12 episodes

Meet 12 extraordinary people who’ll change your life. Mamamia has partnered with Australia’s leading social justice law firm Maurice Blackburn to bring you incredible true stories about Australians fighting for a fairer society. You’ll hear people from all walks of life. From sports heroes to transgender women, rappers to lawyers, pacifists to activists, workers to the wounded, all with one thing in common; they are fighting for a world that gives everyone a fair go, and they are not giving up.

Fighting For Fair Mamamia

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings

Meet 12 extraordinary people who’ll change your life. Mamamia has partnered with Australia’s leading social justice law firm Maurice Blackburn to bring you incredible true stories about Australians fighting for a fairer society. You’ll hear people from all walks of life. From sports heroes to transgender women, rappers to lawyers, pacifists to activists, workers to the wounded, all with one thing in common; they are fighting for a world that gives everyone a fair go, and they are not giving up.

    Battle Scars

    Battle Scars

    Gerald Wilkie had a normal life - a family, a dog, a mortgage. Until one day, he went to work and lost more than he could have ever imagined.

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.

    Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 14 min
    Fighting For The Serenity

    Fighting For The Serenity

    You probably know Michael Caton from a little film called ‘The Castle’. But did you know he’s also a battler for the environment?

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.

    Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 12 min
    Mohamed and Goliath

    Mohamed and Goliath

    Mohamed had a dream. To come to Australia and study architecture. But when he got here, his dream slowly began to turn into a nightmare.

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.

    Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 13 min
    This Place We Call Muckaty

    This Place We Call Muckaty

    Kylie Sambo was a regular teenager. Then, everything changed. The government wanted to put a nuclear waste dump on Muckaty Station, home for Kylie and countless generations of Indigenous Australians. Could 15-year-old Kylie fight the government and save her land from toxic waste?

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    More on Maurice Blackburn and Kylie’s fight against the nuclear waste dump: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/about/media-centre/media-statements/2014/muckaty-station-nuclear-waste-dump-will-not-go-ahead-aboriginal-traditional-owners-succeed-in-legal-challenge/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 15 min
    In My Blood

    In My Blood

    CEO and Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Kon Karapanagiotidis is an Australian to be proud of. But growing up Greek in a town of Smiths and Joneses, life was tough; sometimes he didn’t think he could go on.

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on the ASRC: https://www.asrc.org.au

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.

    Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 15 min
    The Real Heroes

    The Real Heroes

    400 days. Windowless rooms. 10,000 kilometres from home. That’s what Peter Greste endured when he was imprisoned in Egypt for crimes he didn’t commit. And while Peter is safe in Australia now, a question lingers in the minds of many: where did he find the strength?

    Fighting For Fair is a partnership between Mamamia and Maurice Blackburn, Australia’s leading social justice law firm.

    More on Maurice Blackburn: https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/

    Your host is Corinne Grant.

    Podcast produced by Beth Gibson.

    Podcast concept by Maurice Blackburn.

    Executive Producer of Podcasts at Mamamia is Monique Bowley.

    Head of Entertainment is Holly Wainwright.
    Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 20 min

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