About this episode

The episode discusses Canberra's latest political developments, new perspectives on war commemoration, and the impact of fuel anxiety on tourism at Lake Eyre.

Our regular Canberra correspondent on the latest polling, and Independent David Pocock's new focus on taxing gas. Historian Peter Stanley argues for a new way to do war commemoration, and the spectacle of a flooded Lake Eyre/Kathi-Thanda is alluring, but fuel anxiety may limit the number of visitors. Guests Anna Henderson, SBS chief political correspondent Peter Stanley, former Australian War Memorial historian Trevor Wright, owner of the William Creek pub and Wrightsair, which does Lake Eyre joy flights

People in this episode

Guests: Anna Henderson, Peter Stanley, Trevor Wright

Topics covered

• politics
• war commemoration
• tourism
• gas taxation
• flooding
• Canberra

Keywords

• Canberra
• David Pocock
• war commemoration
• Lake Eyre
• tourism
• gas taxation
• Peter Stanley

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SBS

Places: Canberra, Lake Eyre, Kathi-Thanda, William Creek

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