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Blurt on Society

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Protests, prostates and plastic promises

the weekly New Blurt - with "Wencee and The Kegsta"

59 minutes 52 seconds

5 months ago

Protests, prostates and plastic promises

🎙️ Hey Blurtstars!

We’ve got a jam-packed episode for you today, so let’s blurt it out and dive right in!

🌍 Blurt Around The World

Biden announced he has advanced prostate cancer — a sobering story from the States.
- BBC News | Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer
Europe votes — polls, protests, and political pivots as election results roll in.
- BBC News | Romania’s liberal mayor wins presidency, as Portugal and Poland’s election results come in
Yarra council in a bind.
- ABC News | Controversial Fitzroy mural in Melbourne attracts more than 1,000 letters to Yarra council
Soft plastic recycling is making a comeback in Australia... kind of a plasticky promise for now.
- The Australian Institute | Soft plastic recycling is back in supermarkets!
A lucky find at Harvard — an ancient Magna Carta copy unrolled in modern times.
- ABC News | Harvard's $US27 Magna Carta 'copy' turns out to be an original

🫖 Blurt On Blighty

Wencee will unpack a high-flying bust as UK nationals are nabbed for importing cannabis.
- Guardian AUS | Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case
The Kegsta gets the scoop on a café conundrum: a gentleman denied his daily grind.
- BBC News | 'I was refused service in a cafe because of my face'

🪃 Indelible Indigenous

The Kegsta dives into the Sir Doug Nicholls Round — the footy celebration that packs both pride and power.
Wencee highlights the plight of Kimberley residents living in bureaucratic limbo without birth certificates — an issue that’s been left uncounted and unheard for too long.
- ABC News | Outreach support helps Kimberley residents get their first birth certificates

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