Author Archives: Nick Osbaldiston
‘Making Sense: Conversations in Politics, Society and Culture’ – Episode Two
* Note – unfortunately the audio was a problem this episode so I recommend listening with headphones. Well what a week in Federal Politics it has been. I hope that you have all managed to keep yourselves clear from the mudslinging and bitterness that has befallen our politicians over the past 48 hours! Perhaps if […]
‘Making Sense: Conversations in Politics, Society and Culture’ – Podcast Episode One
Hi all, For a while now I’ve been talking to Dragonista and others about beginning and running a podcast to be housed on Ausvotes2013. Similar to the blog itself, I’m driven here by the desire to provide a space for reasoned discussion and debate by involving people who are knowledgeable or who have a significant […]
Playing with precaution: room for bottom-up change?
“Climate change remains a fundamental economic, environmental and moral challenge for all Australians and for all people of the world” – Kevin Rudd April 27, 2010. I bet when the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made this claim he didn’t forsee that it would be such an ‘economic’ challenge in 2013 and beyond. The recent […]
Gonskis: University Funding and Education Reforming
“It’s alot of money, but I believe it is a wise investment in our children’s future and in our nation’s future’ – Julia Gillard on Gonski funding implementation. “It also means the best of equipment, the smart boards, the iPads, the learning tools of this century” – Julia Gillard on some of what we can […]
Social vs Traditional Media – defending the indefensible?
I have a ritual in the morning, as I’m sure you all do. It begins with getting my kids breakfast, watching them devour it, fight over who has the biggest spoon or the appropriate colour (cause everyone knows you can’t eat Cheerios with just any spoon) and then complain bitterly about not wanting to get […]
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