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News, politics and current affairs

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English


Episodes

RAINBOW REPORT FAREWELL EDITION

10/2/2013
Welcome to the very last Rainbow Report. Don’t worry, this is not going to be one of those self-indulgent, let’s look back etc etc shows: just the last helping of... LEARN MORE The post RAINBOW REPORT FAREWELL EDITION appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:48:34

Rainbow Report: Beginnings and Endings

9/25/2013
This will be the penultimate Rainbow Report, counting down to the final show on October 3. Tonight, some bold new beginnings, and one sad goodbye. Shelley Argent has been leading... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report: Beginnings and Endings appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:45

Rainbow Report Looking to the Future

9/18/2013
Well now that we’ve all picked ourselves up off the canvas it’s time to put our shoulders to the wheel and leaving no cliché unturned accept with good grace that... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report Looking to the Future appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:46:00

Rainbow Report: Post Election – New Directions

9/10/2013
Well, it happened. Kevin Rudd is consigned to history, unless he’s going to sit on the back benches stirring a cauldron and muttering “three time is the charm”, in which... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report: Post Election – New Directions appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:40:40

Rainbow Report On More Election Issues We’re Not Talking About

9/3/2013
This week I’m looking at MORE of those ‘should be an election issue but isn’t’ issues – this week, permissible discrimination, AIDS prevention, LGBTI age care, and gay refugees, as... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report On More Election Issues We’re Not Talking About appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:04

Rainbow Report Election: Overlooked Issues plus Melbourne Ports Candidates

8/28/2013
This week I’m looking at one of those ‘should be an issue but isn’t’ issues: gay conversion therapy – is it dead; the responses of the three major parties to other... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report Election: Overlooked Issues plus Melbourne Ports Candidates appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:44:59

Rainbow Report (partly) on Dunkley: A Coalition Marginal

8/20/2013
The show was supposed to be all about the outer suburban electorate of Dunkley, which takes in the fleshpot of Frankston as well as more upmarket areas such as Mount... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report (partly) on Dunkley: A Coalition Marginal appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:13

Rainbow Report on Gellibrand: Labor’s Safest Seat

8/14/2013
Next week we’ll be heading out to Dunkeley, one of the most marginal seats in this election, to talk to the candidates there. This week we’re looking at the safest... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Gellibrand: Labor’s Safest Seat appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:48:38

Rainbow Report on Random Election Issues

8/6/2013
Are you feeling this election is one big yawn. All this pompous talk about the most important election for a generation etc etc sending you to sleep? So far I... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Random Election Issues appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:05

Rainbow Report on Putin’s Anti-Gay Pogrom

7/30/2013
In case you hadn’t noticed – and it seems most people haven’t, or don’t care – Vladimir Putin’s Russian government has turned on its gay community with a vengeance. Life... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Putin’s Anti-Gay Pogrom appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:48:51

Rainbow Report on LGBTI Foreign Policy & Refugees

7/24/2013
Blink and you’d miss it – the mainstream media did – but this week Foreign Minister Bob Carr said that gay rights were a ‘core foreign policy issue’ for the... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on LGBTI Foreign Policy & Refugees appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:44:41

Rainbow Report on Body Image & Eating Disorders

7/16/2013
The CEO of YMCA said “Today gay men are under enormous pressure about their bodies, and we believe that a lack of body diversity in the media, including the gay... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Body Image & Eating Disorders appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:45:48

Rainbow Report on Gay Parenting & Child Abuse

7/9/2013
And first, a warning. Some listeners might find this topic confronting. If you are a survivor of sexual abuse, you may not want to read further, or listen to the... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Gay Parenting & Child Abuse appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:26

Rainbow Report on Escape: Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Gayming

7/3/2013
Kind of appropriate in a week when the actor who plays one of the most pansexual characters ever [John Barrowman: Captain Jack Harkness. Dr Who & Torchwood] took advantage of... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Escape: Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Gayming appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:41:38

Rainbow Report on Rice & Curry: Sexual Racism In The LGBTI World

6/26/2013
You see it on Grindr profiles all the time: No rice, no curry. Is it sexual racism, or just sexual preference? Jesse Matheson was the man who caused a storm,... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Rice & Curry: Sexual Racism In The LGBTI World appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:45:47

Rainbow Report: Trans* Experiences in AFL

6/18/2013
My studio guests and I will be looking at the experience of transgender folk in the AFL , in particular the story of Kirsti Miller, the NSW transgender AFL player.... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report: Trans* Experiences in AFL appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:46:24

Rainbow Report Asks: Who Needs Marriage?

6/11/2013
Yup, you heard me. Why don’t we forget marriage – some things are more important. Or so lots of gay people think. Like the ongoing discrimination impacting our kids, leading... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report Asks: Who Needs Marriage? appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:46:24

Rainbow Report on Last Chance LGBT Legislation

6/5/2013
The government has two pieces of unfinished business for the LGBTI community, and with little time left before Parliament rises, it’s not certain they will make it to the statute... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on Last Chance LGBT Legislation appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:45:07

RAINBOW REPORT ON HATE CRIME LAW

5/28/2013
What exactly are hate crimes? Do we need special laws to deal with hate crime, and why? Surely the crime is the same regardless of the motive, so why should... LEARN MORE The post RAINBOW REPORT ON HATE CRIME LAW appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:47:44

Rainbow Report on The New Politics

5/21/2013
Politics used to be pretty simple: you decided which broadly-based party you could live with, and signed on for their whole suite of policies, including those you didn’t agree with.... LEARN MORE The post Rainbow Report on The New Politics appeared first on Rainbow Report.

Duration:00:44:52