were shut and how important queer spaces are
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– The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a report recommending non-medically necessary interventions on intersex children be banned until they are able to give consent. We speak with intersex...
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– NSW has a new premier in Dominic Perrottet. A self-declared social conservative, he has previously expressed opposition to marriage equality, abortion, and support for Donald Trump. Is social progress
The post Should queer people be concerned about new NSW Premier? | Victoria passes Assisted Reproductive Treatment reforms | Scotland introduces LGBTQI issues and history into school curriculum | The Informer – 14 Oct 2021 appeared first on The Informer.
– A petition calling for gender-affirming surgery to be covered amassed over 100,000 in a matter of days. Currently, the surgery isn’t covered and is extremely expensive. We speak...
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– Despite Victoria leading the country with many LGBTQIA+ reforms, the parliament has one of the lowest numbers of out LGBTQIA+ people. A new campaign launched by the Vic Pride
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– Vic Gov announces it will follow through on its promise to ban workplace discrimination of LGBTQI teachers in independent religious schools. We speak to the Vic Pride Lobby,
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– NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham headed a parliamentary committee to assess the anti-trans education bill that he had introduced into parliament himself. We speak with Greens MP David...
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– Vic Gov to broaden anti-vilification laws to include sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and HIV status. We speak with Vic Pride Lobby about how the reforms came
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– Drug trials for a HIV cure are about to begin in Victoria. We speak with a lead researcher of the trial, along with Thorne Harbour Health and Living Positive
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– With Afghanistan under Taliban control once more, we hear from the Afghan Australian Women’s Association & Prof. Sha-ahram Akifahrzadeh about what it could mean for human rights in the...
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– Victoria is set to decriminalise sex work after years of campaigning by advocates. We speak to Fiona Patten MP who led the legislative review about why it’s taken so
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– Germany has some of the toughest anti-hate speech laws in the world and they were tested for the first time in the country’s highest court after Facebook removed several
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The Tokyo Olympics has seen a record number of out Olympians. We look at how rising visibility at elite levels can have a positive impact, and where more work needs
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More and more people are identifying as non-binary and gender diverse. We investigate the rise in the reported statistic | The Vic. Pride Lobby ran a campaign during last year’s local government elections calling
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On this week’s show, we talk about a recurring question regarding trans access to toilets coming from an elected councillor. We ask why data on LGBTQIA+ demographics isn’t being collected in this year’s census. And we look at
The post Public question time in local councils | LGBTQIA+ and census | State Government’s new plan in health and wellbeing services | 22 July 2021 appeared first on The Informer.
Tbilisi Pride March organisers violently attacked. We hear first-hand from the activists in Georgia about the struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights in the country | The Vic. Pride Centre was opened
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New research on the intersectional experiences of Indigenous LGBTQIA+ people, why new anti-LGBT laws have been passed in Hungary, and the University of Melbourne navigates the line between academic freedom
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Pride or Profit? Do companies really support LGBTQIA+ causes or are they merely chasing the Rainbow dollar? The Federal Coalition is set to reintroduce its contentious Religious Freedoms legislation. What impact could it have on LGBTQIA+ people? And will the big-spending...
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The Informer is back for 2021! In the first episode, we cover Mark Latham’s anti-trans bill before NSW parliament, and what it could mean for trans-kids; how the findings...
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Emily Johnson investigates why gay asylum seeker has spent the last eight years in an Australian detention centre. #freeali The LGBT community faces one of the highest suicide rates in...
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Biden is in and Trump is out. Joe Biden is the new president of America. Celebrate the history, culture and achievements of the traditional landowners of Australia with us for...
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Gavin Height provides a live report from the Saturday protests in Perth over the transphobic comments made by the Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas. Voting has now closed for the US...
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On the 21st of October, the NSW Parliament unanimously passed a motion in support of trans people, put together by Independent member of Sydney Alex Greenwich. This motion is to...
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RMIT University is paving the way for more authenticity when it comes to their trans students. In an unprecedented new move, trans students are now able to go by their...
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With the hearings for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability continuing, in this week’s podcast, we give you some information about the...
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Elderly LGBT+ people are experiencing isolation during #COVID. How can we ensure that this community feel less isolated during the pandemic? We spoke with Switchboard Victoria CEO Joe Ball about...
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In this week’s podcast, we speak to Kate Eastman from The Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation towards people with a disability, about the unfair treatment of disabled...
