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Ruby asks why Me Too stories are still so hard to tell in Australia - and why there is so much fear about speaking out and naming names.

Everybody Knows: The company

Follow journalist Ruby Jones as she investigates an open secret in the Australian music industry - stories of harassment, abuse and assault spanning decades.

In this episode, Ruby asks why Me Too stories are still so hard to tell in Australia - and why there is so much fear about speaking out and naming names.

So will Ruby be able to tell this story? Or will the allegations remain hidden in plain sight?

This is episode one of Everybody Knows.

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April 23, 2024

Grace Tame is not a cat, she’s autistic

Former Australian of the Year and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Grace Tame, on Australia’s first attempt at a national autism strategy – and why we must get it right.

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April 22, 2024

Can Channel Seven survive the Lehrmann verdict?

Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton, on who emerges from the wreckage of one of the most dramatic defamation cases we’ve seen in years.

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April 19, 2024

The Great Housing Disaster: The minister for housing

In this final episode of 7am’s five-part series, we dive into what the government is doing and whether there is more that could be done.

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April 18, 2024

The Great Housing Disaster: How to fix it

In this episode of 7am’s five-part series, we explore four of these possible solutions to the crisis. You will hear from finance expert Alan Kohler, Greens spokesperson for housing Max Chandler Mather, housing advocate Maiy Azize and former deputy lord mayor of Sydney and author, Jess Scully.

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April 17, 2024

The Great Housing Disaster: Who gets a say?

In this episode of 7am’s five-part special series on the housing crisis, we find out who gets a say when it comes to housing, and why that can get in the way of building the homes Australia needs.

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April 16, 2024

The Great Housing Disaster: The renters resistance

In this episode of 7am’s five-part special series on the housing crisis, we meet the people who are trying to make it better: the people who are mobilising, taking matters into their own hands and fighting back.

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April 15, 2024

The Great Housing Disaster: Who’s to blame?

This episode uncovers who broke the housing market, and introduces one of the few people who saw what was coming and tried to warn us.

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April 12, 2024

Penny Wong’s plan to recognise Palestine

Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno, on what recognising a Palestinian state would mean – and why the foreign minister decided to talk about it now.

7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. It's produced by Kara Jensen-Mackinnon, Alex Tighe, Zoltan Fecso and Alex Gow. Our technical producer is Atticus Bastow.

Brian Campeau mixes the show. Our editor is Scott Mitchell. Erik Jensen is our editor-in-chief. Our theme music is by Ned Beckley and Josh Hogan of Envelope Audio.

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