Scott Bevan; Dr Mitch Duncan; Sarah Adams; Prof. John Oconnor

Good morning. Today on the show:

• 10.15am: ABC News 24 Presenter and author, Scott Bevan. His book Bill: The Life of William Dobell features interviews with Dobell's friends and locals
• 10.45am: Dr Mitch Duncan, University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition. Mitch is one of the founders from the National 10,000 steps program

• 11.15am: Compeer Hunter Coordinator, Sarah Adams, discusses the St Vincent de Paul special works initiative COMPEER – matching caring, trained volunteers from our community with people living with a diagnosed mental illness to meet once a week
• 11.35am: Prof. John O'Connor, Head of Mathematics and Physical Studies at the University of Newcastle discusses pulsar detection of gravity waves

Jason McKeller; RSL Pipe Band; Making Charlestown more sustainable

Good morning. Jane here for Dave today:

• 10.15am: Jason McKellar, RFS Manager, Hunter tells us how to prepare for fires
• 11.15am: City Of Newcastle RSL Pipe Band Spokesman, Ailsa McKewen talks about the 90th Birthday Celebrations for the City of Newcastle RSL Pipe Band this Saturday at Wests, New Lambton from 6:30pm
• 11.35am: Chelsey Zuiderwyck from Establishing The Greater Charlestown Sustainable Neighbourhood Group, has news of a special meeting in Kahibah Memorial Park on Sat Nov 08 from 3 - 4:30pm