State of the Nation

Appears in 2 episodes, first in episode 67.

Every appearance

• Episode 95

  State-by-state round-up from parkrun Australia event ambassadors, revived for the year-ender: Mel at [01:05:12] "Earlier in the year, we did a little bit of a segment called State of the Nation ... we're bringing it back." Covers VIC (Ashni Millis), TAS (Christine Timms), NT (Mark Connolly), ACT (Denise Clark), QLD (Fiona Edmonds), SA (John Lang) and WA (read by the intern in Matty Trent's absence).

• Episode 67

  A round-Australia check-in with all eight parkrun Australia Territory Directors, each given a strict three-minute slot timed by Scott. Set up at [00:30:11] "Mel, it's time to check the pulse of the nation, the state of the nation. I thought it would be a great idea to go around this big country of ours and get an update of what's happening in every state or territory" and [00:30:30] "because there's a lot of states, we're putting all our TDs on a time limit. They've got three minutes." Runs alphabetically: ACT (Denise and Gary — Queanbeyan launch, Molonglo/Woden/Mount Majura prospects), NSW (Sonja Pohlman — 58 events, Ballina Coast and Coffs Harbour launching), NT (Mark Connolly — Palmerston added as Darwin's second event), QLD (Steve Rayner — Mansfield and Redland Bay coming, Kedron course relocated, VI runners at Southbank), SA (John Laurie — state grant to start 10 new parkruns), TAS (Chris Timms — George Town launch, state attendance record of 759), VIC (Tony O'Connell — 47 events heading for 50), WA (Cassie Hughes — Applecross launch with 268). Each TD is also asked for a wish-list item: one thing they would change about parkrun. Closed at [01:06:47] "So how good was this whole state of the nation thing?"