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Macca and Paul are joined live in the studio by Sam Elkin’s Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga, recounts his bumpy journey from lesbian to transgender lawyer in the aftermath of the 2017 marriage equality postal survey. Set against the backdrop of a growing moral panic about the ‘trans agenda’, Elkin’s debut book is part-love letter and part-cautionary tale. Honest and unflinching, it’s sure to spark many prickly and productive conversations.

Join Elkin as he launches Detachable Penis with host Yves Rees at an intimate and relaxed evening at The Wheeler Centre.

Sam Elkin’s Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga, recounts his bumpy journey from lesbian to transgender lawyer in the aftermath of the 2017 marriage equality postal survey. Set against the backdrop of a growing moral panic about the ‘trans agenda’, Elkin’s debut book is part-love letter and part-cautionary tale. Honest and unflinching, it’s sure to spark many prickly and productive conversations.

https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/sam-elkin-detachable-penis/

Macca and Paul talk to Chris Christoforou CEO, Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA), as Premier Jacinta Allan has announced that the  second safe Injecting room has been abandoned

 





Premier Jacinta Allan has declared Victoria will never get a second injecting room under her leadership, after the government failed to identify a CBD location that would not hurt the city’s shopping strips and stigmatise vulnerable drug users.

Allan abandoned the four-year-old policy on Tuesday, against the recommendations of former police commissioner Ken Lay’s report, which the government requested in 2020 when it promised to open a safe injecting room in the CBD. The government remains committed to the existing North Richmond facility, which first opened as a trial in 2018.



https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/second-safe-injecting-room-abandoned-despite-report-recommending-it-20240423-p5flva.html





Photo courtesy of Chris Christoforou

Macca and Paul are live in the studio with, Richard Keane, CEO Living Positive.

LPV is staging the annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on 19 May and Richard would like to reflect on what it means to honour our positive family and why it’s so important to keep doing so.

Macca and Paul talk to Tim and Mark, owners of Throb, Darwin’s only gay bar/club due to structural issues.

 

The Northern Territory’s Building Control issued the order in September 2023.

Authorities identified fire and safety hazards as well as “un-authorised building works including the removal of walls,” the NT News reported.

A message on the Throb Nightclub Facebook page announced the long-running nightclub’s closure “until further notice”.

The team explained in the post the emergency order “stemmed from the removal of a supporting wall in the tenancy below ours.”

Throb owner Tim Palmer told the NT News at the time he agreed with the Building Control decision and said the hazards could have resulted in a “catastrophic” and “life-threatening” situation.

 

https://qnews.com.au/darwins-throb-nightclub-forced-to-close-after-20-years/

Macca and Paul talk to Harriet Shing, Labor Member for Eastern Victoria, Minister for Equality, Major New Announcement.

Announcement made Friday 26 April in Gippsland.

It involves $4.5 million in funding for Switchboard to deliver the Pride in Ageing program, created to help older LGBTIQA+ Victorians feel connected, safe and able to live freely as their authentic selves.

The program will open for co-design on Friday with expressions of interest to participate in the design able to be made online.

The program will be run at a variety of locations across the state, and include local and regional partnerships with councils, libraries, community organisations and health and aged care services to support new approaches to community engagement and connection for older LGBTIQA+ people.

The Minister will be able to talk about:



* Organisational Development grants program

* IDAHOBIT celebrations

* Update on the recruitment of the LGBITQA+ Communities Commissioner

* Victorian Government investment including the Pride in Place program.

 

Macca and Paul are joined live on air by Dan Holmes, journalist, The Mandarin, Elon Musk Vs the eSafety Commission is a bizarre and interesting story

“Australia’s eSafety commissioner has obtained a Federal Court injunction to force the removal of harmful content from X, formerly known as Twitter.

The notice required X to take all reasonable steps to ensure the removal of the extremely violent video content of the alleged terrorist act at Wakeley in Sydney on April 15.

The commissioner issued a removal notice for video and images of the attack on April 16. X 0wner and noted “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk responded to these requests by calling the esafety commissioner the “Australian Censorship Commissar”, and refusing to make any changes”.

For full length article:

https://www.themandarin.com.au/244739-elon-musk-mocks-esafety-commissioners-takedown-orders/

Photo courtesy of https://www.themandarin.com.au/