BroadTalk Podcast
1) Rosie Batty - Changemaker
In the final episode for this series, we talk to the amazing Rosie Batty AO. Rosie became a household name in Australia for all the wrong reasons. After her beloved son, 11 year old Luke was brutally ...Show More
2) Anne Summers - Changemaker
Dr Anne Summers AO is a journalist, writer and lifelong womenâs rights activist. To many she is the âgodmother of Australian feminismâ and founder of the nationâs first refuge for women, Elsie. A...Show More
3) Natasha Stott Despoja - Changemaker
Natasha Stott Despoja AO is a feminist trailblazer at every turn! Her tireless leadership spans decades: from the brutal politics of being Australiaâs youngest woman to enter Federal Parliament at the...Show More
4) Sally McManus - Changemaker
Sally McManus is Secretary of the powerful Australian Council of Trade Unions, and a committed âmovement builderâ. Sheâs also something of an enigma. Not only because she is the first woman to head th...Show More
5) Bronwyn King - Changemaker
Dr Bronwyn King AO is a force of nature. A radiation oncologist in the lung cancer unit at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, turned anti-tobacco advocate, whose singular presence and powerful way with wo...Show More
6) Mary Crooks - Changemaker
Mary Crooks AO is a feminist advocate and changemaker who exemplifies what some might call âold schoolâ feminism. She is a champion of grassroots democracy and collective power building. As Executive ...Show More
7) Senator Mehreen Faruqi - Changemaker
Mehreen Faruqi has more identity titles than most! Sheâs a Muslim, a migrant, a mother, a feminist, an engineer, an academic and a Greens Senator. She also has a number of âfirstsâ to her name. Most n...Show More
8) Chanel Contos - Changemaker
In the first of our new BroadTalk series on Australian Women Changemakers, Virginia talks to Chanel Contos, whose pioneering work started a movement around holistic consent and sexuality education.In ...Show More
9) Chris Wallace, Annie O'Rourke & Catherine Fox
Professor Chris Wallace calls it a âgenderquakeâ, a moment in time in which the âtectonic plates of Australian politics shifted.â In this final episode of our BroadTalk Election22 series we rip into w...Show More
10) Jess Hill, Carol Schwartz, and Nikki Gemmell
The prevailing mood across the Australian electorate is dark right now. At the end of what feels like a long and bitter federal election campaign, this week Virginia is joined by award winning journal...Show More