Saturday Magazine

Macca and Fiona speak to Angus Crowther, Co-founder Tanck, Victorian Local Government Elections & analysis of City of Melb Mayoral Race A co-founding Director of Tanck, Angus brings with him a significant understanding of the political process and executive functions of government. Having worked directly to minsters as a policy and political advisor, Angus understands the inner workings of government decision making and brings this knowledge and understanding with him to every engagement.

Angus spent the better part of his ministerial career working within the social portfolios of education, communities, disability services and seniors, as well as being an advisor within an economic super portfolio covering infrastructure, agriculture, trade, and tourism. In these portfolios he worked on small grants schemes through to major infrastructure programs and bilateral agreements of more than $4billion. Angus also spent time working through the process for State budget bids as well as bilateral agreements between the States and Commonwealth governments, often liaising directly with parliamentarians from government and the opposition.

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Macca and Fiona spoke to, Aidan Morrison, about anti-gas Victoria faces some hard economic truths

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan  has exposed deep conflicts in the energy transition by allowing households to continue replacing gas cooktops, despite an avowed mission to get the state off ‘fossil’ gas.

The site for the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap — announced in 2022 and periodically updated — still heralds “the beginning of the end for gas in homes and small businesses”.

But sparing gas cooktops from the ban on replacing old appliances obscures the end and exposes the plan’s contradictions.

The first is pure politics:  the Victorian government’s love-hate relationship with gas isn’t mirrored at the household level.

Plenty of people love cooking with gas.  And not many enjoy the government removing functional choices about how they cook and heat their homes.

https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/opinion/anti-gas-victoria-faces-some-hard-economic-truths/

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Macca and Fiona discuss the problems with Negative Gearing-Tim Reardon- Economist – Housing Industry Association

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Fiona and Macca are joined in the studio by Rachel Payne and Fiona Patten: Legalize Cannabis Party Update

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Macca and Fiona talk to Paul Gover, motoring journalist, as they discuss what’s new in the car-market, Tesla electric vehicles and upcoming big car events, and so much more. Are Electric Vehicles losing their lustre ?

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Macca and Macca talk to Georgie Purcell, Animal Justice Party, for an update on what’s happening in state parliament, AJP updates and more.

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Fiona and Macca host this week as they discuss the news, views and reviews of the week that was.

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Nevena and Macca talk to Dr. Paul Bowell PhD candidate researching digital technology, women’s sport and socio-material perspective, Swinburne University of Technology.

AFL Grand Final: What is Sports Fanaticism?

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Nevena and Macca discuss recent announcement of Trans Month in November and upcoming Gender Revel Gala. upcoming Gender Revel Gala, Hank Paul, Communications and Fundraising Lead TGV.

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Nevena and Macca talk to Aiv Puglielli, Greens MP and Member for North Eastern Metropolitan, talks about ACCC and the news around Coles/Woolies.

Prior to entering Parliament, Aiv was an artist, composer and producer working across the independent arts community in Australia. Coming from a background in classical trumpet and composition, he trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) receiving a Diploma of Music Theatre, before jumping across the continent to complete a bachelor’s degree at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Following his graduation, Aiv returned to North-Eastern Melbourne, where he grew up, to work alongside fellow artists to cultivate better industrial conditions and drive new productions on the Australian east coast.

Aiv’s artistic work always had a progressive political bent. However, when the pandemic struck, Aiv saw his community of artists and cultural workers left to fend for themselves after the arts sector closed nearly overnight. The devastating impacts of government refusing to provide adequate structural and social supports to the arts drove him to join the Greens and enter politics.

While Aiv is eager to see urgent action on a range of issues including the climate crisis, social inequality, housing affordability and drug law reform, he has a particular passion for issues affecting young people (a voice he notes is often completely excluded from Parliament).

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