Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics and political journalism Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics. Witness the controversy which recently engulfed the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who was called upon to clarify her role in setting up a union fund, later misused, when she was...

What does it take to make good policy decisions in a world where attention spans are dwindling and political populism is on the rise? The Australian Opposition is pushing for a resolution of border protection, and the rise of foreign ownership of local land has got farmers worried. Are these legitimate problems or are they...

Facebook has more than 845 million active users per month and the number is growing steadily. But is Facebook really your friend? Critics say it destroys the notion of privacy and devalues friendship. But Facebook fans see the social networking site as a tool that enhances life and creates a true global village. Coming up...

This program asks why issues of gender equality and discrimination still exists after decades of the Feminist social movement. Feminism has been one of the most powerful social movements of the last fifty years. So why, after decades of progress, are questions of gender equality and discrimination still on the agenda? Wendy McCarthy ponders why...

Dame Silvia Cartwright is currently one of two international judges in the five member 'Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia' which is trying former senior members of the Khmer Rouge for war crimes committed between 1975 and 1989. An estimated 1.7 million people died either by execution, overwork, disease or...