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Yoorrook Commissioner Travis Lovett is a proud Kerrupmara/Gunditjmara man who has spent his life advocating for truth and justice for First Peoples. Commissioner Lovett has held senior leadership roles in the Victorian Public Service, including as Executive Director and Acting Deputy Secretary, First Peoples State Relations, at the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and has played a key role in supporting Victoria in Treaty and Truth telling. He joined us today to talk about 'Yoorrook for Justice: Report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems', which was tabled in Parliament on Monday, making recommendations to the Victorian Government to transform child protection and criminal 'justice' systems to address systemic injustice against First Peoples.//

Professor Glenn McLaren lectures in Philosophy, Media and Society at Swinburne University, and in Science Week 2017 wrote the article "Science Owes Us an Apology" that discussed how science has been separated from the humanities, and the impact this has had on critical thought. We sat down with Glenn for a two part conversation where he was asked who science owes an apology to , what it owes an apology for and what needs to happen for society to develop the wisdom required to overcome crises like climate change. We played part one of the discussion during today’s show. You can find more articles from Glenn on his Substack.//

Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing at the University of Sydney Melissa Haswell joined us to discuss the findings of a recently-released report investigating the human health and wellbeing impacts of the fossil fuel industry. The report, co-authored by Melissa, Jacob Hegedus and Professor David Shearman, synthesises peer-reviewed academic evidence of the myriad direct and indirect risks to human health and wellbeing posed by oil and gas developments and highlights some serious concerns about the immediate health impacts of oil and gas extraction and processing for people and the environment, as well as their downstream contributions to the climate emergency. You can read a co-authored article about the report's findings and access the report here. You can also watch the report's launch on the 4th of September at the Sydney Law School here.//

Dr Meg Mundell is a Naarm/Melbourne based author, social researcher and advocate whose work has explored themes of social inclusion, belonging, nature, homelessness, and spatial justice. Meg's work includes editing a collection of stories of lived experiences of homelessness called ‘We Are Here: Stories of Home, Place and Belonging’. Meg believes that hearing people's lived experiences of exclusion is key to changing social attitudes and achieving social and political change.//