The gift of policy
What was your favourite Policy Forum Pod episode of the year? On this final podcast of 2019, we put on our festive jumpers and gather around the Christmas tree in our...
December 2019 59 minutes
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Paul Wyrwoll
Sue Regan
Liam Hughes
Mark Zanker
Sharon Bessell
Quentin Grafton
Julia Ahrens
Martyn Pearce
What was your favourite Policy Forum Pod episode of the year? On this final podcast of 2019, we put on our festive jumpers and gather around the Christmas tree in our...
December 2019 59 minutes
LISTENDesmond Manderson
Tracy Beck Fenwick
David Caldicott
Paul Wyrwoll
Julia Ahrens
Government and governance | Australia
On this episode of Policy Forum Pod, a doctor, a legal expert, and a political scientist speak passionately about why Australia needs to urgently reform its illicit drug policies, and share...
November 2019
LISTENHayley Boxall
Glenn Withers
Jasmine Ha
Sharon Friel
Paul Wyrwoll
Julia Ahrens
Economics and finance | Australia
On this week’s Policy Forum Pod, we look at what’s driving migration to cities and tackle the challenges that the world’s ever-growing urban areas pose to policymakers and urban planners. (more…)
October 2019
LISTENPamela Kinnear
Frank Bongiorno
Andrew Hughes
Fiona Benson
Bob Cotton
Martyn Pearce
From accidentally praising your own political announcements on social media to celebrating in the wake of announcing a budget emergency, policy and political communication are challenging and when done badly can...
May 2019 58 minutes
LISTENBob Gregory
Sue Olney
John Falzon
Sharon Bessell
Martyn Pearce
Economics and finance | Australia
Why do so many welfare systems end up punishing people rather than helping them, or doing more harm than good? (more…)
March 2019 53 minutes
LISTENJohn Coyne
Helen Keane
Jason Payne
Sara Bice
Jill Sheppard
Martyn Pearce
Government and governance | Australia
Does Australia have its policy settings right when it comes to regulating drugs? Is it time to change direction and find a way to decriminalise or even legalise certain types of...
February 2019 73 minute listen
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