The Disability Royal Commission, secret refugee deals, preventing child sexual abuse, and underestimating climate change

Monday, 9 October 2023 - 7:00am to 8:30am

This week the team dove into a plethora of topics, covering issues such as underestimating the economic impacts of climate change, preventing child sexual abuse, the Disability Royal Commission, and a secret deal surrounding refugees between Australia and Papua New Guinea. 

Rob spoke to River Night, an advocate for reform within the National Disability Sector as well as a person living with Disability about the recently released Disability Royal Commission.   

 

Grace speaks with Ian Rintoul, spokesperson of Refugee Action Coalition, discussing the corruption suspicions over secret Papua New Guinea refugee contracts.

 

She also spoke with Georgia Naldrett, Australia manager of the Stop it Now! service for people who worry they have sexual thoughts about children. You can call their helpline 1800 01 1800. 

Please note that Stop it Now! isn't a reporting agency. If you would like to report a person, offence, website or illegal images, you can report to: 1. CrimeStoppers - to report crime anonymously, including child sexual abuse 2. ACCCE - to report inappropriate behaviour towards children online, including any potential online sexual abuse of a child, and making and sharing of child sexual material 3. eSafety Commissioners - to report anonymously report illegal and restricted content, including sexual child exploitation material If you are facing an emergency & need police assistance, do call 000.

Finally, James speaks with Timothy Neal, Senior Lecturer in the School of economics at the UNSW, on how economists have severely underestimated the impact of climate change on our economy. Timothy Neal, Scientia Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and also the Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR). His main research interests are panel data econometrics, machine learning, and climate change / environmental economics.

 

Songs played: 
'Weather Eyes' by Trade Wind
'None of us have much time' by Quality Used Cars
'Shells' by hannah McKittrick
'From Here To You' by Squid Nebula