Drive with Jacqui Felgate

This has been a bug bear of Tom Elliott's for a while.

He says Victoria's recycling rules are chaotic and can't understand why some types of plastic is accepted for recycling and other types aren't.

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Dr Lauren Rosewarne addressed Tom Elliott's concerns in their regular "Educate Me!" segment.

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Professor Alan March, urban planning and disaster risk reduction expert at the University of Melbourne, said similar policies had been tried before after bushfires in Victoria, but in an "incomplete" way.

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It comes after it was revealed the first two sections of the loop alone would cost more than double what the government previously said it would.

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Online shopping has become the new craze during COVID, giving department stores some heavy competition in the modern era. 

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Roshena Campbell told Tom Elliott she'd been contacted by residents and businesses "sick" of the uncertainty.

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Firefighters union boss Peter Marshall says fire services are struggling to keep up with the "very different" fire risk electric cars, bikes, scooters and charging stations pose.

He says it's an "unintended consequence" of Australia's switch to renewables.

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The Vietnam veteran and popular musician joined Tom Elliott in studio on Wednesday.

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