Bay FM - 99.9FM Episode first aired on 27 July 2020 at 9:05 am Effluent to Affluent: The story of modern Byron Bay!
In this episode of Above the Fray we hear the first-hand account of Byron Shire’s rise from smelly industrial town to prime living and tourist destination.
Well-known local Donald Maughan recounts local yarns and gives us his impressions of the massive changes he’s witnessed over the past 50 to 60 years.
From clearing of pristine forest for industry, whaling, meatworks, sand mining and dairy farming, to the coming of surfers, the rainbow people, tourism, and the rich & famous. We also hear about Donald's 40 years at Norco, Australia's oldest dairy co-operative, which turns 125 years old in 2020.
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Donald Maughan is President of the Suffolk Park Progress Association and President of the Byron Bay Historical Society .
In the second hour of the program we continue our look at the ballooning surveillance state and use of big data to influence elections.
There are growing fears in the United States that companies like the now defunct Cambridge Analytica are already working behind the scenes with misinformation, fake news, and micro-targeting to again determine the result of the looming November US election.
We speak with a leading Australian researcher in this field about the global efforts to protect our data and safeguard what’s left of our so-called ‘democracy’.
Normann Witzleb, Associate Professor of Law , and Associate at the Monash Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University.
He co-edited and co-authored the book:
Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law: Democracy and Privacy in the Age of Micro-Targeting , Routledge, 2020 (with M. Paterson & J. Richardson (eds)
Track listing 09:06:18: Uncle Fernando Introduces the show - Effluent to Affluent: The story of modern Byron Bay Fernando introduces the show
Sacred Codes - Blue Sky 09:18:22: Donald Maughan Interview - President of Byron Bay Historical Society & Suffolk Park Progress Association Donald Maughan Interview
Old Spice Boys - I'm not an alcoholic Leon Redbone - Walking stick Twist In My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram 10:04:22: Uncle Fernando Introduces 2nd hour of the show - Big data & democratic elections Fernando Introduces the second hour.
Bruno Mars - The lazy song 10:13:24: Big data & democratic elections - Story Dig data story
10:21:20: Normann Witzleb Interview - Associate Professor of Law & Associate of Monash Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Normann Witzleb interview
Mountain Body - Surveillance state Baba Brinkman - Data science Dangerous feat. Joywave - Big data Xavier Rudd - Follow the sun