Best Sean O Shannessy Podcasts (2024)

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National Tree Day Special 1:18:11

15d ago1:18:11

1:18:11

Scott "Sooty" Daines on the legal battle to save our gliders in Styxx River State Forest and across NSW Al Oshlack discusses the result of the case to protect Cherry Tree State Forest and a recent case in NSW Land & Environment Court which looks likely to remove barriers to community groups taking legaql action for our forests. He also discusses th…

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Save Wallum Campaign news from Svea Pitman 14:15

2M ago14:15

14:15

By Sean O’Shannessy

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Cabbage Tree Island Owners Dispossessed Again 25:44

3M ago25:44

25:44

Everyone in Bundjalung country has a story to tell of the devastating effects of the climate emergency and the incompetence and corruption of the official responses to the disatsers they have created. Very few are as poignant and powerful as the tale told by Susan Anderson of how her community has been excluded from their homes to make way for deve…

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Rising Tide First Wave sweeps Australia 31:45

3M ago31:45

31:45

At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of everyday people shut down the world’s largest coal port for 32 hours. This is a report from the Lismore launch of the film about how we did it. Revisit the epic People’s Blockade with footage from the beach, the water, and the sky - and hear from Rising Tide organisers and blockaders…

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Surya Sails for Gaza on the Freedom Flotilla 25:35

4M ago25:35

25:35

Northern Rivers man, Surya McEwen, is setting sail with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to bring desperately needed food and medicine to Palestinians in Gaza. Spokesperson for the Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine, Subhi Awad, spoke to us on this dangerous humanitarian mission of hope. https://www.suryasailsforgaza.org.au/ -----------------------…

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Prof David Lindenmayer - “The Forest Wars” 33:22

4M ago33:22

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Professor david Lindenmayer is one of the worlds leading experts on forest ecology. He has spent the past 40 years researching and writing about the intricacies of how our forests function as sanctuaries for wildlife and plants as well as water, fire and cllimate. He has just written a myth busting tour de force of a book called "The Forest Wars - …

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Climate Chaos in Victoria Last Week - Reports from on the ground 25:11

7M ago25:11

25:11

Over half a million Victorians went without power and at least 60 homes were reported destroyed in extreme storms, heat and fires but somehow the capitalist media managed to report all this without mentioning the "C" word once. Bravo! Courageous effort (NOT!) For those first responders and aghast observers in the midst of the #climateEmergency what…

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Justice Delayed for Gliders, Forest Protectors and Climate 25:03

7M ago25:03

25:03

The NSW community is increasingly impatient to #endNativeForestLogging and Australians are becoming increasingly frustrated with the failure of the Albanese government to answer the tough questions on #climate actionThis week in Ballina Court forest defendants Kashmir Miller and Valerie Thompson had justice delayed until at least 31st July when the…

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Save Wallum Campaign Ramps Up in Byron Shire 25:36

7M ago25:36

25:36

The gorgeous coastal village of Brunswick Heads in Arawkwal Country in the Shire of Byron Bay is home not only to the archetypal "Sea Change" community but also to some extraordanarilay rare and endangered ecologies. Right now it is also home to a David and Goliath struggle between megabucks corporate developers and a local community campaign deter…

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Peter Dutton Threatens Independent Community Legal Representation 25:23

7M ago25:23

25:23

Peter Dutton has threatened to reduce access to independent legal representation for community groups attempting to enforce the law against the climate crimes of the fossil fuel industry. Dutton was speaking to an event organised by the Council for Minerals Energy in Perth to an audience including some of the Liberal Party's biggest donors. Indepen…

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Action for Climate in our Courts, Forests, Streets and Boardrooms 2:05:24

9M ago2:05:24

2:05:24

On Environmantal as Anything this week Action for Climate in our Courts, Forests, Streets and Boardrooms: COP28 & Geo Engineering - George Pick Knitting Nannas Constitutional Challenge to Anti Protest Laws - Helen Kevelde & Sue Higginson Climate Energy Finance Year's Round up - Tim Buckley Tarkine Forest Action - Scott Jordan from Bob Brown Foundat…

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Faith, action and politics for our blue green home 1:52:16

9M ago1:52:16

1:52:16

On this weeks show: Action in Myrtle State Forest & Styxx River State Forest for koalas and gliders this week - Luca Lamont, Dailan Pugh, Sue Higginson and Fridays4Forests Faith based communities rising up for the creation - Thea Ormerod and Anne Lanyon COP28 speed bumps and the real transition to renewable prosperity - George Pick Aussies call for…

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The Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coalport 28:58

9M ago28:58

28:58

A special report from The Rising Tide People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coalport, including: Bob Brown Adam Bandt MP Sue Higginson (MLC) Grant Howard - Coal miner for #NoNewCoal Riff Raff Radical Marchinig Band -------------------------------------------------------------------------> Please support community based independent media and make…

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Justice for Forests and Climate from Taree to Tuvalu 1:06:46

9M ago1:06:46

1:06:46

On this week's show: Forest Pledge Launch - Sophie Scamps MP https://www.sophiescamps.com.au/pledge_to_end_native_forest_logging Forest Protest Charges Dismissed - Susie Russell School Strike 4 Climate - Voices from across Australia at the frontlines for climate justice https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/ Australian Climate Case - Isabelle Reinec…

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Sail4Sanity, Reserve Bank Insanity & the Voice of Reason 1:10:53

10M ago1:10:53

1:10:53

On this weeks show: Sail4Sanity - Two Illawarra grandfathers are sailing and paddling a kayak between two of Australia’s key coal ports, Port Kembla and Newcastle, to draw attention to the need to halt the burning of fossil fuels, while hopefully demonstrating that a great deal of fun can be had in water craft that don’t burn up the planet. Calling…

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Flames Rise Around Us with Democracy Facing Trial and Denial 1:08:49

10M ago1:08:49

1:08:49

Our fire seasons keep getting hotter and longer. The world has been burning all year, North America is ablaze, and Queensland has suffered tragic losses to the out of control fires burning there. Here in NSW we are yet to see the worst of it but our courageous fireies are breathing a sigh of relief as rains fall to dampen the dozens of fires threat…

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Parliament 14 Court Day, Protest Laws Analysis and What’s Next for Climate Action 1:25:15

10M ago1:25:15

1:25:15

In this weeks show: A report on the Brisbane Magistrates Court appearance by the "Parliament 14" climate activists charged under the criminal code with “disturbing the legislature”, which carries a maximum sentence of 3 years in jail. Activist, educator, academic & writer, Aidan Ricketts shares his analysis of the current state of anti-protest laws…

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Aussie Freedom to Protest Under Attack in Tassie, Canberra and Brisbane 1:27:04

11M ago1:27:04

1:27:04

Aussie's freedom of speech, assembly and association are under a nationwide concerted attack. Dr. Colette Harmsen, released on Friday 13/10/23 from her three months sentence in Tasmania and prison for having stood up for the protection of our precious native forests spoke to Sean O'Shannessy on the day of her release about her reasons for taking th…

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FREDOM under attack! The Voice, Disrupt Burrup Hub and Free Assange Campaigns fight back 1:14:32

11M ago1:14:32

1:14:32

The fundamental freedoms of all Aussies are under attack from dark forces that would silence us and shackle and oppress us. On this week's show we shine a light on three courageous campaigns to stand up and be heard against the will of the corporate capitalist state John Shipton - Free Assange https://www.assangecampaign.org.au/ Tahlia Stolarski - …

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The Voice Referendum and the Future of Fire 58:23

11M ago58:23

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Dr Steve Sutton has nearly two decades of experience working in and researching bushfires . As Chief Fire Control Officer in the Northern Territory, Steve was responsible for Territory-wide bushfire control, hazard reduction and bushfire mitigation, and oversaw the operations of the Territory’s volunteer bushfire brigades. He is an advocate for gra…

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ADF Whistleblower & Bushfire Survivor Fight for Justice from the Feds 52:38

