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August 2025
Politics in the Pub: Dead Centre
Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas and coal projects is bad for the environment? Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian
Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us
Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas and coal projects is bad for the environment? Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian
Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us
Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas and coal projects is bad for the environment? Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian
AI Killing the Media Star?
If you think today’s media monopoly is crushing independent journalism, you might need to sit down…with us! The rules of journalism are being rewritten by machines and Rupert Murdoch, who’s been busy developing an in-house program to imitate the company’s own journalists. But in a world of democratic backsliding, how do we stop AI from
Conspiracy Nation with Ariel Bogle
Through new investigations and first-hand accounts, Conspiracy Nation takes readers to the rallies, homes, courtrooms, secret chat rooms and $2000 Byron Bay luxury retreats where Australia’s conspiracy theories spread. ‘There are microchips in vaccines’; ‘5G spreads COVID-19’; ‘the Australian government is hiding a list of powerful predators’ – Conspiracy Nation exposes the world of Australian
September 2025
Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us
Have you ever wondered why our politicians don’t implement popular and evidence-based policies that would improve Australia’s health, education or public transport systems? Or why they ignore scientific research that tells us things like approving new gas and coal projects is bad for the environment? Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian
Cooked: Has the gas industry captured WA?
Join Konrad from Punter’s Politics and Mark from the Australia Institute as they discuss the gas industry, its influence on the government and what we can do about. 90% of WA’s gas is exported by a handful of mostly foreign owned gas corporations, and the Australian Government gives them most of that gas for free.
Laurie Carmichael Lecture 2025: The Hon. Doug Cameron
About The Hon. Doug Cameron The Hon. Doug Cameron is a retired trade unionist who served as Senator for New South Wales from 2007-2019, representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in Scotland, Cameron left school at age 15 to take up an apprenticeship. Emigrating to Australia at age 22, Cameron worked as a maintenance fitter
Dead Centre with Richard Denniss
The sensible centre. Evidence-based policy. These are not the same. In fact, they are at odds with each other. The scientific evidence tells us that building new gas, oil and coal mines will cause catastrophic climate damage this century. Yet politicians describe a call for the end of new mines as extreme. Likewise with online
October 2025
Defiance with Bob Brown
For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. In Defiance, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature