At the Media140 conference in Sydney, a relaxed Malcolm Turnbull talks to ABC RN’s Fran Kelly about new media and the contemporary communications landscape. A renowned early adopter (and an internet entrepeneur), Turnbull discusses how Twitter and other platforms have affected journalism, and sh...
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Part 1 Part 2 From the Media140 conference in Sydney comes this session on the changes that social media, such as Youtube, Facebook and especially Twitter, are bringing to the world of political reporting. Featuring Annabel Crabb, Bernard Keane (Crikey), Chris Uhlmann (ABC), John Kerrison (Ni...
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Part 1 Part 2 From the Media140 conference in Sydney comes this session on the changes that social media, such as Youtube, Facebook and especially Twitter, are bringing to the world of political reporting.Featuring Annabel Crabb, Bernard Keane (Crikey), Chris Uhlmann (ABC), John Kerrison (Nine...
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Speaking at the Per Capita annual conference Policy Exchange 09, economist Steve Keen looks at the rising national debts in Australia and the United States, paying particular attention to their historical relationship with recessions, growth and unemployment. He suggests that the levels of debt ...
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At Janet Clarke Hall in Melbourne, Helen Garner launches Anna Goldsworthy’s new memoir, Piano Lessons. Garner is followed by Goldsworthy herself, who also performs a favourite work by Chopin. In Piano Lessons, her remarkable debut, Anna Goldsworthy recalls her first steps towards a life in music...
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Part 1 Part 2 November 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the birth of the new global economy. At this Lowy Institute presentation, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s international economy program, looked a...
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In this Melbourne Conversations event, three experts discuss the many challenges in managing potential crises with our water supplies, potential fires and heat this summer. The speakers are: Dr Michael Cathcart – Writer and Broadcaster; Professor Tom Griffiths R...
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In this Melbourne Conversations event, three experts discuss the many challenges in managing potential crises with our water supplies, potential fires and heat this summer. The speakers are: Dr Michael Cathcart – Writer and Broadcaster; Professor Tom Griffiths ...
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Part 1 Part 2 November 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the birth of the new global economy. At this Lowy Institute presentation, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s international economy program, looked a...
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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (Question time)In this Melbourne Conversations event, three experts discuss the many challenges in managing potential crises with our water supplies, potential fires and heat this summer. The speakers are: Dr Michael Cathcart – Writer and Broadcaster; Professor Tom...
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Part 1 Part 2 The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation hosts this lecture by Stephen Smith, the new director of the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California and co-founder of the Aegis Trust. In his powerful address, Smith discusses the past century of crimes ag...
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Part 1 Part 2 The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation hosts this lecture by Stephen Smith, the new director of the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California and co-founder of the Aegis Trust. In his powerful address, Smith discusses the past century of crimes ag...
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