I’m extremely concerned about a radical program that’s warping the minds of Australian school students at the moment and wrote to the Prime Minister about it. You can read my concerns over at SBS Sexuality.
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55 – Premier Jay Weatherill
Since 2011, Jay Weatherill has served as the premier of South Australia – a state where the Labor Party has been in power for the past 14 years.
He’s been attracting some headlines over the past few months as he’s spoken out in favour of raising the GST and offered his state as sanctuary for vulnerable people seeking asylum who are in danger of being returned to Nauru.
I was allowed into the Premier’s (very nice) office to discuss what his thinking was here, as well as his journey into politics (as inspired by his father George), the number of lawyers in our parliaments, cynicism, the political history of SA, making submarines, the Bulmer-Rizi case and marriage equality and how he sees 2016 turning out.
Watch back the 2016 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras on SBS Demand
The World Keeps Happening is coming to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share at MICF 2016
Article: Premier apologises to Marco Bulmer-Rizi
Cause of the Week: Catherine House (catherinehouse.org.au)
54 – Aidan Killian
I saw Irish comedian Aidan Killian performing at the Adelaide Fringe and knew that he’d be good value for a chat.
The former Bear Stearns investment banker is currently touring The Holy Trinity of Whistleblowers around Australia and the world and sat down to tell me about his karate his experience, why he opposed marriage equality, why he doesn’t vote, his attraction to conspiracy theories and why Assange, Snowden and Manning matter.
The World Keeps Happening is coming to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share at MICF 2016
I’m co-hosting SBS’s coverage of the 2016 Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras this Sunday night, 8:30pm
Cause of the Week: Wikileaks (wikileaks.org)
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53 – Brad Chilcott
Brad Chilcott is a highly-principled pragmatist. A progressive pastor, political activist and founder of super-cool outfit Welcome To Australia, I’ve come to know Brad over the last couple of years and find him to be an extremely inspiring dude.
Here we have a big fat yarn about how his faith has informed his life and his activism, what he’s learnt from his son Harrison’s battles with ill health, the luxury of dismissing things as “politics”, his criticisms of the progressive left and the story of and idea behind WTA.
The World Keeps Happening is in Adelaide now, coming to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share at MICF 2016
My tour blog for TheMusic.com.au
Me and my fellow hosts covering the 2016 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras for SBS
Article: I Donated A Kidney To My Son – Don’t Tell Me Not To Make It Political
Article on Brad and boat turnbacks at the Labor conference
Cause of the Week: Food 4 Education (food4education.org)
52 – Corinne Grant
You probably know Corinne Grant best from her comedic work on Rove, skitHOUSE or The Glass House. She’s been passionate about social justice and politics all her life but has recently made the decision to get her law degree and get her hands dirty for what she believes in.
Here we discuss Sophie Mirabella, unions, how she tried (and failed) to marry her comedy with her politics, the Glass House and ABC bias, the disappointments of Labor, writing speeches for Julia Gillard, Australians and their apathy and refugee rights. We also reflected on a difference of opinion we had a few years ago surrounding gay male comedians and misogyny.
The World Keeps Happening is in Adelaide now, coming to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share at MICF 2016
Minus 18’s 2016 Same Sex Formal & Gender Diverse Formal
Mums4Refugees sing “Age Of Reason” to say #LetThemStay
Article: Let Them Stay Thousands Turn Up To Rallies But Millions Turn Their Backs
I’m Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy’s Golden Era
Corinne’s piece on gay male comedians and misogyny; my response
Cause of the Week: The Fitzroy Legal Service (fitzroy-legal.org.au), on Facebook here
Mums4Refugees sing “Age Of Reason” to say #LetThemStay
The 2016 VAC Midsumma Hypothetical
51 – Somayra Ismailjee
Here’s another guest I managed to snag whilst in Perth: 17-year-old (!!!) writer and visual artist Somayra Ismailjee.
Somayra is of Karen, Gujarati and Kashmiri heritage and has written for Right Now, New Matilda, Media Diversified, Junkee and many other publications on matters of race, political correctness, Islamaphobia, queer rights and Charlie Hebdo. Here we cover everything from Coldplay and cultural appropriation to the power of the UPF in Perth to trigger warnings and orientalism. Plus Somayra was even kind enough to teach me a new word.
The World Keeps Happening is in Adelaide now, coming to Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney
Boundless Plains To Share at MICF 2016
An Open Letter from 100 Australian Comedians Saying #LetThemStay
Article: “Australian Muslim is not an oxymoron”
Causes of the Week: Indigenous Literacy Foundation (indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au), RISE – Refugees, Survivors & Ex-Detainees (riserefugee.org)