On this episode of The Grapevine , Kulja and Dylan break down why Australia is turning into one of the most ‘indebted countries in the world’ with investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs as his new book Just Money paints a bleak picture of the influence of debt on Australia’s culture, politics, and society . And as the Victorian Government introduces a new offence that would see metropolitan Melburnians face a $5000 fine for attempting to ‘escape’ the ‘ring of steel’ , Professor of Urban Planni...
Sep 21, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 179
On this episode of The Grapevine, Sophie McNeill, Australia researcher for Human Rights Watch and Walkley Award winning investigative journalist, discusses the Chinese Government’s long track record of human rights breaches , following a diplomatic standoff which saw the Australian Government aid in the evacuation of the last Australian journalists in China . And following the Victorian Government’s extension of the eviction and rent increase ban until March 2021, Eirene Tsolidis Noyce, Secretar...
Sep 14, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 178
On this episode of The Grapevine , as Victoria’s roadmap to ‘COVID normal’ is revealed, Dylan and Kulja get on the line with Independent Federal MP, Helen Haines to break down what’s happening with ‘border bubble’ issue in her seat of Indi, and discuss her push for a Federal Integrity Commission. Then, will Google and Facebook have to pay for news ? CEO of the Public interest Journalism Initiative, Anna Draffin breaks down their joint submission of recommendations with the Judith Neilson Institu...
Sep 07, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 177
On this episode of The Grapevine , Kulja and Dylan explore the elitism of ‘branch stacking’ with Marija Taflaga. The Lecturer at ANU’s School of Political Science and International Relations breaks down the implications of political corruption being symptomatic of a two-party system in Australia’s democracy. Then, Journalist and author of ‘Peace Crimes’, Kieran Finnane, gives a glimpse behind the curtain of national security, and the five-eyes intelligence community alliance through the story of...
Aug 31, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 176
On this episode of The Grapevine , journalist Michael Green and Farhad Rafmati, a civil engineer and Iranian refugee currently in detention, give us a glimpse into the experiences of refugees detained in Australia with the Manus Recording Project Collective . Then, Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University, breaks down what’s going on in New Zealand as Jacinda Ardern’s government puts in place a new lockdown and its implications for...
Aug 17, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 175
On this episode of The Grapevine , PhD candidate at Melbourne University’s Law School Elizabeth Hicks discusses the implications of her policy brief's findings concerning the implementation of increased executive powers during times of crisis on Australia’s democratic future. Then, the world’s leading historian of fire, Professor Emeritus of Arizona State University, Stephan J Pyne, discusses the impacts of fire on climate throughout human history, which is investigated in the newly released sec...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 174
On this episode of The Grapevine , Dr Jessie Moritz, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, at ANU talks to Dylan and Kulja about her article in The Conversation that called for the Australia to do more to aid her friend and colleague Kylie Moore-Gilbert, whose condition is rapidly deteriorating. The Australian academic was arrested by the Iranian government and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in September 2018 for allegations of spying and has since suffered intolerable conditions without appeal. ...
Aug 03, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 173
On this episode of The Grapevine , Dr Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Canberra debunks 5G conspiracies and explains their impact on public policy that his article in The Conversation explores in detail. Plus Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning at Melbourne University, Dave Nichols, gets on the line with Kulja and Dylan to breakdown the ‘downside of density’ in metropolitan areas during a pandemic that was illustrated during the recent tower lockd...
Jul 27, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Kulja Coulston flies solo on this week's episode of The Grapevine . She speaks with Tracee Hutchison, Partnerships & Projects Manager at the Community Broadcasting Foundation, about the Trauma Literacy and Resilience program for community broadcasters in fire-affected communities; a joint project between the CBF and the DART centre for Journalism & Trauma. And Anthea Batsakis Deputy Energy & Environment Editor at the Conversation gets on the line to discuss the lasting impacts of the...
Jul 20, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 171
On this episode of The Grapevine , Heidi Lee, project lead for Beyond Zero Emissions’ ‘One Million Jobs Plan’ initiative gets on the line to discuss how job creation and industry modernisation can lead Australia out of a post-covid economy and into a carbon free future. And following an interview by local musician Remi with Flemington Towers resident Najat Mussa , Executive Officer at Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre & The Police Accountability Project, Anthony Kelly, explain...
