Podcasts about Central Queensland

A $1.3 billion wind farm is being built in Central Queensland’s Connors Range, which is home to some of the most ecologically significant populations of koalas and Greater Gliders. Photographer and conservationist Steven Nowakowski recently visited the Lotus Creek Wind Farm and shared some pretty confronting images. Mr Nowakowski told Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive, "That's why I've been photographing places like Lotus Creek to try to show city folk what is really involved with the construction of these wind towers in Queensland and other parts of Australia. "I think if Australians really saw what was going on in regional Australia with the rollout of renewables, they would be gobsmacked and horrified because we are seeing so much devastation and clearing and destruction of what is left of our refugia forests, of our remnant forests," Mr Nowakowski continued. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Addressing underperforming practitioners is one of the most difficult and complex problems a medical administrator can face. So, what would you do if patient safety was at risk, but there was political pressure involved? In this episode of ‘Safeguarding Healthcare’, host Dr David Rankin discuss this very scenario with Professor Alan Sandford, who is the Director of Medical Academic Development – Regional Medical Pathway, at Central Queensland & Wide Bay Hospital and Health Services. Together they traverse the tensions between medical leadership, patient safety, and administrative pressures. They discuss difficult decisions around credentialing and dealing with an underperforming medic, revealing how medical leaders can navigate these challenges while upholding the principles of clinical governance. Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the following Podcast are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA). The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, and should not be considered health, legal or financial advice. The cases discussed in the Podcast may be specific to the speaker’s organisation or location, and may not be applicable to other organisations, states, territories or countries. RACMA does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organisation presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. RACMA will not be held responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this Podcast. The Podcast may contain descriptions of health incidents that may be graphic and triggering for some people, so listener discretion is advised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Deadass Podcast, I catch up with Jeremy Marou from Busby Marou. We have a casual chat filled with laughs and funny moments as we talk about his life growing up in Central Queensland, his journey in the music industry, and some of the achievements of Busby Marou. He also shares insights into his family life, what he's been up to in between albums, and his hobbies. It's a great mix of personal stories and music industry talk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Things are constantly changing in real estate nationwide but the one factor that never changes is this:  we can always rely on news media to distort the facts and deliver a steady flow of misinformation to Australian consumers, all in the interests of attracting readership, with little regard for accuracy, honesty or fairness. The past week or so has been chockful of media nonsense. If you can believe the headlines, the national property boom is over, house prices are plunging, the rental boom is over and the North Queensland city of Townsville is a mining town. One of the constants of my 40-plus years charting Australian real estate is that there are lines and lines of idiots scrambling to be the first to declare that a boom is over, usually long before it actually is. This is often fed by data research entities like CoreLogic where the key people never let the facts get in the way of good headline and free publicity. So Australia has been resplendent lately with strident headlines declaring that the national property boom is over or words to that effect. Here's the first problem: we don't have a national property boom so it's rather odd to declare that something which doesn't exist is finished. We have certainly had a boom in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane among the capital cities, but certainly nothing remotely resembling a boom in the other five state and territory capitals.  It's a similar scenario in the regional markets, with a variety of different situations ranging from downturn and stagnation to moderate growth and, in some cases, strongly rising prices. But nationally growth in house and unit prices has averaged 6 or 7 percent throughout 2024 – and lately the annual growth rate, as a national average, has been 4 or 5 percent. Only in the fertile imaginations of media headline writers would that constitute a boom. But, according to various media outlets, this mythical boom is over – even though the latest figures for annual growth in three of our capital cities and three of our state regional markets are still well above 10%. The only places where the evidence suggests the boom is over are the ones where a boom never took place – like Melbourne, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra. But not only, according to media, is the fictional national boom over, but property prices are plunging. One headline in Fairfax media claimed to reveal Why property prices are plunging across Australia – amid warning they could slide even further. A close examination of the article underneath this startling headline discovered there was no evidence in the story to justify the headline. Quite simply, the headline was a blatant fabrication – which, sadly, is all too common in today's news media. The article revealed that Sydney's median price was 0.8% lower than three months earlier but 3.3% higher than a year earlier, while Melbourne was down 1% over three months. Nothing in those figures goes even close to “prices plunging”. In the other major cities prices were still rising and indeed were still growing at boom time rates. House prices were also up in the Combined Regions in the latest month, the latest quarter and the past year– and unit prices were also up nationally, both in the cities and the regions. So, there was very little sign of even minor decline in prices anywhere and certainly no evidence at all of price plunging.  So this was yet another instance of a headline which was an outright and blatant lie. And who wrote this rubbish? well, it was the champion of negative media about residential real estate, the endlessly sad Shane Wright who has devoted his career to writing nonsense about property markets. But wait, there's more. Not only is the fictional national price boom over, but apparently the rental boom is over as well! There have been strident headlines and soundbites inferring that rents are no longer rising.  As is so often the case with these big sweeping media statements, the claim was based on a single month's figures from one source. Nationally, rents rose only 0.2% in November, according to CoreLogic, therefore the boom is over in the simplistic minds of attention-seeking analysts and journalists. And, yes, once again, the source of this myopic and shallow analysis is CoreLogic, a business which publishes lots of major real estate data but is quite dreadful at analysing what it all means. So CoreLogic's head of research Tim Lawless said: “At 5.3% annual growth, rents are still rising at more than twice the pre-pandemic decade average of 2.0%, but given the weak monthly change the annual trend is set to slow further from here. “It will be interesting to see if the rate of rental growth rebounds through the seasonally strong first quarter of the year in 2025, but beyond any seasonality, it looks increasingly like the rental boom is over”. But other sources tell a different story. SQM Research records a monthly rise of a tick under 1% as the national average for residential rents, with Adelaide up 1.1%, Perth rising 1.9% and Canberra up 1.5%. The national vacancy rate remains a fraction above 1%, essentially unchanged from three years ago, so can anyone justify a claim that the rental shortage crisis and rising rents is all done and dusted? Hardly. Another startling set of headlines resulted from the latest Regional Market Update from CoreLogic which declared that the highest capital growth was occurring in Queensland and WA mining towns. I was truly perplexed because I know there has been little price growth recently in mining towns like Karratha, Port Hedland and Newman in WA and Moranbah in Queensland. However, the headlines resulted from CoreLogic boffins – yes, it's CoreLogic again - re-defining major regional cities as mining towns.  Apparently Townsville, which has one of the most diverse economies in regional Australia, with only minor influence from the resources sector, is now a mining town.  So is the key Central Queensland of Mackay, apparently, despite being 2-3 hours' drive from the nearest coal mine. In WA, the key regional city of Geraldton is also, apparently, a mining town, according to Core illogic, although the nearest iron ore mine is an hour's drive away. All of this, and a whole lot more, reinforces our view that there is more misinformation than actual information in mainstream media. And that any real estate consumer who bases a decision on the content of media reports is at risk of making a very bad decision.

Send us a textThis week we're continuing our Road to Riches road trip, heading east to the Sapphire Gemfields of Central Queensland.We camp overnight in a little forgotten Outback town, famous for its incredible petrified wood forests, before pushing on to Rubyvale in the heart of the Sapphire Gemfields. We enjoy a great couple of days hunting for gemstones, meeting the locals and exploring the region, camping up at the Gem Seekers Caravan Park right in town. We stop in to the Rubyvale Gem Gallery to catch up with our good friends, the Brown family, and enjoy a meal or two at the Rubyvale Pub. If you love a good treasure hunt, you'll love a visit to this quirky region of Central Australia!Subscribe to Jasperoo - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceGx3esRSQBYZfWvf4KVtw Our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/thefeelgoodfamily has a new destination video every Tuesday night at 7.30pm (AEST). We would love to connect with you on Facebook, Instagram and our website www.thefeelgoodfamily.com Our Family Travel Australia Podcast is now LIVE and available on all podcast platforms, with a new episode aired every Friday night 8:30pm [AEST].

Today on the Deadass Podcast, our mate Jesse Parkin from PRKN Watches jumps on to share his story. From growing up in Central Queensland, to starting his career as a cabinetmaker, Jesse's path changed when he joined the Queensland Police Service. His roles included General Duties, Tactical Crime Squad, Criminal Investigation Branch, and also a role as a part-time Negotiator for high-risk situations. In 2023, Jesse launched PRKN watches, seeking a new direction outside police work, and in 2024, he left the force to start a career in real estate to help support his passion. I really enjoyed listening to Jesse's story I am honoured to share this episode with everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Didn't go 20! Twenty minutes that is…Introducing Last Light Podcast short format “Didn't go 20!” In this episode Leigh Cragg shares his successful 2024 Rusa Rut experience. Taking not one, but three ripper stags from the Central Queensland herd.

