Ranked #1
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
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46mins
Ranked #2
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
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25mins
Ranked #3
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
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59mins
Ranked #4
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
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52mins
Ranked #5
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
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37mins
Ranked #6
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
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1hr 1min
Ranked #7
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
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43mins
Ranked #8
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
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58mins
Ranked #9
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
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #10
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
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45mins
Ranked #11
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
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40mins
Ranked #12
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
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1hr 1min
Ranked #13
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
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #14
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
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42mins
Ranked #15
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
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36mins
Ranked #16
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
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37mins
Ranked #17
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
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58mins
Ranked #18
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
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32mins
Ranked #19
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
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23mins
Ranked #20
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
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17mins