Kevin Healy and Karina Aedo-Aguilera host a 'Transport Week' May Day special, focusing on our Union History, and featuring Merri-bek Councillor and community activist Monica Harte. She discusses her previous work life as a bus driver and president of the Tramways Union (ATMOEA) during the Melbourne 1990 tram strike. Later, Jack Howard, social activ…

Shane McGrath from Raise the Roof provided an update on the State enquiry into Public Housing. Shane also spoke about the Departrment of Consumer Affairs Task Force into Landlords. It is so under-resourced to be effective when it comes to dealing resident complaints.Would replacing negative gearing with rent tax and rent controls free up enough hou…

Kevin and Karina speak with regular transport commentator John McPherson about all things transport, in particular a recent report on NO2 pollution in southern cross station - 1,200 parts per billion averaged for 24 hours over the last 12 years - 3.5 times worse than 'extremely poor air quality' levels. To access all previous podcasts and any extra…

This week on City Limits, we speak with our usual suspects when it comes to housing issues. Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) comes in first to give us all the HAAG news, including information about issues in 'residential parks', and the unprotected industrial action (a walk-out for Palestine) that ASU workers in the socia…

This Energy Week on City Limits, we speak with Freja Leonard from the No More Gas Collective (Friends of the Earth Melbourne) about Australian gas companies and their lobby groups, who are spinning a desperate PR campaign to maintain relevance, plus our usual news items and more on the energy sector. To access all previous podcasts and any extra li…

Kevin and Karina start the year with a recap on the good and the bad events of the past months, and later talk to regular transport commentator John McPherson about admissions of the city's bus networks, disputes over the long held-up rail links, the state government's financial pressures, and much more. To access all previous podcasts and any extr…

This Transport Week we speak with regular transport commentator John McPherson, and also with Friends of the Earth's Sustainable Cities Campaign Coordinator Elyse Cunningham about their Better Buses Campaign in the wake of 2023 Transport Equity Week, and why a comprehensive overhaul of our bus networks is necessary for sustainability and reliable a…

After a 2-week cold-induced hiatus, Kevin and Karina return to the program for a belated housing week, catching up on the big news items we missed on the break, then later speaking to Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and housing activist Jack Verdins. Discussing Daniel Andrews' shameful final announcement as premier to de…

This morning on City Limits we hear from the rally held from two of the speakers who attended: Save Westernport Vice-President Jane Carnegie, and No More Gas campaigner with FOE Freja Leonard. They update us on the remarkable turnout of supporters who attended Victorian Parliament steps in the pouring rain, including some 20 Westernport locals who …

We begin the show this week interviewing Julia Stockigt from Save Westernport, about the plan to produce brown-coal hydrogen from the Latrobe Valley for export through Westernport Bay. What does it mean for safety and ecology in Victoria, and who the key state and federal ministers are in approving the needless development? Notably, she calls for c…

This week Kevin and Karina speak with Ivan Carter from the Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party, discussing their work which aims to eradicate the plant in southeastern Australia. We then hear from Zeb and guest Willow about dumpster diving and more!In the news:Woolies install AI security cameras to prevent shoplifting.A possible rent freeze in…

On this episode of City Limits, Kevin has an interview with Helen van den Berg with a 'deep-dive' on the imminent projected global water shortage in relation to our local Sustainable Water Strategy. She describes our current 25% reduction in freshwater supply and its significant projected decline, citing long-term governmental mismanagement, corpor…

This episode of City Limits features audio from the Accessible Transport for ALL Rally that took place in Brunswick on 17th July 2023. We listen to speeches from Bram Heinrich-McPartlan (Chair of the Merri-bek Disability Reference Group), Councillor Monica Harte (Merri-bek, North-West Ward), and Elyse Cunningham (Sustainable Cities Campaigner at FO…

This week on City Limits we speak with Professor Paddy Moriarty about electric vehicles, travel-associated pollution, issues in supply chains of common batteries, and overall energy efficiency. Later we have an extended chat with Freja Leonard, No More Gas campaign coordinator at Friends of the Earth Vic about fossil fuel and renewables industries …

Stay Tuned & Stay Radical this year for Kevin's favourite program of the year, the City Limits Radiothon special! This Wednesday 14th June, Kevin and Karina share a cuppa and some banter over the latest news items, interspersed with a special message from co-host Zeb Peake, and later, interviews with John McPherson about the North East Rail Link an…

This week on City Limits we have two special interviews.In the first half of the show we interview Kelly Whitworth and Mike Collins about their recently published report entitled 'Housing, Activism and Local Government: The Bendigo Street Occupation - a Case Study'. Access the report here and share it around! They discuss this important landmark in…