Join us as we chat to Shannon Molloy, raised in Yeppoon and the author of the coming of age memoir-Fourteen. Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around! WARNING: We talk about suicidal thoughts and if you are struggling please call Lifeline on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we get to know the whole story of Trent Richardson- as seen on Australian Idol 2024! Raised in Emu Park on the Camel Farm, Trent got the courage to pursue his singing dreams this year and it has paid off! Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the Podcast, Phil Hore jumps back on to share some more weird, wacky and fascinating facts about history around Australia the world. Phil has released a " Penny Dreadful" or a book titled: 101 (or thereabouts) Weird, Wacky and mostly true things about Rockhampton and Central Queensland. Phil will be heading to CapriCon Pop Culture Convention this weekend in Rockhampton and Gladstone next weekend. Phil will have his new book available to purchase and sign. I highly recommend listening to previous episodes I have done with Phil. Episode 85:https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k9rVfZzBPRPHYcMzuvapiEpsiode 54https://open.spotify.com/episode/4C8FA4ALh4oOqYlnZHsRwdEpisode 31https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FY7ZSyqisiumVbu98D04MIf you would like to book one of the tours hosted by Phil, or you would like to purchase one of his books, click on the link below:https://www.timesafaris.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Pinky as she gets to know the whole story of Jamie Dunn aka AGRO! Although he's not from 'our town', Agro is an iconic and loved Queenslander so when Jamie was in town recently, we thought we should get him in! Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kirb is back from his weekend in Central Queensland tell jokes. He talks all things comedy tour, couple of pods he did while in Gladstone and Rockhampton.The boys all agreed to play Viagra roulette in an up coming episode. Which could get out of control . Gibbo is up and about after a good weekend on the punt and just winning life in general.A bloke is hospitalised after injecting himself with his own remedy for back pain. An unqualified bomb disposal bloke sorts himself out in a terrible way and a burglar finds out the hard way crime doesn't pay.Father Gibbos confessionals can not be published here.if you have a confession please send emails to info@twoflogs.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we get to know the whole story of Jamie Simpson- SIMO! Born and raised in Rocky then onto playing in the NRL but not before a shock health diagnosis as a teengager. Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we get to know the whole story of Lou- Raised in CQ, Lou is the founder of CQ Healthy Families. We find out what drove her into the DV sector and the passion behind the charitable organisation.Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anna's stellar cycling career saw her smash Australian Olympic records and become the World Champion 11 times. Then to the surprise of many, she walked away from cycling for good, returning to the world stage as Australia's Chef de Mission for Paris 2024 (R)

Join us as we get to know the whole story of Denvah- recently a finalist on Australian Idol. She's back home in Rocky now and couldn't be more fun if she tried!Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Reel Action Fishing Podcast, Guesty and The Ferret join forces with Luke Smith from the Bastard Smith Brothers to chat about Chasing Barramundi around rocky headlands in Central Queensland.

Join us as we get to know the whole story of the Mayor of Gladstone Region Matt Burnett. You couldn't meet a more passionate Gladstone local. Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we get to know the whole story of Justin Loomans, fondly referred to as JL from the B Team at Triple M CQ and our Monday morning local sport guru!Our Town is a podcast series by Anthony and Pinky, getting to know more deeply, inspirational and notable locals throughout Central Queensland. If you enjoyed this episode, please share around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Producer and editor of the show, massive nerd and the guy with the iron chin, Quinn Jackson, jumps across his desk and joins the boys on the couch to get interviewed for his guest episode. Quinn takes us through his childhood, growing up in the country town of Howlong, being an introverted child and going against the grain of rural living by being invested in an academic path instead of a sporting one. Quinn takes us through the transitional period of moving to Central Queensland to go to high school, being on the debating team and then getting his foot in the door in the hospitality scene after school, leading to experiences such as working in Mount Isa during the rodeo and witnessing Fred Brophy's for the first time. Quinn runs us through the lows he's experienced as well, including battling with the loss of a best mate and what it taught him to then the rollercoaster that was sending the email to Tom and Cam for the job. To wrap up, we cover the original call out that sparked the Podcast Royale, some of Quinn's media interests, starting a 3D printing business with his best mate and wrap up with a couple of ripper yarns from his life before sending it into the guest questions. Hope you enjoy trendsetters!Big thankyou to Bec for taking over the desk for this episode.Bought to you by Better Beer: www.betterbeer.com.au0:00 - Childhood in Howlong7:54 - Moving to CQ10:19 - Dad working FIFO14:17 - St. Brendan's & Public Speaking23:08 - Dishy to Glassy to Bartender36:10 - Losing a best mate44:10 - Telecommunications & Gladstone move52:00 - Emailing for the Alpha Blokes job56:30 - Quinn the Chin1:04:50 - Becoming a producer1:10:32 - Favourite Music, Shows and Movies1:16:20 - Starting a 3D printing business1:22:37 - The Seal1:26:54 - Canada1:29:20 - Frozen Mango incident1:31:01 - Guest Questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Weekly Grill podcast, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Queensland lotfeeder Charlie Mort, principal of Mort & Co.   The pair discuss the changing Australian feedlot environment, plans for the construction of Mort & Co's new Central Queensland feedlot near Gogango, market demand for grainfed beef and other topics.   The Weekly Grill is brought to readers and listeners by  Rhinogard by Zoetis.

WE'RE BACK! Ash has spent the last two weeks at war with the Sharks of Central Queensland, Buzz went off the grid and  Luttsy's been watching checks notes u/12s footy at a pub in New Zealand?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Murray, United Church of God pastor for Clermont, Central Queensland, Australia, and I discuss THE KINGDOM OF GOD.  Both Ken and I became acquainted with and became believers in what that Kingdom is from the entirety of the Bible. We both saw that it was not what is popularly taught as heaven, a feeling, a church.  Then, what is it?  Find our by listening here.  We invite your comments to vkubik@gmail.com

Artist in Residence Melissa Mills speaks with Easton Dunne about her practice and the work she's making during her residency at RMOA. Melissa Mills Melissa Mills is a photographer whose cultural inheritance is the innate connection and grounding she has with her Ancestral homelands of the Ghungulu, Karingbal/Garingbal and Bidjara Peoples of the Central Queensland regions. Mills' photographic practice is underpinned by a commitment to working collaboratively with her subjects to craft photographic narratives together that allow subjects to feel empowered to share the story of who they are through the images captured. Mills has been photographing professionally since 2015, has won international awards, and holds International Accreditation as an Associate Photographer with The Portrait Masters.

Welcome to 'Peri Menopause Power,' the podcast where we dive deep into the transformative journey of menopause, sharing real stories from real women. In this enlightening episode, we welcome Tanya Rutherford, a menopausal mum, a coach, facilitator and Chief Everything Officer from Central Queensland. Tanya is passionate about supporting other women through and beyond their Menopause experience. Based in the Rockhampton Region, Tanya provides firsthand insight into the unique challenges regional women face during perimenopause and beyond, contrasting their experiences with those in urban areas. Tanya also highlights common concerns and emerging trends among the women she works with, offering a deeper understanding of their specific challenges. Finally, she shares practical strategies and approaches that have proven effective in helping regional women embrace empowerment and live their best lives during menopause. Main Discussion Points: Tanya's background and inspiration for starting Learn Grow Become and Queen Be. Unique challenges faced by regional women in perimenopause and beyond. Common concerns and emerging trends among menopausal women. Effective strategies and approaches for empowering women during menopause.   FOLLOW OWN YOUR HEALTH COLLECTIVE

Joining us on this extra-long episode of the WeedSmart Podcast was Mike Bell, who shared his extensive experience of soil nutrition and more recent work into P&K deep placement in the northern regions. We also talked with Kurt Mayne, a grower from Rolleston, QLD, who has been implementing a deep placement regime into his operations, and heard about his recent experience with milk thistle.NEWS and LINKSCrop Competition: Improving soil health gives the crop the best chance at competing against weeds. Learn all about crop competition with our free online course via our Learning Hub, Crop Competition 101.WeedSmart Week:Get tickets to the annual WeedSmart Week event! Held in Port Lincoln on July 29-30, the latest knowledge and advice around the WeedSmart Big 6 will be shared, with a focus on experiences from the Eyre Peninsula and southern region.GRDC Deep placement update paper:Take a read of Mikes' paper on deep P&K placement, or the fact sheet available here.Kurt Mayne's WeedSmart Feature:Kurt and his family operate a 6000 ha mixed farming operation of dryland grain production and backgrounding steers for feedlots at ‘Broken Plains', 13 km east of Rolleston in Central Queensland. Learn more about WeedSmart by visiting our website. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter too.

On this episode of the Deadass Podcast, I have my old friend Dean Oster from Perry & Oster funerals share some of his funeral industry experiences. This was my 2nd episode I did on my road trip to Kyogle over the weekend. Dean start his career in the funeral industry in Central Queensland before making his way down to the Sunshine Coast to begin his own business. It is always great to catch up with Deano for a beer and a laugh and to share old stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm about to tell you what's going to happen with property prices this year and I'm going to tell you why. The information real estate buyers MOST want to know is where to buy for superior capital growth, both in the short term and the long term. The problem for investors is that the research companies and the media don't tell us that. They tell us what's recently happened with property prices. They inform us about the past. And while that may be interesting, it doesn't provide us with the really key information: what will happen with prices in the future. That's where Hotspotting comes in. Our proven methodology has a track record of predicting the future successfully and often. And one of our core techniques is used to create the best of our stable of reports: The Price Predictor Index. The underlying principle is really simple but wonderfully effective. We don't spend our time charting price movements - we devote our resources to following what's happening with sales volumes - the number of sales in each location and whether they're rising, flatlining or falling. History tells us that sales activity is a forward indicator of what will happen with prices. And the new Winter edition of the report provides important clues about which markets are rising and which ones are falling. Here are some of the key pieces of market intelligence that our new analysis provides:- The Perth boom has likely peaked and we urge caution for the many investors diving into this market after three years of big price growth. Melbourne prices will perform a lot better in 2024 than they did in the past two years. Some of the regional markets have stepped up as likely national leaders on price growth in the next 12 months. They include places like the Wollongong region, including in particular the Shoalhaven LGA; Gladstone in Central Queensland; and Albury-Wodonga at the Victoria-NSW border. Smaller capital cities which have been weak lately are showing solid signs of recovery and will do better in the next year, including Canberra and Darwin. Some of the iconic markets which had spectacular booms up to 2022 and have been in a correction phase since then, are now showing signs of moving into their next up-cycle. They include Byron Bay, the Sunshine Coast and the Mornington Peninsula. Other former boom markets that look to be heading into another period of growth include Albury-Wodonga, Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria, Hervey Bay in Queensland and Launceston in Tasmania. Apartment markets in good locations in our biggest cities continue to attract buyers in large numbers with improved capital growth performance - Sydney City and the Inner West nearby are among the stand-outs. The Winter edition of The Price Predictor Index has other priceless intel - including the National Top 50 Supercharged Suburbs list, the 50 most consistent growth markets in the nation, the 10 leading local government areas in Australia and the 50 worst declining markets, the ones to avoid.  From these lists, we nominate the No.1 best supercharged suburb, the nation's most consistent location which is delivering big price growth - and the worst place to buy right now. And, if you want to know what they are, you'll need to get a copy of the report.  

