Best Backyard Teacher Podcasts (2025)

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Long Read | How social media algorithms decide who you are 23:42

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This week, Prianka Srinivasan arms herself with a burner phone and a fake name, and sets out to learn how Instagram’s algorithm really works.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Pedagogy of Listening: Art, Children, Materials, and the Power of Place with Debi Keyte-Hartland (Ep 36) 1:22:25

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Send Me a Text Message FOR YOUR EARS FROM THE EARLY YEARS Episode 36:Guest: Debi Keyte-Hartland The Pedagogy of Listening: Art, Children, Materials, and the Power of Place For my final episode of 2025, I speak with UK-based artist educator Debi Keyte-Hartland about art, pedagogy, materials, listening, and what happens when we stop separating the ar…

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04 Before and After | Behind the sunscreen 35:10

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When the founder of a skincare company discovers his zinc sunscreen product potentially isn't achieving the protection it's supposed to, it doesn't take long before he realises the problem is far bigger than he first thought.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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03 Before and After | Under your skin 36:54

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The injectable industry is booming, but behind the glossy ads and plump looks, some patients are discovering filler that doesn’t dissolve. This week reporter Gina McKeon reveals the hidden risks of chasing an Instagrammable face.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Rotary Radio Interview with Dr Jillian Woinarski - Co-President of the Rotary Club of Canterbury 24:03

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Send Me a Text Message Dr Jillian Woinarski - The Rotary Club of Canterbury 94.1 FM 3WBC - The Rotary and Community Service Radio Show Listen here. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2071197/episodes/18262726-rotary-radio-interview-with-dr-jillian-woinarski-co-president-of-the-rotary-club-of-canterbury --- 🎙️ From Obstetrician to Rotary Co-President: A Jou…

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A Sustainable Festive Season: Simple Shifts with Big Meaning (Ep 33) 19:28

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Send Me a Text Message Welcome to Part 3 of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series. The festive season brings joy, connection and often a lot of pressure. Can celebrations be both joyful and sustainable? As December arrives, Bron and Lili-Ann turn their attention to end-of-year celebrations and how to bring sustainability values…

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A Year of Collective Impact: How Educators Are Re-Imagining Sustainability. (Ep 35) 20:26

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Send Me a Text Message Welcome to the final episode of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series. For 12 months, we've worked with educators who are courageously reimagining what sustainability means in early childhood. In this closing episode, Bron and Lili-Ann step back to see the bigger picture of what's been achieved, not just …

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A Season of Reflection and Gratitude: How Everyday Actions Create Lasting Impact. (Ep 34) 16:50

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Send Me a Text Message Welcome to Part 4 of our Reflect, Reconnect and Reimagine Sustainability series. As we approach the final days of 2025, how do we look back at the sustainability progress that's been made when it doesn't always look the way we expected? Bron and Lili-Ann explore what sustainability progress actually looks like in early childh…

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The Unlimited Child: Unlocking the Potential of 2.1 Million Children Across the Globe. (Ep 30) 50:16

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Send Me a Text Message Episode 30: The Unlimited Child: Unlocking the Potential of 2.1 Million Children Across the Globe Welcome to For Your Ears from the Early Years, where host Lili-Ann brings you thought-provoking conversations that enrich educational practice and strengthen connections with children, colleagues, and families. Every tenth episod…

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02 Before and After | For a couple extra inches 32:55

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For young men struggling with body image, social media offers a radical solution: get taller by breaking your legs. As the cosmetic limb-lengthening industry booms worldwide, Emilia Terzon explores the secretive online communities obsessed with undergoing the procedure, and meets the doctors left to deal with what happens when it goes wrong.…

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01 Before and After | The cost of keeping your hair 37:00

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Hair loss ads are everywhere. Telehealth clinics with thousands of five-star reviews promise fast consults and discreet delivery to your doorstep. But what happens when the treatment messes with your brain chemistry?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Season 1 Episode 34 - How can Teachers Foster Metacognition 30:47

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Send Me a Text Message In this important episode of my podcast with Ortal Green THE THINKING EFFECT PODCAST I talk to Dr Shyam Barr about the role of metacognition in learning. According to Dr Shyam, metacognition is more than just thinking about thinking. It is also about the ability to regulate and control that thinking. This adds an important fu…

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Episode 6 How can teachers helps students to see the forest and the trees 14:04

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Send Me a Text Message It's time to release Episode 6 of THE THINKING EFFECT PODCAST! You often hear the statement that someone 'can't see the forest for the trees'. Sometimes students get so close to the details that they can't see the bigger picture. When students learn something without a sense of the bigger picture, the information is like an o…

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Introducing... Before and After 1:00

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Before and After is a new series by Background Briefing that exposes how medical hype spreads online, who profits, and who pays.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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More than a Garden: Recognising Children's Sustainability Thinking (Ep 31) 23:22

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Send Me a Text Message What if the sustainability thinking you're looking for is already happening in your service—you just haven't been guided to see it? In the first episode of a special five-part series, Reflect, Reconnect, and Reimagine Sustainability, Lili-Ann Kriegler and Bronwyn Cron from the Project Sustainability Collective share discoveri…

