These seven to ten minute podcasts were made by the students enrolled in Political Journalism (JOU2107) in 2018.
The students were tasked with talking a state or federal WA politician into being interviewed...
Nick Doyle talks to Green’s MLC for East Metro, Tim Clifford about the EPA’s scrapped carbon emissions guidelines proposal.
https://soundcloud.com/user-197537892/doyle-polipod
Jesse Donnelly Jones talks to shadow environment minister Steve Thomas about the State Government’s plans to install shark deterrent cables along the WA coastline, and how this method can help make our...
June Lee spoke with Labor MLA and member of Girrawheen Margaret Quirk about the condition of WA aged care facilities.
https://soundcloud.com/user-197537892/polipod-june-lee
Grace Flynn explores both sides of the penalty rate debate, which was sparked in 2017 when the Fair Work Commission announced that penalty rates in retail and hospitality would be cut over the coming years.
https://soundcloud.com/user-197537892/the-penalty-rate-debate
40,000 years before Captain Cook arrived in Sydney Cove with a British flag, there were already many who called Australia home. Jess Emery talks to Greens Senator Rachel Siewert and Member for Mount Lawley...
Diane Evers is the Greens MLC for the South West Region in WA. Currently she’s working to amend the Regional Forest Agreement in a way that suits both the environment and the forest based industries....
Eddie Scown talks to shadow police minister Peter Katsambanis about the legal issues facing the sport of Airsoft, a game similar to paintball that was banned via the firearms laws brought in after the...
Women's rights and the push for equality are still hot topics. Kelly Smith talks to politician Donna Faragher and organisational change expert Aleisha Godenzie about the current state of feminist affairs.
https://soundcloud.com/user-197537892/kelly-smith-womens-rights
Amber-Jade Sanderson is the state member for Morley currently chairing the End-of-Life Choices
committee that is looking into euthanasia laws in WA. Henry Sims spoke to her about her entry into
politics...
We are often bombarded with news about the policies, laws, and scandals brought about by our politicians. However, we don’t often hear about what it’s like from the other side. In this Polipod Joshua...
