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The former president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, has been sentenced to death in absentia while he reportedly lives a life of luxury in Russia. While al-Assad is living it up in Moscow, the Represent International team soldiers on as the studio burns down around them. After successfully fighting the fire with their bare heads, the team discusses the Prime Ministers of New Zealand and Australia's own…
In this episode of Represent National, Benita, Nayan and Zoe take a look at new questions in the National Census, including questions surveying LGBTQIA+ people. The team also discusses a Year 11 student running in the upcoming Victorian election in November, and whether there should be minimum (or even maximum!) age restrictions for running as a political candidate. Finally, we talk about brand…
English is now recognised as one of the official languages in New Zealand... for some reason. The only country in the world that has a president with Japanese heritage is in... Peru? And she's not even the first, it's a family business. The kids are not alright all over the world apparently because they can't stop cheating on their university entrance exams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
Content warning: This episode of Represent National discusses gambling, addiction, and child sexual abuse. This week, Ashley, Benita Nayan and Zoe talk about Acknowledgements of Country and One Nation's takes on multiculturalism. The team also looks at the Senate inquiry into gambling, and discusses whether our government should ban gambling advertising, or even ban gambling entirely. Finally, we…
We're an international show but is USA all day today, and not in a good way. Trump deigns to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner and soft launches a 2028 campaign. There have been more mass shootings than says in the USA this year and almost all of them you've never heard about. People continue to die of starvation in Uganda without USAID intervention during a prolonged drought. See…
The Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has resigned, and who on earth is this new fella who's replaced her (see: stabbed her in the back, maybe)? On this episode of Represent National, Ashley, Benita, Nayan and Zoe unpack who Ben Carroll is, what happened in the Victorian Labor Party caucus meeting, and the drama of it all! We also check back in on Victorian teachers' and school staff's ongoing union…
Oh, so now Donald Trump cares about air pollution? Go figure. A political party of cockroaches in India? And how Christopher Nolan portrays women in his The Odyssey (spoiler: about as well as you'd expect) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the second week of our new Represent National hour, Benita takes us through the return of the 'ditch the witch' billboard smearing Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, and the state of gendered abuse in politics. Ashley looks at yet more challenges for the modern Liberal Party, including Moira Deeming being unendorsed as a Victorian upper house candidate, and a greater party identity crisis. Nayan…
Represent is taking the world on with our new International Hour!! On Represent's inaugural International Hour, we'll be discussing British MP Nigel Farage's self-imposed by-election, where his main opponent is a bin? Sure. We'll then be looking at reactions to a Chinese military test that involved a nuclear-capable missile launch into the Pacific Ocean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
A new season at SYN spells big new things for Represent! This season, we're expanding, with a new national politics hour on Wednesdays from 4-5pm, and an international hour on Thursdays from 5-6pm. We're giving the people what they want - more politics on the SYN airwaves! In this first ever national hour, we meet brand new presenters Ashley, Benita, and Nayan. Zoe takes a look at the Prime…
