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This weekend saw a large Black Lives Matter protest outside State Parliament and throughout the CBD. Informer Reporter Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery was there to report on the protest, speeches and voices from the crowd.

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Legendary singer Mama Alto is taking part in a unique event Global Pride. Toby Halligan sat down with Mama Alto for the Star Observer to talk about their career, creativity and of course, Global Pride. You can read the full interview here.

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The death of George Floyd in the United States has been the catalyst from protests across the country. Where is the anger coming from? We talk to Leoule Goshu, a communications consultant in the United States who has worked with a number of political and social causes about the situation.

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Today in an encore episode, we talk to Lauren Rosewarne about robots and sex toys!

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And we continue our interview with Janet Rice about foreign policy and having hope in times of extreme stress.

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Today, we speak to Victorian Greens Senator Janet Rice about the Greens’ plan for the economy. And gay men are under attack in Morocco – some with nowhere to go.

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Continuing our chat with Jeremy O’Connor from UniSA about creative industries. And we have a weekend update from Frock Hudson!

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Yes, that’s true. Nearly every OECD country has an arts and creative industries policy. But Australia doesn’t. What does that mean? We speak to Justin O’Connor from UniSA about why it matters.

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A recent study published in PLOS ONE looked into the attitudes of 30,000 Australians living with HIV regarding clinical research into a cure for HIV and how willing they were to contribute to clinical trials. The Informer spoke with Dr Jennifer Powers, a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, who led the study to learn more about the findings.

And how has the religious speech debate affected people of colour?

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