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Kevin is impressed by the Nobel Peace Prize that a certain U.S. president did not receive.Kevin chats with Shane McGrath from Housing Action for the Aged, about some actual good news.We relisten to an interview with Anika Legal, first broadcast on Thursday Breakfast, 1 October 2026.

Kevin demonstrates his usual sympathy for the large consulting firms, coal mining companies, and the mainstream media.He then speaks with Dave Sweeney about the real measures of Australian carbon emissions, anti-fossil fuel activism, and the dire consequences of hosting nuclear submarines.

Kevin ponders the challenges faced by owners of super-yachts, and looks at suggestions about what to do when Australia is a military target.He then speaks with Helen van den Berg about the infrastructure Victoria could build to address ongoing water shortages, and which the currency-issuing federal government refuses to fund. song: Cool Water by Frankie Laine

Kevin considers the outsized role of consultants in the tertiary education sector.Guest, activist, and font of information about new ways corporations and government have found to poison its citizens, Cath Rouse, tells us about the planned incinerators around Victoria. This technology has been banned or rolled back in other parts of Australia and the world, and will be run by a company with a terrible safety record, including the deaths of its workers.More information here:The development and expansion of waste-to-energy (WtE) infrastructure in Victoria (report. including the minority report by Greens parliamentary member, Dr. Sarah Mansfield) No Northern Incinerator Wollert (fb group) Climate Action Merribek (campaign and links)

Kevin takes us on a whirlwind tour through the pages of the financial press, which somehow keeps returning to the "big four" consulting companies (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC ).We replay an interview first aired 10 September on 3CR's Thursday Breakfast, with Dr Gina Bekker from the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. In partnership with Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) their submissions, have successfully resulted in an official United Nations (UN) communication with the Australian Government regarding concerns about the human rights impacts of the public housing tower redevelopment plan.

Climate researcher David Spratt discusses the calamities of gas extraction and data centres with host Kevin Healy.Kevin then gives us the news roundup, including strange happenings in Malta, and why the super rich might have to take up canoeing.

Kevin considers the purchase of a 50 million dollar car.Kevin then speaks with Max Costello about developments around the legal recognition of refugee rights in Australia. MusicDon't Smoke in Bed, by Dan Tuffy & Song Crew

Kevin begins with his usual weekly news roundup, from immigration policy to law enforcement.Kevin then speaks with Loukas Kakogiannis, Secretary, Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU).Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) Music Now Is The Time Of Emotion by Prince Rama

Kevin shows his usual concerns for the challenges faced by CEOs and the billionaire class.Kevin speaks with Sean Tyrol about accessible transport, and his experience as a blind commuter and dealing with the communication about changes to the schedules.The conversation about public transport continues with John Mcpherson.

Kevin and Antimony discuss the threatened privatisation of Melbourne Water and U.S. army testosterone levels, over cups of Vietnamese green tea.Dave Sweeney then joins the conversation to discuss Australia's double standards when it comes to nuclear threats and international security.The show pays tribute to Bevan Ramsden, a long time peace activist and comrade of Kevin and Dave.

Kevin shows his usual concern for the challenges faced by Liberal politicians, and the CEOs of fossil fuel companies.Helen van den Berg reminds us that without water there is no life. We kick of the conversation with a new Victorian law that recognises the personhood of rivers.

Content Warning: For discussion of suicide. Call Lifeline 13 11 14 if this episode affects you. Kevin and Antimony discuss UK's Nigel Farage v. Count Binface, billionaire summer camp and more. Guest Dr Kate Shaw discusses 50 years of housing in Australia - marked by a precipitous decline in housing conditions as neoliberalism took hold. Shane McGrath joins later in the show to bring updates from Housing for the Aged Action Group. Upcoming documentary film screening:https://www.oldertenants.org.au/events/views-from-the-bay-homelessness-week-documentary-screening Draft code of conduct for retirement villages open for comment:https://engage.vic.gov.au/retirementvillagesamendmentregs Four Corners episode: 'Unaffordable: Australia's Broken Housing Promise'https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners

Kevin looks into organising by the billionaire class, and tries to sell Anne a $500,000 watch. Kevin then reminisces with climate researcher David Spratt, about 50 years of activism, including travel to the Middle East, and 50 years of 3CR radical radio.

Rebel who are not rebels and money that is not money. Kevin takes us through the topsy-turvy news of the week.Max Costello joins us to talk about the latest viscious assault on migrants and refugees, reminding us that threats to individual human life is deemed "irrelevant" in Australian law.