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In recent years, HIV has become a growing concern in Indonesia, making it one of the countries with the highest cases in infection rates in Asia and the Pacific region....
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On this week’s podcast, we speak to the Executive Director of Sudanese LGBT organisation Bedayaa, Noor Sultan, on the recent legal changes abolishing the death penalty for sodomy. We also...
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Television has made monumental strides internationally and in Australia. Star Trek’s newest recruits include its first non-binary and trans actors playing their rightful counterparts in the long-running franchise. The Informer...
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Independent gay author David Menon, who has written more than 20 novels in the crime genre, has a new book available for preorder. The novel, titled Uncle Dad is the...
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A documentary on the furry fandom that focuses on its history starting in the 70s and its role today as a massive space for LGBTQIA+ people to be open and...
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New research from Headspace has shown that there’s been a significant impact on mental health in young people during the pandemic. Crucially, young people have less faith in themselves than...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY This weekend saw a large Black Lives Matter protest outside State Parliament and throughout the CBD. Informer Reporter Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery was there to...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Legendary singer Mama Alto is taking part in a unique event Global Pride. Toby Halligan sat down with Mama Alto for the Star...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY The death of George Floyd in the United States has been the catalyst from protests across the country. Where is the anger coming...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today in an encore episode, we talk to Lauren Rosewarne about robots and sex toys!
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY We talk to Anja Homburg about the need for public transport to be made more accessible. Surprisingly there are still some huge gaps...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice about the Greens’ plan for the economy. And gay men are under attack in...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Continuing our chat with Jeremy O’Connor from UniSA about creative industries. And we have a weekend update from Frock Hudson!
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Yes, that’s true. Nearly every OECD country has an arts and creative industries policy. But Australia doesn’t. What does that mean? We speak...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY A recent study published in PLOS ONE looked into the attitudes of 30,000 Australians living with HIV regarding clinical research into a cure...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today we have a special long-form interview with Daniel Witthaus from NICHE, the National Institute for Challenging Homophobia Education. It’s a group that...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we continue our look at family violence and spyware with reporting by Toby Halligan, Sayee Shree and Nicholas Kameniar Sandery.
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY We talk about spyware and family violence in this special retrospective episode of The Informer with reporting by Toby Halligan, Sayee Shree and...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY New research from Monash University links the postal marriage equality survey no electorates with worse health outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people. In part due...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY It’s National Volunteer Week. Today, we speak to Adrienne Picone from Volunteering Australia about their Wave for Volunteers initiative. And we speak to...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY A look at how the Scott Johnson murder investigation is going and we take you back to the XR protests last year.
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY There’s exciting news – Logan Mucha has released a new film, We’re All in This Together, available for streaming now. And Nicholas Kameniar...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY The International AIDS Candlelight Vigil is Saturday. We speak to Neil Fraser from Positive Life NSW about the event. And we have your...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY The Tasmanian group Working It Out have new resources for the Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ community – we find out more. And Sam Elkin from...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today we have an update on the Scott Johnson murder investigation – a suspect has been arrested. And the Western Australian parliament is...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today we’re talking about COVID-19 and family violence with Women’s Legal Service Victoria. And the CEO of Suicide Prevention Australia joins us to...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Last week we spoke about sex robots and the LGBTIQ community – and today we look at sex robots and the asexual and...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we’re talking about Tourette Syndrome. It is more widespread than you might think and there’s a lot of myths and half-truths about...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today we talk to Sam Hibbins about the Victorian Greens positions on the National Cabinet, help for renters and more. And we follow...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Construction of the Victorian Pride Centre is well undreway. We speak to board member Peter McEwan about the centre’s progress and what it...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Victoria’s birth certificate laws changed at midnight. For the first time, people who were born in Victoria or live in Victoria now can...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Technology, robotics and sex are evolving together in some really interesting ways, including the impact on sex work. We speak with Dr. Lauren...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we have Dr Vincent Carnelisse from the Kirketon Road Centre in Sydney, talking about how you can cope without sex and what...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Elections in Poland have seen the country’s far-right Law and Justice party re-elected, raising concerns for the Polish LGBTIQA+ community. The Law and...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to Penny Miles from Circus Oz about how the arts industry can use the Great Pause as a time to...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today: We speak to Yorick Smaal, a senior lecturer at Griffith University who has done considerable research into the gay male experience in...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY How do people in China see the rest of the world’s response to COVID-19? And What’s on With Frock Hudson, your weekend entertainment...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Toby Halligan sits down to talk to academic, thought leader and writer Dennis Altman about COVID-19. We also cover where he thinks Australia...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY If you’re looking to make change in your life, the Commons Social Change Library has a bunch of resources to help figure out...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY It’s International Anti-Street Harassment Week – we’re joined by Natasha from It’s Not A Compliment, a group dedicated to eliminating street harassment. And...
