In this episode of the Long Way to the Top podcast series on policy, I talk about the state of the Australian and global media, concerns about fake news and the 'fifth estate'. Freedom of the press is vitally important, and that brings us to talking about Australia's public broadcaster, the ABC.

To the tune of 'How Green was my Cactus?' (for those that remember the radio serial that lampooned Australian politics), Rikki asks just how big you want your government to be.

Australia ticks over to 25 million people in the leadup to the federal election. In this episode I go through the numbers on how, where and why our population is growing - and what's missing for it to work for everyone.

Thanks for following the Long Way to the Top podcast series. In this episode I share about my inglorious sporting journey, the realisations I have come to about the value of amateur, grassroots sport - and why we need to return to good sportsmanship in politics.

In this episode, I share my own views, experience and actions regarding the environment, energy efficiency and the politics that sits behind the green veneer of environmental concern

In this episode I go where angels fear to tread - whilst honouring the women in my life, talking about the fairer sex without 'mansplaining' or annoying the political correctness genie that is well and truly out of its bottle

Everyone migrated to Australia at some point in their family history. In my case, on my mother's side it was the German Lutheran migration that brought her forebears to our country. In this episode I talk about Australia's migration history insofar as it has touched my family and life experience, and the present unprecedented migration challenges facing our nation.

In this opening episode of this new podcast series, I explain how I came to be where I am today in politics - my upbringing, education and events that have shaped my values and political opinions.