Aired 24/09/22 - This week on Backchat, we get started with a look at the recently released findings of an enquiry into the drug ice, which recommended that some quantities of drugs be decriminalised in NSW. Next, we chat to Saul Deane from Total Environment Centre about a state government plan to open up huge chunks of Western Sydney - including critical Koala habitat - to new development. Backchat producer Alice Leggett caps things off with a chat to Adam Jones from the NSW State Emergency Ser...
Oct 08, 2022•24 min
Aired 17/09/22 - This week, Backchat kicks off with a dive into a damning report that found Star Casino was unfit to hold a casino license in NSW. Next, int he wake of the shocking leaked group chat from Knox Grammar, we hear from a former student from an elite private boys school about the culture in those environments. Finally, we check in with Amanda Copp from National Radio News about what the Queen's death is going to mean for the productivity of our federal parliament as the sitting year d...
Oct 08, 2022•22 min
Aired 10/09/22 - We kick off Backchat this week with a much needed explanation of the industrial dispute that has gripped the Sydney rail network recently. Next, we explore the controversial question of ethical shoplifting with QLD Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan. Finally, we’ll be chatting with 2021 Queenslander of the year, Dr Dinesh Palipana about why there are very few doctors with disability, and what’s rotten in the culture of medicine. This episode of Backchat was produced by Sa...
Sep 15, 2022•25 min
Aired 03/09/22 - Backchat kicks off this week with a look at the gender pay gap in 2022 - why you should care and how it's set to impact women moving forward. Next, you'll be hearing directly from one NSW student who received an Order of Australia medal at just seventeen years old. Laura Eastlake will be on the line to tell us about her achievement and her plans for the future. Finally, Backchat producer Sumaiya Chowdhure will be in studio to give you the lowdown on quiet quitting and also share...
Sep 15, 2022•22 min
Aired 27/08/22 - This week, Backchat kicks off with a chat to producer Holly about the Royal Sydney Golf Club's controversial plans to expand, and the two Sydney councils going to court to stop it. Next, you'll hear from Rushani Epa, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of Colournary food magazine, about the state of hospo venues in Australia as many continue to close their doors. Finally, you'll be hearing a chat with Nick McIntosh from the Transport Workers Union on Qantas' treatment of workers as thei...
Sep 15, 2022•24 min
Aired 13/08/22 - On Backchat this week, you'll firstly be hearing about plans to demolish and redevelop two public housing sites in Sydney and what will happen to the residents displaced by the development. Next, we'll have all you need to know about the latest virus threatening our shores - Monkeypox. Dr Brad Mackay will be on to help separate fact from fiction. FInally, you’ll be hearing a chat with the National Tertiary Education Union’s NSW secretary Damien Cahill about why staff at the Univ...
Sep 14, 2022•24 min
Aired 06/08/22 - This week, Backchat's Syndey wrap explores disturbing new figures highlighting the extent of pokie losses in NSW, with some Sydney's lowest income suburbs ranking highest for pokie takings. Next, we have a special interview with Natascha Haupt and Luisa Giles-Baker from the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence after staff and visitors to the centre received the shock news that it would be closing. Finally, you'll be hearing a chat with Chair of Homelessness Australia, Jenny...
Sep 14, 2022•25 min
(Aired 30/07/22) The latest on Backchat! First up, we sit down with Backchat producer Sana Shaikh to discuss the topic of kitty curfews, proposed for NSW by the Wagga Wagga council to protect their native wildlife. Next, we're joined by data journalist from The Guardian, Josh Nicholas, to unpack the implications and very valid concerns around period tracking apps sharing / selling user data in light of the overturning of Roe v Wade. To wrap up, we're taking a look at how the first week of parlia...
Aug 06, 2022•25 min
(Aired 23/07/22) This week on Backchat, we kick things off by diving into the insane spike in already high rental prices across Sydney following the release of new data from the Domain Rent Report. Next, we're joined by Amber Rules - Director and Founder of mental health service, Rough Patch - to discuss the impact climate change is having on young people's mental health and what you can do to beat the climate blues. Finally, you'll be hearing an interview with Adjunct Professor Karen Price abou...
Aug 06, 2022•22 min
(Aired 16/07/22) This week on Backchat, we kick off the show digging into why trains and buses in NSW might nevber be as busy as they were pre-pandemic. With statistics showing sigificant drops in the usage of trains, buses and trams - we'll be chatting about what this means in the NSW Transport sector. Next, with the effects of climate change being felt like never before in Australia with floods, bushfires and hottest summers on record - Backchat sits down with Usha Makkena from the Australian ...
