This week on the show, Adam, Harry and Reuben explore the recently passed bill which would see housing development around Point England; look into reports surrounding a new wide-scale cyber attack and see if the world is on the verge of a global water crisis. They also chat with Andrew Little regarding the Labour intern scandle and their newly announced employee relations bill.
The Deputy is in for Bernie this week with tunes galore. More from the exquisite Anna Tivel and her Portland Oregon, Fluff & Gravy labelmate Jeffery Martin. The traditional Neil Young tune, this week from Rust Never Sleeps. Old School Willie, the murderous El Paso from Marty Robbins, a duet of Pancho & Lefty with Townes and Freddy Fender, good times with those ratbags The Hoodoo Gurus and The Johnnys. Jason Isbell, The Hangdogs, Cletus Got Shot, Shovels and Rope, the wonderful Eastern and heaps more.Yeeha.
Joel and Producer Kelly take on The Wire this Friday. Joel speaks to National's Mat Doocey about the latest Green Party policy, Nicole Wedding from Radio Adelaide about the latest in Australian news, and Dr. Jon Cornwell about the use of posthumous medical records. Kelly spoke to The Opportunities Party's Geoff Simmons about his personal journey into politics, and Kate Day from Renters United about their recently launched campaign.
This week on State of the States Harry and Nick talk the failures of the affordable healthcare act, President Trump's out of the blue Twitter announcement to disallow transgendered people from serving in the US military, and the replacement of Sean Spicer by Anthony Scaramucci.
The recent One News Colmar Brunton poll which has come out and placed Labour down three points to 24%, which is the party’s lowest results since the formation of this poll in the 90’s. It also saw the Greens boosting from 11% to 15% which could be a result of Co-Leader Metria Turei's recent admittance of benefit fraud.
Joel talked to Co-Leader James Shaw about why these numbers are happening, and what they mean for the Labour Green coalition.
Yesterday, the two major political parties announced new transport policies for Auckland admist much fanfare. Labour are planning to build light rail to the Airport, which will be paid for through a regional fuel tax. National on the other hand are targeting rail electrification and in particular the Papakura to Pukekohe line. To assess the two policies and give a verdict on who has the better policy, reporter Sam Smith spoke to Greater Auckland editor Matt Lowrie.
Host Joel and producers India and Sam took on Monday's Wire. Sam discussed the two big transport policy announcements from National and Labour with Greater Auckland editor Matt Lowrie.
On weekly chat with a Green Party Co-leader, Joel spoke to Metria Turei, about the recent Labour and National transport policies. They also spoke about her disappointment with Labour's response to her admissions of voter and benefit fraud.
In Southern Cross with AUT Pacific Media Centre's Kendall Hutt, Kendall had a chat with the president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Kozue Akibayashi.
And India spoke to AUSA’s Political Engagement Officer, Anna Cusack, about the launch of the We Have Vote campaign aiming to increase youth voter turnout
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