Greg Mullins talks us through the The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Report

Professor Leanne Wiseman words us up on the Right to Repair movement and Productivity Commission Inquiry

Bungabee ecologists inspect our local forests for their ecological values before they are destroyed by logging (as reported by Omega Breakspear)

Elly Bird LCC EPA

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The ALP keeps shifting its unsustainable position on fossils

In this episode of our gripping radio noir drama lovelorn femme fatale, Princess Gladys, is looking for options but is rudely interrupted by the shocking return of #KoalaKiller Don Porky Barrell and the unexpected arrival of some even more unwelcome guests - #ICAC

Tim Buckley, Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia for IEEFA, has 25 years of financial markets experience and has been a keen analyst of the global transition to renewable prosperity. He tells Sean O'Shannessy that last week he was very doubtful that the world's financial markets could act fast enough to get us safely to the goals of the Paris Climate Accord but this week he is "bullish". Listen in and find out why he is so hopeful.

Radio noir is back in style as all our favourite villains and anti-heroes from the #KoalaKiller Gangster State display their moral turpitude, corrupt underbellies and bad relationship choices for all the world to see (all in less than 2minutes)

(WARNING: May contain traces of nuts)

Michael Mazengarb is well known to regular Environmental as Anything listeners. He delivers his insights into the transition to renewable prosperity with the calm assurance of genuine expertise. Here he is speaking to Sean O'Shannessy on the news from September.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/author/michael-mazengarb/

Last Thursday the government passed legislation to close sections of the Casino to Murwilumbah railway line. The Casino to Bentley section will be closed and the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek section and the railway tracks ripped up for a rail trail.

Beth Shelley, Chairperson of the Northern Rivers Railway Action Group says, “The government and Labor have stated there has been extensive community consultation to find out if this community wants to have trains running again or a bike path. This isn’t true. There has been no proper community consultation at all, except for the Rail Trail group’s endless lobbying”.

Abigail Boyd, NSW Greens MLC, stated, “When properly built, funded and designed, public transport has immeasurable social, economic and environmental benefits for the health and wellbeing of entire communities. The delivery of services such as the passenger rail on the Casino to Murwillumbah line should be considered a core part of the job of government”.

On Monday WATER Northern Rivers Alliance launched a campaign for smart water options in the Northern Rivers, instead of the Dunoon Dam. The launch coincides with the start of National Water Week, with its message ‘Let’s re-imagine our water future”. Annie Kia is one of the leading spokesp people for water in NE NSW and she spoke to Sean O'Shannessy for Environmental as Anything to clarify the positive agenda on water management for our region.

“We want Rous to take on board what the experts are saying about smart options and policies” says Annie. “The Dunoon dam is last century’s thinking. If we add new supply it should be independent of rainfall. That’s the way to drought-proof our region, not by adding another dam, costing $245,000,000”.

The Morrison regime is as ideologically committed to the neo-liberal agenda as just about any government in the world. When confronted with the global Covid 19 pandemic however they have responded by turning on the economic stimulus taps, briefly. Professor Bill Mitchell, one of the worlds experts in Modern Monetary Theory, speaks to Sean O'Shannessy and offers his assessment of the effectiveness of the budget measures as post pandemic stimulus measures and the prospects for our future prosperity under neo-liberalism.

http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/

Energy Program Director for the Grattan Institute, Tony Woods had a long career in the gas industry but he tells Sean O'Shannessy that he doesn't see the Morrison government's gas plan effectively stimulating the Australian economy

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Mark Carney (former head of the Bank of England) agree.

SANTOS has had its gas attack on the Piliga forest legitimised by the NSW "Independent" Planning Commission but locals and the wider NSW public are overwhelmingly outraged at the corruption of democratic processes and threats to our climate, biodiversity and water security that this decision represents. Roy Butler is the representative of the NSW Seat of Barwon elected on promises to protect his community from this assault. He speaks to Sean O'Shannessy about the political and economic reasons that this project cannot be allowed to proceed.