From Pillar to Post

As football fans are fixed to the Men's FIFA World Cup in North America, many communities in Australia are wondering what happened to the funding promised following the Women's competition in 2023.

Featuring: Emma Setterfield-Smith (BayFM), Emma Griffin (Female Football Co-ordinator, Football NSW) and Kerry Turner (Manager of Partnerships and Participation, NSW Office for Sport)

Presented and produced - Martin Davies

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Conflict on the other side of the world is quickly brushed off in Australia.

But that’s not the way many Australians feel, especially with the current conflicts in the Middle East, pushing a number to take an active role in delivering aid to Gaza.

So what does it take to step out?

Featuring: Neve & Kate O'Connor, Gemma, Suzie & Patrick O'Toole

Presenter - Noah Secomb
Producer - Martin Davies

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If you’re a smoker it’s probably somewhere in the ballpark of $15.

But even non-smokers are paying for the missed tax on legal cigarettes.

With the ever-increasing tobacco excise pushing up the cost of cigarettes past $50 a pack, is it any wonder that the illicit tobacco trade is rapidly growing as tax income from tobacco is falling.

Featuring: Jacob Shteyman (AAP Federal Politics & Economics Reporter)

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Staff, alumni, presenters, and students are left looking for answers as 2SER confronts possible closure in July. How can the impact of a community radio station be conveyed outside of monetary terms and is this a sign of the times for community broadcasters?

Featured: Karen Barlow (Chief Politics Reporter, The Saturday Paper), Claire Northey (2SER station manager), Chris Dixon (Macquarie University Dean), James Bennett (UTS Dean),...

As World Press Freedom Day is marked, it gives us a convenient moment to ask what is the state of that freedom in Australia?

In 2014, Australian journalist Peter Greste was given a seven-year jail sentence for allegations of 'airing false news' as a reporter for al-Jazeera in Egypt.

His story captured the attention of the nation and became a living reminder of the importance of press freedom.

But things haven't substantially improv...

The hardline approach on migration outlined by Liberal leader Angus Taylor has been met with harsh criticism from former Prime Minister Paul Keating, Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja, and Amnesty International to name a few.

But Mr Taylor singling out the recent cohort of refugees from Gaza has raised separate concerns from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre which says Australia is already failing to learn from previous policy fai...

It appears there is no limit to the rhetoric US President Donald Trump will use in his handling of the Iranian conflict.

This week has seen a string of threats from the President including warnings ‘a civilisation will die’ if a ceasefire wasn’t reached and mocking Islam on Easter Sunday.

The escalation in Donald Trump's comments has been shocking from a distance, but what has it done to Muslim Americans caught up...

Hundreds of grassroots news publishers have gathered in the regional South Australian town of Murray Bridge for the annual Local and Independent News Association summit. From the sidelines of the conference, From Pillar to Post spoke with the creators caught up in the middle of a volatile media sector, the advocates fighting to keep local news alive, and the organisations pushing back against the big tech companies. 

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made headlines in January for his speech promoting principles of collaboration beyond the typical global superpowers we've come to rely on. Mr Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum was criticised by the United States, but middle powers around the world have voiced their support including Australia. So where does that leave us? Will we reconsider the long history of following the lead of the...