Webinars, podcasts and readings



Australian Energy Emissions Monitor

The April Australian Energy Emissions Monitor looks at progress, or lack of progress, in Australia as a whole, in meeting energy emissions targets including near complete data on Western Australia (which is not part of the National Electricity Market).

The Policy Post

Martyn Goddard’s Policy Post. More on hospitals. How pharmeceutical firms make it hard for poor countries to get vaccines.

Australia Institute

Tuesday April 19, 1300 AEDT, “Poll position” – a fortnightly session on federal politics with Katharine Murphy, Richard Denniss and Pete Lewis.

The Australia Institute webinars are free, but registration is essential. See the Institute’s webinars webpage.

UTS Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

See their website for the latest weekly podcasts. Will Europe stay firm?

Democracy Sausage

A fortnightly look at politics and current affairs, hosted by Mark Kenny “with expert analysis and discussion from researchers at the Australian National University and beyond”. This week is about the election, and Ukraine’s resistance. See the website.

Nicholas Gruen

Nicholas Gruen’s reading and listening. On Labor’s election strategy.

Joseph Walker’s Jolly Swagman

See his weekend reading and selected links, accessible through his newsletter. His April 11 list has articles about Charles Darwin’s impression of Sydney, Boris Johnson in Kyiv, media bias, the theory of transferable skills and “The distinctiveness of Australian democracy”