What Australian media covers and what it ignores // Changes to opioid dependence therapy // Sydney's urban birds

(aired 01/07/2023) This week on Backchat, we're kicking things off with a dive into the editorial decisions in Australian newsrooms following the wall-to-wall coverage of the Titan submersible disaster. Our producer Sana Shaikh is in the studio to run through the pitfalls and forgotten stories of our overwhelmingly white newsrooms. Next, RACGP spokesperson on addiction, Dr Hester Wilson is in studio to chat about advances in harm reduction. Opioid dependence therapy drugs have recently made their way onto the Pharmecuitical Benefits Scheme - a move that continues Australia's trend towards effective harm reduction when it comes to drug use. Finally, how many birds do you see around Sydney day-today? We're rounding things out with a chat with Australia's preeminent urban bird expert, Dr Grainne Cleary about what we can do to protect and promote Sydney's birdlife.

This episode of Backchat was produced by Sana Shaikh, Holly Payne, Jostina Basta, and Eamonn Snow.

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