On this special Invasion Day edition of Backchat, we’re exploring a plan for the Aboriginal flag to be flown at half-mast on January 26 with Djabwurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman and Greens senator, Lidia Thorpe. We’ll also be discussing the complex attitudes new migrants hold towards January 26 with Catherine Scarth from AMES Australia. Finally, we’ll be running through a few things you can do to support First Nations communities ahead of January 26.

This Episode of Backchat was produced by Charles Rushforth, Millie Roberts, Tanita Razaghi and Vanessa Lim.

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This week on Backchat, Shami Sivasubramanian and Chantelle Al-Khouri explore the trans women ban in the McIver Baths and the toxic side of Australian cricket.

Janet Anderson, the founder of the #LETTHEMSWIM campaign, jumps onto backchat to talk about the ban of trans women at the McIver baths and how we can be allies to help our trans community feel more accepted.

Daniel Beswick, sports statistician, also join in on the conversation about prejudice in Australia in terms of racism in the good ol' Cricket after the complaints made against the Indian Team of the Aussie crowd - causing some spectators to be ejected out of the game.

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This show was brought to you by Millie Roberts, Shami Sivasubramanian, Chantelle Al-Khouri, Niki Iliagoueva, Tanita Razaghi, Vanessa Lim & Rebekah Manibog.

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This week on Backchat we're talking about Australia Billionaires and how some have managed to thrive during the pandemic, with John Stensholt from The Australian. After, Digital Producer Vanessa Lim talks to us about the dangers of Omegle and how it's become a Tiktok trend for young people to go onto the website.

This episode of Backchat was produced by Chantelle Alkhouri, Vanessa Lim and Eamonn Snow.

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Millie Roberts and Chantelle Al-khouri explores the great outdoors of Australia in the final summer banga of 2020-21!

From extreme selfies to Western Sydney heatwaves and Sharks, Backchat covers all you want to know about the great Aussie Backyard.

This episode also touches upon potential punishments for internet trolls, as well as how to be a good ONLINE citizen and Refugees who were brought to Hotels all across Australia under Medevac Laws.

This episode is brought to you by Chantelle Al-Khouri, Millie Roberts, Eamonn Snow, Rebekah Manibog, Niki Iliagoueva & Sana Shaikh.

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Chantelle Al-Khouri and Millie Roberts host the first EP of 2021 - starting the new year off with a Backchat summer banga!

This episode includes; Sana Shk speaks to refugee turned rapper, MC AK about his lyricism.

Chantelle and Millz also debate about hot cross buns and their contribution to food waste in Australia.

Learn how to be a better ally in 2021 with Nina Funell, Markus Mariano and Issy Phillips.

And many more hot-topics! PLUS ANOTHER NEWSICLE ORIGINAL BY NICK HARIOTT.

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This week on Backchat we discuss the new strain of Coronavirus and how it will affect Australia with Associate Professor from the Kirby Institute, Stuart Turville. After, Backchat producer Charles Rushforth investigates how the transnational drug market has been impacted by border closures around the world. Finally, we end on Hilaria Baldwin's made-up Spanish accent, and how common her behaviour is with other cultures as well. You'll hear from founder of We Are The Mainstream Priyanka Bromhead to break this down.

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On the last episode of the year, Chantelle Al-Khouri and Vanessa Lim reflect on Christmas and upcoming New Years celebrations. First up, they chat with Danni Petkovic about how the police stopped Sydney Street Kitchen from delivering meals to the homeless on Boxing Day. Then, Chantelle sat down with journalist Jan Fran about having to isolate over Christmas after ending up in the same venue as a positive case recently.

After, ABC journalist Alison Xiao goes over what New Years will look like given the Northern Beaches cluster, before Macquarie Uni lecturer on terrorism studies Lise Waldek explains the increase in far-right extremism here in NSW.

After the break, Backchat's producers recount the major news stories of the week. Then, we hear from Jasmine Phillips from AllOut - an LGBT+ youth community group in Blacktown that faces defunding next year.

Towards the end of the show, Backchat Producer Rebekah Manibog speaks with the Manilla reporter at the Washington Post about police brutality in the Philippines, before finally, we speak with former sex worker Billie Blu about Instagram's latest community guidelines and how it affects the sex work industry.

Stick around at the end to hear Sydney musician Nick Harriott's original number "The Northern Beaches" - a surfy track reminiscing on the latest Covid cluster.

This special summer episode of Backchat was brought to you by Eamonn Snow, Chantelle Al-Khouri, Millie Roberts, Rebekah Manibog, Tanita Razaghi and Vanessa Lim

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This week on Backchat we discuss the double standard and racism within media reporting, especially throughout COVID-19, with Get Up's senior campaigner Tessa Pang. Love guru and positive communication expert Sue Langley gives us some hot tips on how navigate online dating. Finally, the Backchat team runs you through their TV picks of 2020.

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This week Backchat explores all things worker exploitation in Australia. First up, we have Edward Cavanaugh from the McKell Institute discussing his new report into worker exploitation at NSW fruit farms. Next, producer Sana Shaikh chats with Employment Lawyer Grace Cummings about proposed changes to laws for casual workers. After that, we speak with *Jasmine, a casual worker looking to share her lived experiences.

This episode was produced by Nicole Iliagoueva, Sana Saihk, Rebekah Manibog and Eamonn Snow.

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This week Backchat dives into the world of drugs and drug policy. First up we have a package from reporter Chantelle Al Khouri exploring proposed changes to the NSW drug penalty system and their potential impact. Next, NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge joins us to unpack these proposed changes. After that, the head of Harm Reduction Australia, Gino Vambucca, jumps on air to talk about what we’re at with pill testing in Australia.

This episode was produced by Niki Iliagoueva, Millie Roberts, Charles Rushforth, Rebekah Manibog, and Eamonn Snow.

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