14 min

Paulie Stewart OAM, from punk rock to singing with nuns Life Matters - Separate stories podcast

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Anybody hanging out in the Melbourne early 80's music scene will know Painters and Dockers, the veteran punk band fronted by Paulie Stewart.

But these days you are far more likely to hear him singing with the Alma nuns in Timor Leste.

Paulie's activist work is shaped by a personal tragedy and you might even say his music was too.

Anybody hanging out in the Melbourne early 80's music scene will know Painters and Dockers, the veteran punk band fronted by Paulie Stewart.

But these days you are far more likely to hear him singing with the Alma nuns in Timor Leste.

Paulie's activist work is shaped by a personal tragedy and you might even say his music was too.

14 min

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