46: A Big Chat with Senator Larissa Waters

The AFR list of the top 10 most influential Australians - did you make the cut? Emerald and Tom are joined for a big chat with their big crush, Senator for Greensland, Larissa Waters! (15:40) They chat about the recent election wins and thoughts on the new government, the recent threats to abortion rights (30:22), and how we can fix the state of our democracy (42:32). Finally, a call to action (1:01:27).

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Links -

All of Larissa’s links and updates at -

https://larissa-waters.greensmps.org.au/ 

DemocracyForSale.net

AFR Top Ten Influential List -

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-s-10-most-powerful-people-in-2022-20220915-p5bih2 

Mark Latham Antony Green tweet -

https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenElec/status/1580081345073553408?s=20&t=wYRJnRKHR69owEDeBtun1Q 

CALL TO ACTION: 

The Victorian State Election is only 5 weeks away! If you haven’t as yet, check out how you can get involved with door-knocking/placard hosting/helping out on the booths 

https://victoria.greens.org.au/events 

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