David Shoebridge has taken over the Greens leadership with a big ambition: to replace Labor.

He’s doing it at a time when Australians are becoming less attached to the major parties, and less trusting of the people who run them.

But so far, it’s Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that has made the most of that anger, while the Greens, after losing seats at the last election, have stagnated in the polls. Their challenge now is to convince disillusioned voters that the Greens can be more than a bit player in the halls of parliament. 

Today, Greens leader David Shoebridge on his plan to turn the Greens into an anti-establishment force, and whether that requires changing the party itself.

 

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Guest: Greens leader David Shoebridge

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David Shoebridge has taken over the Greens leadership with a big ambition: to replace Labor.
He&rsquo;s doing it at a time when Australians are becoming less attached to the major parties, and less trusting of the people who run them.
But so far, it&rsquo;s Pauline Hanson&rsquo;s One Nation that has made the most of that anger, while the Greens, after losing seats at the last election, have stagnated in the polls. Their challenge now is to convince disillusioned voters that the Greens can be more than a bit player in the halls of parliament.&nbsp;
Today, Greens leader David Shoebridge on his plan to turn the Greens into an anti-establishment force, and whether that requires changing the party itself.
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Guest: Greens leader David Shoebridge
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New leader, new Greens?

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It’s been a week of shock and grief. 

The attack on Helen Haines has left her family and the community she represents confronting a trauma that has reverberated across the country and whose consequences will endure long after the headlines have moved on. 

In Canberra, there have been calls for restraint, for care with words and for an end to the cruelty that has become so familiar in our public life. Those calls ask politicians and the media to recognise the weight of our words and our collective responsibility for the tone we accept in public debate. 

Today, ABC Melbourne’s Raf Epstein on a devastating week, the habits we’ve come to accept, and whether this moment will change anything once the political contest resumes. 

 

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Guest: ABC Melbourne host Raf Epstein

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It&rsquo;s been a week of shock and grief.&nbsp;
The attack on Helen Haines has left her family and the community she represents confronting a trauma that has reverberated across the country and whose consequences will endure long after the headlines have moved on.&nbsp;
In Canberra, there have been calls for restraint, for care with words and for an end to the cruelty that has become so familiar in our public life. Those calls ask politicians and the media to recognise the weight of our words and our collective responsibility for the tone we accept in public debate.&nbsp;
Today, ABC Melbourne&rsquo;s Raf Epstein on a devastating week, the habits we&rsquo;ve come to accept, and whether this moment will change anything once the political contest resumes.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
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Guest: ABC Melbourne host Raf Epstein
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/James Ross

Raf Epstein on a week that’s left him ‘punch drunk’

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In an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo, young children are being cared for by people in protective suits – isolated from the love and comfort of their families, who can only watch on from a window. 

For paediatrician Rupa Narra, it was unlike anything she’d experienced in 16 years working in global health. Some of her patients were too young to understand why their parents couldn’t hold them in what would be their final hours. 

And as health workers confront the outbreak, the international support they once relied on has been stripped away.

Today, Médecins Sans Frontières doctor, Rupa Narra, on the children caught up in the Ebola crisis and what happens when the world retreats from helping contain it. 

 

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Guest: Médecins Sans Frontières doctor, Rupa Narra

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In an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo, young children are being cared for by people in protective suits &ndash; isolated from the love and comfort of their families, who can only watch on from a window.&nbsp;
For paediatrician Rupa Narra, it was unlike anything she&rsquo;d experienced in 16 years working in global health. Some of her patients were too young to understand why their parents couldn&rsquo;t hold them in what would be their final hours.&nbsp;
And as health workers confront the outbreak, the international support they once relied on has been stripped away.
Today, M&eacute;decins Sans Fronti&egrave;res doctor, Rupa Narra, on the children caught up in the Ebola crisis and what happens when the world retreats from helping contain it.&nbsp;
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Guest: M&eacute;decins Sans Fronti&egrave;res doctor, Rupa Narra
Photo:msf.org.au

The forgotten health crisis

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You can see it in the drawn faces of the politicians lining up to speak about Helen Haines this week – Canberra has been shaken to its core.

ASIO and the Australian Federal Police have been liaising with parliamentarians – some of whom say they no longer feel safe after the alleged attack, which left the beloved Victorian independent fighting for her life.

But some of the same politicians offering their condolences have been responsible for the increasingly ugly, even violent, rhetoric on the floor of parliament – their words contributing to the very environment that’s made them feel unsafe.

Today, Independent MP Allegra Spender on her own experience, the hypocrisy in parliament, and why she’s calling for change – regardless of what the driver’s motivations are found to be.

 

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Guest: Independent MP Allegra Spender

Photo: AAP Image/James Ross

You can see it in the drawn faces of the politicians lining up to speak about Helen Haines this week &ndash; Canberra has been shaken to its core.
ASIO and the Australian Federal Police have been liaising with parliamentarians &ndash; some of whom say they no longer feel safe after the alleged attack, which left the beloved Victorian independent fighting for her life.
But some of the same politicians offering their condolences have been responsible for the increasingly ugly, even violent, rhetoric on the floor of parliament &ndash; their words contributing to the very environment that&rsquo;s made them feel unsafe.
Today, Independent MP Allegra Spender on her own experience, the hypocrisy in parliament, and why she&rsquo;s calling for change &ndash; regardless of what the driver&rsquo;s motivations are found to be.
&nbsp;
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Guest: Independent MP Allegra Spender
Photo:&nbsp;AAP Image/James Ross

‘A heap of hypocrisy’: Why Allegra Spender says the Helen Haines attack must change politics

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