Grace speaks with Tim Wright, Treaty Coordinator at International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), discussing the signage of the nuclear ban treaty at the recent UN General Assembly, and what happens now for Australia which has yet to sign the treaty. To understand more about the treaty and the impacts of nuclear weapons, you can head on to ICAN's website icanw.org or via Twitter @nuclearban
Director General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyaysus declared last fortnight that the end of COVID-19 was “in sight”, after the leading health body declared that weekly COVID deaths had been the lowest since March 2020.
Jacob speaks with Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Doherty Institute and infectious disease expert, discussing the future of COVID-19.
Jacob speaks with independent writer and political commentator Joel Jenkins (via Twitter @boganintel) who recently wrote about striking similarities between Labor and the Liberal Party namely on new coal and gas projects and Stage 3 tax cuts in their recent article entitled ‘The Duopoly’.
You can also head to Bogan Intelligentsia for more of Joel's articles.
Grace spoke with Michelle Fahy (via Twitter @FahyMichelle), an investigative journalist on Australia's armed weapons industry and close connections with the government on militarisation in Australia, also discussing the 'blanket secrecy' and how this links with anti-corruption measures that the government wants to put in place.
Songs:
So I Crossed the River by Beth King and the Hemingway Collective
The Life by Bea Moon and Kobie Dee
Payin’ My Dues by Duncan Graham
Two Face (Radio Edit) by Sincerely Grizzly
Grace Hall, Sonia Randhawa