Represent
Represent
Stay political! Join the team for a breakdown of the week that was in politics. Covering the local, state, federal, and international politics you actually care about, we'll help you wrap your head around what's happening so you can go about your day a little more informed. Represent is a SYN Media Podcast.Social links:
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It's the Season Finale and Everyone is Sick (the show must go on!)
The history book on the shelf... is always repeating itseeeeeelf, WATERL- oh, not that kind of Waterloo? Ohhhhh the Waterloo Renewal Project, the one in inner Sydney. The one that's turning 750 public homes to 3,300 private, social and affordable homes. That one. Not the hit ABBA song that was Swe…
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Monoculture??? I barely even know her!!
Oh, would you look at that? Pauline Hanson said something bonkers on the national stage, again. Listen to Dana and Bernie dissect her most recent tirade while discussing her newfound popularity. Bernie then takes us through the UK Court of Appeal's decision to uphold the proscription of Palestine …
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Georgie Purcell, huge data centres in the West, and the World Cup referee denied entry to the US
This week Represent speaks with one of the youngest women ever elected to the Victorian Parliament, Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell, about why voters should care about animal justice issues, sexism in parliament, and the political legacy she hopes to leave behind. Zoe takes us through very…
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Picturing Democracy with Ross Coulter
Democracy is a big old word. But what does it actually mean? Or better yet, what does it look like? We get an answer to this with Ross Coulter's 'Picturing Democracy'. The exhibition that dove into the City of Port Phillip City archives to create a local view of democracy that spans over 100 year…
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Walk for Truth, a Teal Party & More 'ISIS Brides'
Zoe covers the thousands of people who took part in the National Walk For Truth all the way from Naarm, on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, to Parliament House in Canberra on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. Bernie discusses the rumored possibility of a socially progressive, fiscally conservative (hu…
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Deceptive Politics, Thucydides, and the Freedom Flotilla
Patty takes us through the week of... somewhat bizarre local politics. Dana goes over the fact that Russia visited China exactly a week after America, dasvidaniya Thucydides! And Bernie brings us up to date on the interception of the Freedom Flotilla over international waters.
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Interview with Andrew Bretherton
Can we use Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War to guide us on US-China relations? Man who knows, whatever. Anyway, we also had the privilege of talking to Andrew Bretherton the convenor for Accessible Victorian Greens and a member of Disability Rights & Culture on his experience with the …
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The Victorian State Budget and Council Strikes
Today Zoe and Patty take us through the ins and outs of Labor's recently released Victorian State Budget! And Bernie introduces us to the Council strike they just happened to pass. So much goes on and we don't even know it!
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Booing at ANZAC Service Welcome to Countries
Tonight Zoe, Bernie, Patty take you through the booing that was heard across the country at multiple ANZAC Dawn Services throughout Australia. They also look over the recently released Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. An finally gang looks ahead to the Nepean by-election bein…
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Gas Tax and NDIS Cuts
Moving into the second half of this year's first season we welcome new addition Patrick!!! Wowowowow FOUR presenters?! What a treat! To start us off, Bernie takes us through the new proposed Gas Tax. Zoe then addresses the recently announced changes to the NDIS. And finally, Dana gives us her r…
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