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Why Place Matters: Discovering Sustainability in Your Own Backyard (Ep 32) 18:58

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Send Me a Text Message "We don't have anything interesting—we're just in the suburbs." If you've ever thought this about your outdoor space, this episode will change how you see your service's environment forever. In Part 2 of the Reflect, Reconnect, and Reimagine Sustainability series, Bron and Lil explore why place-connected learning is the missi…

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Perspectives on Joy, Possibility & Children's Capabilities in Early Childhood (Ep 29) 47:49

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Send Me a Text Message What happens when a dedicated, seasoned educator and consultant asks herself a simple but powerful question: "What is possible?" Jo Haynes has worked across private, public, and non-government sectors in Australia, and her journey through early childhood education is anything but conventional. From kindergarten college to dis…

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A Sustainable Festive Season: Simple Shifts with Big Meaning (Ep 33) 19:28

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Send Me a Text Message Glitter. Plastic. Single-use everything. The festive season can contradict every sustainability value you've been embedding all year. But what if celebrations could be both joyful AND sustainable? In this mid-series conversation, Lili-Ann and Bron tackle the tension educators face during end-of-year celebrations. They explore…

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The secret teacher blacklist 39:47

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Kim saw a teacher’s aide laughing at a video of a vulnerable student and reported it to the principal. She had no idea it would come to define the next seven years of her life.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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05 The Favourite - A Day in Court 32:15

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After years of manipulation, Alliyah is determined to see justice done. When Kellie appears in the dock, what will she say? And how will the judge respond?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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04 The Favourite | Full Disclosure 34:54

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Alliyah steps into a police station on the outskirts of Brisbane, and says: “I want to report a crime.” After keeping the so-called relationship with Kellie secret for almost a decade, Alliyah is finally ready to tell their story.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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03 The Favourite | Alliyah's choice 40:13

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A new job and a surprise encounter show Alliyah that another way is possible. Will they manage to slip out of Kellie's control?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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02 The Favourite | A marriage proposal 35:23

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When the principal discovers Alliyah and their teacher Kellie are exchanging secret messages outside class, Kellie is warned — but not fired. Then, on the last day of Alliyah’s graduation, another message arrives: “Secret squirrel… you can’t tell anyone.” As suspicion mounts at home, Alliyah's connection with Kellie grows stronger and more dangerou…

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01 The Favourite | Secrets after school 30:44

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12-year-old Alliyah’s clowning around in science class, testing the waters to see how the new teacher will respond. An unusual bond grows between them — and what starts with a death stare and a smirk, soon slips into a world of secrets.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Physical Development - the Foundation of All Learning (Ep 28) 47:57

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Send Me a Text Message In this transformative episode, host Lili-Ann Kriegler welcomes Dr Rachel Jones, an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, to explore why physical development has become the 'missing piece' in early childhood education. Dr Jones reveals how movement directly connects to cognitive functions and self-regulation, w…

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Introducing... The Favourite 1:39

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She's every student’s favourite teacher — warm, funny, the kind who bends the rules. But for one 12-year-old, Alliyah, her attention goes far beyond the classroom. The Favourite is a five-part series by Background Briefing about how a secret remained hidden in plain sight for nearly a decade.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The invisible stuff on your blueberries 32:23

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When a marine scientist starts picking up traces of pesticides in oysters, she follows a trail that leads inland — to NSW blueberries carrying a poison not permitted for use in Australia.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Long Read | The smart kids who can’t afford to succeed 19:37

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Catherine Taylor investigates how money, disadvantage and resources risk holding back our brightest students.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Ellysium Racing - Ellis Spiezia 31:46

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Send us a text In this episode of Easton Park Talk, Ellis Spiezia of Ellysium Racing joins Nicole Moss to share his story — from racing karts as a kid to skateboarding and chasing speed on the track. A conversation about determination, risk-taking, and what it takes to build momentum in competitive racing. Follow Ellis at @ellysium_racing and learn…

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Long Read | The fight over your backyard 18:34

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The Yes In My Backyard movement is lobbying for denser cities and more housing in places people want to work and live. The YIMBYs want these homes built yesterday, but as Gina Rushton explains, the NIMBYs haven’t given up yet.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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PRESENTS — Criminal Psychology from All in the Mind

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Fascinated by true crime? Or intrigued by what drives people to break the law? Criminal Psychology, a gripping series from All in the Mind, takes you deep inside the minds of those who cross the line into extreme behaviour. In this four-episode series, they explore the psychological drivers behind arson, kleptomania, serial killers and Munchausen b…

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Long Read | The Summer of Trump 22:20

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This week, Nick Bryant returns to the US for the first time in four years, finding a country that doesn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Dr Mo: The Beast from the Middle East 42:02

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An Australian doctor sells his car and writes a will — unsure if he’ll ever make it back home. He crosses the concrete walls that surround the Gaza Strip and begins work inside the last functioning hospital in the north. But in the chaos of war, something unfolded that no one, including him, could have predicted. This week, reporter Marty Smiley br…

