Farmers’ role in our net-zero emissions ambitions
We received an Instagram message from Melissa Smith who asked why farmers are never included in the discussion about climate change, when they’re a key part of the country’s net-zero emissions ambitio...
31 Maalis 202120min
A humanitarian crisis on the US/Mexico border
What’s the difference between locking a child in a cage... in a chain linked partition... or in a child migrant facility? Those words are part of a war over the Mexico border... where President Bi...
30 Maalis 202119min
A return to Hong Kong under Beijing’s rule
In June, 2019, hundreds of thousands of protestors lined the streets of Hong Kong. China has jailed many of Hong Kong’s loudest progressive voices. Almost two years later, the news cycle has moved...
29 Maalis 202122min
The end of JobKeeper: a report card
The federal government’s Covid subsidy, JobKeeper ends today. We’re joined by Professor John Quiggan from the University of Queensland’s School of Economics to talk about what’s likely to happen onc...
28 Maalis 202120min
The Weekend Briefing with Wil Anderson
Jamila Rizvi talks to Wil Anderson, the award-winning stand-up comedian, television host, writer and podcaster. Wil’s about to take his show Wilegal to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival aft...
26 Maalis 202115min
Consent: how, why and when
We’re all talking about consent! And with good cause! It lies at the heart of the reason 100k plus women hit the streets last Monday. That march for justice was responding to the issues around sexua...
25 Maalis 202120min
Freezing your eggs to have a baby later in life
More and more women are freezing their eggs to have a baby later in life. In fact, there’s been a 20 percent increase in the number of women freezing eggs, and it prompts the question….why? Musici...
24 Maalis 202121min
Locals being priced out of their own housing market
Covid showed people they could work from home – live in a regional centre or on the coast, and work in the city. It’s meant a massive rise in house prices pretty much across the country. It’s also ...
23 Maalis 202122min
