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Nina Oyama wants people to hire more lesbians. She also has a fondness for iPads over mobiles. But most of all, Nina is funny.

She’s a comedian, actor and award-winning writer and director who can go from smutty stand-up to sweet characters on screen. Her portrayal of the uptight eco warrior Courtney in Utopia or the anxious policewoman Abby in Deadloch being some of her stand out performances.

Her latest live show is called 'Nina Oyama is Coming' and in this chat with Antoinette Lattouf, she explains why you’ll never look back if you hire a lesbian and why her greatest achievement in life involves hanging upside down.

Tickets to Nina's show here

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TO LISTEN - Ushers album Coming HomeTO TRY - Foot lotion and socksTO TRY - Order coffee using fake namesTO LISTEN - Clara Bow Scandal series on Shameless

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A rocket is set to take off soon from North Queensland, becoming the first locally made orbital rocket to blast off from Australian soil. It will also mark our country as one of only twelve around the globe that can boast space launch technology that goes from build to launch.

Yet, strangely enough, this rocket is highly likely to fail.

On this episode, Bension Siebert speaks with LiSTNR journalist, Courtney Thomas, to discuss why it’s so significant, and why the small town of Bowen, south of Townsville, has been chosen for the launch site.   
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Columbia University in New York this week called in police to arrest pro-Palestinian protestors. Universities have always championed free speech.

Is Columbia a sign of the changing nature of protest in our tertiary institutions? Once places that encouraged challenging discussions on politics and culture.

In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Tim Briedis, an academic and historian from the University of Sydney who specialises in the history of student activism, to discuss how and why protest culture at our universities has changed and what it means for the future of dialogue on politics and culture.

Headlines:

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned

E-safety: Dutton says we can’t police the world 

Australians hit by biggest tax increase in the world

100 whales saved off the coast of WA

The iconic Moulin Rouge sails have fallen off

 

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At pubs around the country, people are watching pairs of coins tossed in the air for the classic ANZAC Day tradition of playing two-up. 

In most parts of Australia it’s illegal to play this quintessentially Australian game any day other than ANZAC Day. 

But one pub in Broken Hill – the far west New South Wales mining town near the border South Australia – it's played legally every Friday night. 

So how is it that two-up is legal any time of the year are mid-sized pub in the middle of the outback? 

Ringmaster of two-up at the Palace Hotel in Broken Hill Fisk Nagas joins Bension Siebert to explain. 
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On this Anzac Day morning, we reflect on the rise and rise of Anzac Day and how only a generation ago, it was declining before a huge upsurge in interest and favour in the late 1990s.

The day has not always been as revered as it is today.

We’re joined by Anzac historian Mat McLachlan to discuss the current popularity of Anzac Day, and whether it will survive into the future.
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At the beginning of this week, a woman was allegedly murdered by her former partner while he was out on bail. He’d been charged with her rape as well as intimidation. The alleged incident has thrown our bail laws into sharp relief, with both federal and state politicians pledging to do more to keep women safe.  

In this episode of The Briefing, Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with Dr Terry Goldsworthy, an associate professor in criminology at Bond University, about whether our bail laws need to change. 
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