City Limits

Analysis of the mainstream news, union issues, the parliamentary circus and begging for donations. Professor Patty Moriarty appears on the show to talk about advances in energy technology. Helen van den Berg gives an update on the Tullamarine Toxic Waste Dump; and Essendon and Melbourne airports.

Kevin Healy and Annie McLoughlin host this week. They start by discussing the ACTU congress which Annie attended at the Docklands Stadium from the 26–28 May. Then John McPherson, former vice-president of the Public Transport Users Association, comes on to discuss public transport in Melbourne.

Discussion with Ronny Kareni about the latest in the movement for West Papuan independence, and Fiona Armstrong from the Climate and Health Alliance about coal divestment and healthy and sustainable cities.

This week we dicuss housing - who has it, who still needs it, and the wealth inequalities therein. Guest: April Bragg from Housing for the Aged Action Group.

Interview with John Langer from the No BTS66 campaign which is against the upsizing of an electricity sub-station in East Brunswick. We also talked with Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth about the environmental sections of the Federal budget and the environmental sections of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.

On this City Limits we discuss Melbourne's transport system with John McPherson. There is much to talk about with two big announcements in the last week - the Metro rail tunnel and the Trans Urban proposal for a tunnel road in the west. John McPherson is a former vice president of the Public Transport Users Association. He has also worked as a consultant to government on transport issues.

This week we explore the topic of sustainable cities with Professor Billie Giles-Corti who is the Director of the McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Community Wellbeing, University of Melbourne. We then talk to Aunt Jenny Munro from the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy about the ongoing campaign to restore affordable Aboriginal Housing at the Block in Sydney.

On this show we discuss ANZAC day and class warfare. We also speak to Richard Dennis the Executive Director of the Australia Institute about the hypocrisy of Australian governments spending money on infrastructure for mining companies then saying they can't afford fund infrastructure for citizens.

On this our housing week we cover the pitfalls of lend leasing agreements and short term loans. We also talk about utilities cut-offs. We discuss how people can access help to deal with these problems. Then we get onto the corporatisation of the Mornington Peninsula Shire which has led to shock lay-offs. Guests are Jeff Fiedler from the Housing for the Aged Action Group, and Katherine Temple from...

On this show we start with an interview with Ken Mooney about undemocratic sale of public parklands in Brimbank and what his community is doing to fight it. Next is Leigh Ewbank from Friends of the Earth Yes to Renewables campaign to talk about the ongoing negotiations in Parliament to change the Renewable Energy Target.

The Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Project was meant to be a boon for the area, but has been undermined by the granting of permits for apartment blocks without proper planning. We speak to Helen Halliday from The Community Alliance of Port Phillip who run The Fishermans Bend Network a broad community network promoting good planning, design and infrastructure for the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Ar...

We talk to Helen van den Berg from Terminate Tulla Toxic Dump Action Group (TTTDAG) and Friends of Steele Creek Inc. The campaign to shut down Tullamarine Toxic Waste Dump has been successful and now residents are demanding that the owners of the site, Transpacific, secure the site to best practice environmental regulations so that toxic waste doesn't leak into the surrounding soil, air and waterw...

On this show we talked to Helen Said about her new book Five Egyptian Pounds: the Story of George Said We also talked to April Bragg from the Housing for the Aged Action Group