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04 Beef | YouTube detectives uncover PlayStation guru’s shocking secret 39:17

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It started with a bizarre customer-service experience and soon transformed into something darker. Outrage rippled across Youtube, spurring an army of online vigilantes into action. But as reporter Maddison Connaughton discovered, the stakes were higher than anyone anticipated.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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03 Beef | Pensioner takes big bank to court to prove a point 36:48

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Ian Williams woke up one morning to find $1338 has been stolen from his account. Two years later, the 73-year-old is taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, seeking more than $300m in damages, with no lawyers to help him.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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02 Beef | Who would shoot a wombat? 37:42

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Most Aussies see wombats as an iconic native. But reporter Tynan King discovered one regional NSW town where farmers see them through a scope.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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01 Beef | Big Rob versus just about everyone in town 43:25

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Big Rob has gone from online vigilante to censured politician, starting little fights that have become big problems for his divided city.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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A new series by Background Briefing investigates when small feuds take on a life of their own. First episode coming June 28.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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What does Sustainability Actually Mean in Early Childhood Education? - Dr Diane Boyd's Three Pillars (Ep27) 1:05:21

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Send Me a Text Message Dr Diane Boyd Explains the Three Pillars Beyond Environmental Focus Join Lili-Ann and Bronwyn on 'For Your Ears for the Early Years' podcast for an inspiring conversation with Dr Diane Boyd, an award-winning expert in sustainability within early childhood education. Broadcasting from sunny Wirral in the UK, Diane shares her r…

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Long Read | The hunt for the next pandemic is on our shores 19:04

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This week, reporter Catherine Taylor investigates a new strain of avian flu virus that's running rampant across Europe, Asia, South America and the US. How long can we keep it from reaching us?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Long Read | Can Wikipedia survive the rise of AI and Trump? 25:14

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Rhiannon Stevens investigates the existential threats facing Wikipedia from artificial intelligence and Trump’s America.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cenizo Leadership Team - Easton Park Talk - FULL PODCAST 56:41

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Send us a text 🎙️ Easton Park Talk | Sano Market by Cenizo Coffee – Healthy Bodega Vibes in Easton Park! In this episode of Easton Park Talk, we're joined by Nancy and Harrison, the passionate founders behind Cenizo Coffee, along with Sheridan, to share an exciting new addition coming to the neighborhood: Sano Market — a wellness-focused, grab-and-…

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Long Read | Australia: burnout capital, or how to get a career break right 20:59

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This week, Annie Louey discovers what happens when your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing means your career is no longer worth the money.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Paws On Chicon 1:14:55

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Send us a text Paws On Chicon: Treats, Toys, and Fro-Yo for Your Furry Best Friend 🐾 In this episode of The Easton Park Talk Podcast, we sit down with the team behind Paws On Chicon, a woman-owned pet boutique that’s become a go-to for Austin’s animal lovers. From their signature freeze-dried treats to cheese-flavored Fro-Yo (yes, humans can try it…

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Cliff Ford - Easton Park Yards! 49:00

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Send us a text Cliff Ford: Designing the Look and Feel of Easton Park | Easton Park Talk Podcast If you've ever admired a stunning front yard in Easton Park, there's a good chance Cliff Ford had something to do with it. In this episode of Easton Park Talk, we sit down with Cliff — the creative mind behind the neighborhood’s signature landscaping ae…

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05 Agents of Influence | The letters journalists fear 36:39

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There’s something shaping what appears in your newsfeed that you might not be aware of. Reporter Gina McKeon investigates.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Evidence-Based Anti-Bullying Strategies with Psychologist Evelyn Field OAM (Ep 26) 41:29

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Send Me a Text Message What if everything we've been telling children about dealing with bullies is actually making it worse? In this powerful episode of "For Your Ears from the Early Years," host Lili-Ann welcomes trailblazing psychologist Evelyn Field OAM, FAPS - Order of Australia Medal recipient and leading expert on bullying prevention who has…

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Daniel Sharp - Easton Park Real Estate Teacher 1:11:29

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Send us a text Austin is exploding with growth and everyone wants in! Daniel Sharp, Austin’s real estate guru, has helped countless people find their place in Texas’s most talked-about city and he’s sharing what really goes into making a move that lasts. He built his business on local insight, client trust, and a deep love for all things Austin. Wh…

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Actor, Student, Teacher, and Troll: Aral Gribble, Pt. 2 22:58

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Part two of our chat with Aral Gribble delves further into his dual career as both an accomplished actor and an educator in the performing arts. We explore the motivations that led him to embrace teaching alongside his performance career, revealing the profound impact it has had on his journey. Gribble shares anecdotes from his early teaching exper…

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04 Agents of Influence | The powerbroker unseated by ‘traitors’ 37:20

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This week, reporter Annika Blau gets the inside story of a union powerbroker’s rise, and the people who risked it all to stop herBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation