Tom Ravlic FIPA has looked at complex issues in business, finance and politics for a range of publications over two decades. Critical Line Item takes you to the heart of the issues that matter in business and politics with guests who are experts in their field. His book on the Banking Royal Commission, Vulture City – how our bankers got rich on swindles, was released in October 2019 was positively received by prominent journalists, commentators and academics. Vulture City was published by Wi ...
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Senate estimates: what is it, why it matters, and how governments can muck about with it
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Senate estimates in the Australian Parliament is a critical forum during which elected representatives ask questions of ministers, department heads and other public servants to work out how prudently taxpayer funds are being spent. Coalition Senator Simon Birmingham give us a quick guide to Senate processes and also points to some of the ways in wh…
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How do we get back to having a civil discourse about ideas?
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Former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is troubled by the decline in the quality of discourse in the public square and the impact that has on the way society evolves. He is involved in the Aliance of Responsible Citizenship, a forum that is designed to engage in debate on key issues in a way that explores and probes the consequences of ideas. A…
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Taking on accessibility and disability issues in Australia's parliament
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Senator Jordon Steele-John represents the Australian Greens in Australia's Senate/. He is a prominent advocate for the rights of disabled people and in this podcast discusses the recent use by the Prime Minister of language that members of the disabled community found offensive, the status of the process accommodating disabled members of the commun…
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How do we get women's financial security right in Australia?
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Coalition Senator Jane Hume delivered a recent speech to the Syndey Institute that touched on a range of issues including the need for women to have a greater sense of financial security. It sparked a reaction from The Parenthood CEO, Georgie Dent, and Georgie laid down a challenge to Australia's politicians: fix early childhood education so it is …
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The final report on consultants to government - Greens perspective
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The final report from the Colbeck committee has 12 recommendations that deal predominantly with cleaning up the mechanics of procurement. Senator Barbara Pocock might agree with the 12 recommendations as a starting base but she wants more to happen to deal with boosting the public sector, disciplining consultants, and dealing with some of the evide…
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A deep dive into challenges with the property market
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Many conversations are being held about housing and property and Scott O'Neill, the managing director of Rethink Investing, covers a range of issues in this conversation. He touches on the property market, challenges for new entrants and what people need to do to set themselves up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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An Australian Greens' perspective on the public service, government procurement and regulation
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Senator Barbara Pocock represents the Australian Greens in the Senate, and she is heavily involved in kicking the tyres of professional services firms as a member of two parliamentary committees. Pocock shares her perspectives on where the Greens think the public service should head as well as how the inquiries into professional services firms are …
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A cross bench perspective from the Senate with the ACT's David Pocock
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Consultants and procurement have been at the forefront of parliamentary scrutiny in Australia with and one of the participants in the process of looking at this is Senator David Pocock. He talks in this episode about the various issues the committees are concerned about as well as the issues underlying his concerns about lobbyists and their access …
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Kenneth Katzman is a national security expert from the Soufan Center in the United States who has spent many decades studying the Middle East, its politics, and American foreign policy as it relates to the region. He shares his take in this podcast on the Israel-Gaza conflict and what he believes is necessary in order to bring some kind of return t…
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What factors contributed to the shootings in Wieambilla in December 2022?
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Author John Kerr has a suite of true crime publications to his hame and his most recent book, The Wieambilla Shootings, sets out his take on the death of two police officers and a Wieambilla local when they were gunned down by conspiracy theorists. Kerr talks about the book and some of the implications of the shootings for the broader communmity. H…
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2023 - the year of kicking consulting firm tyres
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Australian Greens' upper house representative Abigail Boyd has cooked up a storm in the NSW parliament as the chair of a committee looking at the way in which consultants are used by the government. The committee is due to report in the new year with only a handful of hearings left. Boyd tells Tom Ravlic that there are a few things the committee wi…
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The writer's craft and the state of contemporary discourse in the public square
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Journalist, author and broadcaster Justin Smith speaks about his three books written in recent years including his most recent yarn, called Good as Gold, and he touches on the things that inspire him as a writer. He gives us a unique perspective into his work as well as a broader chat about the troubles of discourse in the community. Can we actuall…
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What the heck are these sustainability standards? And where do they come from?
