Today we hear from Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith after a busy season of parliamentary sittings in Sydney. Calls for an inquiry into police investigations of Lindy Lucena’s death in Ballina nearly two years ago, a hunter’s rights bill described as the most regressive move on gun rights since the Port Arthur massacre, and the controversial proposal for a trial of a Special Entertainment Precinct in Byron Bay are all items on the agenda for discussion.

Bay FM has some exciting news to share in the likes of newly funded content, Make A Change host Dione Green joins us to reveal details of a new current affairs segment to feature on the long-running Wednesday morning program this Spring.

1. NSW hunting bill sent for inquiry featuring Senior Advocacy Advisor at The Alannah and Madeline Foundation Stephen Bendle (Sam Georgiou, The Wire)
2. The ‘renoviction’ loophole featuring University of Sydney Institute for Public Policy and Governance Sociologist Professor Alan Morris(Thomas Koutis, The Wire)
3. Pressure on federal gov’t to ‘make polluters pay’ featuring Make Big Polluters Pay Australia Strategic Campaign Lead Julie-Anne Richards (Mary-Kate Hannagan, The Wire)
4. Business backs consumer-focussed soft plastics recycling featuring University of Tasmania Behavioural Economist Robert Hoffman (Delaney Carter, The Wire)
5. Ballina MP ‘not taking sides’ featuring Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith
6. New Queer’d News to come to Bay FM featuring Bay FM Make A Change presenter and Queer’d News producer Dione Green
7. Northern Rivers News with Karen Crick

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