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Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of Let's Talk Racism, Madison Howarth looks at how racial bias against Australia's First Nations' people begins taking shape in early childhood and looks at what we can do about it.

Send us Fan Mail In the first part of Newsworthy's Let's Talk Racism series, Sanjana Jose explores casual racism and how, even though most people don't think they are racist, "they kind of are".

Send us Fan Mail A thought-provoking roundtable conversation with film director Paramita Roy, singer-songwriter and counsellor Shalina Lodhia and UNSW student Andrena Kandiah, offering three distinct perspectives on what it means to be 'desi' in Australia.

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker Cecilia Lam speaks with Newsworthy's George Al-Akiki and Jessica Belzycki about the inspirations behind her short film Crème de la Crème. Read Al-Akiki's review of the film at Newsworthy.org.au

Send us Fan Mail Sydney priest Father Henry Tran will always have a soft spot for refugees "because I’ve been there, done that so, I know how hard it is". He speaks to Newsworthy's Shayna Correa about his terrifying escape and the challenge of living in a new land, especially the loss of culture and language.

Send us Fan Mail Researchers say one in six Australian women has undergone an abortion by their mid-30s, many of them for situational and mental reasons. Newsworthy's Emily Anderson talks to three women, Hope House founder Ashlie Stevenson, midwife Nadia Rysko and former inmate Teigan Matthews who has accessed Hope House's services, about the need for greater support for women on lower i...

Send us Fan Mail Newsworthy's Abhranil Hazra talks with Indian Australians Tama Sarkar and Biswajit Gupta about separation from family in India and what both governments could be doing better.

Send us Fan Mail Student filmmaker Tasnova Sattar unpacks Ola, her powerful, unsettling short film on what it means to be Australian, but not "dinky di"; where even a simple train journey can take on frightening overtones. She talks with Newsworthy reporters Imogen Smith and Yuri Nagata. Watch Ola here:

Send us Fan Mail Two women are nominated for Best Director in this week's Academy Awards, what better time to talk female directors and the challenges they face. Newsworthy's Kevin Ding catches up with feminist film critic Jo Bradley, academic Dr Jodi Brooks whose focus is feminism in film and media students Richard and Arianna, to discuss what the emergence of women as a force behind th...

Send us Fan Mail Historian and linguist John Harris speaks with Newsworthy's Emily Anderson about drawing a darker, more nuanced understanding of the celebrated early governor of NSW, Lachlan Macquarie. Read "Five things they never taught us about Lachlan Macquarie in school" https://www.newsworthy.org.au/podcast-judging-the-macquaries-2652601714.html

Send us Fan Mail Student filmmaker Yasmin Malak discusses her humorous short film Allergies with Newsworthy's Aisha Hassan, Anjali Anranha and Lauren Evans. She said nowadays, someone will sneeze and then reassure the people around them, "Oh guys, it's just allergies. I don't have COVID, I'm safe." In her film, sneezes can take you to surprising places. Watch Yasmin M...

Send us Fan Mail Did COVID justify your right to treat yourself as often as you liked, until suddenly it was "Oh my gosh, I'm in debt, I have to work harder and I deserve another treat", which led to even more debt. Overshopping therapist Carrie Rattle has practical solutions for the "treat yourself" generation. Imogen Smith reports.

Send us Fan Mail Journalist Marc Sidarous speaks with Newsworthy's Kevin Ding, Belis Beattie and Abhranil Hazra about Australia's Anglocentric media culture and the need to acknowledge bias. He explored these challenges in his recent article "New gatekeepers offer hope for 'perverse' Australian media culture". Read Marc's story: https://www.newsworthy.org.au/stat...

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker AJ Abbasi has explored the power dynamics between content creator and fan on the OnlyFans platform. He speaks with Newsworthy's Laura Schofield, Cameron Johnstone and Nadia Hirst about what attracted him to this transactional otherworld and what he discovered. Watch AJ's film: https://www.newsworthy.org.au/onlyfans-2651216346.html

Send us Fan Mail Today, March 30, is World Bipolar Day. When Maria Versace's late husband Pino was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 60, she stood unconditionally beside him. A late diagnosis is relatively uncommon, and it came as a shock to Maria and her family. There was an early wrong diagnosis, a successful electric shock therapy and a five-year breather before a return of symptoms with...

Send us Fan Mail Across Australia, women are marching for justice to show their support for the fight against gendered violence in the workplace. Larissa Waters, the Greens leader in the Federal Senate and the party’s spokesperson for women will be marching too. Newsworthy's Maddy Constantine spoke with her about this moment, which many are describing as Australia’s #MeToo moment.

Send us Fan Mail In making a short documentary of her grandfather Yi-Ceng Chen's immigrant journey, Michelle Kuo found echoes of her own more recent 'coming to Australia' experience. She speaks with Newsworthy reporters Ainslie Toombs, Annabelle Cheung and Emily Anderson about her motivations for telling his remarkable story of persistence and ingenuity. Watch Michelle's film:...

Send us Fan Mail Student journalist Katie Chan discusses why it was so important to write "Light in darkness: Visas offer Hong Kongers hope" (link below) with Newsworthy's Freya Cormack, Violetta Katsaris and James Harrison. Chan wants to refocus the world's attention, consumed as it is by the COVID-19 pandemic, on the national security law crackdown in Hong Kong and the seriou...

Send us Fan Mail Australians of all ages have used art as a form of escape from the chaotic consequences of the pandemic.

Send us Fan Mail As the United States goes to the presidential polls amid claim and counterclaim of disinformation, misinformation and fake news, Kyle Dean reports on how Australia can protect its democratic electoral processes from the same problem.

Send us Fan Mail Jazz Hall of Fame saxophonist Sandy Evans and celebrated trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood are in conversation with Newsworthy interns Chelsea Young and Isabel Song: talking musical childhoods, their experience as women in jazz and how to survive a pandemic as a performing artist. Hear both artists this week at the 2020 Sydney International Womens Jazz Festival (Oct 30-Nov 8). Evans is the...