Chloe Wright (IG: @_chloe_adventures_) grew up on a small cattle property on the Fraser Coast and is currently studying a Bachelor of Agriculture and Business online through UNE Armidale. Having completed an Associate Degree in Contemporary Voice and registering as a Civil Celebrant she has had a journey like no other. She currently works as a Cadet Agronomist in the cotton industry in Central Queensland, whilst continuing to study full time. She is a firm believer in seizing all opportunities and is very grateful to have been involved in programs offered by the National Farmers Federation and UNE which have helped in furthering her networking skills and passion for agriculture. Chloe looks forward to an exciting future in ag as she expands her knowledge and skills across different areas in the industry. Don't forget to send us an email if you know of a story that we should tell at hello@generationag.com.au *Become a Patreon Partner* - https://patreon.com/generationag Find us here: Instagram: @generation.ag Twitter: @generation_ag Website: www.generationag.com.au

Jessica Bidgood is a cattle producer from Baralaba in Central Queensland and after a couple of decades on the land, is living her best life with her husband John and children Lylia, Zander and Cormac. In this episode, our host Emily Herbert discovers Jess' sense of purpose, both in business and in their family life The Bidgoods background and trade up to 1500 head of cattle across their three properties – with a big focus on regenerative practices and time-controlled grazing. She has so much knowledge to share in this episode which is truly invaluable.

In 2021 the Callide C Power Station experienced a unit failure that tore the turbine-generator apart, resulted in hundreds of thousands of premises losing power, and cost hundreds of millions to repair. We look at how design errors and ultimately a lack of information led to the incident escalating out of control, when it could have been recovered.With John Chidgey.Formal Reports: Callide Unit C4 Turbine Generator Failure 25 May 2021 (PDF) Animation of the Callide Unit C4 incident Trip of multiple generators and lines in Central Queensland and associated under-frequency load shedding on 25 May 2021 (PDF) News Releases and Articles: CS Energy releases report into 2021 Callide C4 Unit Failure CS Energy releases technical report into 2021 Unit C4 incident Dr Sean Brady to lead independent investigation into Callide incident Battery failure led to power plant mass outage Both units trip at Callide C on Wednesday 13th January 2021 Statement regarding IG Power Intergen voluntary administration Report says Callide C4 incident “could not have been anticipated” Callide explosion blamed on battery charger failure Callide Power Trading taken to court over system failure CS Energy says insurers won't agree to $300m claim over power station Jim Soorley stands down from CS Energy CS Energy Post about Incident on LinkedIn Super-Critical Boilers: Super-Critical Boiler Technology (PDF) Supercritical Fluids Supercritical Coal Plants Electrical Engineering References: Hydrogen-cooled Turbo Generator Reverse Active Power Protection (ANSI 32P) Court Action: Alleged failure to obtain regulatory approval to operate a generating system Notice of Filing: Australian Energy Regulator v Callide Power Trading Pty Ltd (PDF) Coal generator to face court over blackouts caused by catastrophic explosion General Information: Callide Power Station Stanwell Power Station Tarong Power Station Callide Power Station CS Energy: Water Management POST PUBLISHING NOTE: During the episode it is stated that the Emergency Diesel Generator was running under no load as it could not connect to the Unit C4 Emergency 415V Switchboard. As stated it could not connect to the Unit C4 415V Emergency Board and it remained dead, however as there was DC power in the Station section, it was powering the Station Emergency Board and was therefore running under some, minimal load. The Bus Tie between the Station 415V Emergency Board to the Unit C4 Emergency Board was left open when cross-feeding was possible. Additionally the DC Lube Oil and Generator Seal Oil Pumps were not specified if they were connected to the Main or Distribution DC Bus. If connected to the Main Bus, the ACS change-over would not have re-energised them, although reclosing the interconnector, or closing the battery breaker would have. Support Causality on PatreonEpisode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto and Ian Gallagher.

Today I'm speaking with Mary Li, ballet mistress and principal répétiteur at the Queensland Ballet. Mary's story to the stage is an unlikely one—one of eight children, Mary grew up in a small town in Central Queensland called Rockhampton. She was the first person in her family to try ballet, but by the age of 16—the day after completing her Solo Seal exam—she flew to London after being accepted into Royal Ballet School. Her star continued to rise, on graduation Mary was accepted into London Festival Ballet, now the English National Ballet—and was made principal within four years. But it was a chance move to Houston Ballet in the United States that saw the course of her life change again—when she crossed paths with another principal dancer, Li Cunxin—they would go on to marry, and dance together all over the globe. In this wonderfully brave conversation, Mary opens up about her career, meeting her husband and learning of his life, and their decision to have children. But Mary also talks about the devastating decision to leave her career after her eldest child was found to be hearing impaired, the grief she suffered knowing her child would never hear music, reuniting with the stage at the Queensland Ballet, and now choosing to learn AUSLAN with her eldest daughter Sophie.Mary continues to train and teach the principal artists of Queensland Ballet, all the while juggling life with Li and their three grown up children, Sophie, Tom and Bridie. Mary continues to learn AUSLAN, and her book Mary's Last Dance is available on Audible and in all good bookshops. If you'd like to listen to Li's conversation with me, please scroll down to Episode 5 of Talking Pointes, and we'll also pop the link in the show notes—and finally, to continue to follow all of Mary's adventures, you'll find her on Instagram.Mary and I recorded remotely, with Mary dialling in from Brisbane. This episode was produced in Sydney on the land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation to whom we pay our greatest respects.

Central Queensland is well endowed when it comes to top barra fishing options, but none are more popular than the dam systems dotted around the countryside. Roderick Walmsley is a sponsored angler who is no stranger to impoundment barramundi fishing, spending a lot of time on Lake Awoonga in particular. In today's ALF episode he explains his strategy on a recent tour of barra impoundments at Teemburra, Kinchant and Peter Faust and how he went about finding and catching quality barra in each. _________________________________ Today's episode of th Australian Lure Fishing Podcast is a PLUS edition, meaning that Team Doc Lures members are enjoying an extended interview where Roderick shared info on preparing your boat for a barra impoundment trip, the telltale indicators that reveal where barramundi are to be found and what they are likely to be doing and his tips for lure fishing for barra at night. You can get the PLUS version and support the ALF podcast by joining Team Doc Lures at https://team.doclures.com _________________________________ Full notes fr today's episode can be found at: https://doclures.com/central-queensland-barramundi-lakes-roderick-walmsley

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 16TH 2023Produced by Vivien Langford "LIVING WONDERS" LOSE IN COURT The Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek was not in court to defend the challenge to her approval of two coal mine extensions. On her side were barristers for MACH Energy and  WHITEHAVEN coal. Justice Mc Elwaine dismissed the case. He said "Ultimately (this)...... raises matters for parliament to consider"   Environmental Justice Australia said "Unless it is appealed, today's judgement effectively clears the way for the minister to ignore climate change in her risk assessment of all new coal and gas projects on her desk- of which there are 25" I interviewed the president of the Environment Council of Central Queensland, Christine Carlisle about the impact on Australia's living wonders of more coal exports into the 2040's. Even now the Narrabri mine is leaking three times the climate changing  methane it claimed. If the extension is approved it will only add fuel to the climate chaos we are now experiencing everywhere. If you haven't see the Living Wonders project ,which ECoCeQ presented to Tanya Plibersek, please look at it now and check which of the living wonders  that you cherish will be imperilled. Explore the Evidence - Living Wonders Despite a promise to escape the climate 'naughty corner', the government just scored a win against environmentalists - ABC News Fine article by Michael SlezacLiving Wonders: Calls for law change after Federal Court ruling | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site Our "breaking News" interview will be followed by  a repeat of our 2022 show exploring the living wonders project featuring Professor Jakelin Troy and Lawyer Holly Kerwin. One of the wonders we look at is Lake Albacutya - Living Wonders.The hope we had then has had a setback in court. We had a new Environment Minister and Australia had overwhelmingly voted for Climate Action, but now state capture has been made obvious. Just as when our Former government passed around a shiny piece of laquered coal  and told parliament "Dont be afraid", now the Environment Minister is lined up with the coal companies who are defending her right to approve their mine extensions into the 2040's. That's the reality which should motivate a great deal of climate action. I think we must insist the reforms of the EPBC Act, promised for the end of this year, contain a climate trigger . Meantime, let us know if you are campaigning to delay the 25 projects.CLIMATE ACTIONOctober 29th SYDNEY- XR Zombie Walk  Events - Extinction Rebellion Australia (ausrebellion.earth)December 5-10th MELBOURNE -XR December RebellionNovember 17th - School Strike4Climate - Focus on stopping Fossil Fuel SubsidiesNov 17 | SS4C Australia (schoolstrike4climate.com)November 24-27- NEWCASTLE People's Blockade of the Coal PortPeople's Blockade — Rising Tide 

