Podcasts about better regulation

In his address to the IIEA, Kai Zenner discusses the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). He outlines the Act's risk-based approach and its implications for different levels of the AI value chain. Mr Zenner will also assess what he deems to be the positive and negative features of the AI Act. He particularly discusses the implications of the Act for the EU's competitiveness, including both the opportunities and the risks. About the Speaker: Kai Zenner is Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for Axel Voss MEP (European People's Party Group) in the European Parliament. He focuses on AI, privacy, the EU's digital transition and Better Regulation. Mr Zenner is a member of the OECD.AI Network of Experts and of the AI Governance Alliance at the World Economic Forum. He was also part of the temporary Expert Group that supported the 'High-Level Advisory Body on AI' of the United Nations. Mr Zenner was awarded best MEP Assistant in 2023 and ranked Place #13 in Politico's Power 40 - class 2023.

In this podcast episode, Eric and Bryce discuss the history of regulatory reform efforts in New Zealand since 2001, focusing on the development of the Regulatory Standards Bill and its original mechanism of court declarations of inconsistency. They explore how diminished trust in courts' interpretations of laws has complicated this approach today, while also examining why past attempts to ensure good regulatory quality have faced challenges.

In this episode, our Blockworks Research analysts discuss the post election crypto boom, the impact improved regulatory frameworks will have on crypto, and what sectors of crypto stand to benefit the most from this new regulatory climate. They also dive into “Ethereum 3.0” and Unichain. Finally, they close out the episode with discussion on the liquid restaking sector, and Web3 gaming. Thanks for tuning in! As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice. -- Resources Beam: A Better Web3 Gaming Index - https://x.com/defi_kay_/status/1854551344532865361 -- Special thanks to our sponsor, Nillion! Stay up-to-date with “Humanity's first blind computer” by following Nillion on X: https://x.com/nillionnetwork -- Follow Daniel: https://x.com/_dshap Follow Ryan: https://x.com/_ryanrconnor Follow Danny: https://x.com/defi_kay_ Follow Boccaccio: https://x.com/salveboccaccio Follow Blockworks Research: https://x.com/blockworksres Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3SNhUEt Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3NlP1hA Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ Join the 0xResearch Telegram group: https://t.me/+z0H6y2bS-dllODVh -- Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (1:16) The Golden Bull Run is Here (7:17) Regulatory Impacts on DeFi (14:24) What Will Benefit From Improved Regulation? (19:48) Ethereum 3.0 & Unichain (33:43) The SWELL Launch (41:37) Nillion Snippet (50:19) Beam & Web3 Gaming -- Check out Blockworks Research today! Research, data, governance, tokenomics, and models – now, all in one place Blockworks Research: https://www.blockworksresearch.com/ Free Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter -- Disclaimer: Nothing said on 0xResearch is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Boccaccio, Dan, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

