Government and governance | Australia
In the final episode for 2023 we speak to John Falzon and Thomas Mayo about the year that was. We reflect on the challenges that we have faced, the Voice to...
December 2023 59 min
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Government and governance | Australia
In the final episode for 2023 we speak to John Falzon and Thomas Mayo about the year that was. We reflect on the challenges that we have faced, the Voice to...
December 2023 59 min
LISTENMartyn Pearce
Sophie Riedel
Quentin Grafton
Jill Sheppard
Sharon Bessell
Julia Ahrens
Nicky Lovegrove
Sue Regan
Maya Bhandari
What were the worst policies of the recent past? What were the policy highlights of 2018? What policies would help improve the world in 2019? (more…)
December 2018 90 minutes
LISTENGovernment and governance | Australia
Women face a considerable challenge getting into politics, and it doesn’t necessarily get any easier once they’re there. In Australia, the total number of women in parliament is just over 30...
December 2018 17 minutes
LISTENDenis Ginnivan
Peter Holding
Gabrielle Chan
Carolyn Hendriks
Jill Sheppard
Martyn Pearce
Environment & energy | Australia
Far from being ‘rusted-on’ voters, rural Australians are deserting the major parties in greater numbers than their city counterparts. And they’re not just abandoning status-quo politics, but finding new ways of...
November 2018 49 minutes
LISTENPaul Cairney
Gemma Carey
Sharon Bessell
Martyn Pearce
Government and governance | Australia
By intervening early in people’s lives, policymakers can more effectively address social and health problems and inequalities. At least, that’s how the story goes. In reality ‘prevention policies’ often go pear-shaped,...
November 2018 34 minutes
LISTENGlyn Davis
Helen Sullivan
Martyn Pearce
Government and governance | Australia
Australia's policy-making machinery is currently undergoing something of a mechanical inspection. Earlier this year, then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a major Independent Review of the Public Service “to ensure the APS...
October 2018 62 minute listen
LISTENDuncan McDonnell
Jill Sheppard
Paul Kenny
Nicky Lovegrove
Sara Bice
Government and governance | Australia
From the corridors of Brussels to the streets of New Delhi, populist politics have swept through democracies around the globe. But despite all the headlines, is this wave of populism particularly...
September 2018 47 minute listen
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