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Is the new Guula Ngurra National Park, which means “koala country” to the Gundangara traditional owners, enough to save our endangered koalas?  The NSW Government hopes a new National Park will protect koala habitat in the Southern Highlands. While environmental groups welcome any additional national park space, our koala population is in decline.

According to a new study, affluence is killing the planet. In our society, overconsumption is encouraged – but do we consume ourselves to extinction? A return to a more sufficiency-oriented lifestyle might even bring us more time affluence.

David Barr talks to Ray Dearlove about his new book on the plight of rhinos. Ray is passionate about protecting them for the predations of poachers.

Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) doesn’t do what it says. We are now a world leader in deforestation and mammal extinction rate. Currently, the Government is reviewing its national environment laws. Suzanne Milthorpe from the Wilderness Society explains the EPBC interim report.  

David Barr talks to Eyal Mayroz, lecturer in peace and conflict studies at Sydney University, about the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to formalise their relationship and create full diplomatic relations. This could be the start of significant changes in the middle east.

We speak with Zabou Breitman, French actress and director of the animation/drama “The Swallows Of Kabul”. The movie depicts a young couple’s life under the Taliban rule and how one gesture can endanger it. “… very powerful, and a superb parable, with a lump-in-the-throat ending that’s more moving than most live-action movies.” FilmInk

Learn about the Aboriginal concept of Deep Time and how it can help us with understanding today’s environmental challenges.

Caitlin Ryan shares with us her experience working for the international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For the past six years, Caitlin worked in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She has recently returned to Australia to study and be closer to her family.

Are affordable electric cars too good to be true? So far for many of us, the answer is yes. But the guys from the Good Car Company are changing this – learn how on Monday Drive.

You are in for a treat – two poems in one day. Enjoy!

Australian author and historian Paul Irish speaks about his book “Hidden In Plain View”. The book tells the fascinating history of Sydney’s Aboriginal people. Explore Aboriginal Sydney with Paul and see it with new eyes.

Two poems this week and a bit of a discussion – enjoy

The City of Sydney recently donated one million dollars to OzHarvest for its new supermarket in Waterloo. David Barr talks to Richard Watson, New South Wales State Manager at OzHarvest about the valuable work they do to help to feed people who are suffering in these difficult times.  

Every year, millions of migratory birds fly between Australia and the Arctic Circle. For 4800 shorebirds, their 15.000 km journey ends in the Hunter Valley in NSW. But resting and roosting sites are being increasingly impacted by coastal development, sea-level rise and other disturbances. Artificial roosting sites help birds to migrate successfully.

David Barr talks to Peter Noble festival director of Bluesfest about what’s happening in relation to the festival in 2021.

Sean Dooley from Bird Live Australia talks to David Barr about how birds are coping with climate change and habitat destruction.

Badiucao is a Chinese political cartoonist, artist and rights activist based in Australia. Known as China’s Banksy, his work has become a symbol of resistance, freedom of speech and defiance in the face of totalitarian oppression.

Tug is taking on the art scene.

Koalas may be on the brink of extinction. Drive Tuesday talks to Sue Arnold about their precarious situation. Sue is a passionate campaigner to protect our beloved iconic marsupial.

Dr. Michael Jensen from the University of Canberra talks to David Barr from Drive Tuesday about conspiracy theories.

Judith White author of Culture Heist talks to David Barr about powerhouse museum and the struggle of arts during the pandemic.

Poet and satirist Tug Dumbly performs his poem “The Legend of Lasseter’s Reefer” live on Monday Drive

Spencer Zifcak Professor of law at the Australian Catholic University talks to David Barr about the legal outrage of the prosecution of witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery.

Former Liberal Party leader and professor at the ANU John Hewson talks to Drive Tuesday about what needs to change after Corona virus.