When Julia Gillard delivered her now-famous misogyny speech in 2012, it was against a backdrop of some horrendous sexist attacks.

One of the most prominent was “Ditch the Witch” – a slogan on a placard then-opposition leader Tony Abbott was photographed standing in front of at an anti-carbon tax rally.

Now, the ugly slogan is back. This time, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is the target.

“Ditch the Witch 2.0” has put a spotlight on the treatment of women in politics.

Today, Victorian MP Georgie Purcell on her own experience of sexist abuse, the threat it poses to democracy, and why she’s putting political differences aside to stand up for her rival.

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Guest: Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell

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Last month, the federal government announced that the biggest neo-Nazi organisation in the country would be listed as a hate group.

A few days ago, The Age revealed the group’s former leader, Thomas Sewell, has been living in a $2.5 million estate in Melbourne’s suburbs.

So what are Sewell’s plans for the compound, and who are the wealthy backers making it possible?

Today, crime reporter at The Age Sherryn Groch on the neo-Nazis’ next move.

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Guest: Crime reporter at The Age, Sherryn Groch

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The conversation you’re about to listen to is almost certainly unlike any interview you’ve heard before. It’s unlike any 7am has ever done.

Dr Jeni Haynes has dissociative identity disorder, otherwise known as multiple personality disorder. In 2019 she set a world first legal precedent when her alters were allowed to testify in court against her abusive father, who was later sentenced to 45 years jail.

Now, she and her two thousand plus alters are speaking out in a new SBS documentary We Are Jeni.

Today you’ll hear from Dr Jeni Haynes, as well as from some of her alters in a rare glimpse into multiple personality disorder, and how it saved Jeni from her abusive father, who triggered the disorder in the first place.

And a warning, while this story doesn’t go into graphic detail - it does reference child abuse.

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Guest: Dr Jeni Haynes

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