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Instead of a tweeter, can you guess this week's croaker?

Richard Gosling went from being a public servant who didn’t really like his job, to a funeral director, a job he loves and has written about in his memoir.

Inspiring individuals talk about a pivotal moment in their personal histories. This week, the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the federal House of representatives, Linda Burney

Julian Eltinge was one of the highest paid vaudeville performers of the 1920s.

With his naturalistic style of drag performance he was called the greatest female impersonator in theatrical history.

 Guest: Andrew Erdman documents the life of Eltinge in his latest book 'Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America’s Greatest Female Impersonator'. The links to Andy's website and Instagram are here.

The Centre for Women and Politics says women have out numbered and out voted men in the US for over 40 years and they tend to vote Democrat.

In 2014 the Islamic State group, ISIS, tried to wipe out the Yazidi population of Sinjar, selling women and girls as slaves. 

Australian screen legend and First Nations advocate, Jack Thompson will deliver the 23rd Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture at Charles Darwin University next month.

Baroness Louise Casey led the 2023 review into the standards of behaviour and internal culture at the Metropolitan Police Service in the UK. 

A surge of enthusiasm and fund raising has boosted the morale of the Democratic Party campaign but the critical tests for Kamala Harris will be in a handful of critical swing states. 

Can you guess this week's tweeter?