Ron Bosma, co-founder of Talentin, shares his journey in the human capital and staffing sector, including his time at Ronstadt group of companies. He discusses the challenges and opportunities in the labor market, such as talent scarcity and the need for skills recruitment. Ron also explores the gig economy and the need for better regulation to protect workers. He highlights the need for innovation and transformation in the staffing industry to keep up with changing demands. The conversation covers various topics related to the future of work, including the potential impact of talent marketplaces on the staffing sector, the role of technology in replacing certain aspects of the recruitment industry, the need for companies to adapt to new developments, the potential consequences of artificial intelligence and automation on jobs, the challenges and benefits of remote work, the investment in HR tech, and the future of work being defined by flexibility and adaptability.TakeawaysRon Bosma has had a long and successful career in the human capital and staffing sector, including his time at Ronstadt group of companies.The labor market is facing challenges such as talent scarcity and the need for skills recruitment.The gig economy needs better regulation to protect workers and ensure a fair bargain.The staffing industry needs to innovate and transform to keep up with changing demands and improve efficiency. Talent marketplaces and platforms have the potential to disintermediate the staffing sector and replace certain aspects of recruitment.While technology can replace certain tasks in the recruitment industry, it may not be able to fully replace the risk management aspect that staffing providers offer.Artificial intelligence and automation may have a significant impact on jobs, but they also present opportunities for the development of new jobs and skills.Remote work has become more prevalent, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still challenges in terms of collaboration and maintaining company culture.The investment in HR tech has been driven by market conditions and the shift towards remote and global work.The future of work will require flexibility, adaptability, continuous learning, and a focus on talent centricity.Chapters00:00 A Journey in the Human Capital and Staffing Sector09:29 Challenges and Opportunities in the Labor Market18:50 The Need for Better Regulation in the Gig Economy25:19 Innovation and Transformation in the Staffing Industry29:11 The Potential Impact of Talent Marketplaces30:25 The Role of Technology in the Recruitment Industry33:28 The Consequences of Artificial Intelligence and Automation on Jobs43:28 The Challenges and Benefits of Remote Work47:40 The Investment in HR Tech52:57 The Future of Work: Flexibility, Adaptability, and Talent CentricityConnect with Ron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronbosma/

This week we hosted Kyle Chayka, author of Filterworld. We dive into his key findings on how algorithms flatten culture, impact the crypto industry and more.Timeline:00:00 Introduction and Background03:47 Writing Filterworld05:55 Stuck Culture: The Rise of Mainstream Social Internet08:00 Understanding How Algorithms Work11:35 Different Flavours of Algorithms14:47 Flattening16:20 TikTok's Optimized Algorithm 21:45 The Homogenization of Culture22:40 Taste or Algorithmic Recommendations?24:37 Platform-Based Cultures30:45 Ineffable Taste vs Data-driven Recommendations34:00 Sandcastle Platforms & Non-Algo Platforms36:17 Better Regulation for Social Networks45:00 AI Further Flattening Culture and Creativity53:13 Balancing Novelty and Taste in Content Consumption56:35 Post-Game Show~~~~Subscribe to the Flywheel mailing list: https://flywheeldefi.com~~~~Follow FlywheelTwitter: https://twitter.com/FlywheelDeFiTelegram: https://t.me/FlywheelDeFiYouTube: @flywheeldefiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34xXNO289naHrPB2h4uN4J?si=7aa710b683c04a66Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/flywheel-defi/id1628697864~~~~ConnectDeFi Dave: https://twitter.com/defidave22Kiet: https://twitter.com/0xkapital_kSam: https://twitter.com/traders_insightLewy: https://x.com/lewquidity~~~~Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Claims better regulation is needed to combat workplace safety.  A report's found you're twice as likely to die at work in New Zealand, than in Australia.  It says workplace deaths, injuries, and health issues cost the country nearly five billion dollars last year.  The Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum's Francois Barton told Mike Hosking we could learn from Australia's approach to heath and safety.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The EU has for years been a proponent of better regulation: steps to make sure regulation is evidence-based, proportionate, and made in a transparent way. However, there has been a perception that the quality of regulation in the bloc has declined recently. To discuss the EU's performance on better regulation and what the next Commission might improve on, assistant director Zach Meyers was joined by Anthony Teasdale, visiting professor at the London School of Economics and past Director-General of the European Parliamentary Research Service. They debate the efficacy of von der Leyen's 'one-in, one-out' system and explain what the five year term for president of the Commission means for policy making, among other things. Zach's paper on better regulation can be read here: https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2024/better-regulation-europe-action-plan Music by Edward Hipkins Produced by Octavia Hughes

