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Ruth Hessey speaks with James Hitchcock about the threat microplastics pose to our health and aquatic life. James is an aquatic ecologist and post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Applied Water Science, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra. [...]Read More... from The Danger of Microplastics in our Water

Interview with Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University about Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 – Aboriginal rock shelters dating back 46,000 years.  [...]Read More... from Rio Tinto’s destruction of ancient Aboriginal site

Drive Tuesday talks to David Lyons from the Australian Tea Cultural Society about the pleasures of tea drinking.   [...]Read More... from To Boil or Not to Boil?

Ruth Hessey speaks with Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University, about the ten existential threats to humanity [...]Read More... from Ten Existential Threats to Humanity

Mary Kostakidis has visited Julian Assange several times. She talks to David Barr about her most recent visit at Belmarsh prison.   [...]Read More... from Update on Julian Assange – Interview with Mary Kostakidis

Zali Steggall,  the federal MP for Warringah,  talks to David Barr about the recently created National Covid-19 Coordination Commission. Most of the members have strong ties to the gas industry. The MP also speaks about her proposed climate change legislation that she wishes to put before parliament. [...]Read More... from National Covid-19 Coordination Commission and The Climate Change Bill

Michael Bayliss from Sustainable Population Australia talks with David Barr from Drive Tuesday about the unsustainable trajectory of population and economic growth. [...]Read More... from Unsustainable trajectory of population and economic growth

Bob Carr talks to David Barr from Drive Tuesday about our China policy, US politics and Carriageworks.   [...]Read More... from China policy, US politics and Cariageworks interview with Bob Carr

Dr Andrew Dimitri works with Medécins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and is at the frontline of addressing COVID-19 in Australia and overseas, in particular working with the developing world. As always please contact us anytime via fortheduration@eastsidefm.org. [...]Read More... from For The Duration | Episode 16: Dr Andrew Dimitri Medécins Sans Frontières

David Barr From Drive Tuesday talks to Renata Field from Domestic Violence New South Wales about domestic violence during the lockdown. [...]Read More... from Domestic violence during the lockdown

Whitlam biographer Jenny Hocking has been trying to access letters between Sir John Kerr and the Palace held in the National Archives. She has been blocked on the grounds that the letters are private as opposed to public. The matter has gone all the way to the High Court and a decision is imminent. David [...]Read More... from Interview with Jenny Hocking

David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks to microbiologist Margaret Jennings about safety protocol in the era of Coronavirus. [...]Read More... from Interview with Microbiologist Margaret Jennings

Drive Tuesday talks to professor John Dwyer, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales about the Coronavirus. He places strong emphasis on social distancing. [...]Read More... from Interview with Professor John Dwyer, AO

Back in Feb 25th, David Barr from Drive Tuesday interviewed professor John Kaldor about Corona Virus. Fast forward one month, it is interesting to compare how the disease has evolved and spread. John is the professor and program head of Public Health interventions research at the University of New South Wales. [...]Read More... from Interview with John Kaldor – COVID-19

David Barr interviews Steve Hogan from Van The Man. The band has its roots in the highly successful Sydney wine bar circuit of the 1970s. Since the ’90s, Hogan has made exclusive appearances and played in acclaimed venues across the country and internationally with his Van Morrison’s jazzy vocal phrasing and gruff Irish burr down [...]Read More... from Interview with Steve Hogan – Van The Man

Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst has teamed up with his daughter Jay O’Shea to make a new album – ‘The Lost and the Found’. Rob talks to David Barr about the project, his daughter and about the Oils and the Backsliders. [...]Read More... from Interview with Rob Hirst – The Lost and The Found, The Oils and Backsliders

Mike Galvin from Surry Hills Creative Precinct caught up with Luke Dobrovic on Wednesday Drive and talks with us about the picnic happening this Sunday at Ward Park in Surry Hills. Galvin talks about the food, music, and different booths that will be setup around the are. He also speaks on the light rail system [...]Read More... from Surry Hills Picnic with Mike Galvin

The Guild Theatre opens their dynamic 2020 Season with the Australian Premiere of ‘Looped’ by Matthew Lombardo. For The Guild Theatre’s Australian Premiere, Sydney community theatre stalwart Glenda Kenyon brings the complex star to life. She joins Gemma Purves on Thursday Drive to discuss the original bad girl of the golden age of Hollywood, Tallulah [...]Read More... from Australian Premiere of Looped

Thanks to Randwick City Council, the inaugural Puppet Festival, 2020 is celebrarting the niche world of the handcrafted with a picnic in the park and a series of collaborative workshops. Thursday Drive’s Gemma Purvey spoke to Kay Yasugi from Pupperoos, one of the events on the weekend to find out more. [...]Read More... from Randwick’s Inaugural Puppet Festival

Westpac has breached the federal anti-money laundering law at least 23 million times involving international cash flows of $11 billion. Yet another example of a bank behaving badly. David Barr talks to Walkley award-winning journalist Michael West about this latest outrage. [...]Read More... from Westpac Fallout, with Michael West | Tuesday Drive