Federal Election Policy Series – Foreign Affairs And The Pacific; Louisa Lim On Dispossession And Defiance In Hong Kong; Green Bans And The Fight To Save The John Curtin Hotel

Nic Maclellan, Pacific affairs correspondent for Inside Story, talks about Australia's foreign policy, including its relationships with Pacific island nations, China, the U.S. and France. Nic also explains the positions and recent policies of the major and minor parties. This is the second instalment of Uncommon Sense's federal election policy series. Journalist and author Louisa Lim discusses her new book, Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong. Among many things, Louisa explores the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong and the rising number of speech crime convictions under the national security law. She also discusses key historical moments and seeks to insert Hong Kongers back into their social and political history. Luke Hilakari, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council tells us the full story behind the fight to save the John Curtin Hotel. A green ban has been announced in the effort to protect the socially and culturally significant John Curtin Hotel in Carlton. Union workers will now refuse to work on any redevelopment or demolition of the Curtin Hotel, after it was sold to an international buyer.