Over 200 taxi drivers in Sydney have reportedly ignored sanctions for misconduct, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the industry's regulatory measures. NSW Taxi Council Chief Executive, Nick Abrahim discusses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Climate change and evolving trends in consumer behaviour have redirected the EU´s attention toward new ways of producing and consuming food to improve its safety, quality and sustainability. The EU's Farm to Fork strategy aims at providing those fundamental changes through the use of innovation and technologies and by promoting new production models.In this perspective, microorganisms can play an important role. Probiotics are live microorganisms that can be formulated into many different types of products, including foods and dietary supplements. Scientific evidence points to the positive functions that microbes perform as probiotics for a sustainable and healthy diet, while contributing to a low environmental impact. It is recognised that diet can modify the intestinal microbiome, which in turn has a positive impact on overall health.Probiotics have received the attention of regulatory authorities worldwide with an interest in protecting consumers from misleading claims and information. However, the EU is in the unique situation where consumers cannot be informed about the presence of probiotics as a category of ingredients in food and food supplements. The Regulation 1924/2006 does not make any reference to probiotics. To address this shortcoming, the Commission issued a guidance on the implementation of Regulation 1924/2006 by stating that a product that “contains probiotics/prebiotics” should be considered a health claim ‘per se'.Despite the current regulatory restrictions, the term ‘probiotic' is used widely in the media, on many products sold online, on cosmetics and cleaning products. A large variety of probiotic products are available in several regions of the world and European consumers can purchase these products on-line.The lack of a harmonised regulatory framework and clarity on the definition of the term “probiotics” at EU level has brought individual Member States to adopt national guidelines/rules. National guidelines have already been issued by Italy, Spain, France, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, and many European countries are allowing the use of the term ‘probiotic' on labels and in communication. Such a situation can create uncertainty for companies and fragmentation of the Single Market, as well as confusion for consumers.In the recent recommendation of the Fit4Future Platform (F4F) that delivered the opinions to the Commission on simplification and unnecessary cost reductions, the platform acknowledged the potential of Biosolutions and endorsed some recommendations. Notably, it suggested to improve the harmonisation of the use of the term ‘probiotics' in the context of health claims across EU Member States to provide clarity for industry and consumers, and to develop industry guidelines for food cultures as food ingredients.Relisten to this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to find out about the probiotics sector, its challenges and opportunities, and how increased clarity can benefit European industry while providing better information and transparency for consumers. Addressed questions included:- By filling the regulatory gaps to scale-up innovation capacity, what further growth can the sector achieve?- What are the consumer expectations regarding the use of probiotics and how can these be met?- How can the European Commission facilitate a dialogue amongst stakeholders and Member States regarding the use of the word “probiotic” and find a way forward?- Can a harmonised approach on probiotics be reached at EU level to ensure the correct functioning of the European Single Market?- What role does research and innovation play?

In this fourth episode of the “Transport 4 Future” series, host Prof. Juan Montero sits down for a discussion with Rolf Diemer, Head of Unit Economic Analysis and Better Regulation at the European Commission's DG MOVE, to discuss the main findings of the Commission's newly published study on New Mobility Patterns in European Cities. What is the main motivation behind this study and what is its scope? Are there indications we are breaking away from the predominant reliance on private cars for urban and short distance passenger mobility? What are the study's findings when it comes to new mobility modes, such as various forms of active and shared mobility? What are some of the national front runners and best practices on the urban mobility front? What is the current state of play in Europe when it comes to transitioning to cleaner fleets in logistics? What are the main challenges to shifting to cleaner vehicles? Tune in for the answers to these questions and more!

Minister Tara Cheyne is the Member for Ginninderra, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Business and Better Regulation, Minister for Human Rights, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Assistant Minister for Economic Development! How do you deliver on 6 portfolios? How does anyone get elected to parliament? What impact does a political party's Conference have on every day lives (this surprised me ) What perks to territory politicians get when elected (this surprised me too) AND how does government find Solutions to Problems.... ALL that and SO much more on episode #205 with Minister Tara Cheyne. Listen IN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rita-joyan/message

