On 22 June, 2021, Tim and I had a wide ranging and thoroughly engaging conversation with Barbara Pocock from the SA Greens for Blind Insights, which I will post once the episode is available to listen to. Barbara and I were discussing what prepares someone to be a good politician, and I made my normal […]

What I can write with confidence, after my first semester of studying Strategic Communication, is that I am glad I decided to enrol in this degree. In February 2020 I knew I loved podcasting, and I knew I wanted to understand why the government communications about the Australian bushfires and looming COVID-19 pandemic were so […]

Over the previous week the Australian Federal Government has gone from banning 9,000 Australians from returning from India, because of the COVID-19 situation there, to planning for repatriation flights from India (beginning in mid-May). They have gone from an entirely inappropriate response to a crisis to a barely acceptable response as a consequence of social […]

Why so many voters are becoming disillusioned with democracy is an important question that requires a comprehensive and cohesive answer. When I noticed that Anne Applebaum and Ian Bremmer had recorded a conversation about disillusioned voters and contemporary authoritarianism, I was very interested to hear what they had to say. Within their wide-ranging conversation they […]

I just listened to The Signal’s episode on Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The Australian media has been discussing the slow rate of our rollout for days, and this episode of The Signal was the most concise and cohesive explanation I have heard so far. By the standards of Australian media, The Signal is always thoughtful, […]

In a recent episode of the Finding Genius podcast, Richard Jacobs and I discussed what might happen next in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. I began from the position that the global vaccination program won’t be perfect, but will gradually get the job done, and that drug companies will be able to update their COVID-19 […]

Finding Genius Podcast www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/a-unique-perspective-on-respon ses-to-and-consequences-of-covid-19-around-the-world/ How have governments around the world differed in their responses to COVID-19? How have various countries been impacted by the lockdowns? Tune in for the answers, and to learn: . How “building citizens to build a nation” has become less practiced in countries around the world, and how this might […]

During the final fifteen minutes of the Clean Recovery Forum in Adelaide, the audience and panellists engaged in an important discussion about what citizens in a democracy need to do to get the outcomes society prefers. The classic line from Joseph de Maistre was mentioned, “every nation gets the government it deserves,” and then the […]

In late January I was speaking to one of my former students who is three years into her post-university life. We were catching up on what we have both been doing and the conversation was bubbling along in the normal way it tends to with my former students: a relaxed combination of friendly banter and […]

On the morning of February 18th 2021, the Australian people woke up to find that no Australian news content can be posted or shared in their Facebook news feeds. Tim and I decided to make a little video about the opportunity this gives everyone to take responsibility for their news intake. Listen and subscribe to […]