What's in the NSW state budget? // Housing and the NSW budget // Cultural burning: Can the past address a modern problem?
Listen now
Description
(aired 23/09/2023) - First up, we chat with Backchat Producer Libby Hopper about some of the NSW Budget highlights – and what the big winners and losers are for this round.   Next, we delve into public housing and social housing in NSW’s budget – a huge focus in this year’s budget with Rachel Evans from Action for Public Housing and Michelle May, Principal of Michelle May’s Buyer’s Agent. Victor Steffensen, lead fire practitioner, and co-founder of the Firesticks Alliance joins us to break down why we should look to the past to prevent future catastrophes when it comes to fire prevention strategies. This episode of Backchat was produced by Libby Hopper, Sana Shaikh, Jostina Basta and Eamonn Snow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
More Episodes
This week on Backchat, producer Sumaiya Chowdhure and PhD student Lauren A. Miller unmask the mental health effects of constant self-viewing in the age of social media and augmented filters. Then, employment lawyer Seri Feldman-Gubbay from Redfern Legal Centre breaks down new reforms that make...
Published 11/12/24
This week on Backchat, producer Libby Hopper unpacks the NSW Government’s new funding for music festivals. Will it revive the local festival scene or is the industry still on life support? Next, Western Sydney University med students Jessica Mitchell and Aleisha Watson share how 2000 hours of...
Published 11/10/24
Published 11/10/24