This week Macca is flying solo as the host. In this Weekly Wrap Up Macca talks about Taylor Swift, Indonesian Elections, Emissions Woke Book Publishing and the scandal in NSW over Aboriginal adoption and so much more.

Macca and Janet thank all the guests this week, Final thoughts on Pride March.

Macca and Janet talk to Dr Liz Bradshaw.

Artist, curator, and cultural researcher Dr Liz Bradshaw has been named Lead Curator for the LGBTQI museum, Qtopia Sydney, which opens in February.

For over 25 years, Bradshaw has taught art and design with a focus on LGBTQIA+ contributions.

Bradshaw will lead a team of 12 curators to showcase 16 exhibitions as part of the museum’s opening exhibitions.

https://qtopiasydney.com.au/

Josh Burns, Member for McNamara, news from first sitting week in Canberra, stage-3 tax cuts, Geo-political updates and more.

Janet and Macca are joined live on air, by Richard Keane as they discuss health updates, HIV-updates, etc.

Janet Jukes and Macca, discuss  2024 Pride March

Victoria’s Pride March history, Penny McDonald was involved in the organising of all the Pride Marches from the first one in 1996 to 2006 and was the President in 2001 to 2005, for 5 marches. Penny was the President when Christine Nixon first marched in 2002.

Archival audio on history of Pride March in Victoria, from 2015, discussing the 20th anniversary, how it came about, highlights, etc.

On Sunday 1 February 2015, Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities and their allies came together in solidarity, unified by their diversity to celebrate as they have done for the past 19 years.

The 20th annual Pride March saw Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, lead the march with his wife and members of his cabinet. Restating his mantra ‘Equality is not negotiable’, Premier Andrews became the first Australian state or territory leader ever to participate in an LGBTI-affirming march.

The 20th annual Pride March saw Victoria’s premier, Daniel Andrews, lead the march with his wife and members of his cabinet. Restating his mantra ‘Equality is not negotiable’,

History of Pride March Victoria: celebrating 20 years was produced and presented by Emily Dwyer. Post-production by Dean Beck; original audio provided by Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives © Colin Billings 1996. Thanks to Chris Furneaux for assistance with the production.

This week we are looking back at the 2024 Pride March in St, Kilda and the controversary surrounding the anti-police protestors.

As well as the important of politicians and police joining in support of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Macca’s co-host this week is Janet Jukes. Their first guest this week is Harriet Sing, Labor Member, for Eastern Victoria, Min. for Water, Reg. Development and Equality.

Macca and Nevena talk to Professor Zachary Cooper, Researcher & Lecturer – Amsterdam Law & Technology

Professor Zachary Cooper, The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and AI technology and its  embedded biases.

 In the news recently was an incident involving the editing of a female MP’s body, which was attributed to AI automation. News channel Nine, who produced the image, blamed an ‘automation’ error in Photoshop. A response from Adobe, the company behind Photoshop, “cast doubt” on Nine’s claim, according to the framing of multiple news outlets. “Any changes to this image would have required human intervention and approval,” a spokesperson said.

Some of the questions and issues raised:  Is gender discrimination inherent in AI models? If so, why is this the case? Can AI models be modified against gender discrimination? What would this involve? Beyond gender based discrimination, what other biases have we seen in AI models? Do you have any examples of how these biases are embedded in the models? How might AI models, which are rapidly being used in creative and advertising work, affect these industry’s outputs?