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Between the Lines episodes

December 12, 2019 2019- the year in review
The good, the bad and the ugly of politics in 2019.
Expert commentators join Tom to discuss the shock election result, China, America and the world.
Will the lessons of this year roll into 2020?
Jennifer Hewett, columnist with the Australian Financial Review.
Judith Sloan, columnist with The Australian.
Stephen Loosely, senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
30 min
December 05, 2019 Convict Colony- the first few months of white Australia
We know we were colonised by the British and built by the criminals they sent here.
But how much do we really understand about the very beginning of European settlement in Australia?
David Hill, former managing director of the ABC and author of Convict Colony
30 min
December 05, 2019 Convict Colony- the first few months of white Australia
We know we were colonised by the British and built by the criminals they sent here.
But how much do we really understand about the very beginning of European settlement in Australia?
David Hill, former managing director of the ABC and author of Convict Colony
30 min
November 28, 2019 Are we paranoid of China? And why our approach to homelessness is all wrong
Whatever you think about the Communist regime, there is no market that will replace China for decades as far as Australia is concerned.
So why are we so worried about China’s intentions?
Also
Like most countries, Australia has a growing population of homeless citizens. Are we looking in all the wrong places for answers?
29 min
November 28, 2019 Are we paranoid of China? And why our approach to homelessness is all wrong
Whatever you think about the Communist regime, there is no market that will replace China for decades as far as Australia is concerned.
So why are we so worried about China’s intentions?
Also
Like most countries, Australia has a growing population of homeless citizens. Are we looking in all the wrong places for answers?
29 min
November 21, 2019 Does Australia face a 'cold peace' with China? And how the Liberals became the 'surprise party' of 2019
Does Australia face a 'cold peace' with China?
The recent refusal of entry to two Australian politicians certainly fans that fear.
James Paterson, Liberal Senator from Victoria
Andrew Hastie, Liberal MP from WA
Also
How the Liberals become the 'surprise party' of 2019.
Aaron Patrick, Australian Financial Review’s senior correspondent and author of The Surprise party: how the coalition went from chaos to comeback.
29 min
November 21, 2019 Does Australia face a 'cold peace' with China? And how the Liberals became the 'surprise party' of 2019
Does Australia face a 'cold peace' with China?
The recent refusal of entry to two Australian politicians certainly fans that fear.
James Paterson, Liberal Senator from Victoria
Andrew Hastie, Liberal MP from WA
Also
How the Liberals become the 'surprise party' of 2019.
Aaron Patrick, Australian Financial Review’s senior correspondent and author of The Surprise party: how the coalition went from chaos to comeback.
29 min
November 14, 2019 Australia's very own Brexit and how to be a dictator
Why haven't we in Australia witnessed a populist explosion?
Not One Nation nor Clive Palmer can compare with the nativism now seen across Europe and the US.
There have been no Trump or Brexit moments for us.
Are we due for one?
Sam Roggeveen, author of Our very own Brexit: Australia's hollow politics and where it could lead us, a Lowy Institute Paper and director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program.
Also
Dictators. History is littered with them-Hitler, Stalin, Mao tse-tung...
But while many lament the so-called 'crisis' of democracy today, even rulers like Putin, Xi Jinping, Erdogan and Orban hardly compare with the dictators of the 20th century.
Frank Dikotter, author of How to be a Dictator and guest of both Perth and Adelaide writers festivals.
30 min
November 14, 2019 Australia's very own Brexit and how to be a dictator
Why haven't we in Australia witnessed a populist explosion?
Not One Nation nor Clive Palmer can compare with the nativism now seen across Europe and the US.
There have been no Trump or Brexit moments for us.
Are we due for one?
Sam Roggeveen, author of Our very own Brexit: Australia's hollow politics and where it could lead us, a Lowy Institute Paper and director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program.
Also
Dictators. History is littered with them-Hitler, Stalin, Mao tse-tung...
But while many lament the so-called 'crisis' of democracy today, even rulers like Putin, Xi Jinping, Erdogan and Orban hardly compare with the dictators of the 20th century.
Frank Dikotter, author of How to be a Dictator and guest of both Perth and Adelaide writers festivals.
30 min
November 07, 2019 Where to now for Labor? And will the UK get Brexit for Christmas?
Six months after losing the unlosable election, what now for the Australian Labor Party?
Some believe that Bill Shorten took the right mix of policies to the May 18 election. Others say there should have been a shift towards the centre.
One thing was clear. The voting public did not want either.
Nick Dyrenfurth, executive director of the John Curtin Research Centre and author of Getting the blues: the future of Australian Labor.
Emma Dawson, executive director of Per Capita.
Also
Britain is heading towards the most unpredictable and important general election in living memory.
Will it be enough to solve the Brexit crisis?
Isabel Oakeshott, former political editor at the Sunday Times and Sunday Mail and co-author of Call me Dave, a biography of former British prime minister David Cameron.
Mary Dejevsky, columnist with The Guardian and The Independent and former correspondent in Washington and Moscow.
30 min

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