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There are corporations and other entities that will be doing their best to understand and implement new standards for narrative disclosure. Sue Lloyd is the deputy chair of the Interational Sustainability Standards Board, and she provides a helicopter view of what this process for setting standards is - and the various implications of the new thing…
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Mute the noisy galahs in the Voice debate
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The Hallway is a boutique advertising agency that had a great idea and its chief creative office Simon Lee tells Tom Ravlic how this idea - an ad to try to get respectful conversation happening on the Voice - came about. The ad features a kangaroo, an emu, and some noisy galahs. Listen ot the poddie and then watch the short video at https://www.noi…
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Boyd and the NSW edition of consultants behaving badly
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The Commonwealth Parliament has been looking at consultants but it is not the only legislature in the country giving the public service and its outsourced brains a good look. Australian Greens' Abigail Boyd is a member of the NSW Upper House. She is the chair of a committee looking closely at how the NSW government engages and deals with consultant…
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Psychosocial hazards in the workplace
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Rehab Management chief executive officer Renee Thronton spends her time looking at workplace issues and she joins Tom Ravlic to explain what the new WorkSafe rules are around the issues of making a workplace psycholofically as well as physically safe for employees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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More on consultants behaving badly .... a view from Senator Pocock
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Consulting and accounting firms have been under fire for much of 2023 thanks to the curiosity about their operations expressed by the individuals such as Senator Barbara Pocock, a member of a committee considering what to do with consulting practices that receive government contracts. She updates listeners on her thinking about the sector and the i…
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EY sustainability expert Matt Nelson - also a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board - explains what sustainability standards are and what you might be able to expect from companies that report sustainability information. This is an emerging area and anybody with investments in companies will see a change in company reports over time. …
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Secret State ... insight into a Four Corners report
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Four Corners joiurnalist Angus Grigg takes us on a deep dive into the Secret State report and what he and the team found when they went looking at the way in which consultants had embedded themselves in the ecosystem in Australia's national capital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Investigating and reporting on war crimes ...
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Journalist Nick McKenzie has been responsible for breakking some of the biggest stories but none more so that the one that led to a marathon defamation case involving Victoria Cross winner, Ben Roberts Smith, and allegations of war crimes. Nick outlines some of the challenges that played out reporting this story and touches on a series of challenge…
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Why does a Senator get interested in audit?
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Senator Deborah O'Neill represents the State of NSW in the Australian Senate but is also the chair of the powerful corporations and financial services committee in the Commonwealth Parliament. She got interested in audit a few years back and kick started an inquiry but she's now in the middle of an inquiry into consulting firms and how a government…
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Reporting entertainers, and being entertaining in a social media era
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Entertainment reporter Peter Ford has seen everything in entertainment over many years, and he has seen technology shape the way in which reporters work as well as how personalities and those that report on them get feedback from their audience. He talks candidly in this episode about the pros and cons of social media and the whereabouts of a very …
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Consulting firms - why are politicians having a closer look?
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Australian Greens Senator Barbara Pocock is up to her eyeballs in consulting firms. She and her committee colleagues are busy looking at how the consulting firms are used by the government, how conflicts of interest might be managed and what value the public sector gets from firms. Pocock gives some insight into her thinking on the current problems…
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Journalist, broadcaster and author Tracey Spicer has been looking at the world of IT and the way in which technology has been shaped by men. Technology embeds all sorts of biases within it and Spicer explores what all of this means. She talks about the way smart technology can help people with disabilities, and how she gets cracking when she writes…
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Every tool has its purpose - understanding diagnostic tools used to assess security threats
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Peta Lowe is the Principal Consultant with Phronesis Consulting and Training with extensive experience in dealing with juveniles and programs for countering violent extremism. She is concerned about how debate on the various diagnostic tools used in assessing the threat an individual may pose is being had and that it may not be understood that it i…
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Journalist and broadcaster Kerry O'Brien has a history in reporting on and observing the way in which Australia has treated its Indigenous communities. O'Brien is as supporter of enshrining an indigenous Voice to Parliament into Australia's Constitution and he outlines why in this conversation. A new book. The Voice to Parliament Handbook, has been…
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It is that time of the year again. EY partner Doug Nixon takes us through some of the key results from and issues face by the banking sector in Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Surviving the coronavirus as an accounting practice - and then pulling off a merger!
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Accounting firms have done it tough like all kinds of businesses during the pandemic but Vito Interlandi, one of the joint managing partners of Nexia Melbourne, and his colleagues went one better. They added a merger with another firm, GAP Accountants, on the to do list. Vito talks about the challenges of COVID, the merger and also the kinds of thi…
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How big a problem is radicalisation? And what sort of problem is it?
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Professor Mia Bloom from Georgia State University has spent more than two decades looking at the area of terrorism and finds it irritating that some commentators overstate the threat of certain radical movements. She talks about the issues underlying the diagnosis and assessment of threat and she offers a perspective that helps people that do not t…
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One of the leading campaigners for the Voice to Parliament, Thomas Mayo, is midway through a marathon effort to try to win as many hearts and minds as possible to support a constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in Australia's foundation document. He talks about the experience of giving evidence to the parliamentary …
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Ever wondered what happens when people donate their bodies to science?
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Journalist and author Jackie Dent has spent time looking at what happens when bodies are donated to science and how those bodies are used to improve medical knowledge and understanding. Her book 'The Great Dead Body Teachers' is her deep dive into a topic that ought to fascinate any reader that wants to understand a part of the world that is import…
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What the hell is radicalisation? And how do we better understand motivations for terrorism?
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The Wieambilla shootings last December reminded Australians that terrorism might not be far away if people are sufficiently motivated to commit acts of extreme violence. Georgia State University's Professor John Horgan has spent decades looking at the psychology of terrorism and in this episode he talks about issues related to radilcalisation, prob…
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Hard to Bear - the conversation we need to have
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Autor and communications specialist Isabelle Oderberg tackles some of the toughest issues in her new book, Hard to Bear - a book that looks in depth at the issues surrounding the way our society deals with miscarriage. She tackles it with a touch of humour but remains focused on the main goal throughout: to raise awareness of the lack of proper car…
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Keating's AUKUS spray - interpreting its significance
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Victoria University Professor, tom Clark, is fascinated by political speech and in this conversation he explores the recent AUKUS debate with former Prime Minister Paul Keating at its center and what issues that raises from the point of view of political communication. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Getting the feet wet with maritme law ...
