On the Monday Wire, we have our weekly chat with Green party co-leader James Shaw, on the emissions trading scheme and housing crisis. Senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Public Policy at Victoria University Dr Mike Joy critiques the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme Bill and environmental policies. We talk to genderqueer clown and theatre performer Ania Upstill on the performance of gender identities, and have Citizen's Commission on Human Rights New Zealand director Mike Feriss, speaking about a recent report released by the UN urging investigation into torture at Lake Alice, a former psychiatric hospital.