Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’s Toughest Assignment by John Lyons
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Rarely is the public taken deep into the inner sanctum of major news organisations. In this extraordinary book, award-winning journalist John Lyons goes to the heart of how the media reports — or does not report — one of the biggest stories of our time: the conflict in the Middle East. He looks at the p ...Show more
Rape Culture (In the National Interest) by Louise Newman
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The recent revelations and allegations of sexual harassment and assault in the Australian Parliament have prompted furious responses. Political leaders have attempted to limit the damage by referring to the lack of criminal charges, resisting a discussion of entrenched misogyny.Advocates for survivors o ...Show more
Who Dares Loses: Pariah Policies (In the National Interest) by Wayne Errington, Peter van Onselen
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Why does Australia go through cycles of public policy boldness and timidity? The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the Australian political system has much more tolerance for policy innovation than appeared to be the case on the evidence of the previous twenty years. As another election approaches, though, ...Show more
Easy Lies & Influence (In the National Interest) by Fiona McLeod
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In Australia, corruption spends public funds in pursuit of power, rewards favour, and strips support from worthy programs. It silences journalists and those charged with upholding standards of integrity by depriving them of funding. Grift and stacking are commonplace as those chasing influence infiltrat ...Show more
Tides that Bind: Australia in the Pacific (In the National Interest) by Richard Marles
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
As the many nations of the Pacific deal with the threat of climate change, including rising sea levels and lessening access to fresh water, they are also suffering from some of the slowest rates of development of any region on earth. Now more than ever, the Pacific needs a champion, and that champion ne ...Show more
Respect (In the National Interest) by Jill Hennessy
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
When Héritier Lumumba’s Collingwood teammates called him ‘Chimp’, it showed a lack of respect. When the Prime Minister referred to Brittany Higgins by her first name in parliament, it showed a lack of respect. When senator Bill Heffernan referred to then prime minister Julia Gillard as ‘deliberately bar ...Show more
Blood Lust , Trust & Blame by Samantha Crompvoets
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
As Australia comes to grips with accusations that some of its elite soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan, a catchcry for certain commentators is that the 'fog of war' explains, justifies and possibly excuses the alleged atrocities that have come to light. The term seeks to capture the uncertaint ...Show more
Our National Shame: Violence against Women (In the National Interest) by Kate Fitz-gibbon
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The expos s in early 2021 of sexism and sexual violence in Parliament House prompted women across the country (and some men) to take to stages, lecterns and social media to express their rage and demand action. However, while these events highlighted that violence against women is an ongoing issue in ou ...Show more
Enough is Enough (In the National Interest) by Kate Thwaites, Jenny Macklin
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
What is it about the culture and structure of Parliament House that has allowed sexual violence and harassment to flourish? Since the mid-1990s, the number of women in the Australian Parliament has increased, but unfortunately, they are still not being heard. And tragically, they are not always safe. As ...Show more
The Digital Revolution: A Survival Guide (In the National Interest) by Simon Wilkie
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the digital disruption of business by the information and communications sectors, is well underway in Australia and around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated the pace of change. We are witnessing a proliferation of new platforms and new markets, with ...Show more
A Decade of Drift (In the National Interest) by Martin Parkinson
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The erosion of public trust in government has been a characteristic of liberal democracies in recent years. How much have the twists and turns in climate change policy over the past decade contributed to this in Australia? As a senior public servant during six prime ministerships, Martin Parkinson had a ...Show more
Leadership (In the National Interest) by Don Russell
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Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The level of public frustration and disengagement with political leaders has never been higher. At the same time, the problems we need them to deal with, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis in aged care and accelerating climate change, are immediate and urgent. The system is designed to make our pol ...Show more