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Australia’s boycott of China’s Winter Olympics, moving to the regions to wipe your HECS-HELP debt and Finland’s Prime Minister apologising for clubbing till 4am.

Join Hack's Avani Dias with podcaster Marty Smiley and The Feed’s Vic Zerbst.

At least 500 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples have died in custody since a royal commission into the issue 30 years ago.

Ten days ago another young person died at a prison in NSW. Hack speaks exclusively to his family and looks into why First Nations people continue to die in our justice system.

It's been a few weeks since we first heard about the new COVID-19 variant and scientists still don’t know much about it. So will Omicron ruin our hot vax summer?

Plus, Australian farmers are going viral on TikTok for their dangerous antics.

Live guests:Eddie Cubillo, Larrakia, Wadjigan and Central Arrente man, and criminal justice system researcherDr Steph Davis, Deputy Chief Medical Officer

As the federal election looms next year, a new cohort of politically-engaged young people are turning Tiktok’s signature trends into some serious (and not so serious) Auspol content.

But what if the posts you’ve been seeing were paid for by the political parties themselves?

Australia has joined the US in staging a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year because of human rights abuses in China.

Plus, would you move to the bush to work, if it meant all of your uni debt was wiped?

Live guests:Andrew Hughes, political advertising researcher at Australian National UniversityZali Steggall, Independent Federal MP, and former OlympianKate, junior doctor from AlburyDr Dan Wilson, Rural Doctors Association

At the beginning of the pandemic, fuel was the cheapest it’s been in 20 years. Now it’s close to $2 a litre.

And it's got to do with the world coming out of lockdown.

A new report has found Australia’s rising value of inheritances and gifts is reinforcing the wealth gap.

Plus, the National Disability Insurance Scheme is meant to give Australians living with disability money, care and support, but there's been a 20 per cent increase in people making complaints because their individual funding plans have been cut back.

Live guests:David Byrne, associate professor of economics at The University of MelbourneLisa Gropp, Productivity CommissionerJulie Charlton, Children and Young People with Disability Australia Youth Council

Senior members of the Liberal Party are backing Gladys Berejiklian to run as a federal candidate in the seat of Warringah, despite the former premier being investigated in a corruption inquiry.

So are there any legal or constitutional roadblocks to stop that from happening?

Thousands of NSW teachers are striking for the first time in a decade over low salaries and staff shortages.

Plus, an indestructible "black box” will be built in Tasmania to document every step taken on climate change, so future generations can track what led to our demise.

Live guests:Dr Andy Marks, political scientist and assistant vice-chancellor (strategy and policy), Western Sydney UniversityAnna Sullivan, associate professor of education at the University of South AustraliaJonathan Kneebone, co-founder of the Glue Society

It's the Shake Up and we're talking…

The landmark review into workplace culture at Parliament House, celebrating Australians with disabilities, and whether it’s ever okay to steal someone’s spotlight.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with Australian actor Bridie McKim and Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John.

Ahead of International Day of People with a Disability, former triple j newsreader Nas Campanella joins Dave Marchese in a special show raising awareness, understanding and acceptance of the four million Aussies who live with a disability.

We hear from people with disabilities about the challenges they've faced and how to approach important life decisions.

Plus, we break down all the drama that unfolded in Parliament over the last fortnight - including saying goodbye to some big names, and the struggles to get policies passed.

Live guests:Shalailah Medhora, Hack's Political Reporter

Almost half of all young apprentices don’t complete their vocation because of things like workplace harassment, bullying and unpaid overtime, according to a report published today.

And advocates are calling for employers to do more to improve the mental health of some of their most vulnerable workers.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins talks to Hack about her landmark review of the workplace culture in Parliament House.

Plus, thousands of people are pinged by the cops every year for driving under the influence of cannabis. But new research suggests the test being used doesn't actually show if someone is incapacitated or not.

Live guests:Cameron Boyle, senior policy analyst at Orygen Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Professor Iain McGregor, cannabinoid therapeutics expert

For seven months the sex discrimination commissioner and her team have been investigating the culture in Parliament House.

The review has found one in three staffers have experienced some kind of sexual harassment.

Days after declaring our borders open, a new COVID-19 variant has thrown them shut again. And international students, skilled migrants and humanitarian visa holders, won’t be allowed in for at least another fortnight.

Meet the brother-sister duo making sex toys for people with disabilities.

Live guests:Simon Birmingham, Finance MinisterVicki Thomson , head of the Group of EightMohammed Samrah, disability sex advocate

Just weeks after we opened our borders to the world - COVID-19 is back with a new variant.

But we don't know how dangerous it is, how much protection our vaccines are going to give us and what’s going to happen to all our travel plans and holiday reunions.

Meet the 23-year-old who got a vasectomy because he was worried about climate change.

Plus, the government wants to introduce new laws that will force social media companies to unmask online trolls, and make them responsible for the abuse people face online.

Live guests:Dr Larisa Labzin, immunity and molecular bioscience expert from the University of QueenslandJosh Bornstein, lawyer and director at the Australia Institute