Show notes and Transcript We have all witnessed the complete collapse of freedoms under the Covid Tyranny that enforced in Australia. Shockingly only one political party speaks out against this new authoritarian regime and that is the One Nation party, led by the irrepressible Pauline Hanson.  Senator Malcolm Roberts, along with party leader Pauline, has been a thorn in the side of the establishment throughout the last 3 years. The media have tried to silence them. The courts have tried to silence them and they have been jeered and mocked each time they speak in the Australian Senate. Yet this attempt to censor them has only emboldened them and increased their stature amongst the public. Senator Roberts joins Hearts of Oak to explain how One Nation have the guts to say what many Aussies are thinking.   Malcolm Roberts' passion for freedom, responsibility and service are his guiding principles for his work as a Senator for Queensland.  He was first elected as a Senator with One Nation in 2016 and returned to the Senate again in 2019. The early years of Malcolm's life was spent in India before moving to Central Queensland with his family as his father worked in the coal mines, then later to the Hunter Valley and finally settling in Brisbane.  Malcolm and his wife Christine have two adult children. Malcolm has extensive experience and success from within the corporate sector and as a business owner.   His background in engineering and mining started before graduating with an engineering degree (honours) from University of Queensland. After graduation he worked for three years as an underground coalface miner.  Malcolm rose through management ranks to lead and bring about significant profitability and production improvements at underground coal mines and coal processing plants. A keen interest in business leadership and economics led Malcolm to a Master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He led the operational development of Australia's largest and most complex underground coal project that successfully set many industry firsts.  He then established an executive consultancy specialising in leadership and management services for Australian and international clients. Malcolm brings to the Senate a thorough, practical and analytical approach to examining issues and is deeply committed to listening and thoroughly researching the facts.  He is enthusiastic to work with Queenslanders to understand people's concerns, connect with people's needs and work to bring about helpful solutions. Australia's capacity to embrace its riches and talent has been slowly eroded over time.  Malcolm is committed to optimising our productive capacity by removing excessive government intervention and halting the slow march towards the centralist approach that undermines our ability to take responsibility and have freedom in our lives. Connect with Senator Roberts... X: https://x.com/MRobertsQLD?s=20 WEBSITE: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/ Connect with One Nation Australia... X: https://x.com/OneNationAus?s=20 WEBSITE: https://www.onenation.org.au/ Interview recorded 10.9.23   *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Senator Malcolm Roberts. It is wonderful to have you with us today. Thank you for your time. (Senator Malcolm Roberts) No, you're welcome and thank you very much for the invitation, Peter. Not at all. We've had lots of US, European, UK politicians, so we haven't had one from Down Under, so it's great to have you with us, giving us a little bit of an insight into what's happening in your part of the world. People can obviously find you at, there is your handle on Twitter, and they can also find your website which is there at malcolmrobertsqld.com.au it is all there on your Twitter feed. Senator Roberts, you, Senator Queensland with Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party and we have certainly watched what Pauline has done there as a voice of reason in Australia. You've been there since, well really since 2019, But if we could go back a little bit, your background is not politics, it's coal mining. Do you want to just touch on that, because often we see career politicians and your story is quite different. Right, my roots go back to Wales, in the valleys around Wales, the town of Bedlenog. And my grandfather was a coal miner and my father followed him into the mines. And at a young age he got a scholarship to a grammar school, I think it was called, and he did very well and he became a mine manager at a very early age. And then he, to a credit, as a credit to him, at the age of 23 the British coal mines were nationalized, and he knew at the age of 23 that that meant they would be ruined. And so he left and went to India, which took a lot of courage, And he helped set up mines there, he helped manage mines, and then he started selling equipment over there for a very large British company at the time. Then he moved to Australia. So I grew up on mine sites, and I used to go underground with him, with dad sometimes, and I just loved the environment, loved the atmosphere. And so I studied mining engineering and graduated with a Bachelor of Mining Engineering honours degree. And then I decided, Peter, I better go and learn something. So I've worked as a coal faced miner for a few years, and different mines around the country because mining is unlike most other engineering fields. What we're dealing with as an engineer is constantly varying and it and the different approaches to different conditions varies enormously across the sector. And the other thing that's very important in the underground mining sector is the importance of people. Well, it's important in everything, but particularly important in coal mining because workers, very small teams, remote from each other, sometimes kilometres away. And of course, lives depend upon us doing our jobs properly. So I love the underground coal mining and that's where I got my experience and then I worked then briefly, sorry after I left, after I finished working three years as a coal face miner, I went overseas to America and worked for two very large companies and then I came back to Australia, got into management, sorry, got into engineering. I never really wanted to be an engineer. I like the logic of it, but I like working with people. So it was a shortcut for me to get into management. And I moved rapidly through the management ranks and was appointed a mine manager. And then after getting tired of the bean counters telling us what to do, I went to the University of Chicago. And graduate school of business and did a, it's now called the, oh, I've forgotten what it's called now, but it's got a new name. And then I came, I was offered a job in the States and then a large international company headhunting back to Australia to set up a large new underground coal mine where we did a lot of things new in the way of leadership. And that was a lot of fun. And then I formed my own consulting business and I worked overseas and Australia. And I came back from 12 months overseas with my family in New Zealand. And I heard all this rubbish about carbon dioxide causing global climate change, you know? And I thought, this is rubbish. When was this?  Sorry? When was this?  What year? 2005, 2005. When I got back, it was early 2006. And I thought, this is complete crap. And so I did the research, because I won't speak up without knowing the facts. And it was crap, and it is crap. And so I then started holding politicians accountable, journalists accountable, academics accountable, frauds accountable. And Pauline Hanson heard me speak one day and she said, I want you to sit on the ticket with me for getting into the Senate. So that's what happened and I got in. Tell us, because obviously being a climate change denier, that's one of the worst sins, COVID actually is now one of the worst sins, denying that.  I'm both, I'm both. I love it, I love it. But how does that, because in Australia you've got a big mining industry. We've seen the US shoot itself in the foot massively by pushing towards net zero, we've seen the UK shutting down their oil fields out in the North Sea, How does it kind of work for Australia in the public? Because that's an industry that employs a lot of people, and yet it's punishing yourselves, punishing your own citizens. Well, it's insane, Peter. It is absolutely insane, because China produces 4.5 billion tons of coal a year, every year, and it's heading for 5 billion. That is, you know, 20 years ago, it was around about 1 billion, under 1 billion, and then it rapidly moved to 3. And I got caught out by, when I was working with a client in India, and he said, no mate, it's up around 4. So 4.5, now billion, and they're heading for 5, and they're importing our coal. They want more of this stuff because they've got to get steel to make wind turbines to sell to us and to sell to you, and they've got to get coal for making solar panels to sell to us and to sell to you. And they don't put many of them up because they recognize that coal is high energy density, and that's what gives us its remarkable efficiency and its cheapness of electricity. Australia once had the cheapest electricity in the world when we used largely coal. Now we're one of the most expensive, and we've got the highest level of per capita subsidies in the world for solar and wind. And so we are destroying our industry. And get a load of this. We flew over the Gladstone, the port of Gladstone, which is a major port in our state of Queensland. And there I could see, off the port, I could see 38 coal ships ready to be loaded. You know, this thing that's going to be stopped mining. It's complete rubbish. Everyone's wanting our coal. And so, then we flew over the port itself, and there was a coal ship, an overseas vessel, loading coal from Australia to take overseas, probably to China. And there were wind turbine blades stacked up on the wharf. Importing. What we're doing is we're subsidizing the Chinese to make these things. We're subsidizing the Chinese and other foreign companies to install them. Then we're subsidizing to run them because they're so inefficient, they can't work without subsidies. So we are raising the cost of our electricity, which is now the number one cost component in manufacturing. So we're destroying our manufacturing sector, exporting our manufacturing jobs to China. Exporting our coal to China, but we can't burn it in Australia. I mean, it is insane. And, they're so destructive to the environment as well. So, we are killing our industry, killing our future, killing our security, killing our human environment, and killing our environmental environment. It's just nuts what's going on. How did you actually get in to the politics? You talked about, Pauline, seeing you. Politics can be brutal. On one side you can have the recognition, that level of fame. On the other side, I know the media can be absolutely brutal. You're not a career politician. What kind of persuaded you to leave an industry you kind of knew so well to actually enter into the public sphere of politics? Well, my dad was from Wales, my mother was from North Queensland in the tropics. And they both valued honesty very, very highly. And that was ingrained in me. And I just couldn't turn my back on it. So what I started to do when I first realized it was a scam, this climate change rubbish, I started to write to politicians and journalists and held them accountable. And I just couldn't help myself, but I had to get the data first and do the research. So I did a lot of research, a lot of reading, contacted the most eminent scientists around the world on climate. And I realized that it was complete crap. So, that wouldn't stop me then, you know, it didn't matter. That was far more important because I could see where this was going. The number one protector of the environment. The whale's best friend, the forest's best friend is coal. Because back in your country in the 1850s, people were burning whale oil for lighting, now burning timber for cooking and for heating. And coal came along and changed all of that. And then we didn't have to hunt whales, we didn't have to cut down timber. And we've now got whales back in growing numbers. They're no longer threatened with extinction. And we've got now, I think in the developed continents, the figure I saw was 30% more area in forests than 100 years ago. Why is that? Due to coal. Coal has also been a huge benefit to humanity. Our lives along, you know, I can summarize it this way. A king or queen 200 years ago did not live as well as someone on welfare in our country today, because of the high density energy efficiency of coal, oil, and natural gas, and now nuclear. So that's the stumbling block for wind and solar. They're just so low in energy density. And Peter, we have spent the last 170 years getting away from being dependent on nature for so much. And we finally made it so that we're almost independent. What do they wanna do? Take us back to being dependent on the sun and the wind and the vagaries of nature. It's just insane.  Tell us about Australian politics, obviously in the One Nation party you're one of two, Pauline being the other, a senator in the Senate there, 76 in the Senate. Tell us about what has been like during that time because COVID tyranny obviously hit soon after you were elected within a year, year and a half. How have you managed to be kind of the voice of reason and how has that gone down in the country? Initially, it didn't go down to well at all, you know, but as I said, we can't back away from it. And so, if I've got the facts that show a certain position is correct, then I will speak it. It doesn't matter what it is. There's only been one or two things that I've delayed and not on COVID, that was always an urgent thing to get out. But on a couple of other issues, I've delayed to have better timing because we can get savaged. But those things are out. Out in the open now, those things are out in the open too. So it's really simple for me to just tell the truth. And I don't give a damn what people think. And the Greens, who are the most inhuman party there is, anti-human party, they're disgraceful for what they do, what they're doing to children. Families, humanity itself, and to the environment. Their policies are really hurting the environment. The Greens would yell at me and carry on and insult me and interject, but I have never, apart from once, taken an interjection. I just talk my way through it, just keep going. So they know that they won't upset me. And so in the early days, you know, the climate denial business, the COVID denial business, That didn't stop me and it never stops Pauline. They use an even worse tactic with Pauline, they call her racist, but she comes back at them now and just says, criticism is not racism. For me, it was a matter of just telling the truth, having a really strong woman beside me and me being strong beside her, having the facts to back us up, knowing that they're wrong and that I've got duty to protect people's lives. My first speech in the Senate, and every speech that I have over about two minutes, I start with the words, as a servant to the people of Queensland and Australia. When I first uttered those words in my first speech, members of the Labour Party laughed. You know, but that's their job. So I take that very, very seriously. So it doesn't bother me, being slagged by the media. What is more difficult is that the media won't come near me now, because I've embarrassed a few of them, because I have the facts at hand, and they won't touch me. I know that even Sky News, which is the only semi conservative channel in this country, my name is on a list of politicians banned from Sky News, because I was calling them vaccine shills basically and pointing out their errors in what they're doing. We've had the same thing here, all the media on the right have done that and taken the money for pushing the jab. In the UK, I remember my many years in UKIP where we fought for Brexit, it was a single-issue party and therefore we had kind of the support of the media because they were happy to push a single issue which wasn't a wider threat necessarily against the establishment parties, but it ended up being a threat.  A threat that came to reality.  I know.  You guys did really well. Brexit, that was wonderful for the whole world.  We just wish, others actually, the wish is that we had politicians who knew how to drive this new thing that they have. They've been given a vehicle, they've been given freedom to do whatever they want and our British politicians are looking at each other scratching their heads thinking what do we do with this thing? That's the frustrating thing. If only we had politicians who knew what they were doing with it. But over there. One Nation is a party that has policies on everything and I've watched the attacks of populists, to use a term I guess, across Europe, parties that care about the national interest and put that before the wider interest and they've all suffered hugely. Tell us what that has been like for One Nation, what has been the kind of attacks you've had from the media? Well, as I said, Pauline has been called racist, which is the worst thing you can call an Australian woman. It's very hard to get around that. But she is remarkable. She just does not worry about it. If the truth is there, she goes for it. And as I said, now she comes back and says, criticism is not racism and she's, people know, you know, the first couple of days after I was announced as successful in 2016 and my first stint in the Senate, I was approaching our head office and in Brisbane and three black people from the Northern Territory came to me, Aboriginals, and they said, where's Pauline's office? And I said, follow me, just walk in. And they said they were from the Northern Territory, which has got a large proportion of Aboriginals. And they said they'd come down to Pauline because she's the only one who understood them and the only one who's willing to get off her arse and do something about them. So Pauline has never uttered a racist word, but she has called out racism, and for that she's been labelled a racist. So it's just a matter of. Just being strong in our self, because it doesn't matter what we get called on the media, it doesn't matter what we get called in Parliament. And now, it's very interesting, because when we first started talking about the reality of the COVID mismanagement and deceit, Peter, we were getting called out. But now, starting in about February, another senator walked up to me and said, did you see what happened when you asked your question about the injections? And I said, no, I was too busy focusing on the question and the answer. And he said, well, the Labour Party, who's now in government, at that time in February, they did their usual catcalls and jeers about as soon as I mentioned injection, I don't call them vaccines. Normally, I just call them injections because they're not vaccines. They're an experimental gene therapy based treatment. And he said, after they got over the initial slagging of you, their heads dropped, and they were silent the rest of the time. And now what we're finding is, everyone, all the major parties are now endorsing our call for a royal commission into the mismanagement of COVID. And they're just saying, two of them are just saying, not yet, after the states have finished their inquiries. And so we're getting a big change, the big issue that confronts us now is that we still haven't got recognition of the excess deaths. We've got deaths, 40,000 excess deaths above normal, 40,000. It's more than two Boeing 787 Dreamliner's crashing each week and no one's interested. No one in the government, I mean, if one Boeing crashed and everyone was killed on board, there'd be an inquiry starting straight away. But now we've got two a week on average for a year and no one's really interested. Because they are interested, but they're scared of digging into it. Now we can start seeing, people are starting to talk about it in the communities. Some of the ministers are starting to get defensive about it, because the most important thing I think in this country is we've ceded our sovereignty to the UN policies, to World Economic Forum policies, and probably an even more important thing is the fact that our politicians don't use data. As a business person, I was trained to use data. That's what I did at the University of Chicago. I learned in most statistically sound college in the world, probably, known for its hard use of statistics, and they don't use data, they just use bullshit, basically, make up whatever they want, and we come along with data, and a lot of the issues are coming to us now because we just got the data to start with, and we knew it would eventually work. Well, we have one single MP, that's Andrew Bridgen, and he is simply on the side of of vaccine harm. He actually is further to go I think to getting it but simply on vaccine harm. What is, is that not even being discussed there? Are there politicians who are willing but privately? Obviously Andrew Bridgen was kicked out of the Conservative Party. Is it putting career first before country? Well, my hat's off to Andrew Bridgen, and I've had a talk with him. He seems a very down-to-earth sort of person, no nonsense, so I admire him enormously. We have two parties, your equivalent of Tories who we call Liberals and National Party, and your equivalent of Labour Party who we call Labor Party, without the U in it. We've got the American spelling for some reason. I don't know why. They've both been reluctant to talk about it and the policies right across the whole, the mainstream of politics, they're almost identical. They're not an opposition. They pretend to be opponents, but they're not really. However, there is one enormous difference between the Liberal Party and the Nationals and the Labor Party. The Labor Party, if someone has a different view, they don't dare raise it. They don't raise anything that contradicts their Labor Party hierarchy. In the Liberal Party, most of them, most of the time, are reluctant to speak up or to cross the floor or vote against their party, but there are a few who will, just a few, and no more than three or four, depending on the issue, and it's very, very rare, but they still do it. That's the only difference between the two parties, so it's that ruthless party discipline. It's called discipline. I call it cowardice. And it's also, I call it, betrayal of the people, because they were elected to represent the people, not to put the party first. And so we're starting to see some people in the Liberal Party opening up and talking about the deaths very strongly too. There's no one in the Labor Party, no one. And the Greens, the Greens used to be opponents of Big Pharma. The Greens now are Big Pharma's little play toys and foot soldiers. The Greens are just hideous. I've seen that. But again, I guess when you look, you thought having Scott Morrison, you thought someone who, kind of, when I look at that, conservative Labor, so the Liberal Party maybe being on the right traditionally at some point, maybe not now, but you kind of thought well he may have actually stood up for something but he was one of the biggest proponents for the tyranny. I mean we in the UK looked down at you guys and really worried, were concerned. I talked to Australian friends and it was heart-breaking that limitation of even travel across state lines, people were being punished. I mean, and then now he's out but he presided over that for for four years. Tell us more about that situation, because it was an apocalyptic situation that you'd see from some dystopian movie.  Oh yes, you know, to give you one, Morrison lied. He was a notorious liar, control freak. He seemed to change dramatically under COVID, and so many other things in other areas, in climate. He became a climate alarmist. But under COVID, the federal government cannot issue mandates for injections, but it did. So Morrison issued mandates for the Department of Defence, the Australian Electoral Commission, Age Care, and several other agencies. He's the one who bought the injections from Pfizer and Moderna and AstraZeneca initially. He's the one who bought them with federal money, taxpayer money, gave them to the states. He indemnified the states. He shared data from the federal health department with the states, which if he hadn't shared that, there's no way the states could have put the mandates on. So, what was the other thing he did? That's right, the state premiers who put the mandates on in their own states, they injection mandates, forcing people to get injections or lose their jobs. They said that the decision to inject people through the mandates was done at the National Cabinet. Now, National Cabinet was a furphy. It was created by Morrison. It's not constitutional. It's a very closed shop. They don't release anything to the public scrutiny. And National Cabinet is a bogus entity. And Morrison headed the National Cabinet. There was one other thing. He bought the injections. Oh, that's right. He provided them with lots of cash to indemnify them if anything happened. So there's no way the states could have done any injection mandates except for Morrison enabling it to happen. And then Morrison, every day for two weeks early on, said there are no injection mandates in this country. He was driving it, and he knew it was on, he had to know it was on. And there are so many things that Morrison did. And Greg Hunt, you know, Greg Hunt, the federal health minister, said, the world is engaged in the largest clinical vaccination trial. You do not mandate trial, trial drugs that didn't even go on, you're probably aware of it. But we just could not believe what was going on. And so we just called it out. But the press was enthralled and I think their allegiance is to Big Pharma. The public were absolutely terrified. We recently exposed the fact that this goes back to 2008, 2009 with APRA, our Australian Health Prudential Regulatory Agency. Which has been belting doctors, threatening doctors, suppressing doctors, bullying doctors, intimidating doctors, so that they wouldn't report incidences of vaccine deaths and injuries. And we've also found out that the Medical Countermeasures Consortium was the British government, Department of Defence and Health, and the British government, the American government, the Canadian government, the Australian government. That's what drove the injections, the development of the injections, as well as the implementation of the injecting. And so it was, so, you know, we've been calling this out and bit by bit things are coming out. So we'll push every week we give an update on this. Well, tell us about that, because here in the UK, we've had a COVID inquiry, which probably could be better summed up as a COVID whitewash. It's simply going through the motions. No one really wanted it. We don't have a party in Parliament that's actually pushing it like you have there with One Nation. And the media are slowly beginning to change their tune slightly, although you can go back to the articles and prove they were forcing the COVID jab on everyone, but now they're pulling back from that. What is it like, in Australia with politicians maybe slowly waking up, changing their tune and with the media, is there a slow change happening? There is a slow change happening in both politics and in the media, Peter. We've had some fairly strong journalists but they've been throttled by News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's outfit, but they're at least a little glimmer. They were a little glimmer all the way through. They'd have little articles about the masks being ineffective and questioning things. They weren't really coming down strongly against things, but they were questioning. The ABC and the other commercial media, Channel 9, Channel 7, and Channel 0, Channel 10 on the commercial TVs, the radio stations, they were horrific. There were people who would call in on talkback radio stations to 2GB and give an alternative view from the mainstream. And they would just be smashed by the announcer. So that was definitely very strong in the media. They were all bought, they were all paid for advertising the injections. They were all part of the hype, which indoctrinated people. But as the injection started getting worse, in terms of their effect, people were starting to wake up. And now, we've got a couple of News Corp journalists from Rupert Murdoch's stable who are doing a good job. Adam Crichton, I singled out, he has done a marvellous job. I don't know if you're aware of him. He's a fairly young economist, very good writer, factually correct all the time. He's their Washington correspondent, Adam Crichton, C-R-E-I-C-H-T-O-N, I think or G-H-T-O-N. He's very, very good. And of course, we've had a lot of people spring up as what I call independent, truth-seeking, truth-spreading, freedom people's media. And the podcasters and Avi Yemini, you know him, Rakshan and others following in the footsteps. Footsteps of Ezra Levant and so on from Canada. They're doing a really good job. And now people do not believe the mainstream media as if they ever did, but now they definitely don't believe it. They question everything. And that's been a wonderful silver lining to the dark clouds of COVID because, well, no, not COVID, the silver lining to the dark clouds of COVID mismanagement. COVID was virtually nothing, really, and it was the mismanagement and the fear and the intimidation, and the wonderful benefit of that, the side effect of it, has been people are waking up and they're questioning things and they're saying, hang on a minute, that COVID, that was a lot of crap in that. They're using the same tactics in climate as they used in COVID. I think the climate change might be crap too, and of course we know it is. So it has been a wonderful awakening, but still we've only got, where we used to have five people awake, five percent, we've probably only got about 15 percent now. So we're badly needing to get to 30 percent. It's growing, but not quickly enough. We had Avi on six weeks ago, for the second time, and I love watching Avi. He is a firecracker, and I know Ezra, I've met Ezra many times, and I love what he does the Rebel. Without actually probably setting Rebel Australia up you wouldn't have that and I think Avi is absolutely essential, no fear. How does it, with the One Nation Party, how do you put yourself forward because the last three years, I guess any individual or party or media outlet that sees themselves on the side of freedom have had to understand what's happening, understand that actually the government don't want the best for us and that relationship I think has changed. I think in the West we've had a general understanding that government actually want the best for people. I mean talk to people in the ex-communist country and it'd be a very different understanding. So how do you One Nation go out and engage with the public, put yourself forward? We go out into the regions and into the communities a lot more than the other parties. And I think that it's easier for us, Peter, because we can actually go and listen. The others have to pretend to listen, because they've already got their minds made up. They're following instructions. So we can be frank and open with people. And Pauline and I have a reputation for being honest with people. And if someone asks us a question and criticizes us on their policy, we'll listen to them. And we'll do facts. The other thing is we use facts and hard data to back up our policies, but we get a lot of our ideas from the people. So we're in touch and we are able to listen and show that we listen. So that's what we do. I know that I've met Nigel Farage a couple of times, just briefly. He said that he didn't get much media and actually someone told me that's not correct because you actually got a lot of media because of your stances, but they didn't come looking to you, I think looking for you was what Nigel meant, that you weren't readily accessible. But because your policies were so strong at the time, they actually did report them a lot, but he told me that you didn't have a lot of social media back in the early days, not Brexit, but UKIP. It was basically going from one community to another, and just having town hall meetings and getting the word out like that. That's remarkable. I recently did two months or six weeks in the regions of our state, just setting up forums and evenings in pubs, and so it works. We only get, I guess we get more than the mainstream parties actually to turn out, but we might only get a hundred or so people. We know that they talk to other people and they like the fact, people love the fact that we just call it as it is. Some of them say, look, I don't really agree with you, but I like what you're doing. You know, so we use social media, we're very strong on social media, we have the highest engagement of any pages in the country, Pauline and I generally. We're really beaten in terms of engagement and our reach is pretty strong. As James Ashby in our party said, he was the first one to introduce our party to social media, he said, our reach is sometimes far better than the highest circulation paper in the country or far higher than Sky News broadcast reach. So and we've got good equipment for doing live stream and also live crosses to some of the TV channels. But they haven't even got our equipment so, you know, but we make a very important stand and just being honest, data-driven, factual, and telling it like it is. And as Pauline says, her slogan is, I've got the guts to say what you're thinking, and that's correct, and people know that. Yeah, yeah, they like that honesty. And you mentioned, I mean, Nigel, for 25 years, through UKIP, it was those town hall meetings, it was those one-to-one encounters in the world before social media. But I think today, few people realise the work that is involved on building something up from a grassroots. They expect a tweet to change things overnight. And what you're describing as town hall meetings, that's what it's all about, isn't it? About meeting the public face-to-face and engage with them and understanding those local concerns, which is something that the major parties just don't do. That's correct. As I said, I don't think they can do it because they can't afford to do it because they have to go through the motions of pretending to listen, Peter. They can't listen because to listen, you have to then do something about it and you take it back, and they know they cant. You know, their best senator, without a doubt, their best senator, well, no, that's not true. There's another one in South Australia who's very effective. Certainly one of their top senators has just lost pre-selection. He won't be pre-selected for the next election because he's too damn good. He doesn't cow-tow to the party line, you know. He's more in our mould. They're just afraid and the Labor Party. people know that the party, their party hacks and they just, they just, they're controlled by the party machine in the Labor Party and to some extent in the Liberal Party. So people don't trust politicians, it's just, and yet that's what stuns me, people don't trust politicians and rightly so, but they run to politicians and because the, it must be because we're descended from, most of us descended from convicts because we run to authority, I guess. We need a few more Irishmen over here. Can I ask you how you kind of build on what you have going forward? When I look at the UK, we were under the control of the EU. As I said, we've got out but don't know what to do with that freedom. What is it like for Australia and Australians? You're far away from many things. You're not under that same kind of economic power base that we had under the EU. Does that mean you're freer to make decisions? How does that kind of fit into that national sovereignty issue? In our early years, we were captive of the British. There's no doubt about that. The British used us to provide food, to provide raw materials, and market for their products. You know, not a big market, but nonetheless a substantial sizeable market. That's been taken over by the Americans because the Americans supposedly defend us. Now I question whether they will or not if push comes to shove and we get into a war, because Britain gave us a lot in terms of our parliamentary representative system, systems of government. The British gave us enormous benefits, but the British only looking after the British. And that's the same with everyone. And the Americans are looking after the American, looking after America when they come to managing us. I recently read a book by Clinton Fernandez, which for anyone interested in Australia, he called it sub-imperial power. Title is sub-imperial power. And he points out that our manufacturing has been suppressed in this country because they don't want us to be a manufacturer. They want us to stay dependent. We've got wonderful resources. We'll be a quarry. Thank you very much. And the Americans control what we do. And we have become their little foot soldiers, a sub-imperial power in Timor and in certain areas of the Pacific. And so we do what the Yanks tell us. And Peter, I've got a huge admiration for America. I worked over there for three to five years. Sorry, worked and studied over there, went to one of their best universities. I then travelled for 15 months. I've been through all 50 states of the United States, and I absolutely admire and love Americans. I detest their government. Their government has become a globalist dictatorship. It's the number one form of terrorist. It's the world's worst terrorist organization. They've killed so many people, destroyed so many governments. So it's the American government that I've got issues with, apart from Trump. He seemed to be a breath of fresh air. But the American government on both Republican and particularly Democrat sides are just tools of the globalist predators. We know that now. So that's our biggest problem, that I think, that we're still, if the Americans wanted to dethrone someone in another regime, we seem to follow them into the war. Just gullible. You know, our foreign minister at the time of 9-11, Alexander Downer, retired a few years later, and he said, when John Howard, our prime minister at the time, came back from the United States, And he was there when the Twin Towers came down. He walked into cabinet when he got back and said, well, we're off to Iraq. No, no, no, no conversation, no, it was just, we're off to Iraq. And I wonder where he got his orders from. They're the kinds of things we've got the guts to ask, but we have to ask it because we're just pawns of the United States. And I love the Yanks. I'm married to one, by the way, and I've got two children who are dual citizens. So don't accuse me of being an American hater. I'm not such an admirer of the United States. I think I've been over there seven times in the last 18 months. So I share your love of the US. Just to finish off....  I'm very worried, though. It's declining very quickly. Oh, it is. It is.  Terrible. And I talk to a lot of my US friends, and it is concerning, heart-breaking to see, what is happening over there.  So yeah. Just to finish off, can I ask you just what gets you up? Shared about servant, having that servant heart, serving the nation. Obviously the the climate change mantra that's coming is a huge threat to all of our nations. What kind of gets you up in the morning and you kind of, I'm sure there are times when you think, is this worth it? This is just too much of hassle and yet every day. So what kind of drives you personally to keep serving the people in the senate. I love to set people free. I remember when I was a mine manager, when I was a coal face miner I thought, this bloody management is half the problem, the union hierarchy, union bosses with the other half of the problem that many mines.  And so when I was a mine manager, even though I was the boss and had supposedly and had five hundred fifty people, working for me in the traditional language. I never said that they were working for me. My job was always to help them get coal out of the ground and get it out safely. I never saw 550 people working for me. I was serving 550 people. That didn't mean that I let them run the show. I was responsible, so that means I ran it. But I would involve them a lot and listen to them a lot because I've recognized from very, very young age, that people are incredibly talented. And the thing that gets to me is how much the globalist predators, the parasitic globalist predators, BlackRock, Vanguards, the United States administration are suppressing people. The anti-human theme, the anti-human, the belief that humans are a pest, the belief that humans have to be controlled. I have never seen that. So wherever I've gone on the mine side, I've gone in there and I've seen people who just don't give a damn because the previous manager lied or the previous manager was incompetent or and you look at them and they won't take responsibility, but you start giving them, because responsibility meant punishment. And so you start giving them authority to do things and say, you know, what would you do about it? Or you put the responsibility back on them. At first they run from it because they've never had responsibility. And they love it, and they're so free. And I can remember walking out of one mine, one late one evening. This is back in 1980s, late 80s, thinking, why am I so happy? What am I feeling good about? And I turned around as I was walking away from the mine, and I saw huge piles of coal. And I thought, well, it's record coal production, but that's not what's making me happy. Safety figures are much, much better. That's not what's making me happy. It's the fact that we're setting people free. And when I arrived at that mine site, the evening shift, who was never in touch with the main mine management, they would always have a stop work meeting, literally every night. Because they're so pissed off with what was going on. What I realized was evening shift, came to work, went underground, came up, went home. We were having record production because the people were free. Now, we also brought discipline in, so it's very important to have that discipline because you can't let everything go to hell. You've got to have discipline for those very, very small minority of people who can't provide their own self-discipline. So it's that sense of freedom. I can see our country had 120 years ago was the number one in terms of income per capita in the world. We had a tiny population of 5 million. We built a lot of the infrastructure we now depend on with those 5 million people. Now we're going backwards, and our people are getting choked. And it wasn't just with COVID, it's before COVID because we're working for the globalist predators. So what I would like to see is Australians set free again, because we're wonderfully talented people, and all we need to do is set these people free. If we got the government out of people's lives, we would have such a marvellous country again. 100%. Senator Malcolm Roberts, thank you so much for joining us today and letting us know how you and Pauline are being a thorn in the side in the Senate to the system. I love it. So thank you so much for sharing with us today.  Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you very much for the invitation. Happy to chat with you, Peter. I've enjoyed it.

