Invisible Heroes

What makes a hero? Join actress and story-teller Madeleine West as she speaks to extraordinarily ordinary Australians who are making the world a better place. Invisible Heroes shines a light on the…

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Floods, Fires And First Responders: Andrew Fletcher
If you spend your professional life planning the best ways to protect the community, how heartbreaking would it be when you can't protect the ones you love most. Andrew Fletcher is a unit commander for the NSW SES. During last year’s bushfires, while he worked on the NSW mid north coast coordinatin…
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Sex Work In Modern Australia: Tash & Ellie
When it comes to sex work, people have a lot of assumptions. And more often than not they are of a pretty negative or judgemental nature. But, when you take a closer look at the industry you can see that escorts are care givers in the same way that nurses or occupational therapists are. But they’re…
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Could We Have A World Without Wood: Ross Hampton & Dean Kearney
Although many of us may not notice, modern life relies heavily on forest products. Did you recently receive a package in the post? Was it in a cardboard box? Is there a printed label on the cans of veggies in your pantry? Yet, when most people hear the word ‘logging’ they’d probably immediately …
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The Secret Life Of A Private Investigator: Ken Gamble
What does a Private Investigator actually do? What sort of person hires a PI? In this episode of Invisible Heroes I am speaking with Ken Gamble - a professional cybercrime investigator and surveillance specialist with 30 years experience in the private sector. Most recently Ken has also been co…
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Replanting Australia’s Rainforests: Maximo Bottaro & Michael Martin
What are you doing to save the planet? Would you quit your big time job in the city and take up planting rainforests? That sounds like a fantasy, but it’s one that Michael Martin made his reality. Along with Maximo Bottaro the duo founded Reforest Now, an organisation whose mission is to grow and p…
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Exploring Kink And Human Sexuality: Roger Butler
How comfortable are you with your sexuality? What about consent, role-playing, the power of your own body and it’s desires? Kink and fetish play are taboo topics usually spoken about behind closed doors. So in this episode we’re opening that door to talk about it. Roger Butler is someone who has w…
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Saving Koalas From Extinction: Linda Sparrow
The Australian koala population is in serious decline - suffering from the effects of habitat destruction, domestic dog attacks, bushfires and road accidents. The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that there are less than 100,000 Koalas left in the wild, possibly as few as 43,000.  Linda Sparr…
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Finding William Tyrell: Gary Jubelin’s Quest for Justice
This episode contains discussions of assault, murder and sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Please contact Lifeline if this raises any issues for you on 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au Gary Jubelin is a former detective chief inspector who has led some of the most high profile homicide and…
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Guiding A Community Through Tragedy: Leseera Kai
What does the word “homeless” mean to you? Tonight in Australia one in 200 people will find themselves sleeping without a roof over their head. Leseera Kai is a woman who has faced immense tragedy in her life. As a 20 year veteran working in community welfare, she has seen it all. Fires, floods, d…
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Child Brides And Forced Marriages: Det. Sgt. Trevor Russell
Trevor Russell started out his career wanting to be an economist. So how did he end up investigating forced child marriages for the Australian Federal Police?In part two of this exploration of Australia’s victim based crimes, Det Sgt Trevor Russell takes us deep into what it’s like investigating fo…
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