WILL PUBLIC TRANSPORT EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? // YOUTH DISPLACED FROM CLIMATE CHANGE // BREAKDOWN OF SRI LANKA'S CURRENT POLITICAL & ECONOMIC CRISIS

(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 Youth Climate Coalition to hear stories of young people in Australia being displaced due to climate change.

Backchat producer Jostina Basta lastly spoke to Ajith Rajapaksa, representative for Voice for Democracy in Sri Lanka & co-organiser for the Aus-Lanka People's Solidarity protests in Australia to break down what led to the recent mass protests & protestors storming into the President's residence. 

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