Shannon grew up in the Central Queensland town of Gladstone which is where her love of dance began. At the age of 15 she moved to Brisbane where she studied ballet full time at Queensland Dance School of Excellence before completing a Diploma of Performing Arts at ED5 International in Sydney. She has since obtained a diploma in Professional Pilates Instruction through PITC. A versatile performer, Shannon has had the privilege of working with many of Australia's leading choreographers including Kelley Abbey, The Squared Division, William Forsythe, Keith Hawley, Matt Lee, Leanne Cherny, Marko Panzic, Jason Coleman, Sarah Boulter and Stephen Baynes. Stage credits include Fame the Musical (Australian tour), Grease the Musical (Australian tour), previous Opera Australia productions including La Traviata and Carmen on Sydney Harbour, Le Gand Cirque, Ben Veitch's production of Blood, Swart and Dance and the Shorter, Sweeter Dance tour.Shannon has made regular television appearances on The X Factor, The Voice, Australian Idol, Australia's Next Top Model and more. She has worked with both Australian and International artists including Ricky Martin, Jessica Mauboy, Ricki Lee, Red Foo and Sneaky Sound System. She has also appeared in films and music videos and performed at countless events including the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.Since the birth of her two gorgeous children, Shannon has begun to focus more on the choreographic and creative side of the industry. She has choreographed for a number of award ceremonies and events.Crystalized Costumes Adrenaline Dance Competition Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Driven to launch Australia's first online eco store way back in 2003 after looking into the eyes of an Orangutan in the Indonesian jungle, Tracey Bailey's pioneering business Biome, now has around 6000 online SKUs and stores in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Melbourne. With her committed team and a devoted following, Tracey manages ecommerce success with maintaining her ethical commitment - a difficult path, but one well worth the struggle. In this chat, Tracey delves deep into palm-oil problems, reveals her passion for last for life products and talks about the uneasy, but necessary relationship she shares with her nemesis Google.Links from the episode:BiomeShopify Plus (sponsored)Packleo (sponsored)Questions answered:Why did you start Biome?What have been some of the re-platforming challenges you have faced?Biome's Pinterest has over 600K views every month. Do these convert as a sales channel? This episode was brought to you by… Shopify PlusPackleoAbout your host: Nathan Bush from esuiteNathan Bush is a digital strategist, Co-founder of eCommerce talent agency, esuite and host of the Add to Cart podcast. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia's Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.About your co-host: Tracey Bailey from BiomeTracey is the founder and CEO of Biome Eco Stores, Australia's first online eco store and greenwashing-free zone. She launched the business in 2003 from her family living room, and today operates five shops and a thriving online store that offer simple, clean and waste-free products. She was named one of the Top 10 People in E-commerce in Australia in 2019 and 2020. Her life's purpose is creating the change she wants to see in the world, inspired by her childhood in Central Queensland and her encounter with an orangutan in Indonesia.You can contact Tracey at LinkedInPlease contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Driven to launch Australia's first online eco store way back in 2003 after looking into the eyes of an orangutan in the Indonesian jungle, Tracey Bailey's pioneering business Biome, now has around 6000 online SKUs and stores in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Melbourne. With her committed team and a devoted following, Tracey manages ecommerce success with maintaining her ethical commitment - a difficult path, but one well worth the struggle. In this chat, Tracey delves deep into palm-oil problems, reveals her passion for last for life products and talks about the uneasy, but necessary relationship she shares with her nemesis Google.Links from the episode:BiomeShopify Plus (sponsored)Packleo (sponsored)Questions answered:Why did you start Biome?What have been some of the re-platforming challenges you have faced?Biome's Pinterest has over 600K views every month. Do these convert as a sales channel? This episode was brought to you by… Shopify PlusPackleoAbout your host: Nathan Bush from esuiteNathan Bush is a digital strategist, Co-founder of eCommerce talent agency, esuite and host of the Add to Cart podcast. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia's Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.About your co-host: Tracey Bailey from BiomeTracey is the founder and CEO of Biome Eco Stores, Australia's first online eco store and greenwashing-free zone. She launched the business in 2003 from her family living room, and today operates five shops and a thriving online store that offer simple, clean and waste-free products. She was named one of the Top 10 People in E-commerce in Australia in 2019 and 2020. Her life's purpose is creating the change she wants to see in the world, inspired by her childhood in Central Queensland and her encounter with an orangutan in Indonesia.You can contact Tracey at LinkedInPlease contact us if you: Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart betterEmail hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal government gives a provisional go-ahead to a coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin, now it's accused of betraying people who voted for climate action.

