Prue Macsween, Alex Zaharov-Reutt & Dr Alan Moran on The Chris Smith Show - 08 May 2024

GUEST HOST: Mike Ryan filling in for Chris Smith.

On today's show, Prue MacSween discusses the latest breaking news and politics. Later, Alex Zaharov-Reutt discusses the latest technology news. Also, Dr Alan Moran discusses Victoria budget and economy.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Prue MacSween is an Australian television and radio personality, journalist, social commentator, and public relations director. She’s the public relations director of Verve Communications, and as a media commentator, has made a number of comments considered to be controversial. Prue’s extensive career in the media began at Eastern Suburbs Newspapers as a cadet journalist, during which time she studied at the Sydney Technical College and completed an Advertising Certificate in 1972.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Alex Zaharov-Reutt is TechAdvice.Life Editor. He's one of Australia’s best-known technology journalists and consumer tech experts. Alex has appeared in his capacity as a technology expert on all of Australia’s free-to-air and pay-TV networks on all the major news and current affairs programs, on commercial and public radio, and technology, lifestyle, and Reality TV shows. X: @alexonline888 https://techadvice.life/

GUEST 3 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