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 …

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

The call is coming from inside the flydubai cockpit | International

One of the pilots of a flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv incapacitated his co-pilot and attempted to crash the plane carrying more than 170 passengers as it crossed into Israeli territory. Naturally Nayan wasn't here for the one plane story. Where was he? On his way back from flying a plane... Fi…

Mayor Mohamed Semra joins Represent National!

This episode of Represent National is a big one! History-making City of Maribyrnong Mayor Mohamed Semra joins the team for part one of an interview about leadership, local government, being elected as an independent, representing your communities and making tough decisions you can live with. Moham…

Will BRICS brick the G7 over the head? | Represent International

The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi, India and again has raised questions about the balance of geopolitical powers. Is BRICS the G7 of the Global South? Is it just an symptom of an increasingly multi-polar world? Women in South-Africa have taken to the streets to rally against gender-based…