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Amar Singh's sense of belonging to Australia has only grown since he leant into his Sikh faith, growing out his beard and his hair, wearing a turban and committing himself to the service of his entire community

Amar Singh's sense of belonging to Australia has only grown since he leant into his Sikh faith, growing out his beard and his hair, wearing a turban and committing himself to the service of his entire community

Psychiatrist Dr Harry Freeman on the memorable patients, LSD, and medical epiphanies from his 50 years in psychiatry 

Psychiatrist Dr Harry Freeman on the memorable patients, LSD, and medical epiphanies from his 50 years in psychiatry 

Guest host Wesley Enoch meets three icons of First Nations performing arts. Roxanne McDonald's stage career began more than 30 years ago when she saw an audition flyer for a play based on the poetry of Oodgeroo Noonuccal. She has since graced some of Australia's biggest stages.

Also, we meet Noongar elder Richard Walley, who has made enormous contributions to Australian performing arts, from directing and acting in a range of new theatre works to twice performing for Queen Elizabeth II, and we learn about Con Colleano, a tightrope walker known as the Wizard of the Wire. Under the big top, he claimed Spanish ancestry, but Con was a Kamilaroi man, born and raised on Bundjalung country.

Amar Singh's sense of belonging to Australia has only grown since he leant into his Sikh faith, growing out his beard and his hair, wearing a turban and committing himself to the service of his entire community

Countrywide takes you outside the cities into regional Australia.

Many of those displaced by floods in Lismore are still without a roof over their heads – while others snap up real estate on the floodplain.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Kristen Amiet, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Joshua Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.

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Ever increasing record high flood levels are marked on the side of Lismore’s flood levee. 

Lismore, a town in Northern New South Wales is dissected by two major rivers. When there’s heavy rainfall, water flows down from the surrounding hills, slowing at the bottom and spreading across the floodplain. 

The town’s residents know floods, their houses are built high, some four metres off the ground in the canopies of trees. Many have flood plans, keeping kayaks and dinghies tethered to their homes in case of emergency.

On February 27 2022, water inundated the town, sweeping away cars, stranding residents on rooftops and filling houses with inches of mud.

In the weeks that followed volunteer hubs sprang up to feed and clothe locals forced to shelter in tents and cars as they struggle to recover with minimal support and start to clean out and rebuild their homes in the trees.  

Guests: 

Vicki Findlay

Naomi Moran

Aidan Ricketts

Lucy Wise

Freya Woodland

Production team

Producer and sound design: Sarah Mashman

Engineer: Tegan Nichols

Theme composer: Oliver Beard

Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Management team: Abe Killian and Sime Knezevic

Made with the co-operation of 2NCR, Lismore and the Koori Mail

Roofs above water was made on Widjabul Wia-bal Country of the Bundjalung Nation and the lands of the muwinina people from Country around nipaluna. These lands were never ceded.

From the Embers Season 2: Phoenix is supported by The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program and The Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience Initiative and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network

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Two disasters, two years apart - the ongoing mental health impact on survivors and what the research can tell us about the different ways people respond to these life-changing events.

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair join us to reflect on forming their famous duo, forging separate paths and then discovering that neither of them had quite as much fun without the other.

Also, we meet comedians readjusting to life on the road in 2022, check in with theatre companies impacted by the recent floods and congratulate Bruce Gladwin, artistic director and co-CEO of Back to Back Theatre, on the company's International Ibsen Award.

Will Smith and Chris Rock have not buried the hatchet after Smith slapped Rock in the face on stage, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targets of a suspected poison attack, Lismore Evacuations, the Morrison government will rush through legislation this week to cut the fuel tax  currently set at 44 cents a litre  by 10-20 cents, a voicemail that Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins sent the night before he died has been released, a decision will be made today about whether or not the Queen attends Prince Philip’s memorial at Westminster Abbey.



 

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Ep 29: In which I talk with Lismore local, farmer, mother/grandmother, and kickass environmental lawyer Sue Higginson about the incredible community response to these devstating floods; the acts of heroism that saved hundreds of lives; Morrison's shitty visit to Lismore and the woeful governmenmt response; as well as the Sharma v Sussan Ley federal court case, and more.

This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad | The Floods

You can also view the video version of this interview on our YouTube channel.

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Parts of NSW and Queensland are still reeling from the recent floods which were one of the most extreme disasters in Australian history. Bucky chats to an expert who tells us why more natural disasters are on the way to wreak havoc on our country, and gets an update from Lismore. 

Host: Andrew Bucklow
Producer:  Hareem Khan
Supporting Producer: Nina Young
Audio Editor: Tiffany Dimmack

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The recent flooding in New South Wales and Queensland has left thousands of people homeless, as entire towns were enveloped by rising floodwaters, with many still at risk.

While floods and extreme weather are not uncommon in Australia, they are happening more frequently and with greater intensity, so it is time to re-think how we rebuild and recover from these disasters?

The Quicky speaks to a regional NSW MP who has lost her own home in the floods, and an expert in urban planning and climate change to discuss what the options are to keep our homes and towns safe when the next major flood event takes place.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Janelle Saffin - NSW Labor MP for Lismore who lost her own home in the recent floods. Janelle is also a community development specialist, teacher and lawyer

Professor Barbara Norman - Foundation Chair of Urban and Regional Planning and Director of Canberra Urban and Regional Futures (CURF) at the University of Canberra

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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As the devastation from unprecedented floods grows in NSW and Queensland, communities are facing a long road to mental and physical recovery.

For weeks rain has continued to pour down across much of the east coast of Australia, causing floods of historic proportions in many towns and cities, cutting people off from communities and help.

Tragically several people and countless animals have died, and while flood waters in some areas are starting to recede, the danger is far from over.

The Quicky speaks to a woman trapped in Lismore with her family, and an emergency services commander to hear from those people directly impacted to find out what it's like for those currently living through this disaster.

If you are currently impacted by the floods and require emergency assistance, please contact the relevant state authority:

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES): 132 500 / https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/ 

NSW State Emergency Service (SES): 132 500 / https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/ 

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Arlie Pagotto - Currently living through the floods with her family in Lismore, NSW

John Cawcutt - Commander of State Operations for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES)

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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CONTACT US

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GET IN TOUCH:

Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au 

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In the second episode of their two episode series on Scotch under $20 that you can get at Trader Joe's, The Gentlemen of the world sample this bottle of Lismore.  MST Rating: 7