Greenpeace’s ship The Rainbow Warrior has been an icon of the environmental movement for decades. The original Rainbow Warrior set sail in the 1970s and helped campaign against whaling, seal hunting, nuclear testing…

Indigenous 'Voice' advocate Thomas Mayo and award-winning journalist Kerry O'Brien joined forces with a mission in mind – to create an easy to understand guide for Australians with questions about the proposed Indigenous…

Earlier this morning, the Victorian government announced their commitment to phase out native forest logging in the state by the start of January 2024 – a six year improvement on their original 2030…

Environmentalist, former Australian Greens Leader and Senator, Bob Brown on Uncommon Sense, ahead of La Trobe Uni talk 'Climate Change and Australia: Where to Now?'

We take our voting for granted, but how much do you actually know about the history of compulsory voting in Australia? Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University, visits Amy…

‘Where did Europe begin?’ This was the question Professor Tim Flannery asked himself when he first began researching for his latest book, Europe: A Natural History. The acclaimed writer and scientist phones in…

Acclaimed Australian writer Fiona Wright discussed her book of essays, The World Was Whole, which explores chronic illness and our relationship to the spaces we inhabit – not only to the physical…

The pre-selection process in the Liberal Party has very few woman candidates, with only 18 per cent elected for the last pre-selection, leading to what has been called ‘the women problem’ in the…

Senator Kristina Kenneally chats to Ben Eltham on Uncommon Sense regarding the Great Barrier Reef Foundation funding windfall and Senate enquiry