Faculty in the Media
SEPTEMBER 2012
28 September 2012
27 September 2012
26 September 2012
25 September 2012
24 September 2012
Remarks by Head of DFAT, Dennis Richardson, as part of his recent Michael Hintze Lecture at the University, reported by The Australian Financial Review Professor James Fallows, US Studies Centre, on US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns, Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor, US Studies Centre, on US Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s comments at a private donors meeting and the recent spate of anti-American protests around the world, ABC News 24's Planet America program. US Studies Centre Research Associate Tom Switzer on federal treasurer Wayne Swan's comments on the US Republican party, ABC Radio National Drive program. Dr Melissa Gregg, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, interviewed on the fact that the flexibility and convenience offered by mobile technologies get much more attention than the costs, The Sydney Morning Herald. Dr Stephen Cheung, School of Economics, interviewed on nudge theory and how it is being embraced by the O’Farrell government, The Sydney Morning Herald. Dr Nicole Hemmer, US Studies Centre op-ed on records being set in the US presidential elections, The Conversation. Dr Lynne Chester, Department of Political Economy op-ed on the power of choice for electricity consumers in Australia, The Conversation. Dr Jim Elmslie, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies op-ed on Australian connections to human rights abuses in West Papua, The Conversation. 21 September 2012
Women and Work Research Group and the Department of Political Economy's forum, 'Ideas that Change the World for Women', featuring Professor Gabrielle Meagher (Social Policy) and Dr Elizabeth Hill (Political Economy), broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program. Luke Freedman, US Studies Centre, op-ed on the US elections and Mitt Romney’s gaffe that 47 percent of Americans pay no tax, The Conversation.]] [[http://theconversation.edu.au/mitts-47-gaffe-the-romney-shambles-rolls-on-9669 Fashion and design expert, Dr Prudence Black, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, interviewed on cardigans, The Canberra Times. Dr Charlotte Epstein, Department of Government and International Relations, on France bracing for a backlash after a magazine published caricatures mocking the Prophet Mohammad, ABC Radio National Drive program. 20 September 2012
Incoming head of the Defence Department, Dennis Richardson, delivers the annual Michael Hintze Lecture in International Security, The Sydney Morning Herald Dr Nicole Hemmer, United States Studies Centre, on the fallout from Mitt Romney's recorded gaffe, The Conversation Incoming head of the Defence Department, Dennis Richardson, delivers the annual Michael Hintze Lecture in International Security, covered by The Sydney Morning Herald , The Australian Financial Review , The Australian , and ABC Lateline . An extract from Dennis Richardson's Michael Hintze Lecture, for the Centre for International Security Studies, published in The Australian Financial Review Arts/ Law student, Sen Raj, on the current parliamentary debates surrounding marriage equality, The Vine 19 September 2012
Tom Switzer, US Studies Centre has published an op-ed in The Age on the place of foreign policy in the US presidential election campaign. Tom Switzer, US Studies Centre and Dr John Lee, Centre for International Security Studies, interviewed on US trade tensions with China, ABC Radio National Asia Pacific. Dr Anika Gauja, Department of Government and International Relations, interviewed on a move in the Supreme Court to force the Liberal party to consider replacing pre-selection panels with plebiscites, The Australian. Dr David Smith, US Studies Centre, on a secretly filmed video that shows presidential candidate Mitt Romney discussing the proportion of American taxpayers, ABC Radio National’s PM program. Associate Professor Brendon O’Connor and research associate Lindsay Gumley, US Studies Centre op-ed on future directions of the ailing US economy, The Conversation. Dr Tim Anderson, Department of Political Economy, op-ed on how misleading consensus can shape the course of international relations, The Conversation. 18 September 2012
Dr Martin Gibbs, Department of Archaeology, interviewed on the Department's recent fieldwork at the Port Arthur Historic Site in Tasmania, which has given surprising insights into convict life at the settlement, The Hobart Mercury. Associate Professor Jingdong Yuan, Centre for International Security Studies, interviewed on the widening fallout from an increasingly volatile territorial dispute between China and Japan, ABC Radio National Asia Pacific. Professor of Chinese Business and Management, Hans Hendrischke, interviewed on the reasons for increasing investment by Chinese state-owned enterprises in West Africa, The Australian Financial Review. A debate on designer babies that will involve David Weisbrot, Professor of Legal Policy at the US Studies Centre, featured on ABC Radio National Life Matters. Dr David Smith, US Studies Centre, op-ed analysing the merits of fact-checkers in politics and whether their revelations sway votes, The Conversation. Associate Professor Brendon O’Connor, US Studies Centre, blog entry on claims of torture under the George W. Bush presidency, The Conversation. 17 September 2012
14 September 2012
Executive Director of the China Studies Centre, Kerry Brown, on the mysterious absence of the Chinese Vice President, Australian Financial Review. Adjunct Associate Professor John Lee, Centre for International Security Studies, on the Chinese Vice President's mystery absence, Australian Financial Review. Associate Professor John Lee op-ed in which he opines that Australia may be losing faith in the revival of the US economy and its importance for our Asian economic strategy, the Asian Wall Street Journal. Professor Rodney Smith, Department of Government and International Relations, on NSW government cuts to education spending, ABC Radio National’s PM program. Professor Dick Bryan, Department of Political Economy, op-ed on the Queensland government’s decision to raise coal mining royalties, The Conversation. Dr Nicole Hemmer, US Studies Centre, op-ed on Mitt Romney’s foreign policy, The Conversation 13 September 2012
12 September 2012
11 September 2012
10 September 2012
5 September 2012
4 September 2012
Professor Hans Hendrischke, China Studies Centre, on the sale of Australia's biggest cotton farm to a Chinese dominated consortium, ABC TV's Lateline program. Director of the Graduate School of Government Professor Geoff Gallop profiled following the recent launch of his book ‘Politics, Society, Self’, The Canberra Times. Director of the Graduate School of Government Professor Geoff Gallop op-ed on Sir John Kerr's decisions during the Whitlam dismissal, The Canberra Times. US Studies Centre Research Associate Tom Switzer op-ed on America's shaken optimism, with people looking for someone to blame, The Age. Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor, US Studies Centre, interviewed on US politics and his favourite classical music, ABC Classic FM. Dr Richard Stanton (Department of Media and Communications) on what people should know about their councils when deciding their vote in the upcoming NSW council elections, Radio 2UE. 3 September 2012