Webcasts - politics and government
Deepen the conversation: Alex Mitchell & Matthew Condon – Come the Revolution
Journalist Alex Mitchell began his career in the cut-throat world of Sydney tabloids, and graduated to Fleet Street as an investigative reporter taking part in the exposure of Soviet double agent Kim Philby. Giving up his job to become editor of Britain’s Trotskyist daily, he entered a world of class struggle politics and national liberation movements. With fellow revolutionary Vanessa Redgrave, he travelled the US and the Middle East, meeting Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat and Muammar Gaddafi. In Alex’s recently released memoir, Come the Revolution, he gives an enthralling account of life in newspapers, where he was unafraid to ask hard questions about the world and himself. Join Alex as he and fellow journalist, Matthew Condon (Editor, The Courier-Mail QWeekend), share a conversation on media and politics that is compelling, exciting and rich with insights.
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Don’t miss a chance to hear a fascinating insider’s account of journalism and politics, as viewed through the eyes of someone who’s seen it all!
Deepen the conversation - Arthur ChaskalsonThe Griffith University - Tony Fitzgerald Inaugural Lecture with Arthur Chaskalson The Fitzgerald Report marks a watershed in Queensland and Australia's political history. Speaking at the Inaugural Tony Fitzgerald Lecture was the Honourable Arthur Chaskalson, former President of the Constitutional Court and Chief Justice of South Africa until 2005. As a member of former President Nelson Mandela's defence team, he was a formidable opponent of the apartheid government.
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Speaker: Arthur Chaskalson
Deepen the conversation - Sean Leahy
The Fine Line: The politics of political cartooning Drawing political cartoons can be a risky and dangerous occupation. Like all satire, political cartoons tread a fine line between truth telling with humour and defamation. In a famous court case in the 80s, one of Patrick Cook’s cartoons was accused of being defamatory of the architect Harry Seidler. After intense legal scrutiny, the Court found it was defensible on the grounds of public comment. Listen to the Courier-Mail’s preeminent cartoonist Sean Leahy chatting with dale spender on the inspiration, the risk and the rage of political cartooning in Australia. When Tue 7 Dec, 2010. 6pm Windows media (audio): broadband |
Introducing... social exclusionDavid Burchell looks at patterns of marginalisation and the idea of "the other" shaped by history, policy and personal incapacity.
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Speaker: David Burchell
Introducing... the politics of spinSharon Beder looks at the politics of public relations spin and how it is influencing the way we think.
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Speaker: Sharon Beder
Lisa ForrestListen to Lisa Forrest, author, former Olympian and media personality, as she discusses her latest book Boycott. At the age of sixteen, Lisa found herself at the centre of one of Australia’s most significant sporting and political moments, the controversial boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Lisa tells her story for the first time, taking us from her early strokes in the local pool of a Sydney beachside suburb, to death threats and public denunciation by both politicians and the media. Through interviews with everyone from the Prime Minister of the day, Malcolm Fraser, to members of the AOC, sports administrators, journalists and the athletes themselves, she takes us behind the scenes of an extraordinary and far-reaching chapter in Australian sporting history. Boycott is the story of the athletes who defied the inducements and pressure coming from the highest levels, maintaining that the Olympics was about peace, not politics and chose to follow their dream. This webcast was presented in partnership the Courier Mail, The big Book Club / The Little Big Book Club.
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Speakers: Lisa Forrest and Gerard Collins
Multicultural summitKeynote speaker Jason Yat-Sen Li at the 2007 Multicultural Summit discusses multiculturalism in Australia. The summit was presented by Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland in cooperation with Multicultural Development Association, Brisbane City Council and MultiLink Community Services and sponsored by Multicultural Affairs Queensland, State Library of Queensland and Active Migration.
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Speaker: Jason Yat-Sen Li
Redefining how success is measured in aboriginal learningIn this webcast representatives from the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) and its Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre (ABLKC) discuss how they are working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to redefine how we measure success in Aboriginal learning. One key outcome of this work is to develop appropriate tools needed to identify the many aspects of lifelong learning that contribute to success for First Nations, Inuit and Métis — Holistic Lifelong Learning Models. Speakers: Jarrett Laughlin, Rose Bouvier & Genevieve FoxDuration: 1:09:42 minutes Date: 15 December 2008 Windows media (video): dialup or broadband RealPlayer (video): dialup or broadband |
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