95bFM: The Monday Wire with Joe Nunweek

95bFM: The Monday Wire with Joe Nunweek

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Coming up on the Monday Wire, from noon to 2 today:

12:15: Peter Dunne on a higher driving age

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has said he'll be taking new proposals to Cabinet about increasing the driving age early next year - sounds like the notion of bumping it to 16, 17 or even higher is gaining momentum at last. But United Future leader Peter Dunne is already crystal-clear that there's a Bill on the table to do it - his - and we don't need to go re-inventing the wheel. So what would his proposal do?

12.40: Igor Volsky, Public Health Researcher, on the US's difficult path to reform

The US Health Reform Bill has made it through the House of Representatives, but it still faces an uphill battle in the Senate - and now saddled with a Bluedog Democrat Representative's amendment to ensure the changes to public health won't cover abortion, it's angering liberals and conservatives alike. Igor Volsky, a researcher for ThinkProgress.org, surveys the battleground with Joe.

1.00 - Robert Scollay on APEC

John Key has returned from APEC able to wave a clutch of successes - a Hong Kong FTA in the bag here, another shy high-school encounter with the US on the way to a trade agreement date there - so how did APEC go overall, and what did NZ gain from it? Robert Scollay of the University of Auckland is a Director of the NZ APEC Study Centre, and as good a person as any to fill us in.

1.30 - Shayne Carter on Stroke - The Chris Knox Benefit Album and Gig

Even if you're not purchasing your music physically any more, this is one CD you owe it to yourself to shell out real money for - a 2xCD celebration of Chris Knox through some of his closest friends and biggest international admirers. Shayne Carter (of Dimmer and Staitjacket Fits fame) is performing at Friday's Kings Arms showcase and contributes a cover to the album - here he talks about why Chris is so important to NZ's artistic legacy and how Bored Games once nicked one of his songs...

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