http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+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