Jo Dyer Explains How Independents Could Reconstruct Australian Politics; David Brophy On Australia's 'China Panic'; Save the Curtin Hotel! Protecting Melbourne’s social heritage

Uncommon Sense

Jo Dyer, independent candidate for Boothby (federal, SA) and cultural curator talks about where Australian politics went awry and how independents can reconstruct it – in her book, Burning Down The House: Reconstructing Modern Politics. Amidst rising alarmist rhetoric on China, Amy talks to author and historian Dr David Brophy about his book, China Panic: Australia’s Alternative to Paranoia and Pandering. Felicity Watson, Advocacy Manager at the National Trust of Australia (Vic) talks about why we must save the John Curtin Hotel in Carlton, and other culturally and socially valuable heritage pubs and buildings in Melbourne. Felicity takes us through the broader conservation and heritage situation in Victoria.