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Toby Hagon, Editor at EVCentral.com.au talks about the latest in motoring.

At look at the results in weekend AFL.

Resilience Expert Heidi Dening spoke to the program about burnout, the common early signs and how to avoid it.

Geelong Bank CEO Vivien Allen joined the program her monthly segment to discuss the common scams around and how to avoid them.

Professor Andrew Pask spoke to the program about the cloning of the Thylacine. Professor Pask explained how he and his colleagues sequenced the thylacine genome from a preserved “pouch young” specimen and used it to examine its phylogenetic placement, population life history and the genetic basis of its convergence with the wolf.

“We need the community’s help to get more responses from the northern suburbs of Geelong, and from the youth,” said survey spokesperson and co-initiator Sanja Van Huet. “We really would like to hear their voices to ensure the survey is representative of the entire City of Greater Geelong residents.” “We can see that young people under the age of 35 have different views from older age groups on a range of issues thus far, but we need more responses from this age group to be sure this is significant.” Find out more at www.geelongcommunitysurvey.org Read our guide to the elections

Dr Kate Dooley appeared on Mitchell’s Front Page to discuss her appearance on a National Science Week panel discussion entitled “Trusting Science In A Time of Crisis”. The discussion looks at the polarised nature of the climate change debate in Australia.

Australia finds itself involved in the new Space Race says Australian Geographic science journalist Wilson da Silva. With the establishment of a national space agency, but the game has certainly changed since the Apollo moon landings and subsequent space shuttle programs. He says the push now (among other things) is to mine the Moon, starting with ice.

Research from the Consumer Policy Research Centre has found that 31% of Victorians were concerned about their ability to pay their energy bill in May but only 11% of consumers were taking action to reduce costs. The Consumer Policy Research Centre is offering a free 30 minute webinar to educate the community about saving money on energy. “We’re trying to reach as many people as we can through our free webinar series to show people that energy doesn’t need to be difficult. We’re putting consumers back in the driver’s seat when it comes to their energy bills” said Cameron Crome, Energy Trainer at CPRC.

Trent Geddes talks about the latest developments in tech.