Matilda Bawden & Tony Wakeham on The Dean Mackin Show - 22 January 2024

On today's show, Matilda Bawden discusses the crisis of the child protection system in Australia. Later, Tony Wakeham discusses the latest actions to support Julian Assange.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Matilda Bawden is a forensic social worker a former National Secretary of Whistleblowers Australia. She is a founding member of the Community Linkages, Inclusion & Innovation Centre. Matilda has extensive experience specializing in complex and compounding psychosocial barriers; including child protection, homelessness, poverty, hoarding, squalor and disabilities.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Tony Wakeham became an 'active' Julian Assange Supporter after Julian's incarceration in Her Majesty's Prison Belmarsh, in 2019. He and a small group of other supporters decided to 'gather' on Sydney's Town Hall steps after work every Friday evening until Julian is free.