Is building more homes enough to solve Australia’s housing crisis? This conversation explores housing supply, council rates, infrastructure funding, and why growing communities need more than houses.

Nathan shares his perspective on the pressures facing local government in South Australia, from councils borrowing money to operate to housing developments putting extra demand on roads, transport, sporting facilities, and community services.

“It’s like using your credit card to pay your mortgage. Obviously that’s not sustainable.”

Drawing on his experience in construction and council leadership, Nathan discusses:

• Australia’s housing crisis and the challenges of housing growth

• Council finances, residential rates, and infrastructure funding

• Higher-density housing versus urban sprawl

• Why jobs, parks, and sporting facilities matter in new developments

• Protecting Gawler’s heritage while planning for growth

• Construction costs and supply chain delays

• How local, state, and federal governments can work together

• Leadership that puts community outcomes ahead of personal credit

From a frustrated builder to a council leader, Nathan also reflects on the decision to stop complaining about the system and help change it.

Watch the conversation for a local government perspective on housing, sustainable growth, and building communities people want to live in.

What does your area need most: more homes, better roads, public transport, or community facilities? Tell us in the comments.

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Why do bullying bosses get away with it, and what happens when employees are too afraid to speak up? This podcast explores toxic leadership, workplace bullying, conflict resolution, and the conversations that can turn tension into trust.

Our guest, an accredited leadership coach, mediator, and former UN human rights professional, shares lessons from her work in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Australia. From entering a Khmer Rouge camp while seven months pregnant to coaching CEOs accused of bullying, she reflects on power, accountability, courage, and the human cost of staying silent.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why harmful leadership can go unchallenged

• Narcissists, psychopaths, and the attraction of power

• How workplace conflict affects trust, morale, and staff retention

• Why healthy disagreement matters in high-performing teams

• How to approach difficult conversations with curiosity

• Understanding your conflict style at work and in relationships

• Finding your values and direction after a challenging career chapter

• Why effective leadership starts with leading yourself

“Disagreement is inevitable, but conflict is optional.”

Whether you’re a manager, business owner, emerging leader, or someone navigating a difficult workplace, this conversation offers practical perspectives on communication, leadership skills, and building a healthier workplace culture.

Which matters most in a leader: confidence, empathy, or accountability? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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What makes a great leader, and do you really need decades of experience to earn a seat in the boardroom?

In this episode, Stacey joins Dev to explore authentic leadership, women in leadership, boardroom diversity, and how to start your journey towards a board role.

From geological engineering and mining in Western Australia to local government and board appointments, Stacey shares how purpose shaped her career. She reflects on often being the youngest person, one of the few women, and the only engineer in the room—and how asking thoughtful questions helped her contribute.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why you don’t have to wait until the end of your career to join a board

• How engineering skills translate into governance and decision-making

• Gender, age, and professional diversity in the boardroom

• Three questions to ask yourself before pursuing a board role

• Managing disagreement, risk, and organisational growth

• What motherhood and coaching taught Stacey about leadership

• How preparation and visualisation help you perform under pressure

• Why authenticity, warmth, and connection matter in a leader

Whether you’re an aspiring board director, an engineer exploring career development, or a manager building your leadership skills, this episode offers practical perspectives on contributing with confidence and helping others succeed.

💬 What quality do you value most in a leader? Tell us in the comments.

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What does it take to keep building when entrepreneurship gets tough, and your co-founder is also your husband?

In this podcast trailer, we explore the human side of entrepreneurship: the moments of wanting to quit, the pressure that follows founders home, and what truly matters if everything you’ve built turns to dust.

“If this all turns to dust tomorrow, our fallback is we would just want to be happy humans with our family.”

The full conversation explores:

• Startup struggles and the “Valley of Death”

• Building a business with your partner

• Taking risks while keeping family at the centre

• Why career growth doesn’t always mean becoming a manager

• AI in banking, data privacy, and accountability

• The challenges facing founders in Victoria

Whether you’re starting a business, growing your career, or questioning what success means to you, this conversation offers an honest look at ambition and the life behind it.

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Why are younger Australians becoming afraid of growing old?

In this important podcast conversation, Miranda—Chief Executive of COTA SA, the Council on the Ageing South Australia—discusses Australia’s aged-care crisis, long waiting periods for home-care support, age discrimination, dementia, digital exclusion and the pressures facing older Australians and their families.

Some older people may wait up to a year before receiving the support they need at home. During that delay, families and informal carers experience growing stress, while vulnerable people face an increased risk of falls, infections, declining independence and hospital admission.

Miranda explains how failures in aged care can place additional pressure on South Australia’s hospital system, shifting costs between federal aged care and state health services without solving the underlying problem.

