I’m sick of the melons; Andrew Denton and the right to die with dignity
The Sarah Hanson-Young PodcastShow Notes
In this week’s episode, Sarah says she’s sick to death of hearing about the melons. In the midst of a crisis of men’s violence against women, lack of funding of domestic violence services, and every other crisis Australians are facing right now - all the Coalition and the media could focus on last week was the Prime Minister’s melon debacle. Sarah’s special guest this week is Andrew Denton, broadcaster, producer, comedian - now Logies Hall of Famer - and Australia’s most well-known advo...
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