Aug 06, 2022•23 min
(Aired 09/07/22) It's NAIDOC week 2022 and on Backchat this week, we'll be covering stories that highlight the strength of First Nations people, community and culture. First up, we're unpacking the uptick in First Nations populations recorded in the 2021 census data with Indigenous researchers Julie Andrews and Francis Markham. Next, CEO of First Nations Media Dennis stokes joins Charles and Tanita in studio to chat about the organisation's goals in the media industry for First Nations people. F...
Aug 06, 2022•23 min
Backchat has the latest! It's been one year since Sydney's harshest lockdowns began. Your favourite hosts and Exec Producer, Eamonn Snow, come together to collectively reflect on the experience. Next, in light of the overturning of Roe v Wade, Backchat is joined by Daney Faddoul to break down what a national Charter of Rights would mean in Australia with regards to protecting our access to abortion amongst other fundamental human rights. Daney is Campaign manager at the Human Rights Law Centre. ...
Jul 08, 2022•24 min
Backchat is unpacking the biggest news of the week! First up, we’re joined by Don Dixon, Ramp Worker for Qantas at Sydney Domestic Airport, to discuss how Qantas’ structural changes over the past 2.5 years have resulted in long term consequences for the company, affecting their workers and the Australian public alike. Who are the winners and losers of this year’s state budget? We're joined by Zee Feed Founder and editor Crystal Andrews to help us make sense of it all, from stamp duty for first h...
Jul 08, 2022•25 min
This week on Backchat we talk about the the state government investing $60 million to deliver a waterfront pathway for pedestrians and cyclists with Backchat Producer Eamonn Snow. After we delve into economic updates with economist Peter Martin. Lastly, Backchat Producer Sana Shaikh talks about big retail stores such as Bunnings, Kmart and Good Guys using facial technology and what that means for you. This episode of Backchat was brought to you by Sana Shaikh, Vanessa Lim, Eamonn Snow and Lara S...
Jul 07, 2022•25 min
This week on Backchat we'll be starting at Castle Hill High School, where asbestos has been lurking in the roof of a classroom for years without action. Backchat producer Sana Shaikh will be in the studio to give you the rundown on that one. Next, we'll be joined by Joe Hathaway-Wilson, News Editor for UTS student publication, Vertigo, after it was revealed they'd be losing significant funding. Finally, Backchat producers Lill Scott and Eddy Diamond will be exploring whether our new PM, Anthony ...
Jul 07, 2022•20 min
This week we’ve got a great mix of news as we inch away from the election madness! Backchat producer Holly Payne jumps onto our Sydney wrap to discuss NSW moving its way out of single-use plastic bags. Next, we dig into the big election shock last week, that Peter Dutton was chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party. Backchat will be breaking down what this means for politics in Australia with Ben Raue from the Tally Room. Lastly, Backchat producer Jostina Basta chats to founder and director of ...
Jun 03, 2022•23 min
Election season may be over, but the Backchat team are still here to bring you the news that matters to you! This week, we delve into Australia's flu epidemic and how state governments are responding to counter it. We're also joined by the Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe to talk about what the future might look like when it comes to Indigenous representation in Australia as Labor, The Greens and First nations groups lay out their intentions for the next term of parliament. Lastly, we've got Dr Rache...
May 27, 2022•23 min
It’s election day 2022! In a special episode of Backchat, the team firstly explore the Coalition’s new first home buyer’s scheme, which would allow people to partially fund a deposit for their first home by dipping into their superannuation. Next, we’re talking about the fair work commission’s landmark decision to allow millions of Aussies up to 10 days paid domestic violence leave. ASU State Branch Secretary Natalie Lang joins us for that one. Finally, we’ll be crossing to backchat reporters on...
May 20, 2022•25 min
One week out until the federal election, Backchat is bringing to you the latest! First up, we explore what happened to the congestion tax which was proposed for Sydney, then scrapped as the government looks to address transport issues. Next, we speak with The Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi about their policies for the federal election on wiping student debt, higher education and housing. Lastly, student and School Strike 4 Climate protest organiser, Bailey Linton-Simpkins, joins us to speak about...
May 13, 2022•25 min
This week on Backchat we talk about the teal independents, who they are and what they stand for. After we chat with Independent candidate for North Sydney Kylea Tink. Lastly, we discuss our own NSW Abortion Laws ahead of the US soon overturning Roe V Wade, a historic abortion rights bill. This episode of Backchat is brought to you by, Eamonn Snow, Holly Payne, Eddy Diamond and Vanessa Lim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 06, 2022•25 min
This week, presenters Chantelle Al-Khouri and Sana Shaikh speak to Blue Mountains MP Trisha Doyle about how a lack of rental properties might be contributing to homelessness in the area. After, we catch up with Backchat producer Eamonn Snow about his Young Walkley Award nominated story about pollution in the Kincumber reason. And lastly, Backchat producer Charles Rushforth joins Chantelle and Sana to discuss the full frontal penis shown on the ABC that drove conservatives mad. This show was brou...