Jul 13, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 170
On this episode of The Grapevine , Shane Dunlop Channel 31 General Manager gives an update on the community broadcaster’s last minute licence extension at the 11th hour and discusses the future of the station and community television going forward. Plus Dylan speaks to Associate Professor Laurie Berg, Co-director of Migrant Worker Justice Initiative, about their new report’s findings that systemic wage theft and exploitation of international students and migrant workers is still rampant in Austr...
Jul 06, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 169
As the National Cabinet is set to replace COAG as a forum for collective decision making, what do these changes mean for Australia’s democracy? Journalist George Meglogenis unpacks the impact of COVID-19 on Australian politics that his article discusses in The Age. And following the demolishing of the Hazelwood coal mine chimneys, Dylan speaks to author Tom Doig whose book ‘Hazelwood’ provides an eye opening account of the 2014 fires that choked the community of Morwell for weeks in the La Trobe...
Jun 29, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 168
On this episode of The Grapevine La Trobe University's Emeritus Professor Judith Brett, tells Kulja and Dylan how a nation can suffer from being rich in natural resources and explains how Australia can move away from its economic dependency on fossil fuels, as explored in the Quarterly Essay ‘The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate, and Australia’s Future’ . And austerity or stimulus? Independent journalist Michael West explains the problems with the Government’s rationale for their policy making tow...
Jun 22, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 167
As the outrage over police brutality towards minorities and the call for accountability intensifies globally, Dylan and Kulja speak to journalist and documentary-filmmaker Santilla Chingaipe, about the current state of police conduct towards minorities in Australia she covers in her article published in The Saturday Paper ‘Law Enforcement and Racial Profiling’ . Then, how will our lodging be affected in the aftermath of the economic shock caused by the pandemic? Director of Darkwave consulting, ...
Jun 15, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 166
On this episode of The Grapevine, Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth gets on the line with Kulja and Dylan to discuss the likelihood of a gas-lead recovery from pandemic recession, Friends of the Earth remote Stay In Paddle Out action against off-shore drilling and the brumby issue. And why was Australia’s education system hit so hard by the pandemic? Professor John Quiggin from the University of Queensland talks about his article in Inside Story explaining how the business model of higher edu...
Jun 08, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Kulja Coulston flies solo on this week's edition of the grapevine, chatting with Market Forces' Asset Management campaigner, Will Van De Pol about how companies like Rio Tinto have come under pressure for their “lackluster approach” to matching their business strategies with the Paris Climate Agreement’s emission reduction goal. Also on the line, the CEO of VACCA , Professor Muriel Bamblett, explains how First Nations and Aboriginal communites are coping with the on-going challenges of the pande...
Jun 01, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 164
This week on The Grapevine , Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear (ICAN), Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, explains the global efforts towards global denuclearization in their report, ‘Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending 2020’ . And NITV journalist, Rachel Hocking, jumps on the line to talk with Dylan and Kulja about a story she is working on following the Victorian Government’s announcement of a redress scheme concerning stolen generation survivor...
May 25, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 163
This week on The Grapevine, professor Verity Burgmann, adjunct professor of politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University, talks to Dylan and Kulja about the life and influence of Jack Mundey, union leader and environmental activist, and the history of union movements and activism during the green bans. Jack Mundey passed away earlier this month, age 90. Plus John Martinkus, journalist, foreign correspondent, and author of The Road , explains the uprising in West Papua and the c...
May 18, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 162
This week on The Grapevine , writer, researcher, and author, Peter Mares, gets on the line with Kulja and Dylan to explain Labor’s rhetoric shift on migration he explored in his article ‘ Labor’s mixed migration message ’ for Inside Story. And Kate Robinson, Feminist in Residence at Queen Victoria Women’s Centre gives an insight into her practice as a community lawyer, supporting women through the court system. Then, what is a Social Credit System? Head of Research and Emerging Practice for Scie...
May 11, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 161
This week on The Grapevine , award winning author Tony Birch reflects on his essay, ‘Things of Stone and Wood and Wool’, published in The Griffith Review and finding solace from grief in a collection of small but meaningful objects following his brother’s death. And will Australia use the economic recovery process following the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for industry innovation? Editor of Renew Economy Giles Parkinson discusses the upcoming smart energy conference and what direction Aus...