This week in the second half of the show we interview Secretary of the of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union Josh Cullinan. On top of industrial relations news, we get insightful analysis on the current situation with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) who purport to ‘represent the interest of workers while actually d…

This regular housing week we get Shane McGrath and Jack Verdins on the line to give us the latest updates on housing-related news.News items: Confidential government tax policy leaked by Peter Collins and other Price Waterhouse Cooper staff for monetary gain.Submissions to NSW's ICAC claim Downer EDI awarded millions in transport works contracts to…

Featuring a focus on the impacts of the State Government's project to remove level crossings in Brunswick on the Upfield Line and the impacts on accessibility. Christian Astourian from the Disability Access Resource Unit speaks about the campaign to make all tram stops on Sydney Road accessible before the works commence. There will be an Accessible…

Regular Housing week updates from members of Housing for the Aged Action Group, Friends of Public Housing and Defend and Extend Public Housing.By Kevin Healy, Karina Aedo, Shane McGrath, Cathryn Murdoch & Jack Verdins

On top of our regular transport week with John McPherson, we get Greens MP for Richmond Gabrielle de Vietri to talk about renting and the housing crisis.News Items:In Western Australia, mining/aluminium producer Alcoa failed to rehabilitate any forest during its 60 years time of mining in the state, clearing 68 000 hA and falsely claiming it rehabi…

First up on the show this Housing Week, Kevin and Karina are joined by Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group, discussing how securing adequate housing is particularly tough for many at the moment, and perhaps most concerningly that his work with people in retirement housing "it's as bad as I've seen it", and under high demand. We als…

This week on City Limits, Karina and Zeb invite previous co-host Meg Kimber back on the show for a rockstar interview with Juvi (aka Yellow Beanie) to talk about the opportunities and challenges for women working in the music industry. Later, Karina speaks with Cathryn Murdoch, and Sara about their thoughts and experiences with homelessness, prison…

First Transport Week of autumn, where Kevin and Zeb are joined by regular commentator John McPherson about all things transport: Continued penny-pinching for PT as our city continues to expand, So-called modern planning examples of public transport scarcity and unusable roads in Melbourne's outer suburbs Updates on tracking on the Hurstbridge train…

This housing week, Kevin ans Zeb kick off the program with Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), discussing some of HAAG's work in areas that disproportionately affect older tenants, but indeed relevant for all. Some of the topics include rent increases and cost of living, issues in phasing, implementation, and glaring omissi…

This week is City Limits' Energy episode! First up, we listen to an excerpt from Democracy Now! featuriing earth scientist, ecologist, and activist Rose Abramoff, who was fired by her employer, the US Government, after incidents of high profile protesting, calling for her colleagues take direct action against climate change. Rose is a member of Sci…

City Limits' first show back for the year and time for all things transport, of course! John McPherson joins Kevin and Zeb on today's show to discuss plans to address national discrepancies in rail signalling management, the long-awaited modal transfer depot in Melbourne thats been taken up by a private company the understanding road-based diesel f…

This is City Limits' final housing show for the year! First up, we chat to Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group about the State Government amendments in the Retirement Villages Act Review, and HAAG's comment on the proposed changes, where despite small positive changes, big issues such as power imbalances and dispute resolution betw…

This week, City Limits is joined by community activist from Melbourne's west Helen van den Berg, and climate researcher, activist and author David Spratt. Helen takes us through the ecology, history and policy surrounding the Maribyrnong river and adjacent developments which have contributed to destruction by recent flooding. She talks to us about …

First up on the program, Kevin and Zeb speak with Spike Chiappalone and Kelly Whitworth, co-hosts of the former 3CR peer homelessness show, Roominations, and Homeless Persons Union Victoria co-founders.Together, they talk to us about about the upcoming launch of Homeless in Hotels, a 3-part radio series documenting life in hotels during the COVID-1…

This week on City Limits, Kevin and Karina speak with Mark Riley, Mayor of the council formerly known as Moreland. He discusses the decision behind the name change, Jamaican slave plantation roots of the name 'Moreland', and the process by which the Council formally accepted and endorsed 3 name options offered by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural…

This week is energy week! Zeb and Kevin speak with climate change activist David Spratt about a lack of climate solutions worldwide since his co-authored publication Climate Code Red: the case for emergency action,14 years ago. They discuss:- the upcoming "non-climate climate election"; the irony of how climate issues have dominated federal leaders…

It's transport week on City Limits!Zeb interviews Anja Homburg from the Disability Resources Centre [8:10-32:23] on the Transport for All campaign and their recent series of actions across Victoria. Their media release states:"The deadline for accessible public transport in Victoria under the current Standards for Accessible Transport is just 282 d…

