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Doug Pollard is a veteran gay journalist, columnist, commentator, and broadcaster specialising in GLBTI issues, based in Melbourne Australia. He often works with Rob Mitchell of the RJM Trust, "We are separate independent and unaffiliated guerilla campaigners and advocates, and the best of mates: nimble, fast-moving, unconventional and above all aiming to drive rapid change", he says.

Freshly Doug July 22

Well so far it’s been a deadly dull election with no mention of GLBTI issues worth a spit.

CANDIDATE FORUMS ON JOY

Over two Saturdays Joy will be hosting candidate forums: Melbourne Ports on Saturday 7th August, 10.30 to 11.30am, and Melbourne Saturday 14th August, again 10.30 to 11.30am.

Send in questions in you want asked to freshlydoug@joy.org.au. Also the candidates would be happy to meet JOY members before and after the debate at JOY.

BRISBANE PART TWO

Daniel Witthaus’s tour challenging homophobia in rural and regional Australia.

MELBOURNE GREEN


Last week we spoke to the Labor candidate for Melbourne Cath Bowtell, so this week we’re giving space to her main rival, the Greens Adam Bandt, who could turn out to be the Greens first lower house MP.

DIGGING DEEPER WITH CLEM NEWTON-BROWN

My special guest for Digging Deeper today is the first one yet – as far as I know – who has ever been held hostage at gunpoint. Clem Newton-Brown, the Liberal who hopes to knock off Tony Lupton at the State election, is my special guest today.

RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS

Changes to the religious exemptions to anti-discrimination law come into force soon – Kristina Antoniades from Nicholes Family Lawyers examines what this means.

HEADSPACE FORUM

Mental Health is a big election issue. Tony Abbott promised lots of dosh, but he found it by ripping it out of other programs. Nicola Roxon says she won’t do that and Mental Health has to get in the queue. In the midst of this, headspace are running their International Youth Mental Health Conference 2010 next Thurs & Fri and CEO Chris Tanti joins us to tell us all about it.

THE REGULARS

Andrew Potts joins us from Sydney and Will Conyers brings the latest from the world of theatre, here on Freshly Doug.


PODCASTS

Don’t forget podcasts from todays show will be available later this afternoon via the Joy website, and the show blog is at currentaffairs.net.au.
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