Saturday Magazine

Nevena and Paul  talk to Kieran Rooney, from The Age, about the State Budget. Kieran Rooney is a Victorian state political reporter at The Age. Image courtesy of the The Age. What we can expect at the upcoming Victorian election. And with One Nation on a roll and more micro-parties, who should we we watching? And with One Nation on a roll and more micro-parties, who should we be watching?   h...

Nevena and Paul are joined live in the studio by Michael Galea MP State Member for S. E. Metro Region. Galea holds key roles, including Deputy Chair of the Legal and Social Issues Committee and the Select Committee on the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector. He is also a member of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee and the Select Committee on the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid, along w...

Nevena and Paul speak to Dr David Hayward is Emeritus Prof. Public Policy & the Social Economy at RMIT; Response to Vic State Budget Dr David Hayward is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and the Social Economy  at RMIT University. He is the Chair of the Victorian Government’s Social Housing Regulation Review.  He is also Chair of Fire Rescue Victoria’s Strategic Advisory Board. He is a forme...

Nevena and Paul are joined  live on air by Son Vivienne, CEO Transgender Victoria, as they discuss the priorities for the rest of the year as CEO of Victoria’s leading body for transgender, gender diverse and non-binary (TGD) people. Son is the CEO at Transgender Victoria, a lead advocacy, education and peer support community led organisation and not-for-profit. Informing this role, Son has a back...

Nevena and Paul talk to Joe Ball – Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities, Update on IDAHOBIT Weekend May 17 marks the date in 1990 that homosexuality was removed from the WHO Classification of Diseases. Over three decades later, LGBTQIA+ communities still face discrimination – but every one of us can make a difference. Will you stand against discrimination? A worldwide celebration...

For the first time ever Nevena and Paul are co-hosting together, Macca is a way and our executive producer Kenny is down on the coast. Nevena and Paul discuss the week that was, what’s happening this week on the show everything happening at the Pride Centre and Delta’s Eurovision campaign. The post Sat, 16th May, 2026: Weekly Wrap Up with Nevena and Paul appeared first on Saturday Maga...

Saturday Magazine’s own Paul Horwell, now CEO of Vic. Pride Centre joined the team live on-air from The Melbourne Exhibition Centre to discuss the 125th Anniversary of Australia’s First Sitting of Parliament in Melbourne in 1901. The post Sat, 9th, 2026: Paul Horwell, CEO VPC, 125th Anniversary of Australia’s First Parliament appeared first on Saturday Magazine .

Fiona, Kenny and Macca are joined live on-air by Michael Wilson, Research Fellow at the Movember Institute of Men’s Health; as they discuss Men’s Mental Health Michael Wilson is a Research Fellow focused on men’s mental health and suicide prevention, based with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Since 2018, Michael has published and presented research both nationally and internationally...

Fiona, Kenny and  Macca are joined live on air by Nicholas Huxley, International Educator and Fashion Designer; as they discuss the annual Met gala red carpet hits and misses Nicholas Huxley was born and brought up in Papua New Guinea as one of five boys. His mother worked as a correspondent for the ABC and his father was managing editor of the Times Courier newspaper. Huxley began his training in...

Macca, Kenny and  Fiona are joined live in the studio by Rachel Westaway, Lib Prahran, Shadow Asst Min Small Business + Hosp. State budget response, firebombing epidemic, Libs retain Nepean in the by-election, in this extended interview the Sat Mag team and Rachel discuss factionalism in politics, the rise of One Nation and what is emerging as the new political alignments in Australia, as well as...

Macca, Kenny and Fiona are joined live on air by Ged Kearney, MP Cooper – Asst Min for Prevention of Family Violence, as they discuss the new policy initiative National Healthy Men Community Conversations. The Albanese Labor Government is has launched the national Healthy Men Community Conversations project to support the health and wellbeing of men and boys. The project will deliver a serie...

Macca, Kenny and  Fiona are joined up first this week by Dr. Cameron McLaren, as they discuss evidence based Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in Australia, Dr. Cameron McLaren is a Victorian-based medical oncologist and a leading advocate for, and practitioner of, Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in Australia. He works at Casey Surgical Group (Berwick) and Monash Health, specialising in gastrointestin...

