budget

Finding youth in the Victorian budget

Yesterday Victorian Treasurer Kims Wells handed down his and the Baillieu Government’s first budget.
Panorama got the low down on what the budget was all about and what was in it for young people.

Also in the podcast; what was in the budget for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, child services, the environment and legal aid.
 
Panorama's Matt Dawson, Dinushi Weerakone and Samantha Lowcock report.
 

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Budget cuts 2011




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Get Growing 12th of June episode

1. In the garden - growing mushrooms.
 
2. Gardening resources - books and magazines.
 
3. Gardening resources - television, websites and blogs.
 
4. Harvest - carrots.
 
5. Budget tips - cheap plant shopping.

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5th June Get Growing episode

1. In the garden - Keeping chickens
 
2. Formal garden design using vegetables
 
3. Cottage garden design using vegetables and making attractive garden structures like pea sticks
 
4. Budget tip - Garden tools
 
5. Harvest - Silverbeet

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29th of May Get Growing episode

1. In the garden - planting carrots.

 
2.Penny pinchers - how to get cheap indoor plants.
 
3. Propagating indoor plants.
 
4. Garden technique - how to weed effectively.
 
5. Bush tucker - Kangaroo apples.

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15th of May episode

15th of May episode
 
1. In the garden this week - planting bok choi.
 
2. Pest control using kitchen scraps.
 
3.The harvest - beetroot.
 
4. Growing succulents for free.
 
5. How to get free mulch.

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8th May Get Growing episode

1. In the garden this week - planting peas and snowpeas
 
2. Bush Tucker - Lilly pillies. Harvesting seeds, growing them as indoor plants and how to eat them.
 
3. Hanging pots - how to make some cheap hanging pots, what to plant - both vegies and flowers.
 
4. Spring bulbs - how and what to plant.
 
5. The harvest - Pumpkins. Soup and conserve.

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Budgeting for election

You might think politics is as boring as a day spent knitting, but if you're going to pick a time to pay attention to the spin, May is the month.

The most hype is kept for the Federal budget, but what about Victoria's budget? Emma Buckley Lennox asks if it's an election-winner. Phoebe Roth looks at the $4b investment in health and what it's missing.

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1st May Get Growing Episode

1st May Get Growing Episode
 
1. Intro - what's on the show this week
 
2. In the garden - planting garlic
 
3. Gardening at university - interview with Dan Musil, Melbourne University environment officer and keen guerrilla gardener.
 
4. Food ethics - interview with Dan Musil about his social justice and environmental reasons for getting involved in growing vegies.
 
5. Guerrilla gardening - Dan Musil talks about the practicalities of guerrilla gardening in Melbourne
 

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