11M ago52:38

52:38

David McBride blew the whistle on the culture of covering up murder in the Australian Defense Forces, now he is facing 50years in prison for his courageous defense of the ANZAC tradition. Sean O'Shannessy spoke to him on how and why he did what he did and what is next for this story. https://www.davidmcbride.com.au/ --- Jo Dodds is the President of…

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Justice for Forest Protectors & Peace for Flood Survivors in Lismore 1:06:12

11M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

This week in Lismore Local Court forest protector MJ Johnston had her day in court and had ALL charges dismissed by the magistrate. This momentous result was due in large part to the tenacious persistence and powerful advocacy of solicitor Eddie Lloyd. arguing that a person of such good character standing up for community values does not deserve to…

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Lismore City of Misrule and Byron’s Threats to Nature- Tales of Two Councils 1:13:02

11M ago1:13:02

1:13:02

There is a widespread view in the community that Lismore City is still reeling from the catastrophic climate emergency floods of 2022, largely because the Lismore City Council is a chamber of horrors run by a pack of clowns. Adam Guise is one of the minority of councilors committed to dealing with the real issues that confront his city of housing a…

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Forest Progress Mid NCoast to Victoria 53:45

12M ago53:45

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Gumbaynggirr custodian Sandy Greenwood, NEFA's Dailan Pugh and Fiona York fromthe Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) in Victoria discuss the state of play in our forests from the mid North Coast NSW to Victoria. -------------------------------------- Please Share this episode and subscribe to this podcast Please support the Environmental as Anythi…

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Al Oshlack and Sue Higginson on the Legal Situation for Native Forests 1:09:38

1y ago1:09:38

1:09:38

Our Native Forests are under assault from powerful forces under the control of the NSW government. Self described "bush lawyer", Al Oshlack has been working with the Gumabngyirr people of the Mid North Coast to launch legal action to protect their lands. He speaks to us about the success of this strategy this week. Sue Higginson (MLC) works in the …

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Bob Brown & Felictiy Wade Share Their Views on the ALP National Conference 53:00

1y ago53:00

53:00

On 19/8/23 the Australian Labor Party (ALP) held its once a term National Conference in Meanjin Brisbane. Bob Brown and Felicity Wade have been fighting for our native forests for many decades and each of them turned up to make their voices heard in their own ways. Bob outside with a large vociferous crowd of people energised for an end to Native f…

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Lismore Rallies to End Native Forest Logging 36:42

1y ago36:42

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Native forest logging has lost its last vestiges of social license in Australia as thousands of Australians have rallied nationwide to finally protect our carbon sinks, biodiversity refuges, water catchments and tourist attractions from industrial logging. On Saturday 12/8/23 hundreds of Northern Rivers locals joined the rally in Lismore to express…

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Gurridyula Speaks to Sean and Violet about Adani and Genocide 35:58

1y ago35:58

35:58

Sean O'Shannessy and Violet Cocoa interview Gurridyula: Gurridyula's Bandcamp Profile (https://gurridyula.bandcamp.com/) "I am Wangan and Jagalingou from Central Queensland Australia. I have been living in a tent performing ceremony at Waddananggu across the road from the Adani Carmichael mine for over 400 days. Recording my music in a small traile…

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Felicity Wade and Dailan Pugh on politics of Native Forests 45:43

1y ago45:43

45:43

For over a decade Felicity Wade led the Wilderness Society in NSW, working to protect forests and end land clearing. Now she is National Co-convenor of the Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) . Felicity spoke to Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy about the upcoming Labor National Conference and the high hopes of Labor membership for a…

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Tim Buckley Talks us Through the Climate & Energy Finance News 27:40

1y ago27:40

27:40

Tim Buckley founder and director of Climate Energy Finance public interest think tank, has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets and is a highly influential energy finance commentator. He talks Environmental as Anything's Sean O'Shannessy through this months headlines for the transition to …

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Doubleduke Forest Walk Interrupted by NSW Police 9:30