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It is not uncommon for a young child to be expelled from child care due to a challenging behavior, especially hurtful behaviors like biting or hitting. And yet it's hard to imagine a young child who doesn't occasionally lash out in frustration or anger and have a hard time calming down and re-engaging in a more positive way. In early childhood (birth to 5), children are just learning how to manage emotions, share space and attention with others and handle conflict in reasonable ways.   As this week's Mom Enough guest knows, children learn those lessons best when parents and other adults connect with them, recognize their feelings and engage them in thinking about what they can do differently. Dr. Anne Gearity joins Marti & Erin for a rich discussion that will help you think about and respond to challenging behavior in ways that are effective in the short-run and supportive of healthy development in the long-run. Thank you to Help Me Grow, a supporting partner of Mom Enough, for providing sponsoring this episode of Mom Enough.   WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR? Dr. Gearity says when children act out they are telling us, “I'm confused. I need your help.” Think of a recent situation in which a young child in your life engaged in a very challenging behavior. How did you respond and how did it work? How would your response have been different if you'd thought of the child saying, “I need your help?”   WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT REGULATION & CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS? ❉ HELP ME GROW. A wealth of resources on child development, early childhood screening and more are available through Help Me Grow's website.   ❉ DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES. View this helpful resource from Help Me Grow to see if your child's development is on track.   ❉ I LOVE MY WHITE SHOES. Read this great Pete the Cat book.   ❉ WAYS TO HELP CHILDREN THINK ABOUT BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFICULT BEHAVIORS. Check out this tip sheet from St. David's Center, a Mom Enough supporting partner.   ❉ PROMOTING SELF-REGULATION IN CHILDREN: THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULATORY PARTNERS. Most parents can recall a moment when their child threw a tantrum. Perhaps they were frustrated that they didn't get what they wanted and fell to the floor screaming or crying? Or, maybe they missed a nap and simply couldn't handle what was being asked of them? Regardless of the situation, a tantrum may be a perfectly normal response in early childhood, but in time, a child needs to learn healthier ways to express and cope with their emotions. Occupational therapist and health coach, Kate Biederman, from St. David's Center for Child and Family Development joins Marti and Erin for this episode on the development of self-regulation in childhood.

From May 2021 - On VLGA Connect, we are in conversation with Anna Cronin, Victoria's Commissioner for Better Regulation, and Chair of the expert panel conducting a wide ranging review of the state's building system. Anna outlines the scope of the review, the process to be undertaken, timing and 

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Doctors are calling for better regulation of health supplements, as demand surges during the Covid pandemic. Sales in New Zealand supermarkets reached 130-million dollars this year by September. However, some say they're expensive, we don't need them, and they can be dangerous. Medical Association chairman, Dr Alistair Humphrey, told Kate Hawkesby people are wasting their money taking supplements. “They haven't been tested and so we have no idea whether they work or not, potentially they can be harmful. Their claims are quite extreme.” LISTEN ABOVE 

