80 episodes
The Hoot Genevieve Jacobs & David Murtagh
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4.2 • 15 Ratings
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The Hoot brings you news, views and big ideas from Canberra's Region Media. Join Genevieve Jacobs and Ross Solly for insights, expertise and a bit of fun each week.
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The Hoot: the ACT's ticking debt bomb, the problems with public housing and who said we want 'Big Canberra'?
This week on The Hoot, David Murtagh is joined by Assembly reporter Claire Fenwicke to discuss the growing debt in the ACT (are we that far off being Victoria?), the myriad failures in public housing, and one of the reasons the Barr Government is so keen on light rail is that we are projected to have a population of 780,000 in 2060. A question for you: is this what we want in Canberra? And if so, can we still be the 'Bush Capital'?
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S3 E16: Improving legal responses to sexual violence, (yet) another transport election and bike wars
This week on The Hoot, David Murtagh is joined by Assembly reporter Claire Fenwicke to discuss the latest efforts to improve system responses to sexual crime, the growing daylight between the Greens and Labor on transport policy, and bike riders. Why do cyclists make Canberrans so very, very angry?
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S3 E15: Anzac Day, gnarly ethics - and an owl's farewell
This week on the Hoot, we ask the hard questions about who has the right to exercise control. Can we limit social media, even when it's harmful? Is it OK to work on Anzac Day? And in a big transition, a founding owl flies the nest. It's the news you need from Ngunnawal country, with a light touch.
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S3 E14: Lobbyists, political misjudgements and ghost buses
On the Hoot this week, David and Genevieve solve some mysteries (or at least ask a few tough questions). Should we ban lobbyists? Where are the government's electric buses? And has Canberra ever been cool? It's all the news you need from Ngunnawal country, with a light touch.
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S3 E13: Canberra United, housing brainwaves and poo (yes, poo)
This week on The Hoot, David Murtagh and Genevieve Jacobs ask who will save Canberra United, whatever happened to the Greens' big housing brainwave and we tackle poo joggers! It's all the news you need to know (and some you don't want to think about) from Ngunnawal country.
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S3 E12: Labor governments, the economy (stupid) and Easter trees (what?)
This week on the Hoot Genevieve Jacobs and David Murtagh ask what dual Labor governments have delivered for Canberra, what's really wrong with the economy and what this world is coming to when we have Easter trees. It's all the news you need from Ngunnawal country, with a light touch.
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Customer Reviews
Canberra wrapped
Comprehensive yet entertaining wrap up of all the important things happening in the region. I never miss an episode. Great to hear Genevieve Jacobs doing what she does best again.
Loving the podcast!
Great to hear David back on the air.
Closed minded
This was my first listen to the podcast. I was fairly shocked by how close minded the hosts seemed to be, given how progressive the Canberra community is. My take from what I heard was two boomers complaining about young people having any power politically, greens are bad, liberals are good but they won’t get a fair run at the next ACT election, it was all rather predictable. It would be good to get a diversity of opinion on this podcast rather than the hosts just confirming each other’s bias.