The Informer is a nightly news and current affairs show on JOY 94.9 bringing issues facing the LGBTIQ communities to the forefront.
If you would like to contact The Informer with any stories or leads please email: TheInformer@joy.org.au
We take a look at the results of VicHealth’s research survey from 2015 which was released today and shows significantly lower levels of mental wellbeing amongst the LGBTI community. While that is not surprising news […]
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What happens when your YES bubble gets burst? Thats one of the things we look at on this episode of The Informer as Dean Arcuri speak to Sara from the Metropolitan Community Church in Sydney. During […]
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Cyber Bullying; It’s not a new thing.. But are parents, teachers and carers as across this issue as they should be? Why are some of us susceptible to bullies? Why are some of us bullies? […]
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Ruby and Ian explore several new and evolving spaces for LGTBI to meet, socialise and come together. They hear about a new space at Queerspace created to provide mental health support during the postal survey, how […]
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We open this episode with audio of Victoria’s Gender and Sexuality Commissioner Ro Allen speaking at The Coming Back Out Ball this Saturday, where LGBTI elders and allies came out to celebrate living their queer […]
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International drag superstar Lady Bunny was in Melbourne to perform and came into Joy 94.9 to talk to Ian and Dean on The Informer. In this extended podcast we talk about Bunny’s upbringing in Tennessee, […]
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Cory Bernadi has set up a hotline with his own poll to find out how people are voting on the Marriage Equality Survey, Dean and Michael decide to give it a call to find out […]
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In this episode of The Informer, John Grauwiler from Gays Against Guns in New York talks to Dan about the recent mass shootings in Las Vegas, and Jason Tuazon McCheyne pops by the JOY studios before the launch […]
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the number of surveys they have received in the postal vote with 57% returned. While we don’t yet know the results as the survey is ongoing, Alex Green […]
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Remember the High Court challenge earlier last month? On Thursday the High Court revealed its more in-depth answer as to why the high court was in favour of the government. For those not familiar with legal […]
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