Daniel Mookhey, Shadow Treasurer / Shadow Minister for the Gig Economy, joins Michael to discuss the announcement that Greater Sydney's lockdown will be extended until at least August 28th. Michael asks Mr Mookhey if his party was in power at Macquarie Street, what Labor would have done differently following news that the state recorded 177 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Overnight with Michael McLaren

Labor’s response to the lockdown extension

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Overnights Full Show 29th July

Chip Le Grand, Chief reporter for The Age Newspaper - crime, sport and national affairs, regarding USA Gymnastics Simone Biles who announced she is prioritising her mental wellbeing after withdrawing during the team final on Tuesday. Mr Le Grand writes, ‘Biles deciding not to compete in the gymnastics team final in Tokyo on Tuesday night told us more about this remarkable woman than had she performed brilliantly to win another gold medal.’ It also showed the culture of this exacting sport, in what it expects of its athletes and how athletes see themselves, is dramatically changed from just five years ago when Biles, seemingly impervious to pressure, was near perfect in Rio. A decision is yet to be made on whether she will compete in the individual events. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simone Biles shows it’s OK to choke

Michael McLaren chats with Troy Lennon from the Daily Telegraph for the weekly history segment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Troy Lennon

Michael McLaren's weekly political chat with Terry Barnes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry Barnes

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Overnights Full Show 28th July

Michael is joined by Alexi Boyd, Interim CEO of the (COSBOA) Council of Small Business of Australia, to discuss the COVID-19 lockdowns & restrictions which has seen the number of empty shops across Australia’s central business districts soar.   Retailers have been severely damaged by fallout from the pandemic as well as the rise of online retailing that is emerging as an even bigger challenge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lockdown impact sees small business closures soar

Every week Michael is joined by Sarah Boorer, Nine Radio Journalist & Country Women’s Association award-winning cook, to look at the world of baked goods, delicious treats and & easy recipes.   This week Sarah looks at Citrus Passionfruit Slice…   Ingredients Coconut Crust 1/2 cup icing sugar  1 cup plain flour  3/4 cup desiccated coconut  115g unsalted butter, melted    Citrus Passionfruit Topping 1 can sweetened condensed milk 2-3 tablespoons lime juice  2 passion fruits, pulp   Method  Preheat oven 180C/ 160C fan forced. Grease and line an 8" baking tin.  Add sugar , flour and coconut to a bowl. Mix to combine.  Add melted butter and stir well until combined.  Place mixture into pan and press down to form one even layer.  Bake for 10 minutes or until the edges begin to turn slightly golden.  While your base is baking... In the same bowl add condensed milk, lemon juice and most of the passionfruit (save about one tablespoon to add later), stir to combine. Note.  Once your base if cooked, pour mixture over the crust.  Add remaining passionfruit and swirl through with the back of a teaspoon.  Bake for another 15 minutes. Leave to cool for at least 30 minutes, then transfer to the fridge to let it set for at least two hours or overnight.  Cut, serve, enjoy!    Note: If you don't enjoy too many passion fruit seeds, put the majority of the pulp through a sieve before adding to the topping and just leave the seeds in for your swirls.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cooking with Sarah

Overnights Full Show 27th July

Each week travel writer Helen Hayes joins Michael McLaren to reveal the best local holiday destinations Australia has to offer within reach of the average Aussie’s budget. This week Helen explores Great walks around Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel with Helen Hayes

Amid so much talk of war, the key national security question is whether Australia could win the next war.  Senator Jim Molan AO, Liberal Senator for NSW & Former Australian Army Major General - Chief of Operations, Coalition Forces, Iraq, joins Michael to discuss Australia’s national security paradigm amid growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. Senator Molan says, ‘We have the best ADF for 50 years, a credit to Coalition governments. But if we compare it to the tasks which may lie ahead, the ADF demonstrably lacks lethality, sustainability and mass.’ ‘My deep fear is that if we do not analyse our defence capacity specifically against the likely threat, then we will have a defence force that will literally last only for days in the kind of maritime and air combat that we may face in the next few years.’  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Would Australia have a fighting chance against China?

Overnights Full Show 26th July

Every Monday morning Michael Mclaren talks movies and entertainment with Managing Editor of Screen-Space, Simon Foster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Foster

Michael is joined by Ross Coulthart, author & award-winning investigative journalist, who has spent 2 years investigating the story of UFOs, which he says became the most confronting and challenging story of his career.   Mr Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountain ranges when he was a teenager.   The 1978 Kaikoura sighting is just one of thousands described around the world since the 1940s, and yet research into UFOs has traditionally been seen as the realm of crackpots and conspiracy theorists.   Then, in 2020, after decades of denial, the US Department of Defence made the astonishing admission that strange aerial and underwater objects frequently reported and videoed by pilots and tracked by sensors are real, unexplained and pose a genuine national security concern.   Ross Coulthart’s new book, In Plain Sight, is published by HarperCollins on July 28 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award winning journalist investigates UFOs

With the current lockdowns in Sydney, Victoria and South Australia estimated to be costing the Australian economy an estimated $300 million per day, Damien Tudehope, Minister for Finance & Small Business, joins Michael regarding the recent calls for JobKeeper to be reinstated.   On Sunday, as NSW recorded 141 new cases, the NSW state treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, made a public appeal to demand more federal financial support to support the lockdown.   Minister Tudehope & Michael also discuss yesterday’s lockdown protest, described by NSW Police Minister David Elliott as "a whole lot of halfwits", as police sift through surveillance video to identify people who attended. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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