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Toxic apprenticeships Dec 01, 2021

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Almost half of all young apprentices don’t complete their vocation because of things like workplace harassment, bullying and unpaid overtime, according to a report published today. And advocates are calling for employers to do more to improve the mental health of some of their most vulnerable workers. Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins talks to Hack about her landmark review of the workplace culture in Parliament House. Plus, thousands of people are pinged by the cops every year for driving under the influence of cannabis. But new research suggests the test being used doesn't actually show if someone is incapacitated or not. Live guests: Cameron Boyle, senior policy analyst at Orygen Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Professor Iain McGregor, cannabinoid therapeutics expert

Sexual harassment at Parliament House Nov 30, 2021

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For seven months the sex discrimination commissioner and her team have been investigating the culture in Parliament House. The review has found one in three staffers have experienced some kind of sexual harassment. Days after declaring our borders open, a new COVID-19 variant has thrown them shut again. And international students, skilled migrants and humanitarian visa holders, won’t be allowed in for at least another fortnight. Meet the brother-sister duo making sex toys for people with disabilities. Live guests: Simon Birmingham, Finance Minister Vicki Thomson , head of the Group of Eight Mohammed Samrah, disability sex advocate

OMG Omicron Nov 29, 2021

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Just weeks after we opened our borders to the world - COVID-19 is back with a new variant. But we don't know how dangerous it is, how much protection our vaccines are going to give us and what’s going to happen to all our travel plans and holiday reunions. Meet the 23-year-old who got a vasectomy because he was worried about climate change. Plus, the government wants to introduce new laws that will force social media companies to unmask online trolls, and make them responsible for the abuse people face online. Live guests: Dr Larisa Labzin, immunity and molecular bioscience expert from the University of Queensland Josh Bornstein, lawyer and director at the Australia Institute

The Shakeup: The PM’s texts, voter ID and launching relationships on social media Nov 26, 2021

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It's the Shake Up and we're talking… Opposition leader Anthony Albanese accusing the PM of lying about his 2019 trip to Hawaii, proposed voter ID laws excluding young Aussies and First Nations people, and announcing relationships on social media. Join Hack's Avani Dias with former Bachelor contestant and host of the politics podcast 'In the House and In the Senate' Alisha Aitken-Radburn, and influencer Christian Wilkins.

A bill against “cancel culture” Nov 25, 2021

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Three years after it was announced, the PM has finally introduced a controversial religious discrimination bill in parliament. He believes people of faith need more protection under the law, but there are concerns that LGBTQI+ students and teachers could be worse off. Plus, Yorta Yorta-Gunditjmara singer Isaiah Firebrace has presented his petition for Aboriginal history to be taught in Australian schools at Parliament House. Live guests: Keysar Trad, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Jo Inkpin, Minister of Pitt St Uniting Church Sydney, Anglican priest and trans woman Steff Fenton, queer Christian and co-pastor at New City Church Isaiah Firebrace, musician

Uber for weed Nov 24, 2021

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Food delivery services are making moves to cash in on Canada’s multi-billion dollar recreational weed industry. Meanwhile… meet the young Aussie who says he got fired from his job after his bosses discovered he used medicinal cannabis Australia’s listed white supremacist group The Base as a terrorist organisation, making it a criminal offence to be a member. Plus, new research shows that young women and migrants were worst affected by job losses during the pandemic. Live guests: Dr Teresa Nicoletti, lawyer and qualified scientist Dr Joshua Roose, extremism researcher at Deakin Uni Julie Reilly OAM, CEO of Australians Investing in Women

Chaos in Canberra Nov 23, 2021

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It’s the last sitting week of parliament for the year, and things are a bit chaotic with fights over the Religious Discrimination Bill, mandatory vaccinations and a federal anti-corruption commission. Meanwhile the government also put forward a controversial bill to make it compulsory for people to show IDs when casting a vote. But the requirement risks excluding young Aussies and First Nations people. There are concerns for one of China’s most popular tennis players, Peng Shuai, after she levelled allegations of sexual assault against a top government official on social-media. Plus, NASA will launch a mission to deliberately slam into an asteroid, in a bid to test the solar system’s gravitational forces. Live guests: Sophie Johnston, National Youth Commissioner Fergus Ryan, Australian Strategic Policy Institute Dr Brad Tucker, astrophysicist

Where’s all the male birth control? Nov 22, 2021

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Sick of all the side-effects from taking the birth control pill, a German inventor has created a new form of contraception for men that uses ultrasound to temporarily immobilise sperm. Protestors are marching across a town in America’s midwest after teenager Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of killing two Black Lives Matter activists last year. Plus, a remake of The Cure’s iconic song ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is shining a light on men’s mental health and encouraging blokes to reach out for help and check in on their mates. Live guests: Jamal Hakim, Marie Stopes Australia Tavis Grant, bishop and black rights activist Simon Lee, advertising executive

The Shakeup: Unpaid overtime, unusual names and voice notes on dating apps Nov 19, 2021

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It's the Shake Up and we're talking… Young Aussies working harder for less money during the pandemic, how our names can influence where we end up in life and whether voice notes can establish chemistry on dating apps. Join Hack's Avani Dias with podcast host Emily Vernem and musician Joyride.

Healing trauma with whispers and clicks Nov 18, 2021

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You know those first few weeks and months of a really painful breakup? When you can’t eat, sleep or stop crying? Imagine if in those moments you had a voice in your ear whispering ‘I love you’ and telling you how special you are. Except those words aren’t coming from your ex, but from a stranger on the internet. When the pandemic kicked off and heaps of Australians lost work, the federal and state governments made an unusual commitment to protect renters from being evicted. But now almost all of those protections are gone. Plus, Australia’s top cyber spy agency and the federal opposition have called for more action to tackle dodgy texts and scam robocalls. Live guests: Dr Mac Shine, neuroscientist at the Brain and Mind Institute at USYD Brendan Coates, housing expert from the Grattan Institute Cassandra Cross, Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre

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