Downsides of the mining boom
I’m MC at a free public forum in Brisbane tomorrow (Tuesday) evening on the topic of Can Queensland Afford the Mining Boom? The forum is organised by The Australia Institute, whose Executive Director,...
View ArticleStuff from my 4ZZZ shift this week
Every Monday morning I do a shift on radio 4ZzZ FM102.1 – Brisbane’s longest serving community radio station (36 years old this year). And almost every week I talk with social media expert and lawyer...
View ArticleInterview with McKisko
One of the best things about doing a weekly show on local radio station 4ZzZ-FM is getting the chance to find out so much about the huge number of local performers producing such a wide variety of...
View ArticleThe Ups & Downs of Ups & Downs – interview with Greg Atkinson
I’ve mentioned before my liking for the 80s Brisbane band Ups and Downs. I got a chance to interview their lead singer Greg Atkinson on 4ZzZ FM a few weeks ago. They’ve released a compilation CD of 20...
View ArticleWhere to next with climate change battle?
Earlier this week, I spoke with Kellie Caught, head of climate change campaigning with WWF in Australia, about the outcomes of the conference in Durban, as well as what comes next following the package...
View ArticleInterview with Peter J Black: Racial vilifaction vs freedom of speech
A recent controversy over a blatantly racist page on Facebook – and Facebook’s delay in taking the page down – raised the issue of how best to address cases of blatant racial vilification. Similar...
View Article4ZZZ’s 40th coming up
Brisbane’s independent music radio station 4ZZZ FM hits its 40th birthday this year. (The actual 40th anniversary of the first broadcast is not until 8th December, but it’s something worth building up...
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