Dead tree newspapers are on their last legs, some say. In the meantime, new forms of journalism are springing up everywhere, courtesy of social media and online platforms. The audience - the citizen, the amateur - has become the new journalist. Paul Barclay talks to Tim Dunlop and Rachel Buchanan about what lies ahead for...

The new rush created by the rise of unconventional gas technologies is a politically-charged issue. This talk will explore questions such as how important is unconventional gas to Australia’s economy and domestic energy sector? What are the environmental risks and can they be managed? Guests Tony Wood Energy Program Director at the Grattan Institute Dr...

Films, TV shows, books and music—we consume them all in droves but how many actually pay for it? As soon as something is released and sometimes even before it’s launched a pirated copy is out there on the internet. It’s exasperating for those who successfully create, invest in and produce the content only to watch...

They’ve been described as the iTunes of higher education, and while it may be a clumsy or clunky acronym, Massive Online Open Courses, or MOOC’s, are poised to transform the way Australian universities operate. They’re not only popular, but have made education accessible on a scale never before seen. It first shot to prominence just...

Jonathan Harris discusses how he combines elements of computer science, anthropology, visual art, statistics and storytelling to create works of art. His recent projects include; Building the world’s largest time capsule, documenting an Eskimo whale hunt and co creating we feel fine - a data driven art work that uses large scale blog analysis to...