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Lawyer Alison Cusack spends her time playing in the niche space of maritime law. Her work involves thinking through the legal consequences of getting stuff on and off ships and where in the world any dispute over cargo might have to be heard. Her work is fascinating and how she fell into it equally so. What are some of the issues she faces in deali…
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Mark Gorrie has spent 10 years in technology and works with Symantec (also known as Gem). as their managing director in the Asia-Pacific region Gorrie talks during this podcast about the various problems users of technology are going to face as scammers and slimeballs trawling the internet for ways of stealing funds use artificial intelligence to m…
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how the hell are tax practitioners regulated?
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Tax agents and ethical codes have been in the news in recent times. Tax practitioner Lisa Greig tells Tom Ravlic how the regulatory regime works and what implications there are for tax agents that are sent to the naughty corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Understanding money laundering and how bad actors can - and do - get caught
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First AML chief executive officer Milan Cooper takes listeners through some of the issues he sees on a daily basis with clients grappling with attempts to launder funds. Cooper highlights certain gaps in Australia money laundering regulation that still need to be plugged in order to ensure further obstacles are placed in the way of crooks and swind…
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Understanding the Voice to Parliament
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Australians will be asked to vote on whether a Voice to Parliament that would speak for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should be incorporated into the Australia constitution. Dr Shireen Morris, a supporter of the Voice and a constitutional law expert, takes us through the various elements of The Uluru Statement from the Heart as …
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Budget planning under way - what are the wishes from the CPAs?
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CPA Australia is one of Australia's most prominent accounting bodies and its small business policy spokesperson, Gavan Ord, joints Tom Ravlic to talk about small business measures as well as the challenges of consulting with government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How the heck do we label the things we see as extremism?
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Lowy Institute research fellow Lydia Khalil spends her work hours contemplating the nasty things bad actors do to others, and how we can better understand the phenomenon of extremism that is unfolding before us. Khalil's book, Rise of the Extreme Right, was published in August last year and the issues it raises are even more relevant now given the …
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Casinos, gaming, and the spaghetti junction of regulation
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Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission chair Fran Thorn has her hands full. She heads the regulator responsible for casinos, gaming and lotteries, but the most high profile of the organisations over which the VGCCC has oversight is casino behemoth, Crown. Thorn and her colleagues face a range of challenges in regulating casinos. Hear her …
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Assange latest, presumption of innocence and the need for a human rights act
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Barrister Greg Barns SC is a human rights advocate and a member of the team monitoring and providing advice on case of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. This chat with Barns covers a bundle of issues including the importance of the presumption of innocence as well as what is needed to stand in the way of government using its power to stop whistle …
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It's Christmas, interest rates are up: what should small business be thinking about?
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CPA Australia policy adviser Gavan Ord looks at small business issues and has done for several decades. The post-pandemic environment is tough with some small businesses struggling to stay afloat. High interest rates are only one challenge facing small businesses and Australian households. Ord canvasses a range of options small businesses should re…
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The 'why' behind the Afghan Files story - the whistle blower speaks
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People who tell stories governments don't want to hear about their internal workings tend to not be popular and also are pursued if they part with information deemed confidential to the media. David McBride, a military lawyer, raised concerns about the conduct of Australian troops in Afghanistan through appropriate channels in the Department of Def…
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Banks and their profits, and other challenges
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Doug Nixon is a partner at EY leading their Oceania practice and he talks to Tom about the current state of play in the banking sector, COVID impacts and the perennial concerns about cyber security in big companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Disinformation and its impact on politics and society
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Doctoral researcher Jean Linis-Dinco has been examining how various players use disinformation for political purposes. This conversation explores disinformation, the technology that makes is easy for its publication and its consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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At the heart of getting a Voice to Parliament
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Getting an Indigenous Voice to Parliament as envisioned in the Uluru Statement from the Heart embedded in the Australian Constitution is an objective of the Albanese Goverment but what will it take to swing the majority of Australians in a majority of States to vote for it in the referendum? Dean Parking is a director of From The Heart - an organis…
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Wage theft: its origins and possible solutions
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Investigative journalist Ben Schneiders has spent almost a decade looking at the exploitation of workers where their pay and conditions are concerned. His new book, Hard Labour, is out and it explores the industrial landscape in Australia and highlights how wage theft become a major problem. Ben also talks about possible regulatory solutions and ho…
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How history helps set the context for discussions on a Voice to Parliament
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Filmmaker Rachel Perkins is the creative mind behind The Australian Wars, a three-part documentary that looks at the conflicts that took place between First Nations peoples and the various groups of settlers that set up colonies. It is a tough but fair telling of that period with a stellar cast of historians that help shed light on a history many p…
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