1+ y ago9:30

9:30

The NSW Government is so determined to carry out its plans to exterminate our koalas that it has established a regime of logging under marshal law. When 80 NSW citizens gather in their forest to confront the criminal damage being done there they are greeted by a 5 police cars and a police rescue truck. when asked why the police on site can't answer…

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Julian Assange and the 20th anniversary of Iraq War 2 29:09

1+ y ago29:09

29:09

This year is the 20th anniversary of the US/Australian invasion of Iraq. It is also the 10th anniversary of the confinement of Julian Assange. To commemorate these two important related events Lismore people gathered at the War Memorial to speak out against the suppression of free speech that is flourishing in the world today and to call for Assang…

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On the Bulga Plateau - Tessa Campesi 43:09

1+ y ago43:09

43:09

Tessa Campesi has been seeking answers on what is going on in our forests so she went to Bulga Plateau where one of the most effective community campaigns to end native forest logging in Australia is located. She interviewed a wide range of community members and seasoned campaigners about why they are standing up to the might of the NSW government …

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Tim Buckley on Fossil Fool Cartel War Profiteers, Tax Dodgers & Whingers 27:38

1+ y ago27:38

27:38

Our Federal government has finally decided to take some moderately effective action to reign in fossil fool price gouging. Tim Buckley, Director of the Climate Energy Finance think tank ( https://climateenergyfinance.org/ ) tells us how this will really affect the coal and gas cartels and Aussie energy consumers.…

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Jo Dodds - Bushfire Survivor for Climate Action 24:22

2y ago24:22

24:22

President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, Jo Dodds, has a unique perspective to offer on the experience of having her home engulfed in the climate emergency. Her response to that crisis has been outstanding. Far from being shattered by the experience she has been forged into an extraordinarily effective activist for climate justice. She e…

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Koalas being condemned to extinction by Toothless Tiger NSW EPA 22:44

2y ago22:44

22:44

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says he is proud to have made the EPA into a "tough cop on the beat" with "teeth" but when they are called out to investigate dozens well documented breeches of the logging rules they behave like a paper tiger. Ecologist Mark Graham says this is "existential stuff" and that the NSW LNP Government are "an outfit of koala kill…

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STOP WORK ORDER CALLED FOR AT ELLIS STATE FOREST AS FOREST CORPS FELLS GIANTS ILLEGALLY 17:02

2y ago17:02

17:02

A peaceful and lawful walk-on by about 40 local community members into illegal Forestry Corporation (FCNSW) old growth forest industrial logging operations was held on Wednesday 10th August 2022 to measure recently destroyed giant trees and to bear witness to the crimes currently being committed in Ellis State Forest by FCNSW and its contractors. L…

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Flood Inquiry Report and Parliamentary Debate on Ending Native Forest Logging 20:53

2y ago20:53

20:53

Sue Higginson is our representative in the NSW Parliament Upper House. She spoke to Sean O'Shannessy about the recently released report from the Parliamentary Inquiry into NSW floods and the upcoming parliamentary debate on ending public native forest logging on Environmental as Anything on Saturday 13/8/22…

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Relocations, Land Swaps and Buy Backs - what do the people around Lismore need? 27:04

2y ago27:04

27:04

Lismore City Councilor Adam Guise was rescued from his North Lismore home in February during the cataclysmic floods that engulfed the region surrounding it. He has been calling on the Local, State and Governments to act effectively to secure the homes of every flood affected resident. There is an alarming prospect that the homes of many of those pe…

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End Native Forest Logging Petitioner - Takesa Frank 14:48

2y ago14:48

14:48

End Native Forest Logging Petitioner Takesa Frank has started something important with her parliamentary e-Petition. NSW Parliament will now debate the protection of our State Forests. Hear her tell Environmental as Anything what got her started and where to next. She says "We saw the bushfires destroy 80 per cent of South Coast forests and less th…

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Modern Monetary Systems Vs Voodoonomics with Professor Steven Hail 24:26

