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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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Nevena and Macca are joined live on air by Bruce Wolpe-Snr Fellow US Study Centre, Donald Trump takes Venezuela - ...

11 Jan 2026

Sat, 10th, Jan, 2026: Luke Dennehy, Public relations, Tennis Australia, Australian Open, Pride Slam

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Luke Dennehy, Public relations, Tennis Australia, joins Nevena, Macca and as they discuss the Pride Slam, Australian Open and so ...