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We're looking at some big news this week on the podcast and wondering what it all means. NSW Fair Trading has announced that they will be appointing a properties commissioner - like building commissioner David Chandler, only maybe without the fear factor – to help regulate all the professions involved in looking after buying, selling, renting and managing properties. What might those professions be? The inaugural appointees of Fair Trading's Property Services Expert Panel provides a clue. The invitees included strata managers, real estate agents, building facilities managers, real estate trainers and employers, livestock and property agents, business brokers,  short-term rental managers, someone from the Wool And Pastoral Agency and a representative of private landlords. LISTEN HERE Everybody and his or her brother or sister – except apartment owners and tenants. But hey, what would we know about buying and selling, let alone letting and renting property? You can see the full list, with the lucky participants named, if not shamed, here. By the way, a couple of times in the podcast we refer to the strata managers' organisation SCA as Strata Community Australia.  That's their old name. The A now stands for Association, and has ever since they pulled New Zealand into their orbit. Anyway, the big questions are, what is this new Property Commissioner going to do and how are they going to do it?  Will they be kicking butt and taking names, a la David Chandler?  Or will they follow the established Fair Trading protocol of a light tap on the wrist and a quiet word with miscreants? Will they be looking at under-quoting, misrepresentation of properties, excessively long contracts, systematically waived cooling-off periods, gazumping, embedded networks, endemic dishonesty and general incompetence? Having kicked those topics around, we turn to security in strata buildings and a free webinar scheduled for June 30 (not this week, as I briefly thought). There's a lot in this week's podcast so it runs a little longer.  Enjoy. TRANSCRIPT IN FULL Jimmy 0:00So, you're back from Arnhem Land? Sue 0:02I am. It was so nice and warm up there. It's freezing down here again. Jimmy 0:07Yeah, we had a really cold day during the week. We've got a lot to talk about, because last week, there were a couple of big announcements from Fair Trading New South Wales and, the property market seems to have gone completely nuts. Sue 0:21Oh, it really is mad. I mean, it may not be hot weather, but it's certainly a hot market. Jimmy 0:28I'm Jimmy Thomson. I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue 0:33And I'm Sue Williams. I write about property for Domain. Jimmy 0:36And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. So, for the past year, we've been talking about the Building Commissioner, David Chandler, and the difference he seems to be making in apartment buildings; getting them built. But, last week, the Fair Trading minister (or whatever they call themselves now; the Better Regulation and Shorter Titles. I think that's what the ministry is called). They announced there's going to be a properties commissioner. Sue 1:20This is something that the Real Estate Institute was really pushing for, wasn't it? Jimmy 1:24Well, they were. I wonder if that's one of these 'be careful what you wish for' things, because if this guy turns out to be anything like David Chandler… I'm saying it's a guy; it could very easily be a woman. I wonder if they're going to shake things up more than the real estate industry suspects. I mean, why would they be keen to have a commissioner? Sue 1:45Well, I think in the same way that SCA, the Strata Community Australia, are really keen to have tighter regulations for strata managers. They want to clean up their industry. To make sure it's really respected and operates well and it has no charlatans in there. Jimmy 2:02This kind of goes back about a month or...

On VLGA Connect, we are in conversation with Anna Cronin, Victoria's Commissioner for Better Regulation, and Chair of the expert panel conducting a wide ranging review of the state's building system. Anna outlines the scope of the review, the process to be undertaken, timing and consultation activities to ensure local government has input into the resulting recommendations.

If you have a hankering for the high life and have a lazy $22 million lying around, you could score an apartment in the huge Crown tower above James Packer’s (currently non-functioning) casino. If that’s too rich for your blood, how much would you expect to pay for a two-bed, two-bath pad on a lower floor? All is revealed in our Flat Chat Wrap podcast this week. But before we get to that, there’s the small matter of how data mining is going to lead to a trebling of the number of apartment blocks under construction that will fall under the critical glare of NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler. Listen Here As this story explains, Fair Trading is planning to dig into its accumulated data to find out which certifiers have historically signed off on the most problematic buildings, then reverse engineer that to find out which buildings under construction those certifiers are now connected with. That will trigger a visit from someone from the Building Commissioner’s office who will start tapping tiles and probing plaster to see how well or badly this building has been constructed. Then we get to the issue of the high cost of buying into Sydney’s tallest apartment block, the Crown Tower at Barangaroo. Yes, an apartment changed hands for $22m recently but there are others there that are a lot cheaper … okay, a bit cheaper. The we look at the new 899-unit apartment complex proposed for Campbelltown and discuss the issues confronting owners in separate strata schemes that are also part of a larger scheme sharing some facilities. And finally, Jimmy answers a question asked by Sue last week – will the big insurers ever come back and cover the construction of apartment block over three storeys high. That’s all in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap. Transcript In Full Jimmy 0:00Big news on the defects front, Sue? Sue 0:02Yes, absolutely. The New South Wales Government is acting to start auditing a lot more buildings than they usually do (and they have been doing over the last six months). Jimmy 0:11Okay, because we saw that report last week about how a huge percentage of defective buildings were certified by like, six different certifiers. Sue 0:23That's right; about a third of risky buildings, by the same six repeat-offending certifiers. Jimmy 0:30We're going to be talking about that; we're going to be talking about a big new development and I'm going to be answering a question that Sue asked last week (and I went off-track, and answered a completely different one). I'm Jimmy Thomson, I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue 0:50And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain. Jimmy 1:09And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. [MUSIC] JimmyJust as we were about to sit down and record this podcast, a press release came in from New South Wales Fair Trading, Sue, and it's big news. Sue 1:20That's right. Kevin Anderson, the Minister for Better Regulation, has launched a data-led audit regime to target the state's high-risk building certifiers and triple the number of buildings to come under scrutiny by the building regulator. Jimmy 1:34What sort of numbers are we talking about? Sue 1:36Well, at the moment, there's a pre-occupational certificate audit regime, and they target around 50 site-based audits every six months. But, with this new regime of audits, they're expecting to be able to audit an additional 100 to 150 buildings every six months, which more than triples the regulator's compliance and enforcement efforts on residential apartments. Jimmy 2:00Wow. Sue 2:01So, that's a big jump. Jimmy 2:02It's huge. So, they're basing this on certain new data or analyzing data they already have? Sue 2:11Well, they've got apparently, new digital tools, where they can analyze the data really effectively, because apparently, they've got so much data coming in; they've got something like 170 million lines of data to look at certifi...

