City Limits

There's trouble a-brewing in Hastings, where mere months after a successful campaign against AGL's liquefied natural gas project, dirty brown-coal hydrogen exports have crept in—and this time with no publicly available plans, no environmental effects statement, and no community consultation! Meg and Kevin kick off energy week interviewing Julia Stöckigt, campaigner with Save Westernport, about the...

It's our first show back for the year, and today Zeb and Kevin have a chat with our regular transport commentator John McPherson about topics including:Melbourne's traffic dipping to less than 66% of the pre-COVID baseline,How Melbourne's motorists are paying more on average on cars than those from any other city in Australia,Questions about the proposed $18 surcharge to catch the Melbourne Airpor...

Last show of the year! This Housing Week, Zeb and Kevin speak with Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) about how COVID and related policies affected housing in 2021, including the end to the eviction moratorium and Coronavirus supplements for welfare recipients, a reflection of pervasive governmental inaction. We also discuss the continued under-investment of public housing...

This week, Kevin and Zeb get an update from regular transport commentator John McPherson, but first we take a quick detour to celebrate a good news story!  Debbie Carruthers from Mine-Free Glenaladale comes on the program to discuss the third rejected environmental effects statement in the past 20 years, but the second of 2022.  Kalbar Operations' proposed mineral sands mine at Glenaladale has bee...

Kevin and Zeb catch up on the latest news before chatting with Pam Morgan about the Collingwod Children's Farm history and disputes concerning their Community Gardens, and finally interview Jessica Harrison about housing challenges on the bass coast. Links to check out:'Let's Talk with Boe Spearim' 98.9FM interview with Wonnarua Man Scott Franks on Massacres and Mining.

This week, Meg and Karina catch up with Cathryn Murdoch from Defend and Extend Public Housing, to discuss some local housing issues as well as dates for Steps to a Home vigils on the steps of Parliament house on November 18th 12-1pm and 23rd 6:30-7:30pm. Later, we talk to Shane McGrath to give us an update on what's going on at the Housing for the Aged Action Group, their AGM, and more. Listen to...

The critically endangered temperate grassland ecosystem along Steele Creek, Steele Creek North are home to the Striped Legless Lizard and Growling Grass Frog. The current Threatened Species Management Plan is inadequate and threatens the grassland, its precious ground fauna, as well as the one and only 200+ year old tree, other riparian vegetation and genetically unique seedbanks supposedly protec...

The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) Victoria has acheived a lot for tenants in the short time it's been active. In this City Limits, Kevin and Meg speak with RAHU Secretary Eirene Tsolidis Noyce. If you have a rental issue or enquiry, contact RAHU's Renters Rights Support team at organise@rahu.org.au Later in the show, Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group joins to discuss the rece...

This week City Limits hosts Kevin and Zeb speak with campaigner Anna Langford, from Act on Climate at Friends of the Earth Melbourne. We chat about the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow, including Australia's embarrassingly inadequate targets, a surprise turnaround from the Murdoch press and big business on their climate change rhetoric, and the role of the States and Territories in picking up some of the...

This week on City Limits, Kevin and Zeb catch up with our transport regular John McPherson to discuss a range of issues, including more on government secrecy and FOI loopholes, industrial disputes going on in the trucking industry, and short-sightedness with respect to transport planning and future climate impacts.

This week on City Limits, Meg, Kevin and Zeb speak with Han Aulby, Director of the Centre for Public Integrity, and later with Dave Sweeney, nuclear-free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation. With Han, we discuss definitions of corruption, the continued absence of a national integrity commission, and the influence of lobby groups and problems with the Australian model defining lo...

This week, Kevin and Meg talk to Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group, then with Cathryn Murdoch and Jack Verdins from Friends of Public Housing and Defend and Extend Public Housing. With Shane we discuss the flood of eviction applications to VCAT following the end to the eviction moratorium, no further protections (save for a few narrowly-targeted grants) for Victorian renters suf...

