7.00am Acknowledgement of Country

7.01am Covid update

7.05am Claudia talks to Natalie Davey from the Elsternwick Park Association and local advocate Marcus Gwynne about the successful community campaign to transform a disused Elsternwick golf course into a wetland nature reserve, the regeneration of endangered species and the work of volunteers. 

7.20am  Marcus Gwynne and Natalie Davey continue with the story of the community backed Elsternwick nature reserve, sharing information about the array of wildlife that will inhabit the environment and the role of volunteers in maintaining the space.

https://www.elsternwickpark.org

7.36am Alice speaks with Claire Hastie from the Long Covid Support Group UK about research into long Covid and the road forward.

7.56am Ella speaks with Maria Hach, a senior policy and advocacy officer with Multicultural Centre for Women's Health, about the barriers facing refugeee and migrant women accessing health services.

8.14am Claudia speaks with Theo Boltman, a young performer in La Mama Theatre's The Mermaid. The production is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale The Little Mermaid and is on the VCE playlist.