95bFM: Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the 2021 Australian of the Year and sexual abuse survivor advocate Grace Tame saying she was threatened to not badmouth Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the federal parliament passing the government's controversial religious discrimination bill.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the COVID-19 situation in South Australia and a controversial religious discrimination bill in Parliament.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on Dominic Perottett becoming the new premier of New South Wales after Gladys Berejiklian resigned after an anti-corruption investigation.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on South Australia banning the spit hood, indigenous traditional owners of a world heritage-listed rainforest getting back ownership, and Facebook circulating adverts of controversial MP Craig Kelly despite banning him from their platform.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the reaction in South Australia towards the Aukus defence pact, federal minister Christian Porter resigns from Cabinet, and Victoria tradies protesting against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the Covid-19 outbreak in the community of Wilcannia in rural NSW, potential vaccine passports for international travel, and the NSW government's plan to reopen the economy.

This week on Neighbourhood Watch Conor speaks to Zoe Kounadis of Radio Adelaide on the current state of the pandemic in Australia, lockdowns,and vaccines. They then speak about the a new discovery - a 400 year old Coral found in the Great Barrier Reef.

On this week's Neighbourhood Watch, Conor speaks to Zoe Kounadis from Radio Adelaide who reports on the current state of COVID-19 in Australia. They also speak on Australian perspectives to the New Zealand Lockdown, the Australian Government's reaction to the Afghanistan conflict, and recent attempts from the government at collecting debts from Australian citizens.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the Covid-19 situation in Australia, advocates for sexual assault survivors blasting the decision to temporarily promote former federal minister Christian Porter to Leader of the House months after he faced allegations of rape in the 1980s, and telecomm company Telstra making all payphones free.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on COVID restrictions in South Australia and New South Wales, federal politicials receiving sexual harrasement training, and former inmates who were abused in a Northern Territory youth detention centre receiving a settlement.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on South Australia plunging into a second Covid-19 lockdown.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on a NSW Health botchup seeing students from a Sydney high school getting vaccinated even though not eligible for one, and the memoir of former Liberal MP Julia Banks revealing the work culture in Canberra.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on a positive local COVID-19 transmission case in South Australia, and Victoria to decriminalise sex work.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on Barnaby Joyce returning to his former position as Deputy Prime Minister after elected leader of the National Party, and the Australian government rejecting a UNESCO report saying it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on minimum wage increases, and locals around Twelve Apostles angry about a Federal Government decision to allow oil and gas exploration.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on another Melbourne lockdown after community COVID-19 transmission.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on vaccine hesitancy in Australia, and welfare agency Centrelink not paying people with terminal illness their disability pensions before they pass away.

This week on Neighbourhood Watch, a legal challenge is launched against the Federal government's ban in returning citizens from India, a family could be released from the detention centre on Christmas Island, and a giant moth is discovered in Queensland.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on two more Aboriginal deaths across New South Wales and Victoria, a 'bizzare' public-funded video that teaches consent using milkshakes, and two people arrested for stealing a Big Bird costume in Adelaide.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on allegations that Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith concealing evidence and threatening witnesses for a war crimes investigation, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison refusing to apologize to former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate, who accused the former of bullying.

Neighbourhood Watch could be live across the ditch soon with quarantine-free travel! But still over the phone (for now), Justin and Zoe talked about Australia significantly failing to hit their COVID-19 vaccination targets and a legal battle over drilling in South Australia's Lake Torrens.

Justin and Zoe talked about the latest federal Cabinet reshuffle, another sexual misconduct allegation by a Coalition male staffer, and changes to the Jobseeker benefit.

On Neighbourhood Watch Justin and Zoe chatted about March 4 Justices protests against gendered assualt all over Australia, and aboriginal advocates demanding action over deaths in custody.

This week on Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe Kounadis from Radio Adelaide talks about a new COVID case which is thought to have been spread through wastewater and an update on Australian Attorney General Christian Porter who is facing allegations of sexual assault.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on the federal government being criticized for barely increasing benefits after ending a Covid-19 supplement scheme, Facebook reversing its news ban, and further fallout from the rape allegations of former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins. Warning: Parts of the interview disscusses sexual assault

Neighbourhood Watch reports on former ministerial staffer Brittany Higgins alleging she was raped by a colleague in the office of former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds, as well as Google agreeing to pay for news content with Nine and Ten. Warning: The interview discusses details of sexual assault

Justin and Zoe talked about the federal government's failed attempt to extend a cashless debit card scheme for welfare recipients, protests against a gas well project on aboriginal land in western New South Wales, and a failed motion to exclude police and prison officers in Sydney's Mardi Gras.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on South Australia exiting lockdown early and an New South Wales enquiry on Uber Eats workers.

James and Zoe talk about how places such as Melbourne have seen an increase in freedoms as COVID is slowly removed, Adelaide has been faced with a number of new cases, sending South Australia into a strict lockdown for 6 days. 12 hours notice was given, which caused a considerable amount of panic.

On Neighbourhood Watch this week, Justin and Zoe talked about the ABC's Four Corners report alleging federal Attorney General Christian Porter and Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, Alan Tudge, for inappropriate behaviour. They also talked about gardening group Jim's Mowing founder and CEO Jim Penman's "vile, sexist and racist" letter to Victoria's first indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe over her opposition to the state government's decision to bulldoze a culturally-significant tree for a highway.  They also talked about NAIDOC week that celebrates Australia's indigenous peoples.

