I speak to David Curnow on 612 ABC Brisbane's Drive program about why so many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex young people are knocking on the doors of homeless shelters - and why they're not included in the statistics. 

Talking LGBTI youth homelessness on 612 ABC Brisbane.

A preview of this week's Background Briefing documentary on why lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex young people are knocking on the doors of crisis accommodation providers in disproportionate numbers. 

Should Safe Schools be adapted for homelessness support services?

A preview to this week's Background Briefing investigation into the impact of emissions from Mount Isa Mines on the health of the city's residents. 

Mount Isa Mines still breaching national air quality guidelines, data shows

In April, Australia's largest milk processor suddenly slashed the price it pays its 2,600 farmers for milk. It was a shock decision given those farmers had previously been told sales of Murray Goulburn's dairy foods in China were strong enough to shield them from a dramatic collapse in global commodity prices. Now Murray Goulburn's farmers are pushing for the board of directors to vacate their positions. 

Australia's milk price crisis and the farmers' quest for answers

The recent federal election delivered many surprises but perhaps the most jarring for politicians and commentators alike was the resurgence of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. 
 
The former fish ‘n’ chip shop owner was widely tipped to secure a seat in the Upper House but few could have predicted she would bring three other senators along for the ride. 
 
The media has largely focused on One Nation’s anti-Islam agenda, but there’s another issue that resonated strongly with the 250-thousand or so Queenslanders who gave the party their first preference. 
 
As David Lewis reports, Pauline Hanson’s call to abolish the Family Court has struck a chord with angry parents who feel the system has let them down.


Pauline Hanson & The Family Court: A preview of Sunday's Background Briefing

I chat to Anthony Frangi on 612 ABC Brisbane about my upcoming Background Briefing documentary on the popularity of the minor parties. Was it a one off or a sign of the new normal? Tune in to ABC Radio National at 8:00am on Sunday. 

What's behind the rise of the minor parties?

I speak to 91.7 ABC Gold Coast's Matt Webber about the moment One Direction fans across the world turned on me, thinking I was the Irish singer songwriter who's taking the boy band to court. 

One Direction & Me: A tale of mistaken identity

I speak to Chris Bath on 702 ABC Sydney about a shocking case of financial elder abuse featured in my upcoming Background Briefing documentary, which airs on ABC Radio National at 8:00am on Sunday and is available to podcast now: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/background-briefing-program/id73330306?mt=2

Financial elder abuse: Carer accused of stealing $1.2m from bank account of Victorian man

ABC Radio National's Background Briefing program investigates the reason why 1.7 million South Australians were plunged into darkness on Wednesday, September 28.

Background Briefing

System Black: Why The Lights Went Out In South Australia

By the Queensland government's own admission, there's been "astronomical" growth in student enrolments at inner Brisbane schools. The trend is being driven by the apartment boom and a failure on the part of education department demographers to anticipate the number of families choosing to live in smaller dwellings close to the city. 

As of October last year, the education minister, Kate Jones, was still receiving advice playing down this shift in attitudes. 

"I am advised the majority of this development is high density apartment buildings, which generally have a very low percentage of children," the minister wrote in a letter to a concerned parent on October 2, 2016.

On ABC Radio Brisbane Drive with Emma Griffiths yesterday afternoon, Ms Jones said it wasn't her job to question the modelling she's given.

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