Subject ACT

Women make up 1% (or less) of our tradies and construction workers. But now change is afoot... From 'no female amenities on site', to out-dated claims that 'the work is too heavy', women and business are coming together to effect change in the right direction!

Get ready for the Canberra Short Film Festival! Running from 17th to 28th March, the festival is bringing you a huge array of local, national and international films over two packed weeks. Join Adi Watters, Assistant Director of the festival, as she talks about what's on offer and the talent involved. https://www.csff.com.au/

Photographer Mervyn Bishop has been witness to many poignant and historical moments over the past 60 years. Join Coby Edgar as she talks about Mervyn and an exhibition of his work that is now on at the National Film and Sound Archive.

Antarctica: the most remote, protected, and pristine place on Earth. But is this very special place under pressure? Chris Johnson, WWF-Australia, talks about just what is going on down there. Also in the show, Anna Kelly, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, discusses a very disturbing finding she and her team made last year.

Dr John Minns from the School of Politics and International Relations at the ANU talks about migration, refugees, and Australia's response since WWII.

Australia's key federal environment protection laws are facing major changes. Basha Stasak, Australian Conservation Foundation, and Sean Dooley, Birdlife Australia, discuss the changes and their concerns about the potential impacts on the environment.

Food security is becoming a critical issue world-wide as pollinators, including bees, are in massive decline. Julie Armstrong from ACT for Bees joins us to talk about this plus some new and imaginative solutions that are being offered locally in Canberra.

The heart-stopping cry of the Tasmanian Devil hasn't been heard on the mainland of Australia for some 3,000 years. But now these little rascals are making Barrington Tops, north of Sydney, their new home. It's known as #Devil Come Back. Join Will Hansen from Aussie Ark as he talks about this and more.

As restrictions ease, Canberra choirs start to re-emerge. How have choir members felt about coming back out and what safe measures have been put in place.

Step into the world of choirs, what attracts people to join choirs and did choristers feel when Covid 10 put a stop to face to face choir singing and what came next for choirs during the Covid 19 lockdown.