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Michael LesterThe Conversation |
Announced by the incoming Labor government, the University Accord process and review is being touted as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to...
Michael Lester in conversation with Professor Ian Chubb AC—policy adviser at the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), former Chief Scientist of...
Michael Lester in conversation with Kieran Pender, senior lawyer for the Whistleblower Project at the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), discuss...
Geoff Raby AO, former Australian ambassador to China, discusses with Michael Lester the remaking of the global order in his book Great Game On: The...
Over the past decade, Australia has endured its worst stagnation in living standards since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and has lost its way...
While successfully rolling out 5G mobile wireless technology and achieving high rates of penetration and quality services for smartphones, telecom...
Jonathan Holmes, a respected journalist and former host of Media Watch, with an impressive career spanning over 40 years including work as an...
With only days until the US Presidential election on 5 November and with polls calling the race 50:50. Michael Lester in discussion with Amelia...
Distinguished moral philosopher and public intellectual Raimond Gaita (FAHA), Professor, University College London, and Melbourne Law school,...
President Bush declared the War on Terror in 2001. Dr Alison Broinowski AM, Australians for War Power Reforms (AWPR), former diplomat and Author,...
Sara Dowse, Northern Beaches resident and author, discusses the rise in antisemitism in the context of the Israel Gaza war and the ways in which...
The Australian Electoral Commission has announced proposed redistributions of the boundaries of federal election seats with NSW losing a seat...
The largely unrecognised risk to Australia that our powerful ally will strategically collapse through internal political stresses is greater than...
Bipartisan agreement between the government and opposition have resulted in compromised, ageist inflected amendments to aged care legislation that...
Corporate culpability under law relies on a”Where’s Wally” logic to identify a natural person within a corporation to hold responsible for...
Australia is blanketed in a climate of secrecy with over 800 secrecy offences criminalised with jail terms and large fines under nearly 200 pieces...
Indigenous Australians have extensive land rights across Northern Australia where large scale militarisation is being undertaken, raising questions...
Restoring trust and integrity in the Australian Public Service requires tackling the corrosive effects of past politicisation (secretary contracts)...
As greenhouse emissions accumulate each year and linger for decades in the atmosphere, effectively adding another layer of climate warming...