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Thank you RN Drive for the interview with Dr Monique Ryan MP who claimed Beetaloo and the Middle Arm projects will blow out Australia’s carbon budget and more. Would you be able to follow up this story with a response from Australian Labor to reassure the public that they know better?

Joining me live after 4pm on RN Drive ABC Radio National

⛏️Dr Monique Ryan MP on #beetaloo #fracking protest

👩‍🏫 Fmr WM premier Geoff Gallop on #NSW Teachers Federation

📈James Thomson Financial Review

⚽️ tariq panja/Flora Snelson + more

WAFarmers President John Hassell will join me after 4pm on @rndrive #VoiceToParliament

The ABF Commissioner Outram will join me after 4pm on @rndrive #cocaine

The ACT AG Shane Rattenbury MLA will join me live after 4pm on @rndrive

Are you feeling lonely?

A landmark report has found almost 1 in 3 Australians feel lonely.

So what do you do to feel connected? Do you find it tough to make new friends? Is life too busy to spend time with your family?

Let us know in the comments 👇

Australian runner Peter Bol was cleared of doping earlier this week, leaving questions over the fairness of the World Anti-Doping Authority's testing standards.

Listen to Andy Park's full chat with sports integrity researcher Catherine Ordway, PhD here: ab.co/3qgPjzm

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Trade Minister Don Farrell
Cellist @TinaGuo plays in studio
David Shoebridge
Josh Borenstein
Kate Carnell
Prue Blake the wok boy

Andy Park LISTEN: rb.gy/kixh8f

Prior to the 2022 federal election, the Albanese government promised to expand newborn screening from 25 diseases to 80.

One year on and Chair of Better Access Australia Felicity McNeil says that promise has already been broken.

Hear the full interview here: ab.co/459Q8Zu

Do you have a #sidehustle to pay the bills? 6.6% of Australians do.

What do you do and why?

More on RN Drive after 4 with Andy Park

I will be on ABC Radio National Drive just after the 4 pm news today talking about why the government is refusing to release its own intelligence assessment on #climate disruption and human security. Background: amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…. RN Drive Breakthrough Sophie Gabrielle

'Unfortunately there is a lack of accountability at government levels'

National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has called for stronger national leadership to tackle child sexual abuse.

Listen back to her conversation with Andy Park here: ab.co/3OFfdWO

Is it ever ethically okay to steal from big business? i.e watching a pirated film from a studio that doesn’t pay their writers properly? Chewing on a free grape in the supermarket duopoly? Comment here before the debate after 4pm Andy Park

Would you want to know how much time you had left? Composer Adrian Sutton made his choice and got to work. Andy Park abc.net.au/radionational/…

Does sin city need to legalize cocaine to stop gang murders? Cate Faehrmann 🌏🐨 w Andy Park abc.net.au/radionational/…

The “death” of summer holidays:

Summer is rapidly becoming the most dangerous and disrupted time of the year. Do we need to rethink summer? One travel company says southern Europe’s tourism has 5 to 10 years left in it. More after 4pm/comment below Andy Park

Has climate change impacted your summer holiday plans?

Is a July/August European getaway now out of the question? And how are you feeling about summer in Australia?

Text 0418 226 576 or join the conversation on the ABC Listen App 📲 ab.co/45Ow7Ja

Despite decades of warnings, state and local governments continue to approve developments in high risk areas.

Insurance Council of Australia CEO Andrew Hall warns communities face intergenerational poverty if planning laws aren't reformed.

Listen back here: ab.co/44Korqz