We catch up with academic, author, and self-described bird enthusiast Dr. Gráinne Cleary. Fresh off the release of BirdLife Australia's annual Aussie Bird Count results, Cleary joins the show to discuss her latest book, Why Do Birds Sing?, and to mount a passionate, data-driven defense of our most misunderstood feathered neighbors.

We catch up with academic, author, and self-described bird enthusiast&nbsp;Dr. Gr&aacute;inne Cleary. Fresh off the release of BirdLife Australia's annual Aussie Bird Count results, Cleary joins the show to discuss her latest book, Why Do Birds Sing?, and to mount a passionate, data-driven defense of our most misunderstood feathered neighbors.

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Credits:

Host: John Stanley
Executive Producer: Hannah McGrory
Producer: Thomas Denham
Technical Producer: Dylan Caple


Publisher: Tapt Media Pty Ltd

Missed the show? Catch up on the full show with John Stanley.
 
Credits:
Host: John Stanley Executive Producer: Hannah McGrory Producer: Thomas Denham Technical Producer: Dylan Caple
 Publisher: <a href="https://taptmedia.com.au/">Tapt Media Pty Ltd</a>

FULL SHOW | Nights with John Stanley - 27 May 2026

Stop overpaying for the basics. Join Australia’s leading bill-buster Joel Gibson and John Stanley for your weekly masterclass in beating the cost-of-living crisis.


Listen to John Stanley live on air from 8pm Monday to Thursday on 2GB Sydney and 4BC Brisbane

Stop overpaying for the basics. Join Australia&rsquo;s leading bill-buster Joel Gibson and John Stanley for your weekly masterclass in beating the cost-of-living crisis.
 Listen to John Stanley live on air from 8pm Monday to Thursday on <a href="https://www.2gb.com">2GB Sydney</a> and <a href="https://www.4bc.com.au/">4BC Brisbane</a>

Money Saving Tips with Joel Gibson - 27 May 2026

"Forget the idea that we don't make anything here anymore. Western Sydney alone employs 80,000 people in manufacturing, and if you're popping a vitamin tablet this morning, it almost certainly came out of a factory in Eastern Creek."

Adam Leto, CEO of the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue, joins the show to discuss their newly launched landmark discussion paper, Re-Tooling a Manufacturing Powerhouse: A Future Made in Greater Western Sydney. While the public often looks back on the 1970s and 80s car manufacturing declines with nostalgia, Leto reveals that the industrial heart of the West has quietly adapted, survived, and grown.

"Forget the idea that we don't make anything here anymore. Western Sydney alone employs 80,000 people in manufacturing, and if you're popping a vitamin tablet this morning, it almost certainly came out of a factory in Eastern Creek."
Adam Leto, CEO of the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue, joins the show to discuss their newly launched landmark discussion paper, Re-Tooling a Manufacturing Powerhouse: A Future Made in Greater Western Sydney. While the public often looks back on the 1970s and 80s car manufacturing declines with nostalgia, Leto reveals that the industrial heart of the West has quietly adapted, survived, and grown.

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