Episodes

  • INTERVIEW: Former Democrat election campaign organiser Cory Alpert

    INTERVIEW: Former Democrat election campaign organiser Cory Alpert
    Nov 2 2024
    Cory Alpert is a PhD researcher at the University of Melbourne looking at the impact of AI on democracy - but he has a wealth of experience in the world of American politics. He served for three years in the White House during the Biden-Harris Administration working in the Executive Office of the President. He's worked on three Presidential campaigns, including for Hillary Clinton in 2016. and as regional chief of staff for Pete Buttigieg’s historic 2020 campaign. He has also had senior staff and advisory roles on Senate, House, Gubernatorial, mayoral, and state legislative races across the United States. So with just a couple of days before the US Presidential Election, SBS's Deborah Groarke asked him about how the campaigning strategies are put together:
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    25 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Former Fijian Prime Minister Mahenda Chaudhry

    INTERVIEW: Former Fijian Prime Minister Mahenda Chaudhry
    Nov 2 2024
    Mahendra Chaudhry was Fiji's first Prime Minister of Indian ancestry, but in 2000 he and most his cabinet were held hostage for almost two months, after a civilian coup backed by a faction of the military and led by George Speight stormed parliament. Since the 1980s there have been four coups in Fiji - each with links to ethnic tension between Indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians. Mr Chaudhry is the current leader of the Fiji Labour Party. In an interview with SBS's Jennifer Scherer, he talks about Fiji's movement toward social cohesion and how Diwali can promote reconciliation despite a history of coup culture
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    10 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Jess Abrahams from the Australian Conservation Foundation on our endangered species

    INTERVIEW: Jess Abrahams from the Australian Conservation Foundation on our endangered species
    Nov 1 2024
    A fluffy native mouse and five other Australian species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. According to the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia’s escalating extinction crisis, is being fuelled by climate change, deforestation, and outdated conservation laws. SBS's Essam Al-Ghalib was joined by the Australian Conservation Foundation’s national nature campaigner, Jess Abrahams
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    7 mins
  • INTERVIEW: How well do migrant and refugee communities understand Australia's electoral process?

    INTERVIEW: How well do migrant and refugee communities understand Australia's electoral process?
    Oct 26 2024
    SBS' Ciara Hain spoke with settlement service provider AMES' public affairs manager Laurie Nowell.
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    8 mins
  • INTERVIEW: US Analyst Lee Drutman on early voting in the Presidential Election

    INTERVIEW: US Analyst Lee Drutman on early voting in the Presidential Election
    Oct 24 2024
    With campaigning for the US election entering its final stages, record numbers of voters have submitted their ballots early, across a number of crucial battleground states. Early voting was a key sticking point for the Trump campaign in 2020, which made unproven claims of vote rigging. For more about the final sprint to the White House, reporter Tys Occhiuzzi spoke with Lee Drutman, a senior fellow at the New America think tank.
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    9 mins
  • INTERVIEW: Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks to SBS about her protest to King Charles

    INTERVIEW: Senator Lidia Thorpe speaks to SBS about her protest to King Charles
    Oct 24 2024
    Senator Lidia Thorpe has defended her protest during the King's visit to Canberra. She says her calls for a treaty have garnered international attention, and has furthered the national conversation. But the headlines remain squarely on her eligibility as a senator. Listen to her full interview with SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson about the controversy.
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    14 mins
  • INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Professor Andrea Carson on media and politics

    INTERVIEW: SBS talks to Professor Andrea Carson on media and politics
    Oct 18 2024
    SBS is launching a new series on the US election called US ELECTION UNPLUGGED. The first episode explores some of the challenges involved in how we report on the candidates to help voters make up their minds. Debbie Groarke talks with Political Communication Professor Andrea Carson on the issues that the media confronts when covering on politics and elections.
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    19 mins
  • INTERVIEW Governor General Sam Mostyn on the upcoming royal visit

    INTERVIEW Governor General Sam Mostyn on the upcoming royal visit
    Oct 18 2024
    In a rare wide-ranging interview ahead of King Charles' visit, Governor-General Sam Mostyn tells SBS News about her plans to show the monarch "a modern Australia" and delves into the "strain of our times" many communities have been feeling. The Governor-General is speaking here to Sandra Fulloon.
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    15 mins