The state budget will see a $100 million injection into the Victorian bus service, with the funding to include expanded bus hours and routes into growing suburbs. In this edition of The Conversation Hour we discuss how to improve the bus service and what needs to happen to change attitudes towards catching the bus.

Also in this edition, reflections on 30 years since the Port Arthur massacre, plus who is America's new ambassador to Australia?

Concerns about AI surveillance at work

Expect engaging discussions with real people and inspiring stories connecting communities across Victoria, on The Conversation Hour with Richelle Hunt and Jonathon Kendall.