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543 - Why is Country Music Having a Moment? | Fitness Influencer Scams | Steps Toward Closing the Gap in NSW |

Your alternative to talkback. Backchat is a weekly show of news, politics, interviews, discussion, satire, and feature reporting. Hosted by Holly Payne and Tanita Razaghi. Executive produced by Rebecca Cushway, with producers Libby Hopper and Nic Huntington. Got an idea for a story? Email us: backchat@fbiradio.com We're also on Twitter @BackchatFBi

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543 - Why is Country Music Having a Moment? | Fitness Influencer Scams | Steps Toward Closing the Gap in NSW |

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534 - What's the go with FOGO? // Sydney Uni's Inroads program is here to assist with alcohol-related anxiety // NSW Government is conducting an audit into Sydney's struggling live music scene

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533 - First Nations people and Australia after the Referendum // The context to Israel and Palestine that you're not hearing

Sat, 21 Oct 2023
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Mon, 16 Oct 2023
531 - Referendum 2023: the case for YES // Insight into the Progressive NO perspective // Have Indigenous voices been given enough space during the campaign?

Fri, 13 Oct 2023
530 - NSW cops not trained for strip searching // Sydney's urban trees // Eridication of Varroa Mite abandoned

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529 - What's in the NSW state budget? // Housing and the NSW budget // Cultural burning: Can the past address a modern problem?

Fri, 13 Oct 2023
528 - Macquarie Bank goes cashless // Sewage pump station planned for Parsley Bay // Eaterloo public housing redevelopment drags on

Fri, 13 Oct 2023
527 - Sydney housing crisis costing billions // A dive into the world of Deepfakes // Varroa Mite continues to devastate bee colonies across NSW

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526 - Federal politicians receive a pay bump // Voice 2023: what Australia can learn from the rest of the world

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525 - Zoom attempt at data harvesting backfires // A breakdown of the intergenerational report // Are food delivery companies putting their workers' lives at risk?

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524 - Matildas fever sweeps the nation // Sydney NIMBY-ism leading to racist outcomes // Sydney bus issues addressed in new Government report

Fri, 13 Oct 2023
523 - Fair Pay For Radio Play bill explained // Yes, Western Sydney is much hotter

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522 - New shark net program examined / Pill testing back on the agenda in NSW // Head knocks in women' sport

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521 - Busfire season approaching - how prepared are we? // Cash going out of fashion // A look into the world of ethical porn

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520 - Girl Dinner explained // Bush To Bowl healing experience // Egg freezing: fad or future?

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519 - Rising grocery costs - are supermarkets price gouging? // Fresh calls for Unis and Gov to act on campus sexual assaults

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518 - NAIDOC week exclusive: Acknowledging country beyond words // Safeguarding native languages

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517 - What Australian media covers and what it ignores // Changes to opioid dependence therapy // Sydney's urban birds

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Thu, 26 Jan 2023
512 - RADICAL CHANGES TO INDONESIA'S LEGAL CODE // NSW SCHOOL SYLLABUS SET FOR OVERHAUL // AUSTRALIA'S VAPING PROBLEM

Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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Fri, 11 Nov 2022
505 - BANKSTOWN STATE LABOR MP SENSATIONALLY QUITS // ARE CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER THREAT IN NSW? // THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RESPONDS TO RORTING ALLEGATIONS

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Sat, 15 Oct 2022
503 - CONTROVERSIAL DAM PLAN EXPLAINED // MOULD AND REAL ESTATES // SYDNEY RENTAL MARKET SINKS TO NEW LOW

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501 - DRUG DECRIM OFF THE TABLE FOR NSW // KOALA HABITAT UNDE THREAT FROM WESTERN SYDNEY DEVELOPMENT PLAN // HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR A LOOMING THIRD LANIÑA

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499 - SYDNEY TRAINS DISPUTE EXPLAINED // CAN YOU ETHICALLY SHOPLIFT? // BARRIERS FACED BY DOCTORS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

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