Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke government

Lustre Force and the Lustre Exhibition - inspired by the Allied campaigns in Greece + Crete 1941.

Bradley Manera, Curator at the Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park and Amanda Penrose Hart, participating artist, discuss their experience of retracing the footsteps of the Allied soldiers as they were overwhelmed by German forces in Greece and Crete in 1941. Accompanied by Brad, the artists painted their impressions during the journey. The result, the Lustre Exhibition, is running at the Anzac Memorial until July 15th. Please ring 02 8262 2900 to find out more, or visit the Anzac Memorial website. Lustre, the exhibition, will be touring other venues in Australia, following Anzac Memorial.

Finding the lyric - poetry as a process for making sense of the experience.

A conversation with Intensive Care Specialist, Clinical Ethicist and poet, Dr Melanie Jensen. Melanie is in the frontline of hospital work and spends her working life trying to save the lives of injured children. In these extreme circumstances, Melanie has turned to writing poetry as a sense-making activity. We speak about Melanie's book, 'All That Could Be Lost', finding your writing voice at talking points in our lives, visiting dark places and emerge feeling better and remembering, while grief may be in the air, happiness is too.

The Selection Table, AFL + NRL lowdown with Michael Bridger and Ben Eames

Michael Bridger talks about how he loves the MCG but still feels no need to talk about the NRL State-of-Origin 2. Michael also speaks about the toilet and bar facilities at Leichhardt Oval, the over-use of the word stadium and suggests a loss this week, for his team The Roosters, will spell the end for their Premiership hopes. In the AFL analysis, Ben Eames explains the meaning of the word blockbuster, tries not to get too excited about the prospects of his team, the Adelaide Crows and questions the 2026 output of Magpie, Nick Daicos

Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke government

TLP Radio Show speaks with historian and author, Frank Bongiorno about his new book, edited with Carolyn Holbrook and Joshua Black, that examines the legacy of the 1980's Hawke government.

The Travels of Dr Mary Anne Whiting....

We return to the travels of Dr Mary Anne Whiting...joining her for breakfast in Tangier, from Casablanca to Marrakesh, the Atlas Mountains, small towns with carpetmakers and miners, catching a ferry to Seville in Spain, enjoying its food and culture and history.