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Intelligence Squared Debates: Copyright Is Dead, Long Live The Pirates Event · Tue, 24 Sep 2013

The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace.The bottom is…

 

Lunchbox / Soapbox: Greg Foyster: Against Advertising Event · Thu, 11 Apr 2013

‘Advertising’s re-branded public image troubles me. I’m an old employee of the industry, and The Gruen Transfer reminds me of conversations I had within the walls of advertising agencies, where…

 

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Sean Faircloth: Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All Video · Thu, 28 Mar 2013

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Visiting from the United States for the Rationalist Society of Australia, Sean Faircloth speaks to the issues raised in his book Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All – and…

 

Secrets, Lies and Digital Privacy: Liberty Victoria Event · Thu, 14 Mar 2013

Privacy in the digital age is a hot-button issue, from WikiLeaks to who owns your Facebook photos. With Liberty Victoria, we present a hypothetical discussion encompassing the church, child abuse…

 

The Fifth Estate: Good Sport Event · Tue, 05 Mar 2013

At the 1960 games in Rome, the first known Olympic doper, Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen, died after being given Roniacol before his race – a drug intended to increase blood circulation.Yet…

 

Out of Control?: Pigging out on food ... Dailies · Tue, 26 Feb 2013

Late last year, the Wheeler Centre hosted a Fifth Estate discussion of food culture. ‘It seems to me it’s become out of control,’ said host Sally Warhaft, of our current obsession with food.‘I’m…

 

The School of Life Melbourne Secular Sermon Series: John Safran ON UNREST Video · Sun, 24 Feb 2013

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Popular comedian and contrarian John Safran is known as a seeker of awkward and unusual truths. He infiltrates a secret world of madness, agitation and unrest. In this event, he’ll present his…

 

Making the News Video · Wed, 28 Nov 2012

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The online age has heralded the rise of the celebrity journalist: ‘personalities’ with headshots, Twitter accounts and guest spots on Q&A. How does this impact on the quality of our journalism? What …

 

Quarterly Essay: On Politics and Conservation: Tim Flannery Video · Tue, 20 Nov 2012

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In the clash between money and conservation, money usually wins – with devastating results in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Tim Flannery delivers a wake-up call about the consequences of…

 

Intelligence Squared Debates: Euthanasia Should be Legalised Event · Wed, 07 Nov 2012

Death is the most personal of matters, but it’s also a political hot potato.Most of us don’t choose (or even expect) the way in which we die, but for the terminally ill, death is a looming certainty …

 

Intelligence Squared Debate: Euthanasia Should be Legalised Video · Wed, 07 Nov 2012

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Death is the most personal of matters, but it’s also a political hot potato.Most of us don’t choose (or even expect) the way in which we die, but for the terminally ill, death is a looming certainty …

 

Intelligence Squared Debates: Western Civilisation is in Terminal Decline Event · Tue, 25 Sep 2012

China is fast becoming the next world superpower, while India – with its vast young population, booming jobs market and burgeoning economy – is on the march. Meanwhile, Wall Street has plunged the…

 

Intelligence Squared Debates: Foreign Aid is a Waste of Money Event · Wed, 04 Jul 2012

The Wheeler Centre and St James Ethics Centre combine once again in 2012 to bring you another series of Intelligence Squared debates.Established in 2002, IQ2 has spread from across the globe…

 

Why Happiness is a Moral Issue: Susan... Dailies · Tue, 05 Jun 2012

Susan Neiman is an optimist; and a progressive. Hope is at the core of her quest to take back words like ‘moral clarity’ and ‘moral values’ from conservatives.Her book Moral Clarity (2008) is the…

 

Intelligence Squared: Should Animals ... Dailies · Thu, 22 Mar 2012

Most audience members for Tuesday night’s Intelligence Squared debate, Animals Should Be Off the Menu, murmured to each other that they were clearly in the majority company of vegetarians, vegans…

 

Intelligence Squared Debates: Animals Should Be Off the Menu Event · Tue, 20 Mar 2012

On Tuesday 20 March, the Intelligence Squared series of debates kicks off with a look at the ethics of eating meat. Six speakers will divide into two teams to speak for and against the proposition…

 