Paul travels to Rockhampton in Central Queensland, also known as Australia's beef capital, and speaks to Mike Canavan about the regional town's tourism potential.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's ALF episode is great news for the tens of thousands of anglers across Australia's north who don't own a boat and would love a better land-based fishing experience. Central Queensland sponsored angler, fishing writer and YouTuber Luke Galea spends a lot of time fishing from the shore, despite having both a boat and a kayak to fish from. He finds that shore based fishing allows him to take advantage of opportunities to wet a line that he couldn't use if he was restricted to boat fishing. Knowing how and where to fish from the shore enables Luke to make a quick stop on the way home from work to chase bread and butter species like bream, whiting and flathead, or target icon fish like barra, jacks, queenfish, GTs, threadfin and more. Windows of as little as 30 minutes aren't work launching a boat for, but the results from shore casting can be very rewarding. _______________ Keen for more help with your lure fishing? By joining Team Doc Lures you'll be supporting the Australian Lure Fishing podcast. In return you'll receive: Members-only audio masterclasses ALF "Plus" episodes Livestreamed workshops Access to members-only tackle deals Discounts from our tackle partners The keys to our exclusive fishing research tool and More! The cost is less than you'd spend on a cup of coffee per week, so it's exceptional value. Check it out at https://team.doclures.com _______________   Full show notes for today's e[pisode ara available at: https://doclures.com/land-based-mackay-luke-galea

