Disinterpreted | Melanie Nelson

Disinterpreted | Melanie Nelson

Home
Archive
About

June 2025

Sir Geoffrey Palmer on the RSB: Unworkable, Unconstitutional, Unacceptable
“It’s a long-term death charge put in the middle of the Parliament.” Sir Geoffrey Palmer doesn’t mince words. In this episode of Coherent, the former…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
3
1:01:35
Dame Anne Salmond: Democracy at Risk — The RSB and the Fight for Our Future
Dame Anne Salmond joins Melanie to unpack the deeper threat behind the Regulatory Standards Bill — and why it could upend democracy, public good, and te…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
1
1:05:06
Dr Rebekah Graham: The RSB, Disability, and the Politics of Exclusion
The Regulatory Standards Bill could reshape our lawmaking system — but for whose benefit? Dr Rebekah Graham joins me to unpack how the RSB risks…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
1:04:07
Economist Bill Rosenberg Submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
Former Productivity Commissioner exposes how the Regulatory Standards Bill threatens democracy, entrenches inequality, and empowers unchecked…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
Economist Paul Dalziel: RSB Flawed Principles, No Standards
Economist Paul Dalziel joins Coherent to explain why the Regulatory Standards Bill fails to meet its own aims — and risks distorting public policy for…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
53:18
Dr Carwyn Jones on the RSB: Constitutional Reversal and the Rise of Anti-Treaty Lawmaking
Legal scholar Dr Carwyn Jones joins Coherent to break down the true impact of the Regulatory Standards Bill. He calls it a major constitutional shift …
 • 
Melanie Nelson
54:28
Jonathan Boston submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
Emeritus Professor Jonathan Boston delivers a searing submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill, warning it is conceptually ill-conceived, politically…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
1
Max Harris submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
Max Harris' submission exposes the Regulatory Standards Bill as a vehicle for libertarian ideology that threatens public interest law and democratic…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
Jane Kelsey's submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025
Professor Jane Kelsey delivers a searing submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 — calling it a constitutional Trojan horse that embeds…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
2
Bill Rosenberg: How the RSB Privileges Power and Undermines the Public Good
Why a former Productivity Commissioner says the Regulatory Standards Bill locks in inequality, weakens democracy, and rewards vested interests
 • 
Melanie Nelson
56:12
Democracy or Oligarchy? Chloe Swarbrick on the Regulatory Standards Bill
Green Co-leader Chloe Swarbrick joins Coherent to unpack why the Regulatory Standards Bill is, in her words, “a neoliberal sausage machine.” From…
 • 
Melanie Nelson
1
29:37
© 2025 Melanie Nelson
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture