Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
When much of the city sleeps, Clinton Maynard is keeping you company.
Australia Overnight provides laughs and companionship, the news & stories of the day and your calls from midnight each weekday.
*Clinton Maynard will host Tuesday to Friday mornings, with Mike Jeffreys in the chair on Monday mornings.
Hear more highlights from Australia Overnight with Clinton Maynard below:
$25 billion tobacco excise collapse fuels black market fears
Mike speaks to Shane Wright, senior Economics correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, about his article that looks at the $25 billion shortfall in the federal budget since 2019, caused by a collapse in tobacco excise. The drop, despite significant tax increases, has sparked calls to reverse years of rising cigarette taxes to […]
Are we asleep at the wheel on data privacy in cars?
Mike speaks with Technology Strategist Zaun Bhana, who emphasises that cars, now as digitally integrated as smartphones, require the same level of scrutiny regarding data and control. With up to 80% of EVs sold in Australia made in China and security concerns leading to Huawei’s ban from Australia’s 5G network, there are growing fears, with […]
Should traffic fines be proportional to driver incomes?
Making traffic fines proportional to drivers’ incomes, as is done in Finland, is a fairer system according to a new report from The Australia Institute, supported by Uniting Vic Tas and Financial Counselling Victoria. Mike in joined by Alice Grundy, Australia Institute research manager and report co-author who outlines a more equitable model for speeding […]
Overnights with Mike Jeffreys – Monday – 14th October
Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
$25 billion tobacco excise collapse fuels black market fears
Mike speaks to Shane Wright, senior Economics correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, about his article that looks at the $25 billion shortfall in the federal budget since 2019, caused by a collapse in tobacco excise. The drop, despite significant tax increases, has sparked calls to reverse years of rising cigarette taxes to […]
Are we asleep at the wheel on data privacy in cars?
Mike speaks with Technology Strategist Zaun Bhana, who emphasises that cars, now as digitally integrated as smartphones, require the same level of scrutiny regarding data and control. With up to 80% of EVs sold in Australia made in China and security concerns leading to Huawei’s ban from Australia’s 5G network, there are growing fears, with […]
Should traffic fines be proportional to driver incomes?
Making traffic fines proportional to drivers’ incomes, as is done in Finland, is a fairer system according to a new report from The Australia Institute, supported by Uniting Vic Tas and Financial Counselling Victoria. Mike in joined by Alice Grundy, Australia Institute research manager and report co-author who outlines a more equitable model for speeding […]
Overnights with Mike Jeffreys – Monday – 14th October
Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
$25 billion tobacco excise collapse fuels black market fears
Mike speaks to Shane Wright, senior Economics correspondent for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, about his article that looks at the $25 billion shortfall in the federal budget since 2019, caused by a collapse in tobacco excise. The drop, despite significant tax increases, has sparked calls to reverse years of rising cigarette taxes to […]
Are we asleep at the wheel on data privacy in cars?
Mike speaks with Technology Strategist Zaun Bhana, who emphasises that cars, now as digitally integrated as smartphones, require the same level of scrutiny regarding data and control. With up to 80% of EVs sold in Australia made in China and security concerns leading to Huawei’s ban from Australia’s 5G network, there are growing fears, with […]
Should traffic fines be proportional to driver incomes?
Making traffic fines proportional to drivers’ incomes, as is done in Finland, is a fairer system according to a new report from The Australia Institute, supported by Uniting Vic Tas and Financial Counselling Victoria. Mike in joined by Alice Grundy, Australia Institute research manager and report co-author who outlines a more equitable model for speeding […]
Overnights with Mike Jeffreys – Monday – 14th October
Listen to the full show podcast – Monday – 14th October
China emerged from economic isolation at the launch of President Xi Jinping’s Belt & Road Initiative on Sunday, but just how grand is the country's new economic strategy?