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Macca and Kenny are joined live in the studio by Joyster, award winning Australian film critic and writer Glenn Charlie Dunks as they discuss Stephen Spielberg’s latest film, ‘Disclosure Day’.

Glenn Charlie Dunks is an award-winning Australian film critic and writer based between Melbourne and New York. Known for his two Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards, he specializes in documentary film and Australian cinema, regularly appearing on JOY 94.9 radio and contributing to top-tier publications.

For ten years, Glenn has been an active part of the Australian film scene as a critic and journalist. Getting his start with the Geelong/Surf Coast-based street press Forte Magazine, he progressed to writing regularly for Trespass and Onya Magazine as well as his personal blog.

In 2010, Glenn began writing film reviews and features for Australian print institution The Big Issue. In the following decade, he has contributed to world-renowned publications such as The Guardian, Vanity Fair and The Film Experience where he covers documentary film on a weekly basis. In Australia, his work has been published across outlets including Metro Magazine, ScreenHub, Flicks Australia, Junkee, SBS Film, SBS Sexuality, Broadsheet, Quickflix, Concrete Playground and the online edition of Overland Journal. He is also the regular film critic for Air Nuigini’s Paradise Magazine. His work has been republished by IndieWire’s Women and Hollywood blog and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance union’s quarterly print publication The Equity Magazine. He has also been spotlighted by The Age.

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Sanmati Verma is a highly prominent human rights advocate and attorney who serves as the Legal Director of the Migration Justice team at the Human Rights Law Centre. Based in Melbourne, Australia, she is an accredited specialist in immigration law certified by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) and has spent more than a decade litigating complex migration and human rights matters

Sanmati joined the Human Rights Law Centre in 2022 to lead the Centre’s Migration Justice team. She holds specialist accreditation from the Law Institute of Victoria in immigration law and has practiced exclusively in the field for over a decade.

Before joining the Centre, Sanmati was a partner at Clothier Anderson, a specialist immigration firm in Melbourne, where she led a significant pro bono practice and litigated several leading cases relating to immigration detention, visa cancellation and ‘character’ powers.

She has previously worked with the Legal Aid Society NYC, Victoria Legal Aid, and the Western Suburbs Legal Service, where she co-founded the International Student Legal Advice Clinic in 2010.

In 2023, Sanmati received an inaugural Community Engagement Grant from the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne, to complete a community-led study of the visa cancellation regime.

In addition to her work at the Centre, Sanmati is an advisor to the United Workers Union, co-chair of the Visa Cancellations Working Group, and serves on the board of the Migrant Workers Centre.

Her work has been recognised through the Law Institute of Victoria’s Emerging Lawyer Award (2016) and Paul Baker Award for Administrative Law (2024). She was also conferred with the John Gibson Award for Refugee Law by the International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) (2023).

Sanmati holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws (Hons), and a Master of Public and International Law (Hons I) from the University of Melbourne.

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Macca and Kenny are joined live on air by Mitch Brown, Former West Coast Eagles Defender, as they discuss the FIFA World Cup 2026.

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Kenny and Macca are joined live on air, by phone this week, not in the studio as usual, by Rachel Westaway, Lib Prahran, Shadow Asst Min Small Business + Hospitality as they discuss State politics.

Rachel Westaway is an Australian politician serving as the member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since winning the 2025 Prahran state by-election. She is a member of the Victorian Liberal Party.

With a background in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and as former Assistant Freedom of Information Commissioner for Victoria, she brings extensive experience in public service. Rachel has lived in South Yarra for 20 years and is actively involved in the community, including serving as President of the Thai Australian Chamber.

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Kenny and Macca are joined live on air by Karina Lester, Snr Aboriginal Language Expert, Adelaide Uni, AUKUS Review.

Karina Lester, is the Aboriginal Co-Manager and Senior Aboriginal Language Expert at The University of Adelaide’s Mobile Language Team (MLT). She is a Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman who grew up on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north-west of South Australia.

Growing up on the APY Lands in South Australia, she is a prominent voice in language revitalization, anti-nuclear advocacy, and cultural preservation.

She is a second-generation survivor of the 1953 British Nuclear Tests at Emu Field. As the daughter of the late, renowned Indigenous activist Yami Lester—who was blinded by the nuclear fallout—she frequently speaks on global platforms (including addressing UN Treaty Negotiations in New York) regarding the intergenerational health and environmental impacts felt by her people.

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Macca and Kenny are in the hosting seats this week. John Wintle is on panel. Agnes was this week’s production assistant and James is doing the podcast.

Macca and Kenny’s first guest this week is a legend of Australian 70s and 80s Rock Music and a monumental figure in environmentalism, Indigenous Rights and anti-Nuclear activism.

