Backchat

This week on Backchat, Chantelle Al-Khouri and Charles Rushforth bring us a packed show about the anti-lockdown protests and funding for our arts industry during the pandemic. First up, Backchat producer Eddy Diamond joins us in a roundtable to reflect on anti-lockdown influencers and the types of public discussion we are seeing around them. Next, Backchat producer Eamonn Snow brings us a handy explainer on the timleline of arts funding promised to the Australian arts sector, which we found last week has still not fully been delivered by the federal government. Then we are joined by Federal Labour MP Tony Burke to discuss this slow rollout and the challenges faced by the Australian arts community. Lastly, with anti-lockdown protests happening last week and another one anticipated by NSW Police today, there is a lot of anger in the community. To dive deeper, we chat with Senior Researcher in politics and religion, Dr Joshua Roose, about what conditions drove thousands of people to go against public health