In this episode, BIT's CEO, Professor David Halpern, speaks to the New South Wales Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello. David and Victor cover a wide range of topics, starting with why other governments should have a Minister for Customer Service, how behavioural insights can improve economic policy, how markets can be made more transparent and when governments should intervene in markets.    Victor has been the Member of Parliament for Ryde since 2008. He has held the position of Minister for Customer Service since April 2019. Prior to that Victor held the position of the Minister for Finance, Services and Property and was appointed the state's first Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation in 2015. His earlier appointments include the Minister for Citizenship, Communities, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Minister for Veterans Affairs and the Assistant Minister for Education. As mentioned on the podcast, the NSW Behavioural Insights Unit was established in 2012 and has been located in the Department of Customer Service since 2019.   You can keep up to date with the work that he has been doing through his website, LinkedIn and Twitter.    Further reading   If you want to read some news coverage about the FuelCheck app, you can go here or head to the FuelCheck website here.  If you want to learn more about the Comprehensive Third Party reforms, you can read about it here.  You can also read more about the work that the New South Wales Behavioural Insights Unit are doing here.    Credits    Editing by Evan Sycamnias at Pixelife Studio Music by Rich O'Brien Thanks to Ellie Wood at the Minister's Office, and Dave Trudinger, Eva Koromilas and the Behavioural Insights Unit. 

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Jean-Eric Paquet "How Do EU Commission Envision Academic Research And Science After the Pandemic". Jean-Eric Paquet is the Director-General of DG Research and Innovation at EU commission. The Bio: Jean-Eric’s career at the European Commission started in 1993. Since then he contributed in shaping EU policy in various fields and achieved major breakthroughs, notably in DG Transport, where he led the development of the Trans-European Transport Network Policy and was responsible for Europe’s transport infrastructure policy and investment strategies, the single European rail area, inland waterways and port policy. He also gained considerable experience at international level: in DG Enlargement, his portfolio covered Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. He was also EU Ambassador in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2004 to 2007. In 2015, he was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission, in charge of Better Regulation and Policy Coordination. In all his endeavours, he puts co-creation and systemic change at the heart of the decision-making process, and strongly believes that citizens should be more involved in shaping public policy agendas.

