Season 4, Episode 1: BookTok, Fairy Floss, Digital Drivers' Licence, Concussion in AFL and the future of Brunetti in Melbourne

Welcome back to Under Cover! We are now in our fourth season as we continue to report on stories about our digital and non-digital lives in post pandemic Melbourne. 

For this episode, we are looking at the popularity of BookTok and its impacts on local book communities in Melbourne. We also have a story for you about digital drivers’ licences and why Melbournians want them, and the dilemma that Australian Rules league AFL has with concussion after the influx of past players coming forward with life-altering symptoms in this often-brutal sport. 

We also looked at the future of two things that many in Melbourne are very familiar with: the latest at Brunetti, that local institution in Melbourne that is now cleaving its future into two, and the future of Fairy Floss as an online community. Is it still a safe space for LGBT Australians?

Producer: Emilien Lopez
Assistant Producer: Patrick Doyle
Presenter: Eliza Freeman
Reporter: Eliza Freeman, Rochelle Putnikovic, Amy Upton-Stokes, Felix Pocius, Patrick Doyle
RMIT