The Cheryl Lacey Show
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73 episodes
POLITICAL ROCKSTAR: The Best Of or One Hit Wonder
The polls are showing more than a growing interest in Hanson. It seems she's a rock star for those desperate for something other than the two major parties.Will it last or will something change, turning this disruptor into another has be...
POLITICAL DINOSAURS And the human condition
For decades, Australians have been denied the freedoms and self-evident truths their nation was founded upon. While a parade of political dinosaurs, claim to be their defenders. But the problem runs deeper than politics. Selfishness and egocent...
FIFTY SHADES OF NAVY: Lessons in colour from fashion's greatest
From Madonna and Cyndi Lauper to Lady Gaga and Kylie, some of the most fearless dressing the world has ever seen have influenced fashion for decades. So why did menswear come away from it all in navy and grey? Daniel Montgomerie takes us back t...
NDIS: Not Disabled? Invent Something.
You can't make this stuff up. $50 billion a year. That's 50 million thousands in the hands of anyone willing to sell a sibling, son or mate, while the genuinely needy miss out.A conversation with Peter Richardson.
ISLAM: The Long Game
Islam doesn't whisper its intentions — it broadcasts them. But the doctrine of Taqiyya, the sanctioned use of deception in service of expanding the Islamic world, has many thinking otherwise. To understand the Middle East, stop listening to the...
FATWA: Child Brides, Anal Jihad and the Islamisation of Australia
As Australia's Muslim population grows where does the compatibility of certain Islamic legal rulings fit with Australian law and values. Some of the most controversial fatwas and practices include the legality of child marriage, the role of wom...
COVID FIXER CAUGHT: Fauci walks...his man takes the fall
Five years on, the COVID cover-up is finally cracking open and someone is going to pay for it. Fauci's right-hand man has been indicted. And the man at the top? He got pardoned before a single charge could be filed. Is the truth about Wuhan&nbs...
LIGHTING THE WAY: The South Australian Law That Powers The Nation
Energy isn't mentioned in the Australian Constitution, yet Australia has a national electricity market with national rules and national regulators. The secret is in one state taking the lead, the others mirror its legislation, all of whic...
DADDY MAMDANI: And the dependency trap
Zohran Mamdani swept into office promising a new New York, but is Zohran Mamdani's vision of government actually what citizens thought? Critics say his brand of progressive governance is less about lifting people up and more about another...
VOTE CHAOS: Pauline Hanson is the Wrecking Ball Australia Needs
The major parties have had decades to get it right, and they haven't. In a system so captured by vested interests and career politicians, could voting for Pauline Hanson be a rational act of protest? Not because you agree with everything she sa...
THEY CHOSE ISIS: Who chose to bring them 'home'?
They left Australia to join one of the most brutal terrorist organisations in modern history. They watched, and in some cases supported beheadings, slavery, and mass murder. Now the Albanese government is rolling out the welcome mat...
LIAR LIAR MAJOR PARTIES ON FIRE: Liberal and Labor the unlawful lawmakers
What happens when the two biggest parties in Australian politics decide to write the rules in their own favour - and get caught? Liberal and Labor strategised and passed donation laws that capped donations for independent's and mino...
WHO LEADS THE LEADER?: Mentoring and a big tick for vulnerability
The heroic leader who carries everything and asks for nothing is not sustainable and everyone in the school pays the price. Mentoring leaders is key for school leaders. Can reduction of compliance lead to more personalised leadership?A c...
TALK ABOUT JUSTICE: Know the law before it's used against you
Beyond reasonable doubt. On the balance of probabilities. Two standards of proof that underpin law, order and justice. Or do they? With two court systems, two standards of proof, One Evidence Act and whole lot of words with differen...
THE PRINCE AND THE PRESIDENT: Machiavelli’s war on democracy
Three assassination attempts in two years. Whatever your politics the cold calculation behind those who have decided that removing Donald Trump - by any means necessary is not just acceptable, but justified - should send rivers of f...
SOLD: 50 million slaves billions of buyers
It's 2026, and an estimated 50 million people around the world are living in conditions of modern slavery. Trapped in forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, and sex trafficking.While the world talks about globalism, climate catastr...
FROM TRADITION TO PROPOSITION: Can UK schools stand out from the crowd?
UK independent schools can no longer rely on reputation alone. Yet most still struggle to answer the question every parent is really asking: why you, and not the school down the road?What do independent schools offer and what do they say...
THE INSIDE JOB: Faces of the Anti-American Movement
It's one thing when a foreign government turns hostile. It's another when legal citizens, elected officials, and people whose ancestors built the USA start walking away from loyalty to the United States. A concerning and growing phenomenon of p...
BIKE BOY 000 - Wrong Call. What really happened?
When a teenager lies seriously injured on the road, the first instinct should be simple: call 000. Not so in the infamous Bike Boy case involving former Premier Daniel Andrews and his wife Katherine. A not to be missed c...
LAWFUL REBELLION: ASIO AND THE SUNSET CLAUSE
A bill moving through parliament seeks to make ASIO's powers indefinite. No sunset clause, no expiry, no end date. But we have a long and legitimate tradition of lawful rebellion, of scrutinising, challenging and resisting laws that threaten th...
THINK LITERACY: The five elements and more
Reading got the wars. Writing got the leftovers. Cramming standards into an already overloaded curriculum has left almost no room for students to actually write. A conversation with Dr. Andy Johnson
OVERFLOW: All eyes on principal wellbeing
Most principals are dedicated to their schools, their staff, and their students, no matter the pressure. But dedication alone isn't enough. With so many challenges facing school leaders, professional support isn't optional, it's essential.<...
FROM 7% to 3%: British independent schools in free fall
Britain's independent school sector is in free fall. Since 2010, over 1,100 schools have closed and the pace is accelerating. VAT on fees, rising costs, and a co-dependency on international enrolments have pushed closures past 100 s...
THE UNITED NATIONS: Power Greed Soulless
The United Nations sells a vision of peace and unity, but its foundations tell a harsher story. Bankrolled by John D. Rockefeller Jr., its headquarters rose where a neighbourhood once stood, wiped away to make room for global power.
BEN ROBERTS SMITH From hero to handcuffs
Ben Roberts-Smith's story is unlike any in Australian military history. Decorated with the Victoria Cross, celebrated as a national hero, then a defamation trial that first relied on 'balance of probabilities' to criminal charges he now f...
