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40 years in journalism — Philip Williams and his brilliant career Jul 20, 2021

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A former ABC chief foreign correspondent, Philip began at the ABC as a stagehand in 1975. He left the organisation 46 years later after reporting from Japan, Washington, the Middle East, Nyngan and the Ukraine

Dr Anne Aly's passion for justice Jul 19, 2021

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When Anne was ten, she walked onto the school playground and a girl spat in her face after calling her ‘a dirty, Arab Muslim’. To her shock, her teacher did nothing. The incident changed how she saw the world, and helped set her on the path to becoming the first Australian Muslim woman elected to parliament (R)

Ben and the birth of Miss Ellaneous Jul 16, 2021

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Darwin's Ben Graetz on becoming one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Drag Queens

The former Ironman who invited everyone to the beach Jul 15, 2021

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Surf-loving athlete Nick Marshall is a former professional ironman. Now a physiotherapist, he's created a new way for kids with special needs to be included at the beach (R)

Megan Davis: the road to the Uluru Statement from the Heart Jul 14, 2021

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Megan Davis was raised as a 'Queensland Rail kid', then in a book-loving household in a housing commission home. She grew up to become a lawyer at the UN, then began a history-making process of helping Australia's First Nations people speak the truth to power

Stories from the bones — Bronze age pigs and ancient dingoes Jul 13, 2021

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Zooarchaeologist Dr Melanie Fillios uses the remains and fossils of animals, including dingoes, to understand more about ancient humans (R)

Australia after COVID-19 Jul 12, 2021

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George Megalogenis looks at the Morrison government's response to the pandemic so far, and asks whether the 'exit strategy' fully comprehends the changed landscape of the post-COVID world

Basketball and belonging — Cheryl Kickett-Tucker Jul 09, 2021

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Cheryl is a Wadjuk traditional owner playing the long game in the Swan Valley community where she grew up (R)

Mick Gooda on working for a better day for all of us Jul 08, 2021

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A Gangulu elder, Mick was Co-Commissioner of the high profile Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. Mick's fierce advocacy for young people is due in part to a sliding doors moment in his teens

(CW: Discussion of suicide. And for ATSI listeners please be advised this conversation contains the names of people who have died. Take care when listening.)

Quandamooka Country to Canberra — Dr Valerie Cooms Jul 07, 2021

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Aunty Kath, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, was Valerie's godmother, and just one of many staunch political figures on both sides of her family. Val worked her way to becoming a powerful advocate for Aboriginal people and her family CW: ATSI listeners please use discretion when listening as the program references people who have died.

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