Julia Gillard, chair of Beyond Blue and the former Prime Minister of Australia talks about mental health, women in leadership, the...

Julia Gillard on the pandemic, mental health and beyond

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Freedom of Information laws have helped the public uncover information governments would prefer to keep secret, but the system is failing.

Making freedom of information “sexy” with Rex Patrick

Rather than delivering on their election promise to create a Great Koala National Park, the New South Wales Government is sitting on its hands until it can earn carbon credits from forests.

Not seeing the koalas for the carbon credits

The major parties claim that minority and coalition governments are chaotic and unworkable, but are they actually more effective?

Minority retort

After scarcely mentioning it for nearly a decade while in government, the Coalition are now hot to trot on nuclear power – but why?

The Coalition goes nuclear

Capitalism is dying, but not in the way you might think

Julia Gillard on the pandemic, mental health and beyond

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