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Represent
Stay political! Join the team for a breakdown of the week that was in politics. Covering the local, state, federal, and international politics you actually care about, we'll help you wrap your head around what's happening so you can go about your day a little more informed.Social links:
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Military firing squad execution barely enough to give Americans pause | International
Former US public policy advisor and combat veteran Christopher Rivers is uniquely qualified to give his take on the rhetoric (or lack thereof) around the death penalty shemozzle and how it might or might not affect the upcoming US midterms. Also the kids are NOT okay in Europe and they are making …
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Helen Haines hospitalised | National
This week on Represent National, Benita, Fatima and Nayan look at the alleged attack on independent MP for Indi outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. The team discusses calls from public figures like the Prime Minister to 'turn down the temperature' politically, or whether this conversation …
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Military firing squad execution barely enough to give Americans pause | International
Former US public policy advisor and combat veteran Christopher Rivers is uniquely qualified to give his take on the rhetoric (or lack thereof) around the death penalty shemozzle and how it might or might not affect the upcoming US midterms. Also the kids are NOT okay in Europe and they are making …
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Helen Haines hospitalised | National
This week on Represent National, Benita, Fatima and Nayan look at the alleged attack on independent MP for Indi outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. The team discusses calls from public figures like the Prime Minister to 'turn down the temperature' politically, or whether this conversation …
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Rifle-wielding cops on Sydney streets?! | National
This week on Represent National, the whole team is back in the studio as Ashley walks us through the federal government's backflip on banning credit card payments to the tax office. Between that and the credit card surcharge ban, small business owners are reportedly not very happy campers. Benita…
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Classics, Colonisation and Christopher Nolan | International
People have been adapting The Odyssey longer than they've been writing it down. To talk to us about the hold this story seems to have on us and its place in Western colonisation we were joined by Associate Professor Ika Willis, Head of School of Culture & Communication at the University of Melbour…
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Pre-COP31 debrief with Gerard Anapu | International
Pre-COP31 wrapped up in Fiji today and Gerard Anapu joined us fresh off his flight from Nadi to give us the low down on how things went down. To celebrate the first Represent International episode with the whole gang in the studio, we decide to take a political personality quiz as a group to find …
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Who's this new Greens leader, and how does Victorian election voting work? | National
This week on Represent National, Zoe and Ashley hold down on the fort while Nayan is trapped in a lift. Ashley takes us through who the federal Greens' new leader David Shoebridge is, and his approach to leading the party so far. We discuss The Greens' political tactics, whether Shoebridge is a g…
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Maribyrnong Mayor interview part 2, Medicare data hacked by OpenAI | National
This week on Represent National, we bring you the second half of our interview with Mohamed Semra, the 27-year-old Mayor of Maribyrnong City Council in Melbourne's inner west. In part two, we spoke to Mohamed about racism in politics, media representation of African communities, barriers to entry i…
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Classics, Colonisation and Christopher Nolan | International
People have been adapting The Odyssey longer than they've been writing it down. To talk to us about the hold this story seems to have on us and its place in Western colonisation we were joined by Associate Professor Ika Willis, Head of School of Culture & Communication at the University of Melbour…
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