Swooping Birds - especially magpies

It's spring! And so animals start to get moving, not least our feathered friends who are into nest building a breeding. So some magpies begin swooping passers by in protection of their nests from a perceived threat. How can we manage to avoid damage to ourselves and the birds? We discuss with a wil…

Amelia Pearson - electric car fires

There have been some spectacular videos circulating of car fires, especially in ships and other enclosed spaces, but on the actual statistics this would appear to be a beat up (if not deliberate disinformation). We set out the real situation.

Mairi Roberts RSPCA election requests improved laws and funding to tackle animal cruelty

Shockingly animal cruelty reports have increased, and in many cases there are repeat offenders, so the RSPCA is calling for increased penalties to provide stronger deterrence, and for the state to pick up the costs of the inspectorate which is providing a service to the state, currently funded by d…

Kirrilie Rowe Adelaide Uni Batteries and panels

With offers abounding to support the installation of both solar panel and batteries, how can we decide on the most cost effective choice? An Adelaide Uni team has tackled the problem and come up with a fairly simple formula, and we discuss it here, along with ideas about the "three for free" offers…

Sean Dooley Birdlife Aust H5N1

With H5N1 Bird Flu arriving on our shores we need to get an understanding of what we are facing, and where preparations are, or are not adequate. Birdlife Australia is the primary NGO wildlife organisation with the knowledge.

Amelia Pearson Bushfire prep

With a predicted hotter and drier summer ahead it's useful to think about what we need to do to prepare...

Kate Wilson Baw Baw Mayor Aug

Regular chat with Baw Baw Mayor Kate Wilson, covering further discussion of the bin collection, suddenly a state election issue, the Shire's "ask" for the election, and processes for dealing with Councillors who stand for election. Also, there has been some new flood mapping included after some del…

BESS ib voit explainer Terry Daly

Several Battery Energy Storage System proposals are in the application process around west gippsland and raising much miss-understanding, miss-information and even husteria, so here we seek explanations for what is proposed and what the real risks are.

WayneFarnham aug 6

Full replay of our chat with Member for Narracan Wayne Farnham, in which he defends proposals by te Liberal leadership to mandates "red bin" collection and cap road tolls. He also takes a swip at One Nation's leader for standing in a seat that is considered winnable, rather than his residential com…

Ben Vahland RSL vets support

Warragul RSL has a strong focus on supporting veterans with health issues and getting appropriate support from Veterans Affairs, and in this chat we discuss their services with ben Vahland, immediate past president and welfare manager, and he also raises the widee concern about decisions to cap som…