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In Our Backyard

In Our Backyard

Written by: Mornington Peninsula Community
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In this season of In Our Backyard, we explore homelessness and the housing crisis from various perspectives.

Respected journalist Tracee Hutchison speaks with community members who share their raw stories of homelessness on the Mornington Peninsula.

We also hear from local housing and homelessness service providers about the overwhelming demand for public housing, emergency relief and support services on the Mornington Peninsula and what we can all do to help.

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Episodes
  • Marg D’Arcy - Community Activism
    May 4 2025

    Marg D’Arcy has dedicated her life to advocating for women’s rights, and to enhancing the safety, health and wellbeing of women, children and families.

    Currently the Manager of Rye Community House and a member of SWAN (Southern Women’s Action Network), Marg talks about the strong women who have helped to shape her life and the importance of women ‘having a seat at the (decision making) table’ to advance gender equality.

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    39 mins
  • Wilma Mock & Sheryn Strange (nee Mock) - Farming/ Agriculture Business
    Apr 20 2025

    88-year Wilma Mock co-founded Mock Red Hill apple orchard with her late husband Wally Mock in 1960, and became pioneers of the Bio-Dynamic farming movement in the late 1960’s.

    Wilma is joined by her grand-daughter Sheryn Strange (nee Mock) in a conversation
    around the challenges, rewards and unconventional turns of a multi-generational family
    business that continues to innovate and diversify – and the determination of the current
    generation of Mock sisters to keep the business thriving.

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    44 mins
  • Jillian West - First Nations Traditional Owner
    Apr 6 2025

    Proud Palawa woman from the Islands of Bass Strait and proud Bunurong woman from
    Point Nepean, Jillian West tells us why sharing First Nations culture and education is so
    important to understanding Australian history, why the stories of the women who came
    before her continue to guide her, the responsibility of her leadership to carry those stories
    forward and nurture the ones that follow in her footsteps.

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    38 mins
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