Federal Politics; Vida Goldstein – suffragist, feminist, social reformer; David Lindenmayer on the forest ecology of the Central Highlands
Amy talks to biographer and journalist Jacqueline Kent about the life of courageous suffragist, politician, and social reformer of the 20th century, Vida Goldstein. Professor David Lindenmayer from the ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society is one of the world's most cited forest ecologists. He discusses new research on the Central Highlands showing the direct effects that fire and logging are having on the forests – substantially reducing the number of hollow-bearing trees that threatened and critically endangered Australian mammals can use as homes. Plus Ben Eltham, national affairs correspondent for New Matilda, on the latest in federal politics.
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