Judith speaks with Dr Michael Vardon (Twitter @MichaelVardon(link is external)), environmental accountant at Fenner School of Environment and Society at Australian National University, discussing poor conditions of environmental data and reporting, and the need for better systems on economic costs of bad environmental policy and planning. 

To learn more, you can find Michael Vardon's initial response HERE(link is external) 

Grace speaks with Dr Katherine Kent (@drkatherinekent(link is external)), Public Health professor at the School of Health Sciences at Western Sydney University, discussing food insecurity surrounding university staff and students. 

You can read more via The Conversation article HERE(link is external) 

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China wrapped up on the weekend and there has been much speculation about what happened at the Congress and what the next five years under Xi
Jinping’s leadership will bring.

Judith speaks with Yu Tao (@DrYuTao(link is external)), Chinese Studies Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia, discussing how China will interact with the world over the next 5 years. 

You can read more via The Conversation article HERE(link is external).

Grace speaks with Jahkarli Romanis (Instagram via @jucromanis(link is external)), a proud Pitta Pitta woman, artist and PhD candidate at Monash University, discussing how she used art to explore problematic western maps such as Google Earth, and the myth of "Terra Nullius" (meaning: land belonging to no one). 

You can read more via The Conversation article HERE(link is external).

Songs:

1. The land that we love - Buck and Joe Mckenzie

2. Happy Earth - Tiddas