This week on City Limits, Zeb kicks off the show by interviewing Dr Reden Recio, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne, on the topic of informal urbanism, giving us an overview of the multiple practices through which individual citizens and groups produce urban spaces, and how informal urbanism intersects with state processes in ur…

This week on City Limits, we listen to an interview from Radio EcoShock, where Alex Smith interviews Professor of Urban Ecology Timon McPhearson about the effects of climate change on cities, and the recent IPCC report Climate Change 2022 : Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.Later Kevin and Zeb have a conversation with Anna Langford with Act on …

Listen in to our March Energy week on City Limits!Intro discussion:East-West Link road is still on federal books as billions are kept aside in the budget.Alexandra parade is the shortest state highway in the country due to protests back in the 70s to stop the construction of the Eastern freeway. Find out more about that history: https://www.melbour…

It's another transport week on City Limits!This week, Zeb, Kevin and Karina kick off the show by listening back to an interview from Solidarity Breakfast, where Annie McLoughlin gets a run-down on the #FakeStrike of NSW rail workers from Stewart Prins, Executive Director of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU). Karina reads RTBU National Secretary M…

This week on City Limits, Zeb and Karina present a special show, with recordings from the online forum Housing Justice After Lockdown, held by the Renters & Housing Union (RAHU) in conjunction with 3CR, with guests from Support Network for International Students (SNIS), and Homes not Prisons, on 9 February, 2022. During the first part of this progr…

This housing week, Zeb and Kevin chat with Shane McGrath (Retirement Housing Worker at HAAG and 3CR Broadcaster on Raise the Roof) and later with Cathryn Murdoch (Defend and Extend Public Housing and PH tenant). Shane discusses the closing of the John Curtin Hotel, the interim report of the Social Housing Regulation Review, the ongoing case for pub…

There's trouble a-brewing in Hastings, where mere months after a successful campaign against AGL's liquefied natural gas project, dirty brown-coal hydrogen exports have crept in—and this time with no publicly available plans, no environmental effects statement, and no community consultation! Meg and Kevin kick off energy week interviewing Julia Stö…

It's our first show back for the year, and today Zeb and Kevin have a chat with our regular transport commentator John McPherson about topics including:Melbourne's traffic dipping to less than 66% of the pre-COVID baseline,How Melbourne's motorists are paying more on average on cars than those from any other city in Australia,Questions about the pr…

Last show of the year!This Housing Week, Zeb and Kevin speak with Shane McGrath from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) about how COVID and related policies affected housing in 2021, including the end to the eviction moratorium and Coronavirus supplements for welfare recipients, a reflection of pervasive governmental inaction. We also discuss…

This week, Kevin and Zeb get an update from regular transport commentator John McPherson, but first we take a quick detour to celebrate a good news story! Debbie Carruthers from Mine-Free Glenaladale comes on the program to discuss the third rejected environmental effects statement in the past 20 years, but the second of 2022. Kalbar Operations' pr…

Kevin and Zeb catch up on the latest news before chatting with Pam Morgan about the Collingwod Children's Farm history and disputes concerning their Community Gardens, and finally interview Jessica Harrison about housing challenges on the bass coast.Links to check out:'Let's Talk with Boe Spearim' 98.9FM interview with Wonnarua Man Scott Franks on …

This week, Meg and Karina catch up with Cathryn Murdoch from Defend and Extend Public Housing, to discuss some local housing issues as well as dates for Steps to a Home vigils on the steps of Parliament house on November 18th 12-1pm and 23rd 6:30-7:30pm. Later, we talk to Shane McGrath to give us an update on what's going on at the Housing for the …

The critically endangered temperate grassland ecosystem along Steele Creek, Steele Creek North are home to the Striped Legless Lizard and Growling Grass Frog. The current Threatened Species Management Plan is inadequate and threatens the grassland, its precious ground fauna, as well as the one and only 200+ year old tree, other riparian vegetation …

The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) Victoria has acheived a lot for tenants in the short time it's been active. In this City Limits, Kevin and Meg speak with RAHU Secretary Eirene Tsolidis Noyce.If you have a rental issue or enquiry, contact RAHU's Renters Rights Support team at organise@rahu.org.au Later in the show, Shane McGrath from Housing fo…

This week City Limits hosts Kevin and Zeb speak with campaigner Anna Langford, from Act on Climate at Friends of the Earth Melbourne.We chat about the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow, including Australia's embarrassingly inadequate targets, a surprise turnaround from the Murdoch press and big business on their climate change rhetoric, and the role of the…

This week on City Limits, Kevin and Zeb catch up with our transport regular John McPherson to discuss a range of issues, including more on government secrecy and FOI loopholes, industrial disputes going on in the trucking industry, and short-sightedness with respect to transport planning and future climate impacts.…