‘Jobs for mates’ and the John Barilaro scandal
The NSW Parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a plum trade commissioner post in New York, is up and running. The inquiry is trying to determine how and w...
25 Jul 202219min
The crisis in the construction industry
This episode came via a message from one of our listeners, Jason on Instagram who wanted to point out the real issues the construction industry in Australia are facing. A shortage of raw materials, wo...
24 Jul 202220min
Tara Moss talks pain, prejudice and new projects
Tara Moss is a best-selling Canadian-Australian author who has written 14 books spanning multiple different genres.In addition to her books, Tara is a documentary maker, a television presenter, a jour...
22 Jul 202235min
Uber Document Leak: Where their aggressive tactics left us…
Are our regulators better equipped to deal with a tech company employing the same aggressive tactics Uber did when it was expanding between 2013 - 2017? A massive data leak suggests Uber broke laws, d...
21 Jul 202220min
Deep dive: The State of Environment Report
The State of Environment report is out, and the news isn’t good. Australia has lost more mammal species than anywhere else on earth, along with hundreds of plant species. The losses are down to a vi...
20 Jul 202219min
Long Covid: what the facts say
Around eight million Australians are estimated to have been infected with Covid during the pandemic. Experts believe around 5% of those who catch the virus end up with long Covid, so as many as 400,00...
19 Jul 202223min
The ACT’s bold pill-testing regime
The ACT has always had a liberal approach to drug use. Cannabis was decriminalised in 2020. Today it opens a pill-testing facility in Canberra’s CBD. Gino Vumbaca is president of Harm Reduction Aus...
18 Jul 202217min
When will travel return to normal post-pandemic?
Tom’s super keen to dust off his Bintang t-shirt and head to Bali. It seems everyone is overseas this winter. So how is the travel industry coping, post-pandemic? Dean Long, CEO Australian Federation...
17 Jul 202217min
