Streets of Your Town: The Journo Project

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Isabella Higgins on the vital need for Indigenous voices in the news
This journo has bravely told her story of the racism she’s experienced and overcome growing up as an Indigenous woman in Australia, and how it has…
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Nance Haxton
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Callan Purcell on being Aaron Burr to Alexander Hamilton
With the mega-hit musical Hamilton officially opening its Brisbane season this week, this episode of Streets of Your Town podcast is highlighting one of…
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Nance Haxton
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Mel Manley on reuniting trafficked children with families
This latest episode comes to you from Eumundi—the bohemian hamlet in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. I’ve brought back an incredible yarn from Mel…
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Nance Haxton
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Life with my Bro
This newsletter is a bit different to my previous musings. What an incredible year this has been, and continues to be. So many people facing hardships…
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Julian Kuo on his many roles in Hamilton, the musical
Performing in the national spotlight is far from a passing phase for Julian Kuo, whose dedication to his craft since a young age has been rewarded with…
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Nance Haxton
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Trent Dalton, from journo to author
He’s the kid from Brisbane’s tough outlying northern suburbs who went on to win two Walkley Awards for his powerful feature writing. Now Trent Dalton…
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Nance Haxton
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Becky Dart on learning to be like the bamboo
It’s a giant grass that many Australians would be familiar with seeing, but not so familiar with eating. Bamboo is nutrient-rich, and is in fact a…
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Nance Haxton
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Ron Rogers and Chris Egan on the magic of Indigenous footballers
I’ve just returned from one of the most exciting secondments of my now three decade journalism career—to the Cathedral of Sport the great MCG, where I…
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Nance Haxton
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Gerrard Gosens' attempt to become the first blind person to swim across the English Channel
For Paralympian athlete Gerrard Gosens, taking on the challenge of swimming across the English Channel is more than just a physical one.
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Nance Haxton
Trent Dalton on his Netflix series of Boy Swallows Universe
With the Netflix series adaptation of Trent Dalton’s first breakthrough best-seller novel Boy Swallows Universe hitting number one in Australia and top…
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Nance Haxton
Falling in love with writing letters again at the Woodford Folk Festival Lettering House
To start the new year, I visited the Woodford Festival and explored the whimsical, yet meaningful, Lettering House, where people write letters by hand…
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Maestro Umberto Clerici on making symphony orchestras socially relevant
It’s not often you talk to someone whose love for what they do is so infectious that it draws you into their world and makes you want to be part of it…
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Nance Haxton
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