http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en martyn.pearce@anu.edu.au Copyright 2012 2012-01-29T22:24:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/#When:23:27:49Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction. Seminar, Demography, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T23:27:49+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/#When:22:55:22Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction.   Seminar, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T22:55:22+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/#When:22:20:09Z Former Australian Ambassador to Burma Trevor Wilson is the guest while Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gives his reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in the third Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Trevor Wilson, now a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, was in Burma as the polls were taking place. He discusses the atmosphere in the country, the reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and international pressure on the Burmese generals.The episode also includes an interview with Malaysian opposition leader Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim recorded at The Australian National University. He gives his reaction to the release.Burma votes 2010 is a series of vod and podcasts from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. It is presented by researcher Nicholas Farrelly Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-11-21T22:20:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_2/#When:22:12:25Z 'Burma votes 2010' presenter Nicholas Farrelly gives a special post-poll update to the vod and podcast series. This episode was recorded on 9 November 2010 and in the second in the series. 'Burma votes 2010' brings together experts to discuss and analyse the poll and the political landscape ahead of and after the election day. If you have questions or comments for the team you can leave them here or join in the conversation at asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Language & Linguistics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, The University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-11-09T22:12:25+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/#When:01:37:34Z Des Ball and Morten Pedersen are the guests in the first ‘Burma votes 2010' vodcast.  This video was recorded on 2 November 2010 and is hosted by Nicholas Farrelly. It is the first in a series about the 2010 elections in Burma. ‘Burma votes 2010' brings together experts to discuss and analyse the poll and the political landscape ahead of and after the election day. If you have questions or comments for the team you can leave them here or join in the conversation at asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University 2010-11-03T01:37:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/too_much_to_do_too_little_of_you_alumni_and_friends_life_skills_seminar/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/too_much_to_do_too_little_of_you_alumni_and_friends_life_skills_seminar/#When:01:42:19Z A group of almost fifty ANU Alumni and Friends attended the inaugural Open Day Life Skills Seminar on Saturday 28 August, presented by Carole Brown, Manager of Staff Career Development at ANU and National President and Fellow of the Career Development Association of Australia.  In her seminar Too Much to Do, Too Little of You Carole spoke about many of the challenges we face today in managing our busy lives, and the often conflicting commitments we have.  Her topic resonated clearly with those present. Many generously contributed to the discussion by raising questions, providing comment and sharing challenging experiences on a number of issues, particularly around the importance of developing stress management strategies to help us with the many, and often conflicting, life commitments we face.   Seminar, Academic Skills & Learning Centre, Student Life, The University, Training & Development, University 2010-10-13T01:42:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democratic_confidence_and_overconfidence/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democratic_confidence_and_overconfidence/#When:06:12:52Z The historical record of democracies in dealing with crises and other threats is good: democracies win wars, avoid famines, recover from economic disasters and adapt to meet new challenges. This should give grounds for confidence in the ability of democracies to meet the challenges of the future, but when does confidence become overconfidence? Can this lead to a kind of complacency or fatalism? And how well equipped are democracies to tell the difference?This lecture explored the intellectual history of these questions over two centuries, from Tocqueville to the present. It examines the instability and reflexivity of democratic confidence. Confidence in democracy can shape democratic performance as much as democratic performance shapes confidence in democracy. Finally, it will look at the possible impact of these puzzles on the challenges democracies face in the present, ranging from market failures to climate change. Public Lecture, Seminar, History & Archeology, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-08-10T06:12:52+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/#When:00:53:10Z The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a politico-military alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents for consultation and cooperation in the field of defence and security, and the conduct of multilateral crisis management operations. In his only public lecture in Australia, NATO's senior military commander, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, will speak on NATO's new Strategic Concept, its relationships with allies, and operations in Afghanistan. Public Lecture, Seminar, Demography, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2010-08-05T00:53:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/#When:03:57:16Z This forum considers scenarios for and beyond Burma's anticipated 2010 elections. While the elections are part of the military regime's "7-point Road Map", many aspects of how they will play out, their prospects and limitations, remain unclear. What will be their aftermath? How will the domestic, regional and international communities respond to the post-ballot constitutional order and new government? Burma scholars from ANU, a representative from the Australian Electoral Commission, and other speakers will combine to explore and debate the possibilities. Public Lecture, Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-27T03:57:16+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/#When:04:34:02Z In the final Thailand in Crisis vodcast, ANU PhD students Nattakant Akarapongpisak, Pongphisoot Busbarat and Preedee Hongsaton join host Nicholas Farrelly for a panel discussion about Thailand's political present and future. Farrelly is also joined by regular Andrew Walker who discusses the upcoming by-election in Bangkok.Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. The series draws upon the university's expertise in historical and contemporary Thailand and forms a companion to the New Mandala website which can be found at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-02T04:34:02+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/#When:00:57:27Z Professor Peter Warr discusses how economics has impacted Thailand and on perceptions of the Thai government while Professor Andrew Leigh talks about development economics in the fifth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. Host Nicholas Farrelly is also joined by regular Dr Andrew Walker to talk about financial lending to Thailand's agricultural sector. Seminar, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-25T00:57:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/#When:05:14:12Z Professor Thongchai Winichakul is the special guest for the fourth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. With host NIcholas Farrelly, he discusses the 1976 protests, his time in detention, his reaction to the recent crackdown on the Red Shirt protests and his hopes for the future of Thailand. Farrelly is also joined by Andrew Walker to discuss Thai government investment into agriculture. Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. They are released each Friday.The team welcome your comments and thoughts here, or you can join in the ongoing conversation at the New Mandala website: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-21T05:14:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_3/#When:05:44:01Z Dr Tyrell Haberkorn and Professor Hilary Charlesworth are the guests in the third Thailand in Crisis podcast - discussing issues of human rights and international law in the Thai context. Host Nicholas Farrelly is also joined by regular Dr Andrew Walker to talk about rural poverty in Thailand's north.Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. The series aims to bring together the University's expertise to shed light on the recent political upheavals in Thailand. Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-11T05:44:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/#When:01:29:39Z   Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010. In the second episode of the series, host Nicholas Farrelly discusses military and security matters with Professor Des Ball from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU and Dr Marcus Mietzner from the School of Culture, History and Language.  Among the topics they discuss are who killed the rebel General, Seh Daeng, what the roll of the Tahan Phran was in the protests and why Thailand has found the transition to a peaceful democracy so much harder than Indonesia. Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-07T01:29:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_1/#When:03:01:04Z Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010. In the first episode of the series, host Nicholas Farrelly discusses the current political situation in Thailand with his fellow New Mandala co-Editor Andrew Walker. They discuss the terrorism accusations against Thaksin Shinawatra as well as inequality in Thai society. Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-01T03:01:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/#When:00:54:06Z In this panel discussion, members will explore the interaction between China's economic development and it'd environmental responsibilities, from a range of social, political, environmental and economic perspectives. Seminar, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-05-31T00:54:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/#When:05:55:39Z The national crisis in affordable accommodation has hit low income earners hard in Canberra. Even where new public service graduates, students, young families and the unemployed have been able to find accommodation they often can't afford the rents on offer. Demand for public housing and student accommodation in the ACT far outstrips supply.What is being done by government about rental affordability, and what can we do better? Where is new investment needed?The Federal Minister for Housing, The Hon Tanya Plibersek addressed these questions at a special lunchtime lecture and Q&A hosted by the Australian Fabians and the ANU Students' Association Public Lecture, Seminar, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, Student Life, Campus Life 2010-05-27T05:55:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_forestry_industry_crisis/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_forestry_industry_crisis/#When:03:58:00Z Many plantation managed investment companies have collapsed. A pulp mill proposal struggles to find financiers. A stock exchange listed forestry company requests a share trading halt while it tries to sell forestry assets to repay debt. A major Australian company (with forestry a non-core activity) struggles to divest itself of forestry assets. The global financial crisis is a glib explanation for Australia's forestry crisis. Today's difficulties stem from the early 1990s when it became clear that Australia's plantations, and paper recycling, could do the job of meeting virtually all our sawn timber and paper needs without calling on native forests. Any plantation expansion therefore meant planting for the global market. Shabby global market analyses underpinned 15 years of hardwood chip plantation investment in Australia. In addition, Australian Government policy support for plantation expansion through tax-effective managed investment schemes worked to frustrate market signals constraining investment to global wood market realities. The poor investment decisions are now bearing down on individual investors, regional communities and the public purse, as well as having implications for land use, water availability and the environment. In its proposed emissions trading scheme, the Government will issue credits for Kyoto Protocol compliant tree planting to offset fossil fuel emissions. There are lessons to be learned from Australia's plantation managed investment experience if we wish to avoid repeating mistakes. Public Lecture, Seminar, Botany & Zoology, Economics, Environment, Resource Management, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-05-17T03:58:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/local_networks_primary_health_care/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/local_networks_primary_health_care/#When:01:17:25Z Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University, and the Honourable Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, launched the National Health Reform Series in Committee Room 2s1, Parliament House, Canberra on 19 November at 10.30am. The topic of the launch event was, 'Can we fix the health system without reforming the workforce?' The series is being presented by ANU and supported by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute and the Menzies Centre for Health Policy. A series of briefings will be held between November 2009 and July 2010. This is the third event in the series entitled, Can local networks make a difference for primary health care? Public Lecture, Seminar, Biological Sciences, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Medicine and Life Science 2010-04-30T01:17:25+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/career_flow_identifying_life_career_patterns_using_a_circle_of_strength/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/career_flow_identifying_life_career_patterns_using_a_circle_of_strength/#When:02:43:02Z A world authority on Career Development, Professor Norm Amundson, who was recently visiting from the University of British Columbia, spoke to thirty keen ANU Alumni and Friends on the topic of Career Flow, in particular how to identify life / career patterns by using a circle of strength. The seminar was held on Monday 12 April from 6pm - 7pm at University House, ANU.  