Through the heart of Inner-Sydney runs a river pushed to the environmental brink. The Cooks River has bared the burden of urban development in Sydney from the time colonisers settled in Australia. But the river, once dubbed Australia's most polluted, is on the mend. In this episode, we meet the people who want to bring the Cooks River back to life.

Featuring:

Jennifer Newman, Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney

Ian Tyrell, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales

Sue Burton, Executive Officer of the Cooks River Alliance

Dr Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Natural Science at the University of Western Sydney

Anne Leahy, President of the Cooks River Valley Association

Peter Monroe, Co-Founder of the Mudcrabs

Ranjit, Mudcrabs Coordinator

Producer/Presenter: Victor Petrovic