We hear a lot about affordable housing but the definition seems to differ depending where you look. We hear how the Byron Shire Council plans to address the confusion when Greens Councillor Elia Hague joins us to discuss some of the items raised in this week’s council meeting.

One of her other notices of motion related to building on floodplains, and we hear some related matters when Echo Publications Editor Aslan Shand joins us to discuss an audit report released this week of the NSW Reconstruction Authority, fresh from an interview with two key agency representatives.

It's National Road Safety Week and we hear from a father in a family driven by the preventable death of their daughter on the country’s busiest highway to campaign for the survival of others on Aussie roads.

1. Sarah’s national road safety legacy featuring Safer Australian Roads And Highways (SARAH) group founder Peter Fraser (Emma Setterfield-Smith)
2. Lismore City Council media policy likely unlawful, says dissenting councillor featuring Labor Lismore City Councillor Jasmine Knight-Smith (Mia Armitage)
3. Zero homes delivered through key disaster recovery program featuring The Byron Shire Echo Editor Aslan Shand
4. Grandson of Nakba survivor speaks in Brisbane against QLD hate speech laws featuring Nakba survivor descendent Zack; lawyer Nick Hannay (Dr John Jiggens)
5. A place to (temporarily) call home for Queer Family featuring Queer Family Inc spokesperson Aiden Gentle; Greens Byron Shire Councillor Elia Hague
6. Defining affordable housing featuring Greens Byron Shire Councillor Elia Hague
7. Rail trail funding denied featuring Greens Byron Shire Councillor; Byron resident and Bay FM presenter Judy Shelly
8. Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed (Karen Crick)

executive producer: Mia Armitage

assistant producer: Emma Setterfield-Smith 

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PIC (L-R): Mia Armitage, Byron Shire Cr Elia Hague, Emma Setterfield-Smith (Gayle Cue)