Jun 11, 2021•24 min
This week, presenters Chantelle Al-Khouri and Charles Rushforth speak to model Lynn Mathuthu about the importance of diversity and representation at Australian Fashion Week. Followed by Backchat producer Niki Iliagoueva chatting to Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Alex Ryvchin, about the rise in antisemitism in the international and Australian Jewish community. And lastly, Backchat producer Jostina Basta joins Charles and Chantelle to discuss tennis player Naomi Osaka pulling...
Jun 04, 2021•21 min
For National Reconciliation Week, Backchat firstly speaks to NITV journalist Jennetta Quinn Bates who has been closely following the story of Michael Peachey, a Gamilaroi man from Gunnedah who died after a police altercation. After, we dive into the race to return Indigenous artefacts. Eddy Diamond chatted to Dharawal man Ray Ingrey from the Gujaga foundation into their efforts in La Perouse. Finally. we speak to Professor Larissa Behrendt about one of the first Indigenous university residential...
May 28, 2021•22 min
On Backchat this week, we look firstly at the fresh round of cuts for Universities in this year's federal budget and what impact this will have on the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at our unis. After that, Backchat producer Charles Rushforth shares his latest investigation into staffing isues impacting nurses in the state's public hospitals. Finally, our EP Millie Roberts joins Chantelle and Eamonn to discuss the good and bad sides of celebrity activism. This show was brought to you...
May 21, 2021•21 min
This week on Backchat, C squared [ Chantelle and Charles ] , take over your airwaves with the latest news and current affairs as well as some quirks stuff you wanna hear. Chantelle Al-Khouri, explores the rise of abuse towards journalist and the Government roles in this issue. Next, an electrifying subject! Robots are slowly taking over tiny roles in retail and the grocery stores! *COUGH COUGH* HAWKIE FROM WOOLIES. Dr Kathryn Kasmarik joins us for a mini deep dive into the mechanics of AI retail...
May 07, 2021•22 min
This week on Backchat we discuss how Olympians are currently getting prioritised to get the COVID-19 vax and some individuals in Canberra have had early access to the Pfizer vaccine despite not being eligible. Backchat producer, Eamonn Snow, takes us to the Central Coast on a recent ocean protest over Pep-11 and we're chatting to pro-surfer Lucy Small who called out organisers of a Sydney surfing competition for unequal recognition. This episode was produced by Millie Roberts, Eamonn Snow, Charl...
Apr 30, 2021•22 min
On this week's Backchat, we talking about political correctness in Sydney's comedy scene and that fake viral fiary bread petition you may have seen around. Backchat producer, Rebekah Manibog, catches up with the young Australians who are working together to create change and awareness in their home country of Myanmar. This episode was produced by Millie Roberts, Vanessa Lim, Niki Illiagoueva and Rebekah Manibog. Edited by Lachlan Stevens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 23, 2021•21 min
This week on Backchat, we question whether the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout is accomodating homeless people. Then Chantelle and Charles chat with Sydney filmmaker Amira about the suburb of Miller, and how more areas can better support young people. Finally, we crack into the FriendlyJordies vs Triple J Hack video and discuss the news young people want to hear. This episode was brought to you by Millie Roberts, Rebekah Manibog, Sana Shaikh and Tanita Razaghi. Edited by Lachlan Stevens. See o...
Apr 16, 2021•20 min
This week on Backchat, we investigate a polluted waterway in the NSW Central Coast and chat with a Pakistani-born lawyer about growing up with autism. Then cohosts Eamonn Snow and Niki Iliagouyeva are joined by producer Rebekah Manibog to grapple with Prince Phillip's death, and whether it's okay to poke fun in light of sad announcements. This episode was brought to you by Eamonn Snow, Millie Roberts, Rebekah Manibog and Niki Iliagouyeva. Edited by Lachlan Stevens. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Apr 09, 2021•22 min
This week on Backchat, we investigate the threat to social housing in Waterloo as it undergoes one of the largest redevelopments in Sydney and discuss death of Mhelody Bruno - a Filipina trans woman who was failed by NSW's justice system. Then presenters Millie Roberts and Chantelle Al-Khouri chat about free disposable menstrual products and share some personal stories. This episode was brought to you by Rebekah Manibog, Tanita Razaghi and Millie Roberts. Edited by Lachlan Stevens. See omnystudi...
Apr 02, 2021•24 min