The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the two universities sets out a number of key focus areas related to community engagement, sustainability, innovation and future workforces. - Меморандумът за разбирателство определя редица ключови области на сътрудничество между двата университета, свързани с ангажираността на общността, устойчивостта, иновациите и бъдещата работна сила.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOW January 16th 2023  First broadcast: August 1st 2022Produced by Vivien LangfordL I V I N G   W O N D E R S  &  MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK “I'm going to make a decision on any project that comes before me based on the information and the science that I have before me at the time…” Tanya Plibersek, Environment Minister . The Environment Minister's decisions this year could shape the next thousand.   GuestsNgarigu woman Professor Jakelin Troy - Sydney University and Friend of The Living  Wonders Project. Meet the client - Living Wonders Christine Carlisle - President of The Environment Council of Central QueenslandHelp fund a landmark climate legal intervention #beforeitsgone | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising(link is external) Hollie Kerwin - Lawyer at Environmental Justice Australia Our living wonders - Living Wonders The LIVING  WONDERS website is a vault of information on the climate impact of 19 coal and gas projects. Proposals for these 19 projects are sitting on the desk of Tanya Plibersek, minister for Water and the environment.The dramatic question is HOW can she approve a new gas or coal project if she digs into this vault of living wonders and sees  the climate disruptions caused by more coal and gas?  A small group called The Environment Council of  Central Queensland has started a legal intervention under a rarely used section of the National Environment laws, to ask Tanya Plibersek to reconsider the 19 proposals. Through their lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia they have made it easy for the minister to access scientific research, much of it paid for by the Government. Environmental Justice Australia (envirojustice.org.au)Environment Council of Central Queensland at Queensland Conservation CouncilJakelin Troy | ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions 

