The Grapevine

Dylan and Kulja are joined by regular guest Cam Walker who shares his thoughts on Victoria’s ban on new gas connections and its implications for emissions, as well recent concerns about the Great Barrier Reef and Antarctic Sea.

Kate Colvin, CEO of Homelessness Australia, unpacks the organisation’s new report confirming that Australia is in its worst housing crisis in living memory.

Graeme Turner, Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland, discusses the socio-political issues tackled in his new book The Shrinking Nation: how we got here and what can be done about it.

Plus, Danny Jeffcote, Outreach Cluster Leader at coheatlh, discusses Victoria decriminalising public drunkenness and cohealth’s involvement in the state’s first sobering up centre.

Dylan and Kulja sit down with David Manne, Executive Director of Refugee Legal, who unpacks the state of Australia’s offshore detention regime following reporting from 9 News about dealings between the Department of Home Affairs and Pacific Island politicians.

Judith Brett, emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University, discusses her essay for The Monthly covering the PwC controversy and the Australian Public Service’s continued reliance on the ‘Big Four’ consultancy firms.

Todung Mulya Lubis, lawyer and human rights activist, gets into the issues investigated in his new book War and Corruption: An Indonesian experience.

Plus, Cameron Hurst, Co-Founder & Co-Editor of The Paris End - a new Melbourne arts and culture newsletter and where it fits within the current Melbourne media landscape.

Kulja is joined by Dr Wesley Morgan, Senior Researcher at Climate Council and lead author of their new report Climate Allies, to unpack climate action being officially incorporated into the Australia–US security alliance and its potential global effects; regular guest Cam Walker gives an update on the continuing push to tackle plastics pollution amid staggering figures on global waste; and Director Celeste Geer drops in to chat about her urgent new film The Endangered Generation? and her experience creating it.

Dylan speaks to regular guest Dave Nichols about the value of preserving venues in a changing Melbourne following a crowdfunding campaign and ongoing negotiations to purchase The Tote Hotel; Tezcan Gümüş, expert on Turkish politics and author of Turkey’s Political Leaders: Authoritarian Tendencies in a Democratic State, drops by to discuss the latest on the Turkish elections; and DJ and producer Elle Shimada joins from Bali to talk about her new single ‘ABOUT BLANK_____’ and her creative process.

Dylan and Kulja speak with journalist Ben Schneiders about the state of the university sector after revelations of wage theft that saw university staff across the country striking last week to demand better working conditions and pay; regular guest Cam Walker makes sense of the inconsistencies between Federal and State governments on climate action following recent announcements of the Net Zero Authority and fracking in the Beetaloo Basin; and Edwina MacDonald, Deputy CEO of ACOSS, discusses announcements ahead of the federal budget including a $14.6 billion relief package to tackle growing cost of living issues.

Dylan and Kulja are joined by Anna Boucher, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, who explores what can be done to improve Australia’s migration system following a major review released last week calling for ‘major reform’; and journalist and writer Martin Flanagan gives his take on the controversy in Tasmania surrounding the state securing federal funding to build a stadium in Hobart.

Dylan and Kulja speak with journalist and author Paddy Manning about the state of the Murdoch media empire following Dominion Voting Systems settling their defamation lawsuit against Fox News and Lachlan Murdoch discontinuing his case against Crikey; Chris Ennis, founder of CERES Fair Food, drops in to discuss integrated pest management produce and its potential as a new option for affordable organic fruit and vegetables; and The Guardian's Victorian State Correspondent Benita Kolovos gives an update on the findings from the IBAC report on Premier Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Government.

Dylan and Kulja are joined by Dr Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, who discusses the popularity of vaping products and whether they should be banned in Australia; Giles Parkinson, Editor at Renew Economy, explores the future for gas in Australia and breaks down current disinformation targeting electric vehicles and households; and regular guest Jeff Sparrow chats about the state of the Liberal Party following a string of election losses and division over the Voice to Parliament.

Kulja and Dylan sit down with regular guest Dave Nichols, who gets get into Infrastructure Victoria’s recent report proposing family-friendly housing in established suburbs as a solution to tackle the housing crisis; Wanning Sun, Professor at University of Technology Sydney, discusses her research into Chinese-Australian responses to Australian media narratives about prospective war with China; and Dr Andrew Peters, Professor at Swinburne University, chats about the progress being made to return land to traditional owners following the successful native title claim by the Eastern Maar people in Victoria.

Dylan and Kulja are joined by Deborah Di Natale, CEO of Council to Homeless Persons, who breaks down the new Census data revealing an alarming increase in the homelessness rate in Victoria; Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor at Monash University, discusses the state of gambling reform in New South Wales following Labor’s election win; and The Grapevine’s FOI correspondent and journalist Petra Stock gives an update on various Freedom of Information issues in light of the Federal FOI Commissioner stepping down after only a year in the role.