The QUO

10/12/2021

As adult content continues to make waves on the web, an abundance of services and content aggregators offer erotic content freely. With one click, it's easier than ever for the casual viewer to watch what they want, when they want. But with the adult industry taking a massive hit, it's more important than ever to support the safety and creative freedom of people who are already marginalised by the work that they do.

In this episode, the JellyFilledGirls tell us why paying for adult content is better for both the people making it, and the people watching it.

26/11/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ62uoszKr8 We spoke to John Safran about why we are not more outraged that one of the world's biggest to***co companies has rebranded itself as a health enterprise with a new product called the IQOS which is suspiciously close to a cigarette.

Philip Morris International is the company behind the infamous Marlboro cigarette. It has now launched the IQOS, a heated to***co product that it claims is a...

27/09/2021

The evidence-based Talking About To***co Use (TATU), run from The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, is a community-led program that tackles to***co and e-cigarette use among First Nations youth in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Listen to our Chasing Clouds podcast episode with TATU on Apple Podcasts and YouTube now.

20/09/2021

With worldwide to***co use accounting for more than 7 million deaths a year, we explore whether va**ng is an effective harm reduction tool for smokers who just can't quit. Check out Episode 3 of Chasing Clouds on Apple Podcasts and YouTube now.

13/09/2021

In Behind The Clouds, we follow the ni****ne trail to uncover the online advertising tactics used by e-cigarette companies and their links to big to***co.

06/09/2021

How safe is safer? Episode One of Chasing Clouds produced in collaboration with Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation and Head and Neck Cancer Foundation is out on Apple Podcasts. Search 'The QUO Podcast' now to start listening.

03/09/2021

Chasing Clouds is a five-part podcast series exploring the social and public health impact of va**ng in Australia produced with the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation and the Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. Episode 1 drops on Apple Podcasts and YouTube this Monday 6 September AEST.

03/09/2021

Chasing Clouds is a five-part podcast series exploring the social and public health impact of va**ng in Australia produced in collaboration with the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation and the Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. Episode 1 drops on Apple Podcasts and YouTube this Monday 6 September AEST.

23/08/2021

To celebrate , we interviewed Vanessa Murray on how she helps her trans, gender diverse, and non-binary ( ) clients to develop a communication style that is congruent with their gender identity.

Speech pathologist Vanessa Murray helps her clients to develop characteristics of voice that align with their gender identity.

29/06/2021

“How can we help a grieving person if the other person who is meant to listen won’t even give them five minutes of their own discomfort?” Our editor, Alexandra Havas, lost her mum to secondary breast cancer when she was 21. She speaks to Tamsin Millard and Danielle Snelling about the power of peer support and the unique experience of processing complex grief as a young, motherless daughter.

“How can we help a grieving person if the other person who is meant to listen won’t even give them five minutes of their own discomfort?” Our editor, Ally Ha...

18/06/2021

The first season of The QUO Podcast is now up on Apple, Spotify, and Google!


From Australia's drug-driving laws to using the arts as a vehicle for cultural change to lobbying to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, we are all about leading with curiosity.


Subscribe to season one now on your platform of choice.

17/06/2021

“Retirement is a process, it’s not just an event.” Historian and retirement expert Dr Sophie Gelski reveals how her own personal challenges around transitioning into retirement inspired her to help others.

“Retirement is a process, it’s not just an event.” Historian and retirement expert Dr Sophie Gelski reveals how her own personal challenges around transition...

10/06/2021

Filipino-Australian actress, Michelle Vergara Moore, talks to us about her lead role as Roxanne in The Unusual Suspects and the importance of family in Filipino culture.

04/06/2021

“When you subsume the disadvantage of a small group within the disadvantage of people as a whole, you lose sight of the unique factors.” In honour of , we interviewed Dr Ernest Hunter, a psychiatrist who has spent nearly three decades on the frontlines of mental health in remote Aboriginal communities. He highlights how historic policies affect the prevalence of serious mental health conditions to this day.

Dr Ernest Hunter is a psychiatrist who has spent nearly three decades working on the frontlines of mental health in remote Aboriginal communities. For him, e...

03/06/2021

Filipino-American actress Aina Dumlao talks to us about her lead role in The Unusual Suspects, a compelling heist caper about female friendship and empowerment.

Filipino-American actress, Aina Dumlao (Sanzaru, Ballers, MacGyver), talks to us about her lead role in The Unusual Suspects, a compelling heist caper about female friendship and empowerment.

28/05/2021

28 May is LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day. 50% of LGBTQ people will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, but persisting stigma has kept reporting at exceptionally low rates.

Ben Bjarnesen founded the LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation’s Campaign.

Check out www.dvafoundation.org to learn more.

Helping end domestic and family violence and intimate partner abuse (DFV) within LGBTQ communities, by increasing visibility through an annual awareness campaign.

13/05/2021

“Reproductive coercion is interfering in a person’s agency about the outcome of their pregnancy or interfering in a sexually active person’s capacity to control their fertility." Associate Professor and founding member of the South Australian Abortion Action Coalition Catherine Kevin discusses the decriminalisation of abortion, reproductive coercion, and how she sees the future of abortion care services in Australia.

Associate Professor Catherine Kevin, a founding member of the South Australian Action Coalition (SAAC), discusses the decriminalisation of abortion, reproductive coercion and how she sees the future of abortion care services in Australia.

22/04/2021

“Mental health awareness [in the music industry] is definitely something that needs to be tackled more proactively. I don’t want to see other people targeted the same way I was." Professional double bassist Elsen Price faced the prospect of financial penalisation after he was unable to play a gig during his recovery from spinal surgery. Elsen Price - Australian Double Bassist)

Professional double bassist Elsen Price faced the prospect of financial penalisation after he was unable to attend a gig due to his adjustment disorder.Produ...

25/03/2021

Dr Senthorun Raj of Keele University examines the "predominant male perpetrator/female victim and [white, wealthy, heteronormative]" narratives surrounding sexual violence in mainstream media and the law.

Mounting allegations of abuse and lewd acts in Parliament House have sparked nationwide ‘March 4 Justice’ protests against sexual assault, dangerous workplac...

23/03/2021

"I was struck by the bravery of so many people. They were standing up, being counted and being prominent in a time when violence was just one alley away." Check out Bending the Bars at the Old Melbourne Gaol.

Against the backdrop of the Old City Watch House and Old Melbourne Gaol, discover the Victorian LGBT+ community's powerful, and at times dark, history.