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The Hon Kevin Anderson MP, was appointed the NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation in April last year following the re-election of the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government. The Minister oversees a broad range of regulations that affect the day to day operations of business in almost every Australian industry. Over the last 11 months the Minister…

Fancy a 400 sqm penthouse with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two parking spaces plus uninterrupted city and parkland views … for only $1.19 million? Interested? Why wouldn’t you be? This place also as a huge gourmet kitchen, timber floorboards, a massive tiled terrace and a fully fitted home office. What’s the catch, you ask. Well, this particular penthouse is atop a boutique hotel … in Tamworth. Now, your next question might well be, why are we looking at bargain basement penthouses in the country music capital of Australia? And the answer is, Tamworth is where our new strata minister, Kevin Anderson, scoots his boots. In this week’s podcast, Sue Williams and I ask what the member for this fine country town – and we mean ‘country’ in every sense – is doing looking after the serious needs of the two million people who live in strata in NSW. Tamworth would only have apartment blocks three storeys high, if at all, we speculated. Turns out we were wrong: they are mostly two storeys high. Apart, that is, from this absolute snip at 3/52-58 Brisbane St, in the heart of the home of the golden guitar (thank you, realestate.com.au). We found the Tamworth penthouse when we were looking for the tallest residential building in the city that sings with a cry in its voice. And it occurs to us that, apart from this one (and most unit blocks in Sydney), being lower than three floors means every apartment block in Tamworth could conceivably qualify for Home Warranty Building Insurance. Flammable cladding?  Tell the builder to rip and replace, pronto! Opal-style crumbling walls?  Well you better git yo’ sorry ass in gear and uncrumble them, toot sweet.* Does this disqualify Minister Kevin Anderson from running the Ministry of Innovation and Better Regulation, which runs Fair Trading, which runs strata? Now, the new Minister for Bells and Whistles will have a lot on his plate, from dodgy mechanics and dangerous kettles and toys, to tattoo parlours, real estate agents, liquor licenses and yoga salons, so he can’t be expected to get up to speed on a mere bagatelle like, say, how half the population of Sydney will be living in 10 years. Which means the Mandarins of Fair Trading will be running the strata show for the next four years.  And that’s another good reason for buying that pad in Tamworth. NB:  Just because we couldn’t find a high-rise in Tamworth via the internet doesn’t mean one doesn’t exist.  All we are saying is, Pyrmont, Potts Point, Wolli Creek, Botany and North Sydney, this ain’t. You can listen to the Flat Chat podcast here: https://episodes.castos.com/flatchatpod/Flat-Chat-Wrap-20-new-minister-2-.mp3 *I know! Ca ne fait rien.

We were very lucky last weekend to catch up with Labor spokesperson for Better Regulation and Innovation Yasmin Catley who, current polls suggest, is a very real prospect of being NSW’s next Minister for Consumer Affairs (she will ditch the Ministry of Long Names title). Yasmin has been getting a lot of coverage in Flat Chat recently for one simple reason – she has been talking about strata and things she wants to do to make our lives better. Better Regulations Minister Matt Kean has, admittedly, been pre-occupied with the Opal building and the cladding issue (not that he’s doing much on that front except scaring people, according to this story). Mr Kean was also invited to chat with us on the podcast but we didn’t even get a response.  He’s a very busy man, not least because if the Liberals lose, his mentor, the premier, will probably be rolled and he’s her numbers man. For the record, I won’t be voting either Labor or Liberal in the NSW election and at various times I have promoted the efforts of Liberal Fair Trading Ministers Roberts, Dominello and Kean (although the latter turned out to be a huge disappointment when it came to Airbnb). But it’s refreshing to have someone who has a real chance of making a difference talking about issues that are important to us, the people who are living in apartments right now. Yes, building defects are important, but the changes proposed by the government will only affect blocks that haven’t even been started yet. Meanwhile they have let us down on Airbnb-style holiday lets, flammable cladding and making builders and developers responsible for defects that exist right now. In this week’s podcast, Ms Catley makes a very convincing argument as to why she would be a better champion for apartment residents – owners and tenants – than anyone in the current mob. She’s proposing a register for holiday lets, an opt-in option (with the default being no holiday lets) for Airbnb in apartment blocks, more protection for tenants, a strata commissioner and shifting strata to housing and and building and away from broken toys and dodgy mechanics.  In short, it’s more about people living is strata rather than profits for developers and investors. Also, we pick up the second half of our chat with Owners Corporation Network chair Phil Gall, when we get into Airbnb (again), why most politicians don’t get strata, Fair Trading (we disagree) and the future of OCN. I won’t say too much more.  Just listen to the podcast … it might make you think again about which way you are going to vote next week. You can listen to the podcast by clicking here. Enjoy. https://episodes.castos.com/flatchatpod/Flat-Chat-Wrap-16-Yasmin-.mp3

