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Models make predictions that help shape the policy approaches being taken towards fighting coronavirus and some states are planning a pathway out of lockdown based on these models. The National Cabinet's reopening plan uses modelling from the Doherty Institute. Victoria has looked to the Burnet Institute's work, as well as the Doherty models, and those two reports differ in their predictions. Experts answer listeners questions about how modelling, vaccination rates, and data around vulnerable groups, are all being considered, as we face the coming months.

Former NSW fire chief Greg Mullins reflects on decades of fighting fires and seeing Australia's climate emergency up close. Plus, a socially distant bear hunt on episode 4 of The Fitzroy Diaries. And calling out pet names in the workplace.

New York Times journalist Damien Cave thought running the Australian bureau would be a chance to kick back, but this country challenged him in ways he could never have imagined and in episode 3 of The Fitzroy Diaries a strange feeling when two old friends re-unite.