About this episode

The episode discusses political issues in Australia and Italy, including housing prices and the ecology movement.

Anna Henderson discusses falling house prices, One Nation's superannuation policy and Nationals' leader Matt Canavan's controversial 'feminisation of the curriculum' statement. Italian political analyst Lorenzo Pregliasco on how prime minister Giorgia Meloni has stayed in power for four years. Plus meet Alexander von Humboldt, the German philosopher who started the ecology movement. Guests: Anna Henderson, chief political correspondent, SBS Lorenzo Pregliasco, political analyst, Adjunct Professor, University of Bologna, Italy Dalia Nassar, Professor of Philosophy at The University of Sydney,

People in this episode

Guests: Anna Henderson, Lorenzo Pregliasco, Dalia Nassar

Topics covered

• politics
• ecology
• housing market
• education policy
• Italian politics

Keywords

• house prices
• superannuation policy
• feminisation of the curriculum
• Giorgia Meloni
• ecology movement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SBS, University of Bologna, The University of Sydney

Places: Canberra, Italy

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