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07/06/2026

02/06/2026

Here’s something a little different from the science and technology work we usually capture.

This week we teamed up with to photograph their gymnasts, and decided to take things in a more artistic direction with coloured light trails and smoke effects.

The talent and strength from these athletes was incredible to watch.

Our backs hurt just looking at some of these moves.

27/05/2026

One of Dr Dinesh Palipana’s most powerful moments as a doctor came when a patient with disability told him: “I’m so glad you’re my doctor tonight, because I know you’ll understand.”

For Dinesh, it speaks to a larger issue in healthcare - many medical professionals still don’t know how to properly support and treat people with disability.

Listen to Dinesh’s interview in the final episode of Building Inclusion – Australia’s Disability Strategy podcast on Health and Wellbeing, available now wherever you get your podcasts.

24/05/2026

Academic, researcher and advocate Margaret Spencer says society still struggles to believe that people with disability can be capable, competent parents.

Listen to Margaret’s interview in Building Inclusion – Australia’s Disability Strategy podcast on Health and Wellbeing, available now wherever you get your podcasts.

22/05/2026

A few months ago, disability advocate and Sam O'Reilly travelled around Australia interviewing people with lived experience or expertise in the disability space for Building Inclusion, a podcast produced by for .

It was a fantastic journey, filled with 90s roadtrip songs, beautiful scenery and meeting amazing people with great stories, experiences and shared ideas on how to make the country a better place for people with disabilities.

You'll laugh, you'll ponder and maybe even shed a tear or two.

Interviews filmed and recorded by Sam O, social clips edited by and podcast produced and edited by Eliza Hull.

All six episodes are now available. You can see the videos we produced in our other posts with links to the audio podcast there

22/05/2026

Have you listened to the final episode of Building Inclusion – Australia’s Disability Strategy podcast?

Amanda White, a parent with an intellectual disability, says many of the barriers she faces are outside the home – and come from people’s attitudes.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

20/05/2026

The last episode of ‘Building Inclusion - Australia’s Disability Strategy’ podcast is out today.

When Dr Dinesh Palipana was at medical school, a supervisor told him patients wouldn’t take him seriously because of his disability.

But he says not once has a patient failed to trust him with their care. The barriers, he says, came from the attitudes within the system - not from the community.

Listen to Dinesh’s interview in the final episode of Building Inclusion - Australia’s Disability Strategy podcast available now wherever you get your podcasts.

15/05/2026

Josh is a student who is hard of hearing at Toowong State School, a bilingual school where students learn in both English and Auslan.

He said that at Toowong, there is a greater awareness of disability, and for him, this means teachers understand how to use FM microphones so he can learn in an accessible and effective way.

Listen to Episode 5 of Building Inclusion – Australia’s Disability Strategy podcast on education and learning, available now wherever you get your podcasts.