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6 Sep 2025

Saturday, 6th, September, 2025: Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece, Update on Local Politics

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Nevena and Macca are joined live on air by Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece, Update on Local Politics.

Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece is the portfolio head for Infrastructure and portfolio deputy for Finance, Governance and Risk and Aboriginal Melbourne.

He is Council’s representative on the following committees and external bodies:

• Delivery Unit Advisory Committee
• Chief Executive Officer Employment Matters Advisory Committee
• Melbourne Art Trust
• First Nations Committee
• Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
• Council of Capital City Lord Mayors
• Shrine of Remembrance
• C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
• Melbourne 9 (M9)
• Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)
• Royal Humane Society of Victoria
• Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices
  Nicholas Reece (born 1974[citation needed]) is an Australian politician and policy activist, currently serving as the 105th Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. He is a senior executive at the University of Melbourne and a principal fellow at the Melbourne School of Government.[2] He is the chair of the board of directors at the Movember Foundation, and a commentator at Sky News Australia.

  He previously held a number of roles in politics, including as secretary and campaign director of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)  and as the director of strategy to former Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Reece’s early career included time working as a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn and as a journalist at The Australian Financial Review.

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30 Nov 2025

Sat, 29th Nov, 2025: Sarah Witty, ALP MP, Division of Melbourne, Federal Politics Update.

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Sarah Witty, MP for Victorian Division of Melbourne, joins Kenny and Paul in the studio as the last guest for ...

30 Nov 2025

Saturday, 29th, Nov, 2025: Hugo Toovey, Founder of 25 STAY ALIVE

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Kenny and Paul talk to Hugo Toovey, Founder of 25 STAY ALIVE! Hugo Toovey is an Army Major in his early ...

30 Nov 2025

Saturday, 29th, Nov, 2025: Lucio Ribeiro, Chief AI Officer at TBWA Australia; latest from fast moving world of AI, and the DISRUPT AI Film Festival (Aust. 1st GenAI film fest)

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Lucio has held senior executive roles at Optus, Nine, and Seven, founder of three tech businesses, a former lecturer at ...