Ever think about where your $10 t-shirt came from? On the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, All The Best brings you stories from the supply chain.
Sumi Abedin is twenty years old. She was a garment worker at the Tazreen Fashions factory, and jumped from the building the day it caught fire in 2012. Emilia speaks to journalist and activist Lucy Seigle about what the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accords mean, and how we can be ethical consumers. We hear from Ceridwen Filer, a former sourcing agent speaking out about her work for major Australian brands, and we talk to Carlie Ballard, an ethical designer who makes clothes that aren’t weird and asymmetrical or made out of hemp. That is, she makes ethical fashion that’s fashionable.
Plus, we’ve got a little extra this week: Avani Dias chats to model and freshly minted activist Ollie Henderson about #StartTheRiot, and the catcall that sparked the beginning of her very own fashion revolution.
Music: ‘Little Do’ by Podington Bear, ‘Fashion’ by David Bowie, ‘Highschool Lover’ by Air
Episode Producer: Emilia Terzon
Presenters: Michaela Morgan and Michael Brydon
Community Coordinator: Pip Rasmussen
Executive Producer: Giordana Caputo
Features Executive Producers: Heidi Pett & Jess O’Callaghan
Back in February one of the coal mines in Morwell caught fire. The entire town was covered in ash. Residents were told to evacuate, the council was giving out masks while the rest of the state worried that they would lose power.
Now, the fires are under control but its left the local community in a bit of a state and its time for the cleanup to begin.
This week, we talk to the residents of Morwell about the aftermath of the open cut mine fire.
Steve Szabo
The mine fire is all south of the train tracks that run through Morwell but the bushfire that sparked the disaster began just north of the tracks on Toners Lane near Steve Szabo’s Golf Driving range.
Produced by Michael Brydon
Deb Hollis
Deb Hollis is a mother and a carer for her autistic son. She talks to Sally Whyte about the ways the ash and smoke from the fire effected her family.
Produced by Sally Whyte
Simon Ellis
Simon Ellis watched the fires start from his veranda. He shows Sally where they came in, and tells her about the effect the fire has had on his life and family.
Produced by Sally Whyte
Councillor Christine Sindt
We travelled to Morwell was the day the EPA said that the air quality was safe for residents to return. A lot of Morwell, especially south of the railway tracks, have relocated to neighbouring towns, or Melbourne. Councillor Christine Sindt was one of the many residents who evacuated South Morwell.
Produced by Sally Whyte
Friends of the Garden
Morwell might be covered in ash and smell like smoke, but it is still full of roses. On the roundabouts, in people’s front yards and in the town’s rose garden. Del Matthews, Elizabeth Stewart and Karen Cooper tell Michael that the mine fire may have had an unintended beneficiary.
Produced by Michael Brydon
Music credit: Clinging To The Almost by Bell Garden Orchestra
Supervising Producer: Sally Whyte
Presenters: Michael Brydon and Michaela Morgan
Community Coordinator: Pip Rasmussen
Executive Producers: Giordana Caputo & Belinda Lopez
Features Executive Producers: Heidi Pett & Jess O’Callaghan
Image Credit: Sally Whyte
This week, we bring you two very different stories about family. Kate Montague speaks to the memory man, who gave up life in the corporate world to collect elderly people’s stories as a keepsake for their families. Zoe Ferguson speaks to older people in the LGBTI community, about their identity as they get older and the support available to them.
Memory Man
Bob Mitchell was a regular guy, working a corporate job in Sydney’s CBD. Until one day, something happened that led Bob to make some major life changes. This is the story of one man’s journey to a new life and how he renewed old relationships along the way.
To find out more about Bob and his memory man business, you can visit his website.
Memory Man was produced by our SP Kate Montague as part of the Transom online story workshop.
Produced by Kate Montague
Music Credits: Cameron Emerson-Elliot
Are You Family?
What is it like to grow old as a LGBTI person in Australia? Zoe Ferguson spoke to some older people who tell about the reluctance to live in a nursing home, the relationships they have with their families, and the differences between being LGBTI in the past compared with today.
Produced by Zoe Ferguson
Music Credits: ‘Limit to Your Love’ by James Blake, ‘We Are Family’ by Sister Sledge
Presenters: Michaela Morgan and Michael Brydon
Community Coordinator: Pip Rasmussen
Executive Producers: Giordana Caputo & Belinda Lopez
Features Executive Producers: Heidi Pett & Jess O’Callaghan
Image Credit: sima dimitric
