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BackchatNew shark net program examined / Pill testing back on the agenda in NSW // Head knocks in women' sport(aired 05/08/2023) - We're diving into our state's contentious shark netting program to kick off this episode of Backchat; after the New South Wales Government dropped its Shark Meshing, Bather Protection Report for 2023. Backchat producer Libby Hopper is in the chair to explain the report's findings and how government and conservation groups have reacted to the news. Next, pill testing is back on the agenda in NSW after the Unharm organisation launched its ‘Just Check It’ campaign with the Minns Labor government squarely in its sights. Unharm campaigns director, Sam Kidd will join us to unpack their case and the stat...
2023-10-1324 min
The Sentinel SpeakeasySeason 3, episode 12: Will Tregoning - Unharm.orgThe Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Will Tregoning - the founder of Unharm - an organisation spearheading drug law and policy reform in NSW and Australia. We last spoke to Will about a year ago - he returns to update us on movements in the organisation, as well as recent polling by Unharm revealing dramatic transformations in public attitudes about drugs, policing and policy. O...
2022-05-0240 minRENEGADE RADIO – True Crime News WeeklyRENEGADE RADIO: Unharm’s Will Tregoning talks drugs, drugs, drugs!We are joined by Will Tregoning, CEO of Unharm, to discuss the growing movement for greater sense around drugs use and laws as well as the continuing bulwarks that are impeding progress. From medical marijuana to ecstasy and pill testing and even drug-driving, no topic is off bounds.
2022-03-1800 minThe Sentinel SpeakeasyThe Sentinel Speakeasy: episode #14 featuring special guest Will Tregoning, Donald & Natalie from Unharm – Tuesday, 01 June, 2021In this final episode of season one, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including: The name change mooted for Marrickville’s Victoria Rd over “colonial links”; The New Eveleigh footbridge “failing” residents and businesses; Changes to the City of Sydney's cycleways, some of which will be made permanent; and the sad news about the passing of internationally influential performer and LGBTIQ elder, Danny Aboud. This week, our special guests on the show include Will Tregoning - the founder of Unharm - an org...
2021-06-0145 min
MindarmaEpisode 2: Catastrophic consequences: Miles Hunt on a decade representing people with work-related psychological injury.Our next guest on the Mindarma podcast is Miles Hunt, an industrial officer with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for Australia’s creative professionals.But in this podcast, Dean Yates talks to Miles about his decade-long career as a personal injury lawyer representing employees with psychological injury claims. As Miles explains, it was persistent bullying he experienced at school that instilled in him a desire to fight injustice. Miles paints an ugly picture of how organisations treat staff who suffer bullying, sexual harassment or other mental health issues in the workplace. He tal...
2020-07-2729 min
EnpsychedeliaNSW MDMA Coroner's Report with Unharm, Legalise Vaping Campaign & Dosed PanelEvery week Nick and Ash start the show with a chat about what's been in the news locally and internationally for drug policy.Unharm Director Will Tregoning NSW Coroner's reportLegalise Vaping CampaignBrian Marlow talks about why vaping of nicotine has become such a vexxed issue in Australia and the campaign to change that."PROTEST ALL DAY, PARTY ALL NIGHT": HOW RAVE IS UNITING THE LEBANESE REBELLION - MixmagPsychedelic Panel Discussion at Dosed Screening in MelbourneThis panel was held at Cinema Nova in Melbourne on Wednesday the 28th of August 2019. It followed a screening of the movie Dosed Panel hosted by Ca...
2019-11-1000 min
EnpsychedeliaLaw Enforcement Action Partnership and a Trip to Nimbin's Mardi GrassNick and Ash discuss the week in drug policy news and events. SEGMENTGreg Denham from Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) Australia talks about law enforcement's role in drug policy, accompanied by Will Tregoning (UnHarm) and Dr. John Jiggens.MUSICHugo the Poet - ResponsibilitySEGMENTNick was recently in Nimbin for the annual Mardi Grass protestival, speaking about the rise of novel psychoactive substances, especially 'synthetic cannabinoids'.
2019-08-0400 min
Queerstories124 Fiona McGregor - The Christmas HandicapFiona McGregor reflects on a long held family tradition.Fiona McGregor is a Sydney novelist, essayist, art critic and performance artist. She has published five books including Strange Museums, a travel memoir of a performance art tour through Poland. Her latest novel Indelible Ink won Age Book of the Year. She writes for The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, Overland, RealTime, Runway and Running Dog. Fiona's performance, prioritising endurance and durational forms, has been presented internationally. Since the 90s, Fiona has been active in Sydney's queer alternative culture, currently co-producing dance party UNDEAD, the annual fundraiser for Unharm, a...
2019-03-0511 min
EnpsychedeliaEP152 - Drug and Society with Emily Blatchford, AOD Media Watch with Dr. Stephen Bright and Unharm's Will TregoningNick and Ash siphon through the week in drug news.GUESTSEmily Blatchford (psychology honours) from Edith Cowan University joins the program to talk to us about her Drugs, Personality and Social Attitudes research.Dr. Stephen Bright, vice-president of Psychedelic Research In Science and Medicine (PRISM) and founder of AOD Media Watch has had his eye on some more questionable reporting on drug issues by the mainstream mediaUnharm Director Will Tregoning talks about an upcoming visit from Portugal's Manuel Cardoso, who helped to decriminalise drugs in Portugal.
2018-06-0300 min
EnpsychedeliaEP88 - Pill Testing, Vic Govt Drug Inquiry & Festival FriendsNick and Ash discuss the week in drug news.MUSICSUN:MONX - In The TreesSEGMENTLocal issues with:Yarra Drug and Health Forum Executive Director Greg DenhamDancewize Co-ordinator Steph Tzanetis Unharm Director Will TregoningCheck out Festival Friends for tips on how to be a good mate at a festival.
2017-03-0500 min
Like I'm A Six-Year-Old73 - Johann HariBackstage at the Soho Theatre I got to sit down with journalist Johann Hari to discuss how the media corrupts our public debate, Australian television and his powerful book, Chasing the Scream: The First & Last Days of the Drug War. What is addiction? Why is the drug war still continuing? What is it costing us? Is there a better way? Article: Half of all Australians want to ban Muslim immigration, says poll Boundless Plains To Share at the Belvoir Theatre, January 2017 Andrew Denton's podcast series for the Wheeler Centre, Better Off Dead...
2016-09-211h 04