This is our customary sign-off episode for the year – a package of highlights from our brilliant array of guests throughout 2022, accompanied by some of the music and sounds of Country you heard along the way. Here's the ‘track list': 1. Jess Beckerling (ep 105) 2. To A Forests Dream, by Cloudjumper (sourced from the Free Music Archive) – podcast intro 3. To The System, by The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, then ... 4. Flamenco Rhythm, by Sunsearcher (sourced from the Free Music Archive) – Petrine McCrohan (ep 106) 5. Di Haggerty (ep 107), including ... 6. To Rockin' in the 80s, by Dr Sparkles (sourced from the Free Music Archive) 7. To Regeneration, by Amelia Barden - Damon Gameau (ep 108), Clinton Walker (ep 109) 8. Kate Chaney (ep 110) 9. To Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp - Kate Chaney (ep 110), David Pollock (ep 111) 10. David Pollock 11. Natalie Davey (ep 112), including ... 12. To You Shine, by the kids with Tura Music 13. María Inés Cuj & Rony Lec (ep 113) 14. To Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell & Sunwrae – Cathy McGowan (ep 114), Tanya Massy (ep 115) 15. Tanya Massy 16. Louise O'Neill (ep 116) 17. Eugene Eades including his song – Looking Back to Yesterday Again, performed with Bruce Anthony (ep 117) 18. Agostino Petroni (ep 118) 19. To Temporary, by Yen Nguyen – Kim Paul Nguyen (ep 119) 20. Tony Rinaudo (ep 120) 21. Kate Chaney MP (ep 121) 22. Ode to Kate, by your podcast host (ep 121 Extra) 23. Damon Gameau, at a screening of Regenerating Australia (ep 122) 24. Fred Provenza (ep 123) 25. To Stones & Bones, by Owls of the Swamp – Jane Slattery (ep 124), Paul Cleary (ep 125) 26. Serenity Hill with Kirsten Larsen (ep 126) 27. To a tune by Jeremiah Johnson – Ian Congdon & Courtney Young near Rutherglen, Victoria (ep 127), Jade Miles near Stanley, Victoria (ep 128) 28. To Cycles, by Simon Edwards – the late Hazel Henderson (ep 129), Valerie Brown at home in Canberra (ep 130) 29. Kate Fenech at a screening of Regenerating Australia in Busselton WA (ep 131) 30. Kristy Stewart at the family farm in the Otways, Victoria (ep 132) 31. Jodie Jackson (ep 133) 32. Amanda Cahill at home in Brisbane (ep 134) 33. Ross O'Reilly at High Valley Dawn, Yeppoon, Central Queensland (ep 135) 34. Terry & Pam McCosker at home in Yeppoon (ep 136) 35. Robert Pekin at the Food Connect Shed in Brisbane (ep 137) 36. Matthew Evans by the Swan River / Derbal Yerrigan (ep 138) 37. Douglas Rushkoff (ep 139) 38. Bruce Pascoe live at the Quantum Words Festival on Schools Day in Walyalup / Fremantle (ep 140) 39. Oral McGuire, Greg Mullins & Lesley Head live at the Quantum Words Festival in Boorloo / Perth (ep 141) 40. Ian & Di Haggerty live in their shearing shed (ep 142) 41. Heidi Mippy later in that shed(ep 143) 42. To The Deep Ocean is Calling, composed by Eva Holm Foosnæs with lyrics by T Aarskog and Karen O'Brien – Karen O'Brien (ep 144) 43. To Wildflower Meadow, by The Eternal Page (featuring Karen O'Brien's son Jens Stokke) – Paul Hawken (ep 145), the late Frank Fisher (ep 145 Extra) 44. To Regeneration - best wishes for the new year! 45. Closing the year with the end of our old theme song, The System, by The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. Title image: the Martuwarra / Fitzroy River, at Natalie Davey's place (ep 112) (Anthony James). With thanks to all the wonderful musicians who generously granted permission for their music to be heard here. Find more: To access the full catalogue of episodes, head to our website https://www.regennarration.com or wherever you get your podcasts. The RegenNarration is an independent, ad-free, freely available podcast, thanks to the generous support of listeners. If you too value what you hear, please consider joining them by becoming a podcast patron, donor or partner at https://www.regennarration.com/support. Thanks for listening, have a wonderful festive season and see you again in 2023!

GUEST OVERVIEW: Malcolm Robert's passion for freedom, responsibility and service are his guiding principles for his work as a Senator for Queensland for Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Malcolm was first elected as a Senator with One Nation in 2016 and returned to the Senate again in 2019. Malcolm brings to the Senate a thorough, practical and analytical approach to examining issues and is deeply committed to listening and thoroughly researching the facts. The early years of Malcolm's life was spent in India before moving to Central Queensland with his family. A keen interest in business leadership and economics led Malcolm to a Master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. He led the operational development of Australia's largest and most complex underground coal project that successfully set many industry firsts. He then established an executive consultancy specialising in leadership and management services for Australian and international clients.

Today I'm speaking with Mary Li, ballet mistress and principal répétiteur at the Queensland Ballet. Mary's story to the stage is an unlikely one—one of eight children, Mary grew up in a small town in Central Queensland called Rockhampton. She was the first person in her family to try ballet, but by the age of 16—the day after completing her Solo Seal exam—she flew to London after being accepted into Royal Ballet School. Her star continued to rise, on graduation Mary was accepted into London Festival Ballet, now the English National Ballet—and was made principal within four years. But it was a chance move to Houston Ballet in the United States that saw the course of her life change again—when she crossed paths with another principal dancer, Li Cunxin—they would go on to marry, and dance together all over the globe. In this wonderfully brave conversation, Mary opens up about her career, meeting her husband and learning of his life, and their decision to have children. But Mary also talks about the devastating decision to leave her career after her eldest child was found to be hearing impaired, the grief she suffered knowing her child would never hear music, reuniting with the stage at the Queensland Ballet, and now choosing to learn AUSLAN with her eldest daughter Sophie.Mary continues to train and teach the principal artists of Queensland Ballet, all the while juggling life with Li and their three grown up children, Sophie, Tom and Bridie. Mary continues to learn AUSLAN, and her book Mary's Last Dance is available on Audible and in all good bookshops. If you'd like to listen to Li's conversation with me, please scroll down to Episode 5 of Talking Pointes, and we'll also pop the link in the show notes—and finally, to continue to follow all of Mary's adventures, you'll find her on Instagram.Mary and I recorded remotely, with Mary dialling in from Brisbane. This episode was produced in Sydney on the land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation to whom we pay our greatest respects.We're delighted that Mary Li's episode of Talking Pointes is sponsored by Energetiks. Energetiks are a sustainable, Australian Made brand that specialise in creating world class dancewear for the stars of tomorrow. Perform and feel your best at every stage of your dance journey in Energetiks' premium, high performance fabrics. See their entire range online at energetiks.com.au, and for all Talking Pointes listeners there's a 20% discount on all Energetiks products—listen in for the code!

Tom Dahl and Cam Lowry make up the Alpha Blokes podcast, on of the hottest podcast in Australia right now. They boys made the trip from Central Queensland to Burleigh to record their own shows, so we jumped on the chance to have the boys in the studio for a world class session of talking absolute nonsense.You won't meet two more genuine Aussie blokes and this was an extremely fun three hours in the studio! Get around the Alpha Blokes on your favourite podcast platform and socials.We also have just dropped some new merch, so hit the shop and pic up one of our new Gypsy Tales hats!NEW HATS!http://www.gypsy-tales.shopSPONSORS:MANSCAPED: http://www.manscaped.comGet 20% Off + Free Shipping, with the code GYPSYGANGANTIGRAVITY BATTERIES: http://www.antigravitybatteries.comBOOST MOBILE: https://boost.com.au/pages/winCLICK TO ENTER TO WIN A BOOST PRIZE PACKKRUSHOZ: http://www.krushoz.comDriTimes: http://www.dritimes.comRIVAL INK: http://www.rivalinkdesignco.com- CODE: GYPSYGANG 15%MXSTORE: http://www.mxstore.com.auFIST HANDWEAR: http://www.fisthandwear.com- CODE: GYPSYGANG 15%DIXXON: http://www.dixxonquality.com.auTICK TOCK NUTRITION: https://www.ticktocknutrition.com.auCode: GYPSYGANG for $20 off...SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ►https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBG...ADD GYPSY TALES ON INSTAGRAM ►https://www.instagram.com/gypsytalesp..See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the past 5 years, the Murugappan family has become the most high-profile asylum seeker case in Australia. Their fight to stay here started almost 10 years ago, and has taken many twists and turns as the couple and their 2 children fight for permanent residency after the adults' applications for refugee status were rejected. So in this Squiz Shortcut we go through the background to the case, how the Central Queensland town of Biloela took them under their wing, and what happens now that they've gone 'home to Bilo'.Squiz recommends:Why do Tamil asylum seekers need protection and why does the Australian government say they don't? - The ConversationHome to Bilo campaigners for Tamil asylum-seeking family await weekend reunion - ABC News See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Craig Jervis talks about how the Central Queensland Motor Sporting Club has evolved including various other types of events including Drifting. How the club has developed their Official and the two sites that they operate events from.

Craig Jervis talks about how he became involved in the Central Queensland Motor Sporting Club talks about how the club has grown to be one of the largest car clubs north of Brisbane.