From Pillar to Post

Shark attacks prompt calls for political fixes to tame the ocean

Featured: Cat Holloway (Spark Shoalhaven Editor) Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -  Martin Davies See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Who has been washed out in the budget wash-up?

Another year, another budget. Just what has changed to address inequality? Featured: Cassandra Goldie (ACOSS CEO), Matthew Maury (ACFID CEO), Georgie Dent (The Parenthood CEO), David Pocock (ACT Independent Senator) Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -  Martin Davies See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Is 2SER the canary in the coalmine for community radio?

Staff, alumni, presenters, and students are left looking for answers as 2SER confronts possible closure in July. How can the impact of a community radio station be conveyed outside of monetary terms and is this a sign of the times for community broadcasters?   Featured: Karen Barlow (Chief Politics Reporter, The Saturday Paper), Claire Northey (2SER station manager), Chris Dixon (Macquarie University Dean), James Bennett (UTS Dean), Reece Kinnane (Head of Advocacy and Communications, CBAA) Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -  Martin Davies See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Former imprisoned journalist on the importance of a free media

As World Press Freedom Day is marked, it gives us a convenient moment to ask what is the state of that freedom in Australia? In 2014, Australian journalist Peter Greste was given a seven-year jail sentence for allegations of 'airing false news' as a reporter for al-Jazeera in Egypt. His story captured the attention of the nation and became a living reminder of the importance of press freedom. But things haven't substantially improved in the years since.  Featured: Prof. Peter Greste (Professor of Journalism at Macquarie University, former foreign correspondent for BBC, al-Jazeera, Reuters), Claire Stuchbery (LINA CEO) Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -  Martin Davies   In the public interest: a journalism, accountability and democracy townhall https://events.humanitix.com/in-the-public-interest [https://events.humanitix.com/in-the-public-interest]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The impossible task of taxing Australian gas exports

As the federal budget looms, Australians brace for cuts to the services they rely on in pursuit of 'balancing the books'. But why isn't the focus on one of Australia's largest industries which some claim has fallen short of a fair contribution in taxes? Featured: David Pocock (ACT Independent Senator) Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -  Martin Davies See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.