Seminar, Academic Skills & Learning Centre, Administration, Student Life, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-04-22T02:43:02+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:23:08:19Z This forum is the last of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and ACT opposition Leader Zed Seselja debate the topic Leaders in the spotlight. Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-20T23:08:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/sustainable_funding_for_australias_future_health_care/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/sustainable_funding_for_australias_future_health_care/#When:00:29:30Z Like many other countries, Australia is facing significantly increased costs in the future in maintaining the health of its people.  In coming decades we will have more people suffering from chronic and debilitating health conditions such as diabetes, a higher proportion of older people with complex health care needs and burgeoning costs from new diagnostic and treatment technologies including pharmaceuticals. Another motivation for concern with current health financing arrangements is duplication in health insurance coverage.  Duplication arises because the Medicare coverage for public hospital services cannot be used for private hospital services.  Those who purchase private health insurance therefore have to pay a premium that covers the full cost of private hospital services and not just the additional cost of those services.  A large part of private health insurance coverage is therefore duplicate coverage while only a small part is supplementary coverage. Australia already spends around ten percent of its GDP on health care and some estimates show this increasing to over fifteen per cent by 2020 – an additional $50 billion each year. How will we pay for this? Are there better ways of financing and providing health care? This seminar discussed financing options based on Australian and international research undertaken through the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH) at ANU. The Speakers were Professor Jim Butler, Director ACERH; Dr Francesco Paolucci, research fellow ACERH; and Henry Ergas, Chairman, Concept Economics. Seminar, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2008-09-17T00:29:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/physics_students_uncovered/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/physics_students_uncovered/#When:05:29:28Z As part of National Science Week, the ANU College of Science recently pitted 5 Physics PhD students against each other in a competition to showcase their presentation skills, passion and ability to communicate their phd topic.     Seminar, Physics, The University, ANU College of Science, Physical Science 2008-08-22T05:29:28+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/#When:01:39:14Z One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising economic giants in Asia. In 1941 that hope come true. Today Australians still regards American primacy in Asia as the foundation of their security, and they have become perhaps Americas most consistent and supportive ally as a result. But our relationships with Asia has changed a lot since then, and the choices that Australians will face in the Asian Century may be more complex than those we make back in 1908, or in 1941. How do Australian see their relationship with the US today, and how might it evolve over the decades to come?     Seminar, History & Archeology, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:39:14+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/#When:01:29:40Z Dr Hart will explore the main features of the Australian political system through comparison with the United States. He will compare and contrast the struggle of self-government in Australia and the US. He will look at how much Australian politics has been influenced by American was well as British forms of government, particularly focusing on the extent to which the Australian Prime Minister has become ‘presidentialised'. The presentation will also cover the essential differences between the Australian Parliament and the US congress, how Australian party politics is moving closer to the American model, and will also explain one of the unique features of our politics- compulsory voting. To conclude, Dr Hart will speculate about the future of Australian government particularly the prospect of an Australian Republic Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:29:40+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/#When:00:40:24Z This talk looks at discoveries made at the Yale Club of Pittsburgh of the best ways to engage alumni and to attract alumni of all ages and all backgrounds to become involved in the Yale Club and alumni activities. The speakers also discuss community service as a lifetime obligation and community service as a means of encouraging alumni activity and participation   Seminar, The University, University, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T00:40:24+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/contracting_cultures/#When:00:34:00Z In intellectual property, there has been much interest of late in the creative use of contract law - especially with the development of the Creative Commons. By necessity, Indigenous communities have been pioneers in the creative use of contract law. In light of the glacial progress to reform legislative regimes and international treaties to protect traditional knowledge, Indigenous peoples have been forced to make creative use of contract law in order to protect their cultural interests. Rather than employing contract law to keep material in the public domain, Indigenous communities have used creative contracts to safeguard traditional knowledge. Creative contracts have been a means to ward-off free riders, copycats, and bio-pirates. In the field of copyright law, contractual terms have been used to provide protection for economic and moral interests in Indigenous intellectual property. Contracts have also been used to deal with the commission, licensing, and resale of Indigenous art. In the area of industrial property, Indigenous communities have relied upon contract law to negotiate benefits arising out of the exploitation of patented inventions, trademarks, and confidential information. In the field of access to genetic resources, Indigenous land use agreements can include benefit-sharing agreements in respect of bioprospecting. Seminar, Indigenous Studies, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2007-07-19T00:34:00+10:00