Midnight Oil front-man, and former ALP environment minister, Peter Garrett lead an independent inquiry into the Aukus defence pact, launched by a group of Labor veterans and public figures concerned proper scrutiny has never been applied to the $368bn defence plan.

Garrett,  will be the lead commissioner on the five-month community-based investigation, being launched on the 9th of June of this year, it will hold public hearings and take written submissions before delivering a final report by 30 October.

‘Labor agreed to support the deal for Australia to acquire nuclear submarines in collaboration with the US and the UK, negotiated under the Morrison government and announced in 2021. As part of the agreement, Australia is funding upgrades to the US defence industrial base and will start receiving second-hand nuclear submarines in 2032’.

Garrett said the new inquiry – supported by trade unions and non-profit organisations – would consider if the subs can be delivered on time and on budget, how nuclear waste will be managed and if Australia’s defence and strategic interests are well served by the deal.

He has previously lashed Aukus,  saying the plan “stinks” and represents “the most costly and risky action ever taken by any Australian government”.

“This inquiry is doing the job that a proper parliamentary inquiry should be doing,” Garrett told Guardian Australia’.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/17/peter-garrett-says-nuclear-submarine-deal-most-costly-and-risky-action-ever-taken-by-an-australian-government

Photograph: Adam Ferguson/The Guardian

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Nevena, Macca and Paul are joined live on air by Ro Allen AM (they/them) is the current Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner, having commenced their term on 1 June 2021. In June 2026, they were appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for their significant service to the community through social reform and human rights advocacy.

As they discuss the honour, the Member of the Order of Australia Ro was awarded in the King’s Birthday Honours, LGBTIQA+ advocacy and so much more.

Photos courtesy of Betty Sujecki
and James WF Roberts/Red Wolf Press Aust.

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Nevena, Macca and Paul  are joined live on air  by Alex Makin, Lord Mayor, City of Port Phillip, Latest in City of Port Phillip; Outside Broadcast: Sth Melb. Market

Alex Makin, has lived in Port Phillip for over a decade, residing in Port Melbourne and the Montague Ward, drawn to its vibrant community and central location to beaches, markets, arts and culture.

Alex brings extensive experience from both the private and not-for-profit sectors. He founded and ran a consulting business for nearly a decade before transitioning into strategic management roles within the not-for-profit sector. Alex is also a lecturer in postgraduate studies teaching Business Strategy, Marketing and Data Analytics.

His leadership journey began as one of Victoria’s youngest politically independent Mayors. He previously served on Maroondah City Council (2005 to 2012) and as Mayor in 2010, where he helped transform Ringwood into a dynamic urban centre. He will be drawing on this experience to help Fishermans Bend fulfil its potential as Australia’s largest urban renewal.

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Photos courtesy of Betty Sujecki

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Nevena, Macca and Paul are joined live on air by Robert Mills is an Australian stage and screen actor, television host and singer-songwriter. He was one of the finalists from the first season of Australian Idol in 2003.

Milsy, is currently playing Dr Pomattar in Waitress right now at her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne.

Over to You” is the title of the debut fiction novel by Australian journalist Georgie Tunny, who is the fiancé of entertainer Rob Mills. The phrase is a playful nod to her media background and their relationship.

Photos courtesy of Betty Sujecki

Photos courtesy of Betty Sujecki

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Nevena, Macca and Paul are joined live on air by Josh Cox, an Olive Albino Python and a Barking Owl.

Josh’s philosophy is simple. ‘As a a society we are disconnected from nature. The advent of technology has changed the way we live, it has changed the way we interact, and it has jammed a wedge between us and nature’.

‘Children, from the time they are born, are now inundated with technology. It has gone well beyond the 30 minutes of watching Playschool that was the norm a generation ago. As we’ve become increasingly disconnected from our world and nature, the state of the planet has declined at quite a rapid rate. The threat of climate change is at our door. We are on the precipice of a mass extinction. If as a society we are disconnected from nature, we are not going to have the impetus to want to protect the planet’.

Josh goes on to say, ‘I started Reptile Encounters because I want to give students the chance to connect with nature. I believe that people need to have that ‘inspire’ moment to be able to make the connection for themselves. By meeting animals in the flesh we engender a respect for our environment and equip students to make a difference!’

Open to the public by appointment ONLY! Reptile Encounters was founded in 2007 and is now in its 17th year of operation. Founder Josh Cox has had a lifelong love of Australian wildlife and was keen to have his own business and share his passion with the public.

Initially, Reptile Encounters began with Josh as the sole presenter of reptile shows and a small collection of animals. He operated from home, and the majority of his business was weekend birthday parties. However it wasn’t long before schools began enquiring and the focus of the business has gradually shifted. Josh quit his pharmaceutical sales job in 2009 to run Reptile Encounters full time and is now offering reptile parties for kids, corporate events & team building activities.

Photos courtesy of Betty Sujecki

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