O'Shea, Barns, Keane, Ludlam and Dreyfus discuss the role of media and government, and what the war on WikiLeaks repr...
David Williamson celebrates the Australian Writers Guild's 50th anniversary with his State of the Industry Address.
Writer and critic Michael Shmith takes clichés to task in this humorous critique of lazy language and woeful writing.
In the series debut, Lindsay Tanner and Sally Warhaft discuss political parties, democratic process and media culture.
In this Lunchbox/Soapbox, Verity Burgmann explores the productive outcomes of extremist challenges to authority.
Kim Barker explores her account of the conflict, danger and irreverence in a warzone. With Karen Middleton.
Do people who have been the subject of media coverage invariably feel betrayed? Michael Gawenda presents his case.
Join Maxine McKew, John Hewson, Irving Saulwick and George Megalogenis for a talk on polls, politics and the polis.
In a climate of panic about child protection and 'sexting', Nina Funnell considers who this panic serves and controls.
Robert Manne discusses his 'Quarterly Essay 43' on 'The Australian', as well as the newspaper's response.
Christine Nixon examines consensus leadership and discusses why 'being open to compromise' is not 'being compromised'.
Sociologist and author John Carroll examines the "excessive fearfulness" and paranoia surrounding child abduction.
Join a panel of leading media commentators and analysts as they turn their eye to Hackgate and its reverberations.
Guy Rundle, Eleanor Townsley, Peter Vale and Robert Manne explore the origins, effects, strengths and failures of Wik...
Friedman and Maxine McKew discuss the wane of US power, the new global labour market and "finding your extra".
Journalism researcher Julie Posetti discusses the social transformation of the Fourth Estate.
Barbara Gunnell and Margaret Simons explore power, truth and responsibility via Assange, Wikileaks and their foes.
Former broadsheet editor Bruce Guthrie talks about 'Man Bites Murdoch' and the future of the daily paper.
Amidst the West's crisis of identity, Guy Rundle examines tabloid attacks on the 'other' and the emergent 'new hate'.
Tanner and Megalogenis explore politics and the media, values and pragmatism, and Tanner's new book Sideshow.
Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australia...
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