May 04, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 160
This week on The Grapevine, David Manne, Executive Director at Refugee Legal, discusses the legal challenge filed in the high court on behalf of a refugee at covid-19 risk in immigration detention and the plight of asylum seekers during the pandemic. And the question of how can Australia aid the Indonesian economy as it suffers from the pandemic is explored with Adam Triggs from the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at ANU. Triggs phones in to explain a cost-free option open to Australia as expl...
Apr 27, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 159
On this episode of The Grapevine, is the Federal Governments COVID-19 tracking app a step too far? Dr Suelette Dreyfus, Lecturer in School of Computing & Information Systems at the University of Melbourne discusses privacy concerns raised. And community activist and head cook and owner of the Moroccan Soup Bar Hana Assafiri phones in to talk about her project Feed The Frontline where she hopes to supply 300 hot meals a day to hospital and healthcare workers....
Apr 20, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 158
On this episode of The Grapevine , Dylan speaks with executive officer of the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre, Anthony Kelly, about the implications of the extra powers police have been granted in enforcing social distancing and how they’re monitoring police conduct through their Policing Covid Initiative . And as term two recommences across Victoria, Julie Sonneman, school education research fellow at The Grattan Institute, discusses COVID-19’s impact on students. Then, what happen...
Apr 13, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 157
On this episode of T he Grapevine , Gary Dickson from Public Interest Journalism Initiative discusses the closure of news rooms across Australia in the wake of COVID-19,an online resource mapping the changes in media availability and explores the question of whether the Federal Government should step in and subsidise media organisations struggling during COVID-19. And what does the government’s industry and worker support package mean for the causal female workforce? Mary Crooks, Executive Direc...
Apr 06, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 156
On this episode of The Grapevine Journalist George Megolagenis maintains social distancing by phoning in to discuss his article in The Age unpacking the politics of COVID-19 and the relationship between the States and Federal Government. And Cam Walker, Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth talks Covid-19 and the environment: how will the pandemic impact emissions reductions targets and does it herald a new era for science-based government policy? Then Donna Morabito, former Grapevine co...
Mar 30, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 155
On this episode of The Grapevine Emma Dawson, Executive Director at Per Capita is back to discuss the Australian Federal Government effectively doubling the Jobseeker Allowance through “rescue packages” in response to the coronavirus crisis. And Tracee Hutchison, Partnerships and Projects Manager at the Community Broadcast Foundation explains community radio’s response to COVID-19 and what the CBF is doing to support broadcaster’s wellbeing during this crisis. Then, Rachael Hocking, NITV journal...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Despite threats of jail time, Bernard Collaery, representative of Witness K, has published his book Oil Over Troubled Water: Australia's Timor Sea Intrigue and phoned in to The Grapevine to unpack his legal battles with the government. And Dave Nichols, Associate Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne returns for his monthly segment to discuss the role of urban planning in disease prevention. Then, existential dread, James Button gets on the line to discuss people’s fears for...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 153
On this episode of The Grapevine Judith Peppard fills in for Dylan Bird and Koujla Coulston James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania explains the political implications of the unexpected ascension of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin over Former Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad and why many Malaysians are in protest. And Dr Madeline Taylor, Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney specialising in energy and resources law, calls in to shed some light on Equinor pul...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 152
On this episode of The Grapevine Hannah Ryan from Buzzfeed News comes in to share what she’s learned about Clearview AI – controversial facial recognition software being used by Australia’s police forces and others globally. And Cam Walker, Campaigns Coordinator at Friends of the Earth discusses Equinor pulling out of drilling in the Bight, policy making surrounding climate change in Australia and how the UK bipartisan approach on climate compares to the Australian parliament's response. Then Ma...
Mar 02, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Graham Hunter, National Co-Coordinator of the Climate Change Program at the United Nations Association of Australia, discusses the film Global Thermostat screening at Transitions Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia and what geo-engineering technologies can offer in terms of halting, and potentially reversing, the impacts of climate change. Also, political scientist Dr Mary C. Murphy from University College Cork talks about the recent elections in Ireland, which saw the unexpected rise of Sinn ...
Feb 24, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 150
