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Saving Medicare

Amanda Vanstone | Counterpoint, ABC Radio National
20 May 2013 | How much does Medicare really cost? In the last ten years federal, state and territory health spending has increased by 80%. In 2000 – 2001 it was 53 billion dollars ten years later it’s 90 billion. So how can we curb those costs and still retain a national health system?

Middle class enclaves and escapes

Laurie Taylor | Thinking Allowed, BBC 4
08 May 2013 | Privatised neighbourhoods and lifestyle migration are a global phenomenon. Increasingly, it seems, middle class people with sufficient capital are choosing to 'opt out' of urban environments, or, at least, to shield themselves from their more 'dangerous' elements, namely the poorer residents.

Public intimacies: the royal commission on human relationships

Lorena Allam | Hindsight, ABC Radio National
28 April 2013 | The Whitlam government was full of reforming zeal when it was elected in late 1972. But while it couldn’t change the laws around abortion, it did create something much more complex: a Royal Commission on Human Relationships.

Hidden innovation

Amanda Vanstone | Counterpoint, ABC Radio National
22 April 2013 | One of the leading fields of innovation in Australia has been the creative sector—advertising, architecture, film, TV, newspapers, software and digital content et cetera. Yet the innovation has largely been hidden from the public eye. That is, until now.

Where is technology taking us?

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
18 April 2013 | How can technology tackle the wicked problems of the coming decades?

It's culture, stupid

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
11 April 2013 | Arts and public policy - Is the current system working and does the Government’s recently released National Cultural Policy mark a step forward ? Leigh Tabrett and panel discuss.

Australia and Asia: is creative mateship possible?

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
09 April 2013 | We talk a lot about engagement with Asia and to date the discussion has largely focussed on our economic ties but what about arts and culture?

Researching social media in times of crisis

Axel Bruns | Mapping Online Publics
11 April 2013 | This keynote presentation was part of the Social media in times of crisis conference at the State Library of Queensland, organised by CCI and the Eidos Institute.

Researching violent extremism using online social media networks

J.M. Berger | The Loopcast
09 April 2013 | This podcast provides insight into using big data sets and social media to evaluate extremist movements and organizations.

Living contemporary culture

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
04 April 2013 | Goma APT7: How artists can connect with their communities to shape cultural identity?

Oz magazine fifty years on

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
03 April 2013 | It all started fifty years ago this week when a couple of uni students who simply wanted to shake things up launched an audacious and highly influential magazine called OZ.

Events that shape the world

Kate Evans | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
20 March 2013 | Kate Evans and guests reflect on cultural memory, history and place in contemporary society.

What's wrong with our leaders?

John Kane, Haig Patapan | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
13 March 2013 | John Kane and Haig Patapan discuss the unique character and always fragile legitimacy of democratic leadership in order to explain why we so frequently suspect our political leaders of being less than honest with us.

Future of creative arts education in Australian universities

David Williamson | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
05 March 2013 | Australian playwright David Williamson says that short-sighted assault by both sides of the political divide threatens creative arts education in Australia.

Grey literature: digital scholarship and digital dust

Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
26 February 2013 | Capturing, assessing and keeping grey literature is a big issue for researchers, librarians and archivists.

Is growth the solution or the problem?

Richard Heinberg, Paul Barclay | Big Ideas, ABC Radio National
18 February 2013 | While economists and politicians argue over how to return to sustained growth, Richard Heinberg says they are missing the point.

The fifth estate: diplomacy, disasters and deals - foreign policy 2013

Michael Fullilove, Linda Jakobson, Rory Medcalf | Wheeler Centre
19 February 2013 | Three experts from the Lowy Institute discuss Australia's foreign policy directions at a time when the world is confronting major changes.

Australian farming and farmers

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
21 December 2012 | This Australian Social Trends (AST) podcast looks at the business of farming and the characteristics of Australian farmers

"36 million language pairs - how to unleash the true momentum of world knowledge"

Thomas Petzold | TEDxBerlin
11 December 2012 | This talk by Thomas Petzold looks into the idea of crossing borders on a worldwide digital scale.

The law and technology behind Australia's internet filtering

Stilgherrian | ZDNet
05 December 2012 | ZDNet's Stilgherrian latest podcast looks at Australia's newly-announced internet "filtering" plan relies on an unprecedented interpretation of the law and will do little to prevent the spread of child abuse material.

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