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Support the Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Today, we talk about the Hares & Hyenas Raid report released by IBAC. And Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery has a review of the acclaimed novel...
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Support The Informer Daily, Donate to JOY We speak to Dr Tim Read MP about the changing rules around blood donation for men who have sex with men. We’ve got...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to Ronnie Scott about his new book The Adversary out today. And we also speak to Sanjaya Kuruppu from Uni SA...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to Damon Salesa about how the 1918 Influenza Pandemic hit Samoa harder than nearly anywhere else on earth and how the...
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In this episode of The Informer Daily we look back at some of our past interviews. Aaron Potts speaks to best-selling author Jasper Fforde as they speak about speculative fiction,...
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In this special episode of The Informer Daily we recount past interviews, as Executive Producer Arion Potts and Nicholas Kameniar Sandery speak to writer and podcast host DeRay McKesson about police...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Where is aviation going – or not going – during the COVID-19 lockdown? Transport writer John Band joins us to discuss the situation and...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today, we talk to sleep expert Prof. Dorothy Buck from the Sleep Health Foundation about getting better sleep when in a crisis And we...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Thorne Harbour Health CEO Simon Ruth speaks to us about living with HIV and COVID-19, safer sex and how telehealth is working for their...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY We talk to journalist Stilgherrian about the risks and benefits of using Zoom for meetings. We also cover the latest super weird conspiracy theory...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today: It’s the weekend. All the Queen’s Men are hosting a Digital Dance Club this Sunday afternoon – we’ve got the details. Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today, we speak to one of the people behind a new FB group for the community, LGBTI COVID-19 Response We talk with Linda Burnie...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today: Why it’s important to follow physical distancing measures – a choir in the US provides a startling example. We talk to Rich Reed...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY It’s Transgender Day of Visibility. We speak to Jeremy Wiggens from Your Community Health about how the lockdown is affecting the transgender, nonbinary and...
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Support The Informer Daily, Donate to JOY Your COVID-19 update Businesses across Australia are struggling with restrictions and confusion about whether to stay open or if they should close. We...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY Today we speak to Dr Gav Schneider, head of Risk 2 Solution about resilience and how businesses can practice “presilience” Twelve school teachers across...
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Support this podcast, Donate to JOY 94.9 Today: COVID-19 update Cameron Bloomfield from Rainbow Rights and Advocacy on helping people with disabilities during quarantine Fenella, a trauma therapist on self-care,...
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Support this podcast Lots of folks had trouble with telephones yesterday, we find out more from Chris Duckett from ZDNet. Michael O’Brien, Victorian Opposition leader and Shadow Minister for Small...
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Support the Informer Daily and JOY 94.9 Today: COVID-19 Update, an update on services from Foodbank Australia (including askizzy), long queues outside Centrelink offices and how the Australian Unemployed Workers...
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On today’s Informer Daily we speak with Dr Tim Read, an MP and MD. We talk to futurist Mark Pesce about what the future holds, and also how to deal...
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Today: We have a COVID-19 update. We also have a report about what’s going on in schools here in Victoria. We continue our interviews with the Diversity Council of Australia...
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Tonight: Your COVID-19 update How are libraries helping out? What’s available? New research on LGBTIQA+ disability inclusion is out – we find out the details Shows are cancelled, people are...
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Tonight we have COVID-19 updates for the LGBTI community. We have updates from the Federal Government, State Government and some specialist advice for people living with HIV. We talk to...
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We spoke with Kunal from Trikone, a Facebook and community group for people from South Asia. It’s part of the Your Voice Matters campaign, which is a partnership between the...
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ACON’s work to end HIV and AIDS in Australia has hit a huge milestone. In a new campaign, ACON is congratulating the community – about 78% of all gay men...
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We spoke with Alanta Colley about her new show On the Origin of Faeces and why poo matters. Something like 2kgs of an adult’s body weight is their gut biome....
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We spoke with Denton Callender about geospatial research and why where you live can have different health outcomes? He is the Deputy Director of Columbia University’s Spatial Epidemiology Lab. He’s...
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