Intelligence Squared: Animals Should Be Off the Menu Video · Tue, 20 Mar 2012

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Intelligence Squared’s 2012 series of debates kicks off with a look at the ethics of eating meat. Six speakers are divided into two teams for lively and insightful arguments for and against the…

 

This Vegan Life: An Interview with Li... Dailies · Tue, 20 Mar 2012

In the past week, we’ve heard from vegan-turned-ecotarian Cristy Clark and interviewed passionate food lover Charlotte Wood on how they frame their ethical approach to how they shop, cook and eat.…

 

Food, Ethics and Offal: An Interview ... Dailies · Mon, 19 Mar 2012

Charlotte Wood is best known as one of Australia’s favourite novelists, but she’s also becoming known as a passionate food lover. She blogs regularly about food at How to Shuck an Oyster – and her…

 

From Chicken to Egg: A Journey from V... Dailies · Tue, 13 Mar 2012

Melbourne-based writer Cristy Clark has always been passionate about the ethics of her food. She shares her story of how she shifted from vegetarian to vegan to ecotarian – and why sometimes animal…

 

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Gawenda on The Journalist as Betrayer Video · Thu, 01 Mar 2012

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In her book The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcolm argued that if they are honest with themselves, most journalists know that ultimately, they betray the people they cover. What did she…

 

David Rieff: The Ethics of Intervention Event · Tue, 28 Feb 2012

When should the international community intervene in civil conflict? What made last year’s Libyan conflict suitable for intervention, while Syrians continued to struggle against despotism alone? In t…

 

The Ethics of Reportage Dailies · Tue, 13 Dec 2011

One of non-fiction’s most enduring ethical dilemmas is balancing the public interest against the interest of its subjects. The dilemma has come to the fore again following news that Norwegian…

 

What Would Jesus Do? Dailies · Tue, 06 Dec 2011

As Italian pensioners prepare to cop the brunt of bank foolhardiness, one minister has found it all too much. Italy’s welfare minister, Elsa Fornero, was delivering news of cuts to pensions at a…

 

Neo-Institutional Hub & Spoke Journalism Dailies · Tue, 15 Nov 2011

A Columbia Journalism Review feature called ‘Confidence Game’ has taken up the case for newspapers. Dean Starkman argues that a group of intellectuals he calls the ‘Future of News’ group, or “FON…

 

The Resurrected Psychopath Dailies · Mon, 24 Oct 2011

The words ‘psychopath’ and ‘psychopathy’ have a chequered history in psychiatry. Widely used in the mid-20th century, they’ve become more contested in recent decades as the psychiatric community…

 

Psychologist Questions Monogamy Dailies · Mon, 03 Oct 2011

In a feature published in today’s Age, US psychologist Christopher Ryan likens monogamy to vegetarianism, saying a monogamous lifestyle is possible but not necessarily what human beings are…

 

Jonathan Safran Foer Event · Sun, 02 Oct 2011

Jonathan Safran Foer is one of the most celebrated writers working in the English language today. Named among Granta’s Best Young American Writers and the New Yorker’s 20 Best Under 40, he’s one of t…

 

Jonathan Safran Foer Video · Sun, 02 Oct 2011

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Jonathan Safran Foer is one of the most celebrated writers working in the English language today. Named among Granta’s Best Young American Writers and the New Yorker’s 20 Best Under 40, he’s one of t…

 

Who's in Charge Here? Dailies · Tue, 27 Sep 2011

Today’s edition of Crikey features a link to a YouTube video of a BBC interview with London-based independent trader Alessio Rastani speaking with unusual forthrightness, if not downright nihilism…

 

Quarterly Essay: Bad News - Murdoch's 'Australian' and the Shaping of the Nation Event · Wed, 21 Sep 2011

This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch’s empire in Britain. There’s even been talk of the end of the empire. Some of that has spilled over as far as our shores – where it all…

 

Quarterly Essay: Bad News - Murdoch's 'Australian' and the Shaping of the Nation Video · Wed, 21 Sep 2011

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This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch’s British interests. There’s even been talk of ‘the end of imperium’. Some of that has spilled over as far as our shores – where it all…

 

Paul Kelly Responds to Robert Manne Dailies · Thu, 15 Sep 2011

The Australian yesterday published an extensive piece by editor-at-large Paul Kelly in which the newspaper’s former editor responded to the current issue of Quarterly Essay, penned by Robert Manne…

