Asia Pacific 'Academy Awards' here II Australian filmmaker Robert Connolly talks to us about the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), his film Blueback, and a few other things film related.

Two pieces of information that came directly from the Economic and Social Outlook Conference on Thursday. This is a conference that is run by the Melbourne Institute in partnership with the Australian. It was held in the Palladian at Crown.

First a small morsel about the litigation against Qantas for the ghost flights scandal. Ms Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave a speech about the ACCC and as she was leaving the stage the MC asked her about the litigation against Qantas this is the exchange:

The ACCC & Qantas here II 

The second was the PM Anthony Albanese talking about the Gaza 'pause' meme and his trip to China:

Albanese's Gaza 'Pause' here II

You Can't Escape an Aussie Boy here II Writer/ actor Shane Palmer and Directo Riley Longworth join us to tell us about their up-coming satire show at The Butterfly Club on 13 - 18 Nov, 7pm. They pose the question 'How do the least qualified persuade others that they are the best to lead?'tickets

Coles AGM Under Attack here II Striking Victoiran workers, members of RAFFWU, and community members picketed the Coles AGM calling out sub par working conditions & wages as well as price gouging. Join the RAFFWU campaign at Coles at https://raffwu.org.au/workplaces/supermarkets/coles/

This is the week here II Kevin Healy is back on form with a rapier to the week.

De-privatising NSW Prisons here II Nicola Jess, President of the Public Service Association NSW, outlines the win that is seeing the NSW Government de-privatising prisons in NSW.