City Limits

All things housing, with guests Howard Marosi and Shane McGrath. 

This week Kevin and Meg speak with community campaigner Bev Smiles about Coal Mining in the Hunter Valley region, and Matt Ruchel from the Victorian National Parks Association about the Stand Up For Nature rally which is on Nov 28, 12.30 on Parlaiment Steps.

All things transport this week, including airports and buses. 

What makes a walkable city? Why are more highways not the answer to congestions? Do traders really lose money when car parking is reduced? How can YOU make your neighbourhood more walkable? Answers to all these questions in today's show, as Kevin and Meg talk with Ben Rossiter from Walks Victoria and Nancy Atkin from Brunswick Residents Network. And at the top of the show we take a live cross from...

This week after a chat about the news of the day, Kevin and Meg are joined by Sheridan Tate from the Anti-Toxic Waste Alliance. They are holding a community information session this Thursday night at 7.30pm, at RecWest Footscray, Essex St, West Footscray. 

This week we replay an interview between Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock and fire expert Greg Mullins. Then we speak with Helen van den Berg about the Tullamarine Toxic Dump Action Group.https://www.3cr.org.au/radioecoshockhttps://www.facebook.com/TTTDAGinc/

This week we look at train transport in depth with John McPherson - in particular the city loop and orbital loop, as well as getting an update about the Save Footscray Park campaign from Gemma Cafarella. 

Kevin and Meg are joined by Ben Ramcharan from the community campaign to preserve the Nillumbik Green Wedge, Love Your Green Wedge, and then speak with Juliet Fox about community radio, capitalism and the regenerative voice - from her book Community Radio's Amplification of Communication for Social Change.http://loveyourgreenwedge.com/https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030173159

What are the differences between "public housing" and "social housing"? Well, actually there are lots, including the policies that tenants live under and the security of tenancy. We look at this and many other issues relating to housing with Howard Marosi and Shane McGrath. By the way, you can read the article about the National Housing Conference that Howard mentions here, and you can find out mo...

This week Kevin and Meg speak with Joseph Hwani, energy consultant with the UNHCR about his work on renewable energy in refugee camps, then interview Richie Merzian, climate and energy director at the Australia Institute about the latest Climate of the Nation Report. 

This week we are joined by our transport guru John McPherson to talk about trains (mostly) and play a couple of train tracks (music tracks that is).

It's a jam-packed show this week with three guests talking about three local campaigns! Kevin and Meg are joined by Sue Vittori from the Anti-Toxic Waste Alliance, Maree Pardy from Save Footscray Park and Professor Libby Porter, Vice Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow at RMIT's school of Global, Urban and Social Studies. Professor Porter talks with us about the Djab Wurrung Embassy and how non...

This week we discuss the campaign to save Footscray Park, and look at public housing in Victoria with Howard Marosi and Fiona York

This week on City Limits, Kevin and Meg are joined by anti-nuke campaigner Dave Sweeney who gives us his thoughts on the standing commitee investigation examining the feasability of nuclear energy. We even manage to have some laughs! Lol, nuclear energy. Before being joined by Dave, Kevin and Meg cover the news of the week including political and union integrity, wage theft, and where to buy the l...

This week we talk high-speed rail, Crown Casino, suburban buses, 10 minute trains on the Upfield line, Google Cities, the cost of transport in Paris and lots more!

Today on City Limits Eugenia and Meg discuss the latest news including Crown Casino, political corruption, the SKM fires and recycling, before speaking with Emily Pearson from Teach for Australia and Hannah Aulby from the Centre for Public Integrity. https://www.teachforaustralia.org/https://publicintegrity.org.au/ 

Kevin and Meg discuss the news of the day (except Boris). We feature an interview from Dirt Radio about Djap Wurrung Embassy and protecting the sacred birthing tree. The breaking news from the jap Wurrung Embassy is that police have advised bulldozers will be in today. If you can get up there or donate, please do.  https://dwembassy.com/Sacred birthing trees on Djap Wurrung country need protecting...

This week we speak to Susan Motherwell, a community campaigner who was part of a group that won in VCAT against developers. We also catch up with Howard and Reuben about public housing and housing for the aged action group. Information sessions for the public housing estates can be found here: https://www.vhhsba.vic.gov.au/eventsNorthcote public housing estate - Drop-in sessionProject Name : North...

This week Kevin, Eugenia and Meg talk with Western suburbs campaigner Helen van den Berg about air quality in Melbourne, and anti-Uranium campainer Dave Sweeney about the expansion of the Olympic dam as well as the ideology of Uranium extraction. Both guests also address the issues of climate change and the role of capitalism.

Transport week! We start off by chatting to Michael Bayliss from Sustainable Population Australia about his view on urban issues and unpeggingAustralia's economy from constant GDP growth. In the show's second half we chat to transport regular John MacPherson about the Myki system and how similar systems work better elsewhere.

This week is a fourth Wednesday so we're covering topics miscellaneous! Kevin does a thorough news debrief, ranging from local union issues to international workers' safety, transport and the environment. In the second half we get an update from Monash University's professor Patrick Moriarty about electric vehicles, Uber Air in Melbourne and the impacts of glyphosate weed-killer.

Welcome to Radiothon Week! Listen to a highlights reel of our regular-irregular guests talking about the role 3CR plays in the media landscape and why it's important to talk about cities. If you like City Limits, donate now to help us stay on air. Help us remain a community-led voice for just and sustainable cities!https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Join us for our monthly cup of tea with public transport expert John MacPherson, as he and Kevin talk about Melbourne's latest urban transit news.

Today is the 5th Wednesday and we're talking sustainable city planning for Melbourne. Our guests are former co-host Mark Allen, town planning activist from 'Population, Permaculture and Planning and Holistic Activism.net'. He tells us about the massive environmental impacts of Melbourne's sprawling concrete-heavy housing industry, and the importance of maintaining and re-using existing buildings t...

This week we debrief from Saturday's Federal election. We speak to Sue Bolton who ran as a socialist candidate in Wills about the need to provide employment opportunities while maintaining left-wing policies on migration and climate change. Next, Dave Kerin from the Earth Worker Alliance talks about cross-partisan efforts to replace environmentally exploitative industries with sustainable ones by...