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Send us Fan Mail Jack Nivison says open celebration of the LGBTQIA+ communities allows people from those communities to feel comfortable enough to step out into the public and highlight their own identity. He spoke to #Newsworthy's Anna Scotland, Anthony Vigliante, Raymond Cheung and Naomi Quentin. Read Jack's story: https://www.newsworthy.org.au/regional-pride-attitude-shift-2668538547....

Send us Fan Mail For Vihan Mathur, artificial intelligence is becoming an integral part of global politics. He speaks with #Newsworthy's Rosie Whittaker, Ryan Keel, Amanda Tan and Emily Vidler about the surprising results of the recent Indian election, why PM Nahrendra Modi feels challenged by AI and what democracies can learn from its use and abuse in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Read Vihan...

Send us Fan Mail For Vanessa Hill, The Beatles offer Gen Z a sense of nostalgia and innocence they crave in the modern age. She speaks with #Newsworthy's Hugh Ruckert, Leila Patch, Iris Yan and Charley Langham-Fox about the power and interconnectedness of fandoms, from The Beatles to One Direction. Read Vanessa's story here: https://www.newsworthy.org.au/beatlemania-one-direction-fandom-...

Send us Fan Mail On the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, #Newsworthy's Abdullah Khan speaks with Leah*, an Israeli expat living in Canada. She shares her emotional journey, from the fear and grief of losing family members in the attack to the internal conflict of navigating her Israeli identity abroad in an environment where nuance is drowned out by angry d...

Send us Fan Mail Newsworthy's Emily Kaine sits down with mental health advocate Craig Hamilton to discuss his documentary film on suicide prevention called The Promise, his documentary film on suicide prevention and what gives him hope amid his struggles with mental health. If you or anyone you know needs immediate support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Send us Fan Mail Pearl Tan and her co-creatives wanted to tell a true-to-life story about the experiences of a group of diverse creatives making their way in an industry which wasn't built for them. Pearl speaks with #Newsworthy's Jack Nivison and Nupur Parakh about the process behind her award-winning fictional podcast #DiversityWork and what surprised her most in creating the work. #un...

Send us Fan Mail Beejay Silcox, artistic director of the Canberra Writers Festival and chair of the 2024 Stella Prize, opens up to #Newsworthy's Summer Rosewall on judging the Stella, star ratings, why she is so passionate about small publishers and the joy of being uncomfortable as a reader. #unswada

Send us Fan Mail UNSW Professor Green speaks with #Newsworthy's Jasmine Lopez about the future of solar energy and how a shift to cleaner energy is good news for young people – environmentally and economically. Green has been a major player in making solar power affordable around the world. His journey began in the 1980s when, as a young engineer, he invented the PERC solar cell which is now...

Send us Fan Mail UNSW student filmmaker Maddi Noonan discusses the mental health toll the pandemic took on her friendship "saltwater babies" group and the healing power of the sea. She speaks with Newsworthy's Payton Buschhorn, Emily Donohoe and Erato Zhang. Watch Maddi's short film here: https://youtu.be/U3hkZaTm1Zc

Send us Fan Mail Newsworthy's Nerissa Caviliere investigates the underrepresented experience of a masked autistic person. Two young women, sisters Kayla, 23, and Hope, 15, speak candidly about their life experience and the pressure having to mask places on their health, mental and physical.

Send us Fan Mail Newsworthy's Louise Perigaud asks whether Australian school curricula are giving young Australians a clear picture of Indigenous culture and history and how that impacts their understanding.

Send us Fan Mail As Australia moves back into an environment without COVID restrictions, hard-style raves are selling out nationwide. While mainstream news media warn of high risks at festivals, the rave community has a message: It’s not just about the drugs, it’s about the music, dance and the community. #Newsworthy's Jade Psihogios reports.

Send us Fan Mail Hannah Diviney is a disability advocate, actress and recently published author. Her first book, "I’ll Let Myself In" details a life lived with cerebral palsy, from coming to terms with her difference at a young age to embracing it in her twenties, becoming the first disabled person to have a sex scene on Australian television. She made international headlines after calli...

Send us Fan Mail The first-ever captain of the Matildas, Julie Dolan, speaks to Newsworthy's Maddie Nixon about how far they've come since she represented Australia in the first World Women's Invitational Tournament in Chinese Taipei in 1978.

Send us Fan Mail Audio erotica app Quinn opens a conversation on how women can experiment with pleasure and sexuality safely. Newsworthy's Margareth Kowik reports.

Send us Fan Mail Laura Gordon speaks with #Newsworthy's Cayle Reid, Charles Whatmore and Anna Moran about the wonder of small gigs versus mega-tours, the female experience in venue spaces and the sense of shared community in discovering the next big thing. Read Laura's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/support-local-australian-music-gigs-2665863127.html

Send us Fan Mail Rhiannon Lidbury speaks with #Newsworthy's Emily Kaine and Anna Tidswell about our society's response to people living with ADHD and how a different approach to diagnosis and inclusion could be life-changing. Read Rhiannon's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/adhd-diagnosis-revamp-needed-2661044823.html

Send us Fan Mail With inflation rising and Australians struggling to make ends meet, #Coles and #Woolworths have both recorded billion-dollar profits in the past financial year. They have also introduced extensive security measures to combat shoplifting, claiming a 20 per cent increase in "stock loss". #Newsworthy's Cayle Reid reveals these statistics can be misleading.

Send us Fan Mail Galen Banfield speaks to Newsworthy's Jade Psihogios, Caitlin Adam, Joanna Chan and Cheryl Cao about how his short documentary film Binge was inspired by a TikTok trend and how the impact of binge drinking on young people is glossed over in popular culture. Watch Galen's film Binge here: https://www.newsworthy.org.au/film-binge-drinking-impact-2666241726.html

Send us Fan Mail Mujeeb Muneeb speaks with Newsworthy's Jack Keith, Yuan Yuan and Kel Shaw about cricketer Abdul Hameed Kherkhah's impact within the Afghan refugee community. His personal struggle to achieve his goals is helping a new generation of young Afghan refugees find their place in Australia. Read Mujeeb's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/afghan-australian-refugee-cricket...

Send us Fan Mail Jade Psihogios speaks with Newsworthy's Elyse Hayhurst and Ethan Bower about the progress she sees in Sapphic representation in Australian queer film and theatre. Authenticity, she says, is key. Read Jade's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/sydney-sapphics-visibility-2659950311.html

Send us Fan Mail Isabella Lee speaks with Margareth Kowik and Adrian De Araujo on the "lightning in a bottle" outsized impact of Barbie and how it offers a template for unsustainable microtrends linked to movie franchises. Read Isabella's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/barbie-recyclable-barbie-core-not-2664576256.html

Send us Fan Mail Maddie Nixon speaks with Isabella Lee, Vanessa Hill and Wendy Yeru about the sensitivities she employed in interviewing Ukrainian artists Veronika Skliarova and Yulya Lukyanets about their artistic mission and mindset in the midst of war. Read Maddie's story https://www.newsworthy.org.au/ukraine-war-artists-women-culture-2662672458.html

Send us Fan Mail Veteran publicist Debbie McInnes speaks about the many faces of modern Australian publishing, the changes she has seen over the years and the benefits and drawbacks of the different models.

Send us Fan Mail Meredith Curnow, the founding director of the Sydney Writers Festival back in 1997 and now the Knopf and Vintage publisher with Penguin Random House Australia, sits down with UNSW arts student Tiana Warner. She explains why festival directors don't read dead authors, the changes she has witnessed in festivals over the past 25 years and the greatest tripwire she sees to festiv...