The conversation also explores:

• Why Australia’s aged-care system has reached a crisis point

• The emotional impact of waiting for home-care support

• Why younger Australians are becoming fearful of ageing

• The difference between NDIS and aged-care support at ages 64 and 65

• How complicated systems exclude vulnerable older people

• Digital exclusion and the loss of face-to-face services

• Why First Nations and culturally diverse communities may distrust government systems

• The importance of trauma-informed aged care

• Dementia awareness, prevention and childhood dementia

• Workplace ageism affecting people over 45

• Why finding employment can take longer after the age of 50

• The pressures facing women in the “sandwich generation”

• Advocacy burnout among people trying to repair a struggling system

• What governments must do to create a better ageing experience

Miranda challenges the belief that ageing is only a burden. Growing older should remain a period of participation, dignity, independence and opportunity.

Ageism affects everyone because it discriminates against the people we may become in the future.

What needs to change first: aged-care funding, waiting times, workforce shortages or our attitudes toward ageing? Share your opinion in the comments.

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David died twice after being struck head-on by a four-wheel drive—and exactly ten years later, he was elected as a Member of Parliament.

In this deeply personal podcast conversation, David recounts the cycling accident that left him trapped beneath a vehicle for 50 minutes. His surgeon rated his injuries nine out of ten, with ten representing death. After four and a half months in hospital, he had to learn to walk again and was told he might never walk or ride a bicycle again.

He proved both predictions wrong.

But the physical recovery was only part of his journey. David opens up about PTSD, anxiety and depression—and the question that followed him for a decade: “Why did I survive?”

When he won his parliamentary seat exactly ten years after the accident, he says he finally found his answer and a renewed sense of purpose.

Beyond his remarkable survival story, the conversation explores major political and economic issues affecting South Australia and regional communities, including:

• The divide between metropolitan and regional services

• Government spending and political priorities

• Renewable energy and its impact on rural communities

• Data centres, water consumption and energy demand

• How artificial intelligence is changing political offices

• AI deepfakes, cybersecurity and data sovereignty

• Why people who understand AI could replace those who do not

• One Nation’s growing support among working-class voters

• Trust, honesty and accountability in politics

• The difference between opposition and governing

• Freedom of speech and the right to cause offence

• The Victorian election and the possibility of a coalition government

• Advice for young people who want to enter politics

This is a conversation about survival, faith, depression, resilience, political change and discovering a purpose greater than yourself.

What do you believe David survived for? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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The political opinions and claims expressed in this episode belong to the speakers and are presented for discussion and public debate.

His own political party refused even to consider him as a candidate—but he refused to give up.

In this honest and deeply personal podcast conversation, a Victorian politician shares his journey from growing up in a single-parent household and experiencing constant financial pressure to surviving political rejection and finally entering Parliament.

He opens up about moving repeatedly during childhood, struggling to make ends meet and the powerful influence of his mother, who taught him to reject injustice and treat everyone with dignity. He also reveals why losing repeatedly became one of his greatest lessons—and how to recognise the difference between perseverance and delusion.

The conversation explores some of the biggest issues facing Victoria today, including:

• Victoria’s growing government debt

• Major infrastructure cost overruns

• Political and ministerial accountability

• Energy security and energy independence

• Coal, gas, nuclear power and emerging technologies

• Childcare safety and government oversight

• Public safety and concerns affecting Victorian families

• Taxes affecting small and medium-sized businesses

• The changing political landscape and One Nation

• Social media’s growing influence on politics

• What voters should examine before supporting a candidate

• Rejection, resilience and the courage to try again

The guest argues that Victorians should care less about what politicians say and pay closer attention to what they actually do.

Do actions speak louder than words in politics? And how many times would you be willing to lose before trying again?

Watch the complete conversation and share your thoughts in the comments.

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Australia has extraordinary natural resources, talented people and enormous economic potential, so why are Australians facing rising debt, housing pressure, energy insecurity and declining confidence in the political system?

In this thought-provoking podcast, host Dave sits down with Ron for an unfiltered conversation about Australian sovereignty, democracy, natural resources, taxation, migration, energy policy, national defence and the future of the country.

Ron shares his remarkable personal journey, from leaving school at 15 and becoming a motor mechanic to building businesses across insurance, publishing, financial services, consulting and construction. He also opens up about losing his eldest son, the strength required to survive personal tragedy and his belief that being born is a privilege—and that everyone has an obligation to live their best life.

The conversation then examines some of Australia’s biggest questions:

• Is Australia’s political system broken?

• Why does Australia export raw materials and buy back finished products?

• Could Australia become the financial, agricultural and education hub of Southeast Asia?

• Should political parties be replaced by independent representatives?

• Could a “House of Experts” improve government policy?

• Is Australia prepared for cyberattacks and future security threats?

• What role should coal, gas, nuclear power and renewables play?

• Should politicians face strict term limits?

• What is the difference between infrastructure debt and recurring government debt?

This is a challenging conversation filled with strong opinions, personal experience and a bold alternative vision for Australia. The political and economic views expressed are those of the speakers and are presented for discussion and debate.

Do you believe Australia is reaching its full potential? Share your opinion in the comments.

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