We often hear about society's high achievers but there are others acting as role models of change. In this episode of Change Agents we meet Yasser Zaki, who runs a disability support service which has now branched out overseas and employs many people with disability.

We often hear about society's high achievers but there are others acting as role models of change. Resumes and cover letters are required for most job applications in Australia. But overseas, in some countries this is a less common practice. In this episode of Change Agents, we meet one woman helping refugees and immigrants navigate the Australian job market for the first time.

Change Agents: Overcoming the employment stumbling block facing many migrants

Change Agents: From solitude to solidarity: the journey that led to a disability support service

The power of music to change our mood and evoke memories is well known. In this episode of Change Agents we look at a project that is exploring the role music plays in healing and improving health outcomes in Indigenous communities.

Change Agents: Music brings healing for First Nations peoples

Robyn Lambird not only won a medal at the Tokyo Olympics but also became the first out non-binary person to do so. She says everyone should have access to sport, particularly those in the LGBTIQ+ community and people with disability

Change Agents: Robyn Lambird

In this episode of Change Agents we meet two people supporting the endangered Squirrel Glider species in New South Wales.

Change Agents: Peter Dalton & Gabrielle Stacey

Former Fire Chief Greg Mullins is using his experience to advocate for more action on climate change.

Change Agents: Greg Mullins

In this episode of Change Agents we meet Bijinder Dugal, the director of a foundation supporting seniors from Australia's Indian community and beyond.

Change Agents: Bijinder Dugal

In this episode we meet Australian James Spenceley, who is risking his life delivering emergency support to war-affected Ukraine.

Change Agents: James Spenceley

Living on a mine site in rural Queensland taught Florence Drummond how to drive large trucks and operate heavy equipment. But more importantly it opened her eyes to the stories of Indigenous women like herself in the industry.

Change Agents: Florence Drummond

Former circus performer, entrepreneur and mum Jasmine Straga has helped relocate 300 Ukrainians fleeing their homeland - including four to Australia.

Change Agents: Jasmine Straga

Marina and Xuan discuss their journey to creating an exclusive online store that only sells books written by people of colour.

Change Agents: Marina and Xuan

When siblings Jordan and Laura O’Reilly founded a disability support startup in 2015, they had no idea it would one day transform services for thousands of Australians.

Change Agents: Laura and Jordan O’Reilly

Dylan Alcott made wheelchair tennis history, and now he's helping women with disability transition from high-performance sport to leadership roles.

Change Agents: Dylan Alcott

Creator Ben James hopes Carla can entertain and promote good mental health for everyone, especially LGBTQI+ people.

Change Agents: Carla from Bankstown

She may be changing the world around us with artificial intelligence and building robots for NASA, but Liesl Yearsley still struggles to attract venture capital - because she's a woman.

Change Agents: Liesl Yearsley

Yamatji-Noongar story-teller Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt is re-imagining ancient Aboriginal stories for a new generation.

Change Agents: Rhonda Collard-Spratt

21 year old Wyndam Lake is breaking generational narratives, and empowering others in his community to do the same.

Change Agents: Wyndam Lake

An artist and the 2021 Australian of the Year are inspiring change through their shared platforms of advocacy and art.

Change Agents: Kirsty Neilson and Grace Tame

Modi Depp is a male belly dancer who has resisted gender stereotypes to become an expert in an ancient dance form.

Change Agents: Modi Depp

Olivia Williams - a young Koori woman - founded the platform Blak Business to facilitate broader learning and discussion about issues impacting First Nations peoples.

Change Agents; Olivia Williams

Aram Shaabo is rebuilding his career and helping his community in Australia after fleeing persecution in his native Iraq.

Change Agents: Aram Shaabo

Juanita and Eleni experienced the stigma of having a criminal record - but turned their lives around by empowering other women who have also left the prison system.

Change Agents: Juanita and Eleni

Kate Pinnock helps prison inmates produce a radio program which provides a link for those separated by prison and aims to raise public awareness.

Change Agents: Kate Pinnock

Jas Kaur is a fitness coach whose Facebook Group helps South Asian women uplift each other and break cultural taboos.

Change Agents: Jas Kaur

Professor Svetha Venkatesh is a leading Australian computer scientist, who has carried out pioneering research in the field of artificial intelligence. It has seen her elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

Change Agents: Svetha Venkatesh

Meet Nido from Bendigo who is tackling discrimination and the barriers facing refugees in regional areas.

Change Agents: Nido

Bashar Hanna left Iraq for Australia after the 2003 war and later set up a choir for others who have also left their homelands.

Change Agents: Bashar Hanna

SBS launches a new podcast series featuring individuals who are changing the society in which we all live.

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