This week, Zeb and Kevin speak to Professor Paddy Moriarty to dissect the deceptively simple idea of a global switch to renewarbles from his perspective. They discuss the book he is writing on renewable energy and the "green economy", the science underpinning the renewable energy industry, and the importance of reducing energy consumption overall.

This week, Kevin and Zeb speak with regular transport commentator John McPherson about Victoria's proposed orbital rail line's criticism in the papers, how to encourage motorists on to trains without speedy services, the importance of fixing and updating the state's existing public transport services and more.

Victorians with disabilities have been asking for accessible public transport for over 40 years. Most of our state’s public transport system is still inaccessible. This week Zeb and Meg are joined by Ally Scott and Martin Leckey from the Disability Resources Centre. They speak about the long-running campaigns to make public transport accessible to everyone. Support the DRC's Transport For All camp...

This week Kevin and Zeb chat with anti-nuclear campaigner from the Australian Conservation Foundation, Dave Sweeney. In the wake of the 76th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear issues still plague our country. Amongst topics discussed today: How do people who invent and manufacture nuclear weapons sleep at night? Federal Labor's policy platform to sign the Treaty on the...

This Transport Week, Zeb and Kevin chat with regular John McPherson about Victorian Public Transport, including accessibility, technical faults, the effects of short-term contracts on the basic functioning on a privatised PT system, questions about the proposed rail-link to the airport, the importance of getting our existing metro train lines up to scratch (with double-lines and reliable signallin...

Join Zeb and Meg this week on City Limits to discuss Australia's forests, the campaigns to protect them, and the importance of direct action! We interview Scott Jordan [20:55], Takanya/Tarkine campaigner from the Bob Brown Foundation, about the current permit application to build a toxic tailings dam in this irreplaceable temperate rainforest. We also talk indigenous cultural heritage, citizen sci...

In this jam-packed show, Zeb and Kevin speak with public housing tenant Cathryn Murdoch (Defend and Extend Public Housing), then Howard Marosi and Jack Verdins (Friends of Public Housing Vic), and later Shane McGrath (Housing for the Aged Action Group). We discuss all things public housing, including ongoing conditions for PH residents during this lockdown, the Victorian Review of Social Housing R...

An extra housing show graces your ears this week, as Kevin and Meg speak with housing activist Professor Libby Porter from the RMIT Centre of Urban Research. She debunks some myths and misconceptions about Victoria's Big Housing Build and the Public Housing Renewal Project, and discusses the Social Housing Regulations Review and the recent report listing Australia as having the forth-highest housi...

This week on City Limits, Zeb and Kevin invite regular commentator John McPherson on the show to talk all things transport!

This week on City Limits, Meg and Kevin invite Cathryn Murdoch and Jack Verdins (Friends of Public Housing Vic) to join us with updates about all things public housing from their perspectives, including the effects of lockdown and poor dissemination of vaccine info for tenants, how public housing has changed over the years, and government money going to private sector housing. Later in the show, w...

This episode of City Limits is our Radiothon special! We invite a medley of regular guests on the show to help us raise funds to help keep 3CR on the air - today, Meg, Zeb and Kevin speak with:John McPherson - transport commentatorDave Sweeney - anti-nuclear activistProfessor Paddy Moriarty - renewable energy expertHoward Marosi - Friends of Public Housing VicFiona York - Housing for the Aged Acti...

This week on City Limits, Kevin, Meg and Zeb discuss the news items including AGL vs Greenpeace, the covid vaccine rollout and aged care, developments at the defence industry hub at Fisherman's Bend as well as a new book 'Blood Lust, Trust & Blame' about accusations of Australian soldiers committing war crimes in Afghanistan. Guest Helen van den Berg from Friends of Steele Creek comes on in the la...

This lockdown week Kevin and Karina call regular transport commentator John McPherson from the studios of 3CR to get an update on all things transport, including federal budget allocations (or lack thereof!), the North-East Link's environmental impacts, the falling standard of PT in Melbourne, and more.