Greens

The revolution continues with episode 3 of Welcome to Spud City.
 
We bitterly offend Amy Winehouse and discuss what her death has had on the spoon industry, and we discuss her newly appointed place in the 27 club (undeservingly of course, as she was a one hit wonder).
 
Small people complain about Metro and the ticket machines, claiming they feel shortchanged after their expectations have come up short. They feel that their priorities have been delayed and Metro has expressed little regard for their needs.
 

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Podcast S01E03.mp3

There are more members of the Collingwood Football Club than political parties in Australia. Adele Balkin and Nat Tencic report on what parties are or are not doing to get people more involved in democracy. 

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Political parties podcast june 15.mp3

The war in Afghanistan is closing in on a decade, but this week marks the first parliamentary debate on Australia's commitment of troops.

Greens member for Melbourne Adam Bandt ignited the debate. John Langmore is former UN and political expert. They join Panorama's Hayley Crane and Nick Toscano.

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Afghanistan debate - SYNcast.mp3

The result of the election for the two major parties still hangs in the balance. What's clearer, though, is a huge swing to the Greens - the Greenslide!

New Greens' MP for Melbourne, Adam Bandt, was quick to throw his support behind the Labor Party to help them keep government. But what changes are we going to see on the big issues like asylum seekers, climate change and gay marraige?

Beau Donelly reports.

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Greens - SYNcast.mp3

The message from advocates of safe-injecting facilities is simple - get drugs off the streets.

Are safe injecting rooms a pragmatic response to reduce needle sharing, save lives and improve users' chances of getting treatment? The issue is challenging politically, but experts have renewed their push for supervised injecting facilities.

Panorama's Phoebe Roth with the story.

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Safe injecting - SYNcast.mp3