 

Jay Rosen on Journalistic Culture Dailies · Thu, 01 Sep 2011

As part of the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival, a two-day conference called ‘New News’ was held at the Wheeler Centre last weekend. The keynote speaker was Jay Rosen, who chairs the journalism…

 

News That's Newer Than New Dailies · Thu, 25 Aug 2011

A two-day conference being held tomorrow and Saturday as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival is taking a look at the impact of digital technologies and culture on the business and practice of…

 

Towards an Accountable Media Dailies · Wed, 17 Aug 2011

“If journalism and the media industry in Australia are serious about rebuilding their absolutely disastrous standing, the work starts with reforming the self-regulation media ethics system.”Johan…

 

Hackgate Letter Could Be Smoking Gun Dailies · Tue, 16 Aug 2011

Among our favourite moments during the televised parliamentary inquiry into phone hacking at News International was when James Murdoch was asked if he was familiar with the legal term ‘wilful…

 

For Everyone Else, There's WikiLeaks Dailies · Mon, 15 Aug 2011

“There are some people who don’t like change. For everyone else, there’s WikiLeaks.” A viral YouTube ad produced by WikiLeaks and featuring Julian Assange is using guerrilla advertising techniques…

 

The Talking Point: Taking Liberties With the Press Video · Wed, 10 Aug 2011

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One of the world’s largest and most powerful media dynasties threatens to unravel after a scandal that has veered from high to low drama and back again. Join a panel of leading media commentators…

 

The Talking Point: Taking Liberties With the Press Event · Wed, 10 Aug 2011

One of the world’s largest and most powerful media dynasties threatens to unravel after a scandal that has veered from high to low drama and back again. The scandal may well permanently reshape the m…

 

Crumbs! Dailies · Wed, 10 Aug 2011

The Enthusiast reports that legendary US comic artist Robert Crumb has cancelled a scheduled appearance in Sydney later this month following a Daily Telegraph report he believes misrepresented him…

 

Two Sides of the Same Coin? Dailies · Tue, 09 Aug 2011

What’s the difference between WikiLeaks and the News of the World? More than meets the eye, according to Michael Fullilove, director of the Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for…

 

Reviewing the Afghanistan Debate Dailies · Thu, 04 Aug 2011

Natalie Sambhi, co-editor of the blog Security Scholar, attended last week’s Intelligence Squared debate on the merits of Australian involvement in Afghanistan. She’s reviewed the event on Security…

 

Burning the Mass Media to the Ground Dailies · Tue, 02 Aug 2011

The Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas released its program today, and for many Melbournians, the festival’s most dangerous idea is that we would have to skip the AFL Grand Final to…

 

Author Successfully Sues Book Reviewer Dailies · Wed, 27 Jul 2011

“[A] reviewer is entitled to be spiteful as long as she is honest,” wrote Mr Justice Tugendhat last week in his summing-up notes of the first libel case against a national newspaper in the UK since 2…

 

"A Triumph for Investigative Reporting" Dailies · Thu, 21 Jul 2011

Image via WikiCommons Expensive, time-consuming, redundant – and still necessary. News of the death of investigative reporting has been greatly exaggerated, if Hackgate is …

 

Hackgate Down Under Dailies · Thu, 21 Jul 2011

The News International scandal, or ‘Hackgate’, set the Australian public imagination alight this week. For proof, we need only be reminded that every single television network, other than SBS…

 

What's the Big Deal? Dailies · Thu, 21 Jul 2011

In today’s New Matilda, Mark Fletcher asks, has News Limited done anything wrong? For those looking for a neat summary of why the Hackgate story is such a big deal, not just in the UK but for the…

 

Life Imitating Art Dailies · Tue, 19 Jul 2011

Tony Wilson reflects on his eerie, and entirely unintended, prescience.My novel is coming true. It happened with my last novel too. No sooner had I written Players (Text 2005) – the story of a Sam…

 

Assange and Žižek on Stage Dailies · Tue, 19 Jul 2011

The panel discussion featured in this video is the intellectual equivalent of the Big Day Out, Lollapalooza or Glastonbury. Three of the world’s most outspoken figures in philosophy and journalism…

 

