The Western Australia government is introducing legislation to roll back reforms to the state's marijuana laws. Meanwhile, an ex-police officer from the United States is on a speaking tour of Australia advocating for total drug legalisation. Interview with Dr Norm Stamper who says legalisation is the solution to drug dependency; and creating safer, healthier communities.
Making an appointment with the Prime Minister is never going to be an easy task for your average joe. But an Indigenous Australian named David Dryden has been trying to do just that for over a year now. Mr Dryden is from Yorta Yorta and is concerned about the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Victorians in his community. He feels that there's too much focus on the Northern Territory which is at the expense of other Indigenous communities. Mr Dryden has ideas about overcoming problems that face his community and would like to have a conversation with the PM about them. He is tired of being blown off by Kevin Rudd's office so, next week he will stand outside parliament house calling for the Prime Minister to come outside. Interview with David Dryden
10 per cent of Australians go hungry everyday and Foodbank needs 50 million kilos of donated food to meet the needs of welfare agencies. Today being World Food Day, seems like as good a time as any to highlight the 'hidden' hunger in Australia. Interview with John Webster, CEO of Foodbank Australia.
An estimated 350,000 Australians are set to take part this weekend in the world's largest anti-poverty event, Stand Up. With climate change threatening the livelihoods of millions of people, combating poverty is now more pertinent than ever. One of 60 aid agencies in Australia's Make Poverty History coalition, is Stand Up. The major Stand Up event will be held at Melbourne's Federation Square on Saturday 17th October. Interview with Co-convener Alistair Gee
As the debate over an Emissions Trading Scheme continues to dominate politics in Canberra a new proposal for more climate-friendly farming has been dismissed by Federal Nationals Senator Ron Boswell as "bizarre". Interviews with The Climate Institute's Chairman Mark Wooten, National Party Senator Ron Boswell and Cory Watts, Regional Projects manager for the Climate Institute.
