This month we talk to Paul Adams about the 1991 Coode Island fire, its legacy and the ongoing risk of it all happening again.

In our second segment, we talk to Kate Breen, affordable housing advocate and founder member of the Reimagining Old Footscray Hospital Community Group about the history of the site, what the community wants from this once in a lifetime opportunity to develop public land as a community asset, and about the State government's response.

You can find the group on facebook and instagram, and at https://oldfootscrayhospital.org/ or email them at oldfootscrayhospital@gmail.com. If you can beat the deadline, you can respond to the proposed planning ammendment at https://engage.vic.gov.au/draft-maribyrnong-planning-scheme-amendment-c193mari

Contact the show at: peter@borderlandscooperative.net

In this month's episode we chat to David Ettershank MP as he finishes up his stint representing the Western Metropilitan Region in Victoria's Legislative Council, and to Lynda Ford of iGen Foundation about a community leadership collaboration in Melton.

As always, we'd love your feedback and ideas for future programs. Get in touch at peter@borderlandscooperative.net

In this episode, Terri Soumilas interviews Nikki Kowalczyk and Angela Clarke from the Maribyrnong River and Waterways Association about their work to safeguard the health of our precious waterways (contact@maribyrnongriver.org.au).

Then Terri chats to Mario Peucker from Vic Uni's Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities about his recent research report on racism and anti-racism in Maribyrnong, part of a wider project across the West https://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/News/New-roadmap-to-tackle-racism-in-Maribyrnong

Mario can be contacted at Mario.Peucker@vu.edu.au