Dr Jim Jose; Prof. Time Roberts; Dr Julie McIntyre; Ken Clifford

Good morning. Today on the show:

• 09.15am: Dr Jim Jose discusses politics on Budget Day for Treasurer Joe Hockey and Prime Minister Tony Abbott
• 11.20am: Professor Tim Roberts discusses the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater
• 11.15am: Wine Historian, Dr Julie McIntyre, presents the history of wine in the Hunter region and will present the 2014 John Turner Memorial Lecture, 6.30pm on Thursday 15 May at the David Maddison building
• 11.35am: Ken Clifford, the CEO of the Hunter Academy of Sport, talks about the inductees into the Hunter Region Sporting Hall Of Fame. The ceremony is at Souths Leagues Club this Sunday