Richard Denniss unravels the spin from Canberra on unemployment policy; The influential climate sceptics who hijacked climate policy; a virologist explains COVID variants and our immune systems

Award-winning investigative reporter Marian Wilkinson joins Amy to talk in-depth about her revealing book, The Carbon Club: How a network of influential climate sceptics, politicians and business leaders fought to control Australia's climate policy. The Australia Institute’s chief economist Dr Richard Denniss discusses the permanent change (ie. cut) to the rate of the unemployment allowance. After years of lobbying is the rate adequate and what does this mean for people currently struggling and living below the poverty line? We talk about all things relating to Australia’s economy and federal politics. Virologist Associate Professor Stuart Turville from the Kirby Institute explains what a viral strain, mutation, and variant is in relation to SARS-CoV-2. What do new variants mean for our current vaccines? He also shares with us the ‘immunological unicorn’ he discovered - a person who had the perfect immune response to COVID-19 - and what we can learn from it.