Navin75/Flickr, Australian Marine Conservation Society, ANUThe anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has called a halt to its famous missions tracking the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.For the past 12 yea

Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming ‘one-punch’ laws

Jun 28th, 2017 34m 15s

Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi turned the worst day of their lives into a campaign for meaningful law reform. AAP/The Conversation The death of Melbourne heart surgeon Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann has again focused attention on the fatal conse

Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence

May 1st, 2017 32m 49s

David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly have spearheaded pushes to abolish the gay panic defence. Forbes Chambers/ABC/SuppliedThe gay panic – or homosexual advance – defence has allowed people literally to get away with murder. It’s given them a way t

Change Agents: Alex Wodak and Lucy Haslam on the push to legalise medicinal cannabis

Dec 18th, 2016 34m 7s

Lucy Haslam and Alex Wodak helped convince the public and politicians that the time for legalised medicinal cannabis had come. AAP/Alan PorrittIn 2016 three Australian states and the Commonwealth passed laws to legalise the growing of medicinal

Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia’s most radical reform of local government

Oct 25th, 2016 33m 42s

Stuart Morris QC (left) and Leonie Hemingway (formerly Leonie Burke) led the Labor and Liberal governments' attempts at reforming local government. Andrew Dodd, CC BY-NDVictoria’s council reforms in 1994 remain Australia’s most radical restruct

Change Agents: Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee on establishing a national women’s football league

Aug 31st, 2016 33m 26s

Susan Alberti (left) and Debbie Lee were pivotal to the formation of the national women's AFL competition. Melbourne Football ClubWhen it kicks off in 2017 the national women’s football league will include eight AFL teams from five states, with

Change Agents: Rhonda Galbally and Bruce Bonyhady on the birth of the NDIS

Aug 9th, 2016 35m 2s

Rhonda Galbally and Bruce Bonyhady were both instrumental in the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Alan Porritt and Julian Smith (AAP)This is the first program in a new podcast series, Change Agents. It will focus on exampl

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