Justin and Zoe talked about COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in Victoria and the state government's decision to bulldoze a tree that is culturally significant for the indigenous people for a highway.

Justin and Zoe talked about the Queensland Liberal Party's election policy of imposing a young curfew in Cairns and Townsville, the federal government's reluctance to fund Indigenous legal services, and the revealation that 82 Victoria police officers were charged with family violence offences but only one was found guilty.

Justin and Zoe talked about a campaign for the federal government to buy the rights of the aboriginal flag design, the Victoria government being sued over the legality of the Melbourne curfew, and a failed rocket launch in South Australia.

Justin and Zoe talked about Melbourne extending lockdown to mid-October, and South Australia police raiding a care provider over the death of an Adelaide woman under their care.

Justin and Zoe chatted about the federal government's decision to ban mobile phones from migrant detention centres, the state of Victoria making victims of sexual violence getting a court order before speaking out, and Melbourne prosecuters not pressing charges on two police officers responsible for the death of an Aboriginal woman.

Justin caught up with Zoe and chatted about coronavirus in Australia, indigenous people blocking a coal mine in Queensland, and South Australia as a dumping ground for international nuclear waste.

Zoe from Radio Adelaide caught up with Justin and talked about the federal government asking the UN to dismiss Torres Strait Islanders’ claim that climate change affects their human rights, a report showing diversity is lacking on Australian TV newsreaders, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison backtracking on comments about making a coronavirus vaccine mandatory for all Australians.

On Neighbourhood Watch today, Justin spoke with Radio Adelaide’s Zoe Kounadis about the latest news from Australia. They talk about TV network Ten has announcing it would cut jobs and newsrooms around the country and centralise the production of weekday bulletins in Sydney and Melbourne. They also discuss the Royal Commission criticism Australia’s Covid-19 response in aged care homes. 

Justin caught up with Zoe and talked about the renewal of eight 2008 Close the Gap targets to improve the lives of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, after reviews found most have failed.  They also talked about the coronavirus outbreak in Victoria, as more than 700 cases are confirmed in one day.

On Neighbourhood Watch, Justin and Zoe discussed about updates in welfare in Australia, new federal environmental laws, and a campagin on raising the age of criminal responsibility.

On Neighbourhood Watch, Justin and Zoe talked about the coronavirus situation in New South Wales, the released correspondence between Buckingham Palace and Governor-General SIr John Kerr during the sacking of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1974, and a Truth and Justice Commission for Aboriginal People in Victoria.

This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe updates us on the situation at Melbourne Towers, and the border between Victoria and New South Wales being closed

In this week's Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe explains a second wave of COVID-19 happening in Victoria and New South Wales, and we find out where funding for the arts is going at the moment.

Justin talked to Radio Adelaide's Zoe Kounadis on university fees increases, border restrictions on some states, and community TV station closures.

This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe explains the legacy of branch stacking in Australian politics, and the latest comments by Scott Morrison about the history of slavery.

On Neighbourhood Watch this week Zoe talks us through what is happening for Reconciliation Week in Te Whenua Moemoeā or Australia, including the explosion of an area of sacred land for a mine, we also touch on the amount of money borrowed by the government which was double what was needed and how that money will not be redistributed to other people in need.

Despite warnings by many public health experts that changing seasonal flu strains were beginning to contribute to higher mortality rates, the notion that a pandemic may hit was largely ignored throughout the last decade. Even now, the Australian government is focussing more on pointing a finger at China, who Scott Morrison posits is accountable for generating coronavirus. Mary-Margaret asked Zoe Kounadis about that this week, and if that rhetoric is taking off.

This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe updates Mary-Margaret on what Adelaide looks like now that the country has flattened their COVID-19 curve. Zoe explains what has happened to Virgin airline and what its fate might look like. They also discuss what’s happened to Scott Morrison administration since a pirating of Malcolm Turnbull's memoirs, and an exciting kangaroo sighting.

Australia's Chief Medical Officer took part in our own Epidemic Response Committee this week, so Mary-Margaret asked Zoe if subsequent discussions about a possible trans tasman tourism bubble have been taking place across the ditch too. We also finally have some happier than usual news: Zoe tells Mary-Margaret about Thylacine, the newest DC character who is an Aboriginal woman from Pilbara.

This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Mary-Margaret asked Zoe if the Australian Government has gotten any closer to clearer social policy as a response to COVID-19. She also asked about the public’s response to the High Court’s decision to quash convictions against George Pell. The cardinal, who was sentenced to six years in prison for five guilty charges relating to sexual assault against children, was released from prison yesterday. Please note that, although this interview does not detail assault, it makes reference to issues that may be disturbing for some listeners.

In another weekly catch up with Radio Adelaide's Zoe Kounadis, Mary-Margaret learns about Scott Morrison's recent decision to curb the spread of COVID-19: restricting gatherings to 2 people. Zoe also explains that New Zealanders who live in Australia will now qualify for the recent JobKeeper Benefit, thanks in part to Prime Minister Ardern.