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How to Investigate Research Misconduct Nov 16, 2023

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Australia is one of the few countries with a developed research sector that does not have a research integrity watchdog, instead relying on research institutions to initiate and oversee investigations into their own researchers.

This was recorded on Wednesday 15th November 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Dr Kristen Scicluna, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Australia Institute // @kristenscicluna

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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The Pain is the Point...Again Nov 08, 2023

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The RBA has delivered its first interest rate rise since Michelle Bullock took over from Philip Lowe as Governor, up 25 basis points to 4.35%, the highest in 12 years. So what needs to change for the pain to stop?

This was recorded on Tuesday 7th November 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute // @GrogsGamut

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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The Whistleblower Project | Politics in the Pub Oct 25, 2023

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By exposing human rights abuses, government wrongdoing and corporate misconduct, whistleblowers like David McBride and Richard Boyle make Australia a better place.

Yet too often in Australia, whistleblowers are prosecuted rather than supported.

This was recorded on Tuesday 24th October 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Kieran Pender, senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre // @KieranHRLC

Professor Peter Greste, award-winning journalist, author and academic // @PeterGreste

Rawan Arraf, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for International Justice // @rawanarraf

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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The Lies Have It Oct 19, 2023

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Following the Voice Referendum, new Australia Institute research shows that almost nine in ten (87%) Australians want Parliament to pass truth in political advertising laws before the next federal election.

This was recorded on Tuesday 17th October 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Bill Browne, Director, Democracy & Accountability Director, the Australia Institute // @Browne90

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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What is the Voice to Parliament? | with Pat Anderson AO Oct 11, 2023

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Many Australians are still unsure what the referendum on is even about. What would a Voice to Parliament look like, and how would it help Indigenous people? To help make it more clear, the Australia Institute’s own Kate McBride recently sat down with Pat Anderson AO, Alyawarre woman and architect of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

This was recorded on Friday 8th September 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Pat Anderson AO, Alyawarre woman and architect of the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Kate McBride, Parlimentary Liason, the Australia Institute // @Kate_McBride_1

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Is Consultant a 'Profession?' Oct 04, 2023

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As the Senate Inquiry into the management and assurance of integrity by consulting services continues, Labor senator Deb O'Neill and Greens senator Barbara Pocock have been applying the pressure to consulting firms in the hotseat.

This was recorded on Wednesday 4th October 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Rod Campbell, Research Director, the Australia Institute // @R_o_d_C

Bill Browne, Director, Democracy & Accountability // @Browne90

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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The Special (Economic) Relationship: Australia and the US Sep 27, 2023

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The Australia-America economic relationship is one of the world’s most consequential, worth over $2 trillion, yet few understand its depth and scale.

This was recorded on Thursday 3rd August 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Joey Herlihy, Research Intern, International & Security Affairs program, the Australia Institute

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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There are still climate refugees in Lismore [Politics in the Pub] Sep 20, 2023

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As the Northern Hemisphere experiences extreme heatwaves and Australia prepares for a “horror summer”, and the new RBA Governor Michelle Bullock warns climate change poses a “particularly acute” challenge for the Australia economy, listen back to the launch of the 2023 Climate of the Nation Report at Politics in the Pub.

This was recorded on Wednesday 13th September 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Liz Morison, Researcher, Climate & Energy program, the Australia Institute // @morison_liz

Richard Denniss, Executive Director, the Australia Institute // @RDNS_TAI

Jenny Dowell OAM , former Mayor of Lismore City Council // @JennyRDowell

Dr Graeme Palmer, Lismore Small Business Owner

Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Digital Content Producer, the Australia Institute

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Who should pay the cost of Climate Change? [Climate of the Nation 2023] Sep 13, 2023

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As many Australians are facing rising cost-of-living, which is being made worse by climate change, fossil fuel companies are making record profits. So how can our Government make them pay the bill?

This was recorded on Tuesday 12th September 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Liz Morison, Researcher, Climate & Energy program, the Australia Institute // @morison_liz

Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Digital Content Producer, the Australia Institute

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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Dead in the Water Sep 06, 2023

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A new deal to save the Murray-Darling basin has been brokered by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, following another mass fish kill, and a survey finding not a single adult Murray Cod in the Lower Darling-Bakka.

This was recorded on Tuesday 5th September 2023 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guest:

Kate McBride, Researcher and Parliamentary Liason Officer, the Australia Institute // @Kate_McBride_1

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

Support Follow the Money & the research powerful interests fear: https://theaus.in/4vs6XeO

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