Journalism, Ethics & the Bottom Line Dailies · Mon, 18 Jul 2011

Any hope senior New Limited executives might have harboured that fallout from the phone hacking scandal might be quarantined in the UK seems to be fading. The Nation, an openly progressive weekly…

 

Memory in the Digital Age Dailies · Thu, 14 Jul 2011

For as long as we can collectively remember, humans have struggled with the problem of memory. Its unreliability was compounded by the dishonesty and disingenuousness of the mind, in both its…

 

We Are Not What We Read Dailies · Tue, 12 Jul 2011

Will they use a condom? Cover art of an historical romance novel by Tom Miller, c1960s, courtesy anoldent/Flickr It’s perhaps the most common controversy in the world of…

 

Sarah Maddison: Beyond White Guilt (v... Dailies · Mon, 11 Jul 2011

In this Lunchbox/Soapbox, author and academic Sarah Maddison tackles the issue of mainstream Australia’s unacknowledged, unresolved guilt over the brutality of white settlement over two centuries…

 

'Gay Girl in Damascus' Had a Previous... Dailies · Mon, 27 Jun 2011

An image posted on the Facebook page ‘Free Amina Abdalla’ In his 2010 book Reality Hunger, US writer David Shields argued against traditional realist fiction in favour of a…

 

Sarah Maddison: Beyond White Guilt Video · Thu, 23 Jun 2011

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In this Lunchbox/Soapbox, author and academic Sarah Maddison tackles the issue of mainstream Australia’s unacknowledged, unresolved guilt over the brutality of white settlement over two centuries…

 

Pratchett Documentary Stirs Assisted ... Dailies · Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Fantasy master Terry Pratchett has come under fire in the UK for his involvement in a television documentary screened on Monday night advocated assisted suicide. In the documentary, which was…

 

Dumbing Down Democracy: Tanner and Megalogenis Video · Fri, 06 May 2011

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“The two key rules that now govern the practice of Australian politics are: (1) look like you’re doing something; and (2) don’t offend anyone who matters.”In 2010, one of the Wheeler Centre’s most…

 

The Talking Point: Gagging for Freedom Video · Thu, 28 Apr 2011

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The Federal Court action against columnist Andrew Bolt has sparked a heated debate between those who believe that his comments contravene the Racial Discrimination Act and those who argue that the…

 

Ethically Speaking: Advertising Video · Tue, 26 Oct 2010

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To what extent can advertising be ethical? What should it be allowed to spruik, and to whom? And, when ads enter controversial territory, how does the industry respond?Our panel of ethicists and…

 

Good Life, Good Death: The Morality of Mortality Video · Mon, 11 Oct 2010

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Is death something to be feared or embraced? Broadcaster Phillip Adams chaired this discussion with Julian Burnside, Tony Coady and novelist Amanda Lohrey as they examine the ethics of the end from e…

 

Alan Kohler chairs a debate on ethics... Dailies · Thu, 20 May 2010

 

Ethically Speaking: Business and Ethics Video · Wed, 21 Apr 2010

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Alan Kohler, Stephen Mayne and Tom Elliott discuss when big business looks at its conscience from political donations to bloated CEO salaries.

 

Challenged books doing their job Dailies · Tue, 20 Apr 2010

The release of the American Library Association's "most challenged books of 2009" this week has created quite a stir. The Atlantic explains why the books that made it to the list are doing their job.

 

Clive Hamilton: climate change crisis Video · Wed, 17 Mar 2010

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The author of Growth Fetish, co-author of Affluenza and co-editor of Silencing Dissent talks about the coming climate change crisis.

 

Lunchbox/Soapbox: Peter Singer on why we need a beef tax Video · Thu, 25 Feb 2010

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Peter Singer argues for a beef tax.

 

Ethically Speaking: Media and Journalism Video · Wed, 17 Feb 2010

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A panel of top journalists and ethical thinkers, including Paul Chadwick, Mark Danner, Gay Alcorn and Tony Coady, under the guidance of former Age editor and CAJ director Michael Gawenda, tease out t…

 

Animal Matters Dailies · Fri, 08 Jan 2010

The Times Literary Supplement reviews Andrew Linzey's new book Why Animal Suffering Matters, which looks at the ethics of how humans use and treat animals.The …

 

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