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Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 31st of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke and Rex chat about the 22,000 empty houses in NSW and whether the Government should have the powers to ensure they are rented out where possible. Rex has had some recent wins in the Federal Court with ministers no longer able to sweep their dirt under the carpet with a cabinet reshuffle. And Rex explains why the carbon offset plan is nothing short of a scam. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 30th of March See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super, David Llewellyn-Smith discusses with Luke how NSW is transitioning the energy grid away from coal, and why Aussie gas is now more expensive in Australia than it is Europe. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
National Editor of The Australian, Dennis Shanahan, joins Luke Grant to dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 24th of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian China scholar Andrew Phelan chats to Luke Grant about Penny Wong's meeting this week with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and China's stance on Taiwan. The Prime Minister continues to be evasive about getting tough this week unlike the Fijian PM who this week called on China to retreat from the South Pacific. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke discusses the news topics of the week with former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop. They include Chris Minns's report card, Princess Kate's video call and both parties claiming victory in the Tasmanian election. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 23rd of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Stanley and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 17th of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alex Ryvchin is Co-chief Executive Officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and he joins Luke Grant fresh from a trip to New York where he met with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Alex then went on to visit Israel where he saw the horrors that still continue on from the October 7 attacks. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 16th of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the net permanent and long-term arrivals figures from the ABS, Australia's record low rental vacancy rate and the Victoria’s state government's growing debt. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A man who’s music remains loved by so many generations to this day, Daryl Braithwaite, joins Luke Grant to take a look back at his career in music. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A report from the Daily Telegraph has reported one in five nurses are leaving the profession to work in a range of jobs including goat farming, baristaring and as firefighters. CEO of the Australian College of Nursing, Adjunct professor, Kylie Ward, joins Luke Grant to discuss why nurses are leaving the workforce. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Deputy Executive Director of the institute of Public Affairs, Daniel Wild, and Luke Grant chat about NSW and Victorian motorists in outer suburban and regional areas who would save as much as $1800 a year in fuel costs under the government’s plan to cap motor vehicle emissions for new cars. And why Australia is facing a chronic nursing shortage, with one in five leaving the profession to work as goat farmers, baristas and fire fighters. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 9th of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super Leith Van Onselen discusses with Luke the Q4 National Accounts release from the ABS, the worsening housing situation and how the Greens are continuing to gaslight on immigration. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke Grant gets some clarity around a very grey area of what is offensive, whether deliberate or not from an anti-discrimination law expert Dr Bill Swannie from ACU. It's complicated and there are issues of context but it can end up as a civil offence in a court of law. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Sunday, 3rd of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Liberal Party Defence and National Security Policy Chair Lincoln Parker and Luke Grant chat about the result of the Dunkley by-election and what a swing to the Coalition in the results will mean for the Victorian Political Climate. And what should happen ahead of the ASIO boss warning to name a 'traitor' former politician. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Former NSW Deputy Commissioner and Chair of this Royal Commission Nick Kaldas reflects with Luke Grant on the responses from veterans and serving ADF members since the start of the Royal Commission in July 2021. He emphasises how committed he is to making the ADF and Department of Veteran Affairs step into line with the standards, values and expectations of the modern Australian workplace and how indebted he is to the bravery of the men and women who wear the uniform. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Listen to the full show podcast for Saturday, 2nd of March. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke Grant chats to Murat Dizdar, Secretary NSW Department of Education, about the latest research showing that students benefit from 'explicit' teaching practices which involve teachers clearly showing students what to do and how to do it, rather than having students discover that information themselves. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Luke Grant and Dennis dissect the biggest stories in federal politics of the past week. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre David Hughes and Luke Grant chat about how the biggest review of tertiary education in 15 years has called on the Albanese government to double the number of university places in the next 25 years. And why patients in NSW have access to 169 fewer fully bulk-billing GP clinics than 12 months ago. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
