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When is a Gift a Bribe

By Adam Graycar and David Jancsics

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Australian Cultural Policy Now: from quick fixes to long-term progress

Performing Arts

With the performing arts reeling from the impact of COVID, this webinar explores a pathway forward.  Grappling with issues such as whether cultural policy should focus nationally or locally, how to shift cultural policy from industrial policy to public service, how inclusive it could be, and how building for the future might take place, three distinguished speakers survey the landscape. They will provide an overview of the settings for Cultural Policy in Australia and also explore how the substructure can be nurtured.

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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic and shows how little Australia understands power in the Pacific

The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media raises important questions about how the Australian government and national security community understand power dynamics in the Pacific Islands.

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Sustainable catch: navigating global fisheries crime

By Adam Graycar

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Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy

By Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti

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Developing tools to detect and combat child sexual abuse

Connections

There is considerable evidence to suggest that global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing. Consistent with this demand, is a surge in the volume of CSAM available online, including static imagery and, increasingly, pre-recorded and live-stream video.

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Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy

Healthy Eating

The Food Values Research Group and the Stretton Institute co-hosted a webinar on 22 February 2022 to discuss Assoc Prof Anne Barnhill and Dr Matteo Bonotti’s upcoming book Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach.

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Joining the “Barty party” in foreign and defence policy

By Joanne Wallis and Rebecca Strating.

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Tongan disaster highlights lack of coordination in regional response

By Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, and Anna Powles.

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Security Cooperation in the Pacific: Workshop Report

By Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, and Anna Powles.

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