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Find out the real impacts of baiting dingoes in this eye-opening interview with passionate conservation biologist Dr Kylie Cairns. [...]Read More... from Dingo Or Feral Dog – Can You Spot The Difference?

Dive with Professor Craig Johnson into the mysterious and disappearing world of Tasmania’s giant kelp forest, and learn all about kelp’s importance in regulating ecosystem services while offering new commercial possibilities. [...]Read More... from Tasmania’s Disappearing Giant Kelp Forests

Prof Elspeth Probyn reveals why nature doesn’t have to be cute or sexy for us to care. [...]Read More... from Fish, Sand, Sea Snails – Why Little Things Matter

A Tamil refugee family of four have been incarcerated for over 3 years by the government. David Barr talks to Angela Fredericks who is fighting for their release back to the Queensland town of Biloela.   [...]Read More... from Our moral shame

Australia’s old folk have been appallingly neglected. David Barr talks with Anika Stobart from the Grattan Institute about the final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care. [...]Read More... from Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care

Welcome to part two of Monday Drive’s fascinating interview trilogy exploring the Wonderful World of Trees with Ruth Hessey and Dr Sebastian Pfautsch.  Let yourself be enchanted, educated and enlivened by Dr Pfautsch, a passionate arboreal expert, who reveals the mysteries of plant cooling capacities, what happens in heat-stressed trees and the methods of their migration.     [...]Read More... from The Wonderful World of Trees – Part Two

Ever stopped to think about how much pollution we cause playing and watching sport? Dr Tim Breitbarth discusses inspirational footy clubs that have radically reduced their carbon footprint.     [...]Read More... from Planet Friendly Sport

Yes! The mighty Pacific might be in peril, but Professor Jodie L. Rummer from James Cook University, says she still believes that we can save it from overfishing, acidification and pollution. [...]Read More... from Hope For Our Oceans

Julian Assange has been held in solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison since April 2019 awaiting a final determination of the US for his extradition. David Barr talks to Quentin Dempster about his case. [...]Read More... from Update on Julian Assange’s extradition case

Enjoy another tongue-twisting taste of Monday Drive’s resident poet, iconoclast and satirist, the infamous Tug Dumbly as he spit-roasts the Christmas spirit with his trademark mix of corrosive humour and high octane eloquence. [...]Read More... from Tug Dumbly’s Take On Christmas

Your essential Christmas movie list brought to you by Monday Drive’s film buff, Riley Lavellelong.   [...]Read More... from Classic Christmas Movies To Watch This Season

Every year millions of unwanted Christmas presents literally cost the earth. Monday Drive spoke with behavioural scientist Dr Jana Bowden about how conscious consumers can avoid the consumer trap this Christmas. [...]Read More... from How to Avoid Unwanted Gifts This Christmas

Welcome to part one of Monday Drive’s fascinating interview trilogy exploring the Wonderful World of Trees with Ruth Hessey and Dr Sebastian Pfautsch.  Let yourself be enchanted, educated and enlivened by Dr Pfautsch, a passionate arboreal expert, who reveals the mysteries of plant cooling capacities in response to urban heat, how trees breathe and why we need them more than [...]Read More... from The Wonderful World of Trees – Part one

David Barr talks to Prof Rod Tiffen about the forthcoming Senate enquiry into the Murdoch dominance of our newspaper market. [...]Read More... from Murdoch dominance of our newspaper market

David Barr talks to Bondi Vet presenter Audrey Shen about Future Vets Camp in January for children 9 – 16 years.   [...]Read More... from Future Vets Camp for School Kids

Drive Tuesday talks to Sandy Biar, National Director of the Australian Republic Movement about his take on the recently revealed letter Prince Charles sent to Sir John Kerr after the dismissal of the Whitlam government.   [...]Read More... from Musings about a Republic

Ruth Hessey speaks with Caitlin McGee, research director in housing futures at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney about the growing movement of collaborative housing. Collaborative housing enables residents to share costs and pool resources. But its residents also benefit from living in a connected, supported community, while allowing [...]Read More... from Collaborative Housing – Revolutionising How Australian’s Live – On Monday Drive

The Weather Diaries – A Movie About Parenting In An Environmental Crisis Kathy Drayton, director of  “The Weather Diaries” speaks with Ruth Hessey about the environmental destruction that propelled her to start her documentary. The Weather Diaries is a feature documentary made by a mother concerned about the future for her daughter; a musician emerging [...]Read More... from The Weather Diaries – On Monday Drive

Ruth Hessey speaks to Andrew Skeoch about Listening Earth, which offers a vast range of natural soundscapes, transporting you to wild places and reminding you of nature’s more gentle pace of life. Andrew is an educator, naturalist, environmental thinker, and one of Australia’s best-known nature sound recordists. Together with his partner, nature photographer Sarah Koschak, [...]Read More... from ‘Listening Earth’ Whisks You Away To Wild Places – On Monday Drive

Venus Shell Systems is Australia’s only food-grade seaweed farm processing system from sun to bottle. The company manufactures food, cosmetics and medicinal products sold under the name phycohealth. Owner of the company, marine biologist Dr Pia Windberg, set up the Venus Shell Systems to harvest the therapeutic properties of seaweed, as  “seaweed is an important [...]Read More... from Therapeutic Properties Of Seaweed