What Does Australia Really Think?: Aug 25

Tonight on What Does Australia Really Think?, Noni Hazlehurst looks what Australia thinks about old age through emotional personal stories, confronting social experiments, covert filming and an in-depth nationwide survey.

SBS asks the question: What Does Australia Really Think About….Disability? Old People? Obesity? In a ground-breaking new documentary series, SBS seeks to explore how stigma and prejudice impact the lives of millions of Australians, by getting to the heart of what people really think about disability, old people and obesity.

This new series uses surveys reviewed by the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and La Trobe University to reveal where Australians stand on disability, old people and obesity. The results paint a clear picture of how stereotypes and misconceptions are still incredibly prevalent in Australian society.

8:30pm Wednesday on SBS.