2+ y ago24:26

24:26

With a federal election in progress our airwaves are being swamped with voodoonomics. Fortunately a growing group of economists is exposing the absurdity of the neoliberalist ideology that dominates the what passes for economics discussion among the capitalist commentariat and offering a cool analysis of how modern economies actually work. Our gues…

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Scumo Vs The Mud Army 17:41

2+ y ago17:41

17:41

When flood ravaged Lismore got wind of Scott Morrison's plans to visit 9 days after the climate emergency had devastated their city they felt obliged to welcome him and share some of their experiences and hopes for the future with him. Unfortunately he wasn't in a listening mood and so the concerned citizens were locked out of the event. Unperturbe…

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Rally Against Rous Council Damming Dunoon 19:38

2+ y ago19:38

19:38

The people of LIsmore rallied again today against the half baked ideas of a new councilor who has put forward a motion to resurrect the unfeasible Dunoon Dam on Wednesday 16th February at the first Rous meeting since he was voted in.Speakers at the rally detailed the importance of protecting cultural heritage & burial sites, the big scrub rainfores…

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Meg Nielsen Interviews Climate & Energy Finance Analyst Tim Buckley 19:25

2+ y ago19:25

19:25

Tim Buckley is a financial analyst covering the global electricity markets. His analysis highlights the technology and finance driven inevitability of a global transition towards a lower emissions system. Meg Nielsen asks him to tell us why he is so upbeat about the transition to renewable prosperity in the face of the climate emergency. Support th…

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Big Robbery Foiled on Bundjalung Land 36:29

2+ y ago36:29

36:29

Our first Aussies have had over 200 years of theft of their land to contend with. Last year the Lismore City Council made a nationally significant gesture of returning some of the Bundjalung Nation back to its owners. This year an ideologically driven rookie councilor tried to break that promise by proposing to stop the hand back but he didn't reck…

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Koalas in Local Government, Dealers of Death in the Suburbs, Carbon Laggards & Toxic Plumes 1:31:11

3+ y ago1:31:11

1:31:11

Byron Shire Councillor Cate Coorey speaks to Sean O'Shannessy on the motion she just had passed demanding reforms of the recent NSW Koala SEPP Margie Pestorius & Miriam Torzillo from Wage Peace talk Sean through the Disrupt Land Forces actions planned for Lismore and Brisbane Julie Beesley interviewing Jo Immig from National Toxics Network re. Aus …

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From the Coalface to the Forest via the Surf 1:03:18

3+ y ago1:03:18

1:03:18

Zianna Fuad speaks to Sean O'Shannessy on the frontlines against Adani and for our koalas Damien Cole from the Surf Rider Foundation talks to Catherine Coxal and Michelle Michels from Eco Futures The Shine Report with Naomi from the Lismore Environment Centre illuminating the week ahead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-…

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Fossil Divestment, Gaslit Collapse & the light on the hill 1:11:38

3+ y ago1:11:38

1:11:38

Jeff Johnson - Ballina Shire Council Divestment Jo Evans - SANTOS PIlliga plans & obstacles The Shine Report - Naomi Shine from LIsmore Environment Centre illuminates the week ahead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-as-anything/messageBy Sean O’Shannessy

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#SaveOurKoalas Day of Action 1:21:14

3+ y ago1:21:14

1:21:14

Thanks for tuning in to Environmental as Anything. This week on the show we have: Eco News Cate Faehrmann - Koala SEPP 21 Dailan Pugh - Koala action Michelle Michels - Circular Economy interview Naomi Shine - Events and actions for this week --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/environmental-as-anything/message…

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Speaking and Listening to Rivers, Bringing Bushfire Rorters to public Account & Standing up to Fossil Fools and Loggers 1:42:11

3+ y ago1:42:11

1:42:11

Rob Garbutt transports us through the beautiful and surprising sounds of the rivers of NE NSW with his contribution to the Speaking With the River – NRCG Exhibition David Shoebridge is the chair of the NSW Parliamentary Committee on Public Accountability. He has been working hard to expose the Berejiklian Government's shameless pork barrelling and …

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