Bill Mitchell on the Nation-State, Public Dental Health and Jeanine Leane on Indigenous Poetry and Politics

Tuesday, 13 February 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Tuesday 13 February 2018

Lauren and George 

7:00am – Acknowledgement of Country

7:05am  Audio from a panel on the criminalisation of African communities: we hear the speeches of Nawal Ali and Abbey Mag.

7:30am – Interview William (Bill) Mitchell, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity: Lauren interviews Bill on his new book,  'Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World'. 

7:45am – Interview with Associate Professor and CEO of ADAVB (Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch) Matthew Hopcraft: George Interviews Matthew about a new AIHW report, exposing soaring public dental waiting times in Victoria and the importance of dental health.

8:10am – Interview with Jeanine Leane, a Wiradjuri woman from the Murrumbidgee who is an activist, writer and teacher: Jeanine joins us in the studio to discuss politics, creative writing and her new book of poetry, Walk Back Over.