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Policy Forum Pod

Policy Forum Pod is the podcast of PolicyForum.net - Asia and the Pacific's platform for public policy debate, analysis and discussion. Policy Forum is based at Crawford School of Public Policy at The... Read more

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Water waste: the dangerous paradox of irrigation efficiency

Water waste: the dangerous paradox of irrigation efficiency

As much as 70 per cent of all water extracted in the world is used for irrigation. But what if it were discovered that i... Read more

24 Aug 2018

46mins

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The Brief: Seeking asylum

The Brief: Seeking asylum

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has recently raised the prospect of transferring asylum seekers on Nauru to New... Read more

22 Oct 2018

25mins

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Julian Burnside: Changing attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers

Julian Burnside: Changing attitudes towards refugees and asylum seekers

Despite international criticism, asylum seekers and refugees have been labelled as ‘illegals’, and painted as threats to... Read more

10 Oct 2019

59mins

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Timor-Leste – politics, policy, and problems

Timor-Leste – politics, policy, and problems

On this week’s Policy Forum Pod, our expert panel discusses how Timor-Leste has fared during the last two years of polit... Read more

3 May 2019

52mins

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Andrew Leigh - Innovation + Equality

Andrew Leigh - Innovation + Equality

Amazing new technologies in the areas of artificial intelligence and genetics have benefitted societies and greatly rewa... Read more

21 Nov 2019

37mins

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Getting the measure of global poverty

Getting the measure of global poverty

From Bill Gates to the United Nations, everyone wants to end poverty. But what does ‘poverty’ actually mean – beyond sim... Read more

12 Oct 2018

1hr 1min

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Food, farming, and climate change

Food, farming, and climate change

A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looked at the role that food systems are playing... Read more

22 Aug 2019

43mins

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Countering violent extremism

Countering violent extremism

The devastating attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand shocked the world and claimed the lives of 50 people... Read more

29 Mar 2019

58mins

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Diving into the Indo-Pacific debate

Diving into the Indo-Pacific debate

Is it time to say farewell to the Asia-Pacific? In recent years the idea of an ‘Indo-Pacific’ has swept through foreign ... Read more

25 May 2018

1hr 28mins

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Global policy at the coalface

Global policy at the coalface

In 2016 the United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals as a blueprint for global development. With 17 Goa... Read more

27 Jul 2018

45mins

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Podcast: Putting community engagement in the neighbourhood of good policy

Podcast: Putting community engagement in the neighbourhood of good policy

Imagine you’re a philanthropist with a big pot of money and a pressing social problem you’d like to solve in your city. ... Read more

7 Sep 2018

40mins

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Ask Us Anything 100th episode special

Ask Us Anything 100th episode special

You asked, we answered! This week on Policy Forum Pod, we celebrate 100 episodes by responding to your questions with a ... Read more

11 Apr 2019

1hr 1min

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Stepping up in the Pacific

Stepping up in the Pacific

In November, Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised to take Australia’s engagement with the Pacific to a new level, anno... Read more

15 Aug 2019

1hr 3mins

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Is Asia sleepwalking to war?

Is Asia sleepwalking to war?

Where will Asia’s next war erupt? According to a new book looking at Asia’s dangerous slide into crisis, the next major ... Read more

10 Aug 2018

42mins

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Australia’s new intelligence jigsaw

Australia’s new intelligence jigsaw

At the end of 2017, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a significant restructuring of Australia’s inte... Read more

4 May 2018

36mins

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Managing bushfires (part one)

Managing bushfires (part one)

Stephen Dovers is Emeritus Professor with the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society and works on the policy of cl... Read more

16 Jan 2020

37mins

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Cause for hope as Ruak takes the reins in Timor-Leste?

Cause for hope as Ruak takes the reins in Timor-Leste?

On this week’s Policy Forum Pod, we take a look at the hopes and headwinds in Timor-Leste’s under new Prime Minister Tau... Read more

21 Jun 2018

58mins

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Richard Baldwin - The Globotics Upheaval

Richard Baldwin - The Globotics Upheaval

Around the world, people’s work and workplaces are being transformed by globalisation and the rise of automation, roboti... Read more

12 Sep 2019

32mins

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The Brief: Taking bigotry off the books in India

The Brief: Taking bigotry off the books in India

Home to over 15 per cent of the world’s population, India’s recent decriminalisation of homosexuality will affect millio... Read more

24 Sep 2018

23mins

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Feeding the world

Feeding the world

Of the world’s population of more than 7.3 billion people, almost 900 million go to bed hungry. By 2050, there will be a... Read more

26 Apr 2018

17mins

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