Small Biz Matters – a half hour program each week where you can work ON your business rather than IN it.with Alexi Boyd from Boyd Office Management ServicesDate: 5 March 2019 As the current minister for Innovation and Better Regulation can you explain how the NSW Liberal Govt has improved regulation for small business since you’ve come to power and what changes you have planned for the next 1-2 years? The NSW govt has issued a statement back in Nov18 where Premier Berejiklian: “specialist team to help resolve problems encountered by small businesses during the construction of major infrastructure projects across the State. Under the changes, small businesses will be provided with key information and options on what help and support they can access, and where necessary specialist case officers appointed by agencies as a key point of contact.” In our area of Sydney in particular, major infrastructure like North Connex have had huge disruptive impact to businesses. What specifically has this team implemented to support specific businesses experiencing a decline in foot traffic, sales and exposure? Can you give an example of a local small business who has been happy with the rollout of this process? What is the long term plan for Payroll Tax under a Liberal Govt in NSW? It’s one of the major financial burdens to small businesses who are growing and taking on staff. Isn’t it counter-intuitive to be increasing taxes businesses as they grow?  You are the Minister for Innovation so what are the plans for your electorate of Hornsby to improve innovation opportunities? It seems that all the hubs with their collaboration space, speakers, educational opportunities and networking nights are kept at arm’s reach from the outer suburbs. If the NSW Liberal Govt is serious about getting us to commute more, work closer to home why isn’t there one of these innovation hot spots in areas like Hornsby to drive innovation, collaboration and education?

It is not uncommon for a young child to be expelled from child care due to a challenging behavior, especially hurtful behaviors like biting or hitting. And yet it’s hard to imagine a young child who doesn’t occasionally lash out in frustration or anger and have a hard time calming down and re-engaging in a more positive way. In early childhood (birth to 5), children are just learning how to manage emotions, share space and attention with others and handle conflict in reasonable ways.   As this week’s Mom Enough guest knows, children learn those lessons best when parents and other adults connect with them, recognize their feelings and engage them in thinking about what they can do differently. Dr. Anne Gearity joins Marti & Erin for a rich discussion that will help you think about and respond to challenging behavior in ways that are effective in the short-run and supportive of healthy development in the long-run. Thank you to Help Me Grow, a supporting partner of Mom Enough, for providing sponsoring this episode of Mom Enough.   Dr. Gearity says when children act out they are telling us, “I’m confused. I need your help.” Think of a recent situation in which a young child in your life engaged in a very challenging behavior. How did you respond and how did it work? How would your response have been different if you’d thought of the child saying, “I need your help?”   Related resources: Help Me Grow Developmental milestones from Help Me Grow Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Ways to Help Children Think About Better Solutions for Difficult Behaviors tip sheet from St. David’s Center

Show #194, October 16, is my interview with Chris Marsden of the University of Sussex and Ian Brown of Oxford University, authors of Regulating Code: Good Governance and Better Regulation in the Information Age. Ian and Chris have written a terrific analysis of the impact of "code" (read: technology broadly) on regulations themselves. By examining several "hard cases," Ian and Chris offer insights into how regulatory and legislative practice might react to and change as a result of technology. We discussed copyright, regulatory processes and other high-profile issues. {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.}