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 Rachel Burgin from the NSW government's new sexual consent campaign on board to discuss landmark affirmative consent laws set to take effect in NSW from next week.

As always, big thanks to our guests for joining us on the show, and our stellar co-hosts, Tanita Razaghi and Charles Rushforth. A massive cheers also to our producers, Timothy Nguyen, Eddy Diamond, Vanessa Lim, Jostina Basta, Emma Pham and Eamonn Snow.