Latest Rose jackson Podcast Episodes

The Great NSW Grants Rort

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - July 26, 2021 05:19 - 26 minutes
Earlier this year the NSW Premier said “pork-barrelling” was a normal part of politics. At the same time it’s been revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars of government grants have been rorted by the NSW Government - everything from local council support to bushfire recovery! So is this...

Should NSW go nuclear?

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - February 17, 2021 10:18 - 37 minutes
There’s been a renewed push to open up NSW to nuclear power and uranium mining. So what would this mean for our economy and environment, and why would it be a bad idea? Tune into our next policy safari which asks the question – should NSW go nuclear?

Episode 4 – What’s the deal with the NSW Budget?

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - November 19, 2020 01:45 - 22 minutes
This week the NSW Government handed down their budget. We take a look at how state budgets work and what this year’s budget is actually like.

Episode Three: Should Cannabis Be Legal?

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - November 11, 2020 23:40 - 30 minutes
During the 2020 US election another 4 US states voted to legalise cannabis and earlier this year the ACT introduced laws that made the drug legal. So what’s happening about in NSW and should we even make cannabis legal? In this episode we sit down with Will Tregoning (Founder of Unharm), Pres...

Episode Two - How do we fix NSW Prisons?

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - October 14, 2020 05:05 - 27 minutes
You may not know it but the NSW Prison system is broken. Prisons are costing more and more while crime and reoffending rates get worse. The prison system also overwhelmingly hurts disadvantaged and Indigenous people. In this episode we will explore why the system is broken and what we can do to f...

Episode One - Wage Theft

Rose Jackson's Policy Safari - August 12, 2020 01:46 - 22 minutes
We take a look at the ongoing concern of wage theft.