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
You only have 5 days to get your postal vote into the mail to make sure it can be counted in the national survey into same sex marriage. While the survey deadline isn’t this […]
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This panel discussion on the history of marriage equality in Australia was convened by Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and hosted at the Loop Bar on Monday 16 October. The Informer was there to record a panel […]
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The Informers producer Dean Arcuri and Star Observer’s editor Matthew Wade go head to head in this Journo’s Corner They look at the AFLs decision to ban Hannah Mouncey from playing the game next season. […]
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In this episode we follow up on an interview that we were unable to air during our previous episode as TRANS POV host Michelle Sheppard weighs in with Dan and Cait on the realities of seeing […]
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In this episode of The Informer Dan and Cait are joined by Kate O’Halloran- Sports Editor of The Guardian and James Lolicato- CEO of Proud2Play. They discuss the news that Hannah Mouncey, a trans woman […]
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On this episode of The Informer, we hear from Monday nights panel discussion in Melbourne about the history of the marriage equality movement in Australia, as well as find out about the evaluation of a […]
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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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