Macca is joined in the hosting seats this week by Fiona Patten and Saturday Magazine’s Produce Kenny Hill, as they discuss the week that was and what’s coming up in this week’s programme. Patten established the  Australian Sex Party  in 2009 to focus on personal freedoms after deep frustration with stagnation on censorship, freedom,  marriage equality  and  drug law reform . On 2...

Our last guest for this week’s programme is Clare Stephens is a podcaster, editor, and formerly was the editor-in-chief for Mamamia. This year Clare published her first novel ‘The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done’ and launched her new podcast The Pile On. Former editor of Mamma Mia and the creator and host of interview podcast  The Pile-On where she speaks to public figures about what...

  Nevena, Macca and Misha talk to Lenore Taylor about World Press Freedom Day. Raised in  Brisbane , Taylor attended  Brisbane Girls Grammar School  and studied journalism and politics at the  University of Queensland , where she was co-editor of the student newspaper  Semper Floreat . She began working as a journalist in 1987 at  The Canberra Times . She was later national affairs correspond...

Nevena, Misha and Macca talk to Lizzie O’Shea, Chair, Digital Rights Watch, Are Corporations Profiling You? Lizzie O’Shea sues companies and governments that do the wrong thing. Lizzie works and opens dialogues about the intersection of technology, law and human rights. Lizzie is the founder and chair of Digital Rights Watch, Australia’s leading digital rights organisation, she is an a...

Misha Ketchell discusses with Macca and Nevena Whistle-blower laws in Australia David McBride, a former Australian military lawyer, was jailed in May 2024 for leaking secret documents that exposed alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. While Ben Roberts-Smith was implicated in these crimes, he has not been imprisoned, though he was arrested in April 2026 for war crimes and...

On 30 April 2026, Commissioner Virginia Bell AC SC presented the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, the Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The Interim Report was tabled in the Australian Parliament on 30 April 2026. The Interim Report examines the circumstances surrounding the antisemitic Bondi terrorist attack on 14 December 202...

Macca and Nevena ae joined in the hosting seat this week by Misha Ketchell, Editor and an executive director of The Conversation. Misha Ketchell is the Misha Ketchell is the editor and an executive director of The Conversation Australia and New Zealand. He was previously editor of Crikey, founding editor of The Big Issue Australia and editor of The Melbourne Weekly. He spent six years at The Age o...

Zoe and Macca are joined live in the studio by Laura Wiener. Laura has been in the zoo field since 1998 and worked at a variety of different zoological facilities in the US, including San Diego and Oregon Zoos. Laura’s main focus has been mammals with a keen interest in rhinoceros species. Four rare snow leopard cubs—two boys and two girls named Maya, Kira, Lumi, and Sabu—debuted at Melbourne Zoo...

Macca and Zoe are joined live on air by Professor Mark Kenny, from ANU, as he discusses his recent panel at the Sorrento Writer’s Festival, is podcasting re-shaping the media landscape? Professor Mark Kenny is a political journalist, commentator, and academic, formerly chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for  The Sydney Morning Herald ,  The Age , and  The Canberra Time...

Macca and Zoe talk to David Gibson about a bill introduced into Parliament to address the historic treatment of LGBTI personnel in the Australian Defence Force is being welcomed as a long-overdue step toward justice. The Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation) Bill 2026, introduced by Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh, will enable eligible Defence personnel convicted sole...

Thanks to our producer Kenny Hill, we have a very special treat for ANZAC Day. Renouned Australian stage and international cinema actor Richard Roxburgh reads the poem; ‘The Fallen”. Richard Roxburgh is one of Australia’s most accomplished and versatile actors, celebrated for his work across acclaimed international film, television and stage productions. His standout film credits inclu...

Zoe and Macca are joined live on-air by Dr. Monique Ryan, Independent Member for Kooyong, Deputy Chair of Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability; as they discuss the cuts and changes to the NDIS, ANZAC Day and politics. Dr Monique Ryan is an Australian politician and former paediatric neurologist who serves as the independent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Division of Kooyong in...

Zoe, Macca and Kenny talk to Kenny and Macca talk to Konrad Benjamin from Punter’s Politics, about his recent invitation to the Senate Select Committee Hearing on Taxation of Gas Resources. Punter’s Politics  is an Australian political commentary podcast and associated political movement with the goal of making  Australian politics  simpler for everyday people. The podcast was launched in June 202...