Dr Alan Moran & Matilda Bawden on The Chris Smith Show - 17 June 2024

On today's show, Dr Alan Moran discusses energy and climate policy. Later, Matilda Bawden discusses elder abuse under the State.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr Alan Moran is Principal of Regulation Economics. He is a noted economist who has analysed and written extensively from a free market perspective. Alan was the Director of the Deregulation Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs from 1996 until 2014. He was previously a senior official in Australia’s Productivity Commission and Director of the Commonwealth’s Office of Regulation Review. Alan was educated in the UK and has a PhD in transport economics from the University of Liverpool and degrees from the University of Salford and the London School of Economics. X: @alan_john_moran

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Matilda Bawden is a forensic social worker a former National Secretary of Whistleblowers Australia. She is a founding member of the Community Linkages, Inclusion & Innovation Centre. Matilda has extensive experience specializing in complex and compounding psychosocial barriers; including child protection, homelessness, poverty, hoarding, squalor and disabilities.