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Hosted by Dr Norman Swan, this forum brings together leading international & domestic business & health executives from the private & public sectors to discuss better ways to run the health care system in Australia.
Episodes 2015
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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser joins Simon Longstaff in conversation from St James Ethics Centre in Sydney to gives an interesting insight into what has shaped his values and his politics.Episodes 2014 57:10
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Society would flourish if women ruled the world. That's the premise for this debate. It's rowdy, rude and highly opinionated and very funny. Featuring Kerry Chikarovski, Helen Razer and Jane Caro. 54:16 Expired
Julian Burnside; barrister, human rights advocate, writer and the winner of this year's Sydney Peace Prize discusses the rights of asylum seekers. 55:25 Expired
Director for the Centre for Islam & the Modern World - Greg Barton - sets out an historical context for the rise and rapid expansion of the Islamic State. 57:10 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 57:46 Expired
What does a two and a half thousand year old skeletal DNA tells us about life and death in Africa, 2000 years ago? Vanessa Hayes is a world renowned expeart in African genomes & talks DNA profiling with Simon Longstaff. 58:00 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 56:58 Expired
A session on federal politics that brings together widely divergent insider perspectives. Featuring former Labor Minister, Greg Combet and Editor of The Australian, Paul Kelly. 56:24 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 58:00 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 57:53 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 58:00 Expired
Nobel Prize winning Astronomer Brian Schmidt elaborates on how Science works and why we should fund it - and he is way past pulling any punches! 54:44 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world. 58:00 Expired
Jane Goodall is one extraordinary human being. The English primatologist is now 80 but still spends about 300 days of the year travelling, working and talking up holistic programs on animals, humans and the environment. 56:55 Expired
Lydia Cacho is a journalist who has made it her life's work investigating sexual slavery. She has revealed the most extraordinary scale of sexual slavery & her own personal story working in the field is both terrifying and inspiring. 58:00 Expired
Russian journalist and LGBTI activist Masha Gessen gives a fantastic forensic analysis of Russian politics and life and death under Vladmir Putin's totalitarian regime. 57:31 Expired
Presents the best public talks, debates and lectures from Australia and around the world.