City Limits

On this episode we interview founding president of the Waverton hub, Helen L'Orange on helping older people stay in their own homes for as long as possible. We also chat to Michael Hamil-Green who is involved in the campaign against the proposed 19 storey high-rise residential development at the old Pentridge Prison in Coburg.Adrian Whitehead from  Community Action for the Climate Emergency (CACE) also joins us to talk about two upcoming climate emergency forums...

In this episode we meet Irene Hopper from an initiative called Street By Street which is aimed at helping people in their local neighbourhoods connect with each other to the betterment of themselves and the community at large. Their website is streetbystreet.org.auWe also talk to April Bragge about the dispute (and its successful conclusion) at Housing for the Aged Action Group.

This week we interview long-term community activist (and former Moonee Valley citizen of the year) Helen Van Den Berg regarding the proposed reforms of the E.P.A.What are the wider implications of these reforms and how will it impact the efforts of community activists to initiate change?

Christine Harris of Spotswood South Kingsville Residents Group reports on the community forum on April 27 about demanding a review of TransUrban's  'unsolicited proposal' for the Western Distributor that will lock in the west to trucks on local roads and tolls. Community groups across Melbourne are vigorously protesting the propspect of the mega freeway tunnel project which has no strategic planning basis...

On April 26, 2017, Dave Kerin, Earthworker Founder, spoke about the rally planned for Friday, 28 April to save Queen Victoria Markets from redevelopment. It runs from 11.30 to 1pm. 513 Elizabeth Street.   Professor Patrick Moriarty, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University spoke about the future of energy sources such as fossil and renewable. 

 City Limits              19-4-17  Kevin's guest today is Howard Marosi, they discuss whats happening in public housing(Ashburton) and also a social housing estate in Preston and they also touch on land tax. In the second half of the show City Limits has Jeff Fielder from HAAG join us in the studio talking about the current housing crisis and the expansion of their service now moving into the Geelong region.  

In this week's City Limits we replay a fantastic interview that was on Earth Matters on April 2 with the director of the Australian Earth Laws Alliance, Michelle Maloney. Michelle discusses how the Australian Earth Law Alliance stems from global movements for Earth justice, led by first nations people and advocates for system change in governance and the law...

In this episode we are joined by John McPherson to discuss the lack of investment in public transport infrastructure in Melbourne and the wider implications that this may have. John is a former vice president of the Public Transport Users Association and several times advisor to the government (who ignored him totally).

We speak to Prof. Philip Taylor, professor of Human Resources Management at Federation University and Marilyn King, founder of WOW, Willing Older Workers. Prof Taylor has researched issues of ageing for more than 30 years and speaks of his views on both age and youth discrmination and how he believes it occurs more often at recruitment stage rather than in the workplace itself...

We interview ex-assistant commissioner for taxation, John Passant on the issue of affordability in the housing sector and how this relates to the broader economic paradigm that we find ourselves in.