Federal Election, Abolishing Public Drunkeness, Diversity in Media Representation, Trans Rights in Tasmania and ParentsNext

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Acknowledgement of Country

Chris Woods with news headlines and discussion about the upcoming federal election   

Roxanne Moore from Change the Record joins us to discuss the 28th year anniversary of the release of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report and why the offence of public drunkenness needs to be abolished  

James McKenzie (In Ya Face)  speaks with Roen Meijers from Transforming Tasmania about legislation passed by Tasmania’s Parliament this week that has been hailed amongst the world’s best for trans, gender diverse and non-binary rights and social policy

Rana Hussain - woman, mother, Muslim, and 1 of 6 Australian women featured in Project #ShowUs, the world’s largest stock photo library with over 5,000 images, joins us to discuss the need for more diverse representation in media and advertising

Julie Kun, CEO of WIRE joins us to discuss the campaign to dismantle Parents Next

The original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of the program featured the following music tracks: 

song: Imma  

artist: Queen Daddy

song: Black Boy

artist: Emily Wurramarra

song: The Children Came Back

artist: Briggs

song: VRY BLK

artist: Jamila Woods ft Noname 

 

(Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions)