West Gippsland Week

Social media companies have been required to exclude Australian under 16 years. Year 13, a charity aimed at helping young people navigate the years after school, has actually acted the young people what they think of the situation and what they feel they are missing.

World bee day has been established by the UN to highlight the vital role in food supply played by our pollinators, mostly bees.

We explore all things bee with Cormac Farrell, Chair of the Australian Bee Day Steering Committee, and Beekeeper for teh Australian Parliament.!

Regular chat with member for Narracan in state parliament, and in this one he is had as hell...!

PFAS has been across our media and has been dubbed "the forever chemical". Full name: polyfluoroalkyl substances which refer to a man-made compounds that are widely applied in industrial and consumer goods because of their resistant characteristics to both water and grease. Although PFAS have played important roles in industries and in the manufacture of consumer goods such as non-stick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, these compounds have since come to be identified as persistent environmental pollutants. They are also identified as potentially damaging to biological functions. Here we discuss recent research into potential effects on cell and embryo development from low levels in water.

Australia leads the world in uptake of rooftop solar and it is making a major contribution in keeping costs down, but almost all of that benefit goes to home owners. Renters largely miss out and Solar Citizens are campaigning to introduce tax law to give landlords incentive to install solar panels. We are chat about the proposals to increase fixed charges for supply.

With the expansion of cheaper renewable energy into our supply power prices were expected to come down, but they remain stubbornly high. We chat about where the costs come from and where the most expensive parts of the system are.

Mayor Kate Wilson discusses the way state government shifts jobs and costs on to municipalities, without the funds to carry them out. Also their objections to Battery Energy Storage System proposals and the desperate need for additional childcare.

In a regular chat with Member for Monash in the Australian parliament we discuss the situation in the opposition party, gambling control, and more.

Amelia Pearson discusses the role and impacts of windfarms both on and off shore.

What is the psychological underpinnings of hoarding, which is seems to be more common. Gippsland psychotherapist Chris discusses in another episode of Coffee with Chris.