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WikiLeaks, Assange and Defending Democracy

O'Shea, Barns, Keane, Ludlam and Dreyfus discuss the role of media and government, and what the war on WikiLeaks repr...

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AWG 50th Anniversary: David Williamson State of the Industry Address

David Williamson celebrates the Australian Writers Guild's 50th anniversary with his State of the Industry Address.


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Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Shmith: Away with Cliché

Writer and critic Michael Shmith takes clichés to task in this humorous critique of lazy language and woeful writing.

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The Fifth Estate: The Numbers Game

In the series debut, Lindsay Tanner and Sally Warhaft discuss political parties, democratic process and media culture.


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Lunchbox/Soapbox: Verity Burgmann on the Importance of Being Extreme

In this Lunchbox/Soapbox, Verity Burgmann explores the productive outcomes of extremist challenges to authority.

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Kim Barker: The Taliban Shuffle

Kim Barker explores her account of the conflict, danger and irreverence in a warzone. With Karen Middleton.


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Lunchbox/Soapbox: Michael Gawenda on The Journalist as Betrayer

Do people who have been the subject of media coverage invariably feel betrayed? Michael Gawenda presents his case.

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The Talking Point: Greasy Polls

Join Maxine McKew, John Hewson, Irving Saulwick and George Megalogenis for a talk on polls, politics and the polis.


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Lunchbox/Soapbox: Nina Funnell on the Teen Sexting Panic

In a climate of panic about child protection and 'sexting', Nina Funnell considers who this panic serves and controls.

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Quarterly Essay: Bad News - Murdoch's 'Australian' and the Shaping of the Nation

Robert Manne discusses his 'Quarterly Essay 43' on 'The Australian', as well as the newspaper's response.


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Christine Nixon on the Nature of Leadership

Christine Nixon examines consensus leadership and discusses why 'being open to compromise' is not 'being compromised'.

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John Carroll on Violence and the Modern Middle Class

Sociologist and author John Carroll examines the "excessive fearfulness" and paranoia surrounding child abduction.


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The Talking Point: Taking Liberties With the Press

Join a panel of leading media commentators and analysts as they turn their eye to Hackgate and its reverberations.

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Does WikiLeaks Matter?

Guy Rundle, Eleanor Townsley, Peter Vale and Robert Manne explore the origins, effects, strengths and failures of Wik...


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Thomas Friedman

Friedman and Maxine McKew discuss the wane of US power, the new global labour market and "finding your extra".

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Julie Posetti on Making Journalism Social: Twitter's Transformative Effect

Journalism researcher Julie Posetti discusses the social transformation of the Fourth Estate.


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Griffith Review - Rebel, Public Nuisance and Dreamer: Julian Assange Standing Alone

Barbara Gunnell and Margaret Simons explore power, truth and responsibility via Assange, Wikileaks and their foes.

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Bruce Guthrie on 'A Requiem for Newspapers'

Former broadsheet editor Bruce Guthrie talks about 'Man Bites Murdoch' and the future of the daily paper.


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Guy Rundle on the New Tabloid Racialism

Amidst the West's crisis of identity, Guy Rundle examines tabloid attacks on the 'other' and the emergent 'new hate'.

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Dumbing Down Democracy: Tanner and Megalogenis

Tanner and Megalogenis explore politics and the media, values and pragmatism, and Tanner's new book Sideshow.


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The Talking Point: Is Australian Democracy Broken?

Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australia...

 

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