Should the NSW Government have more interest in the state’s creative future? How are the arts related to NSW’s economic fortunes? What can be done to resuscitate the arts? I am part of a team… more
Posts tagged Arts and Culture
From culture war to cultural democracy: it’s your ABC
Tony Moore provides a credible option for ending the terms of partisan appointments to the ABC board, and shows how we can rescue the public broadcasting debate from the culture… more
International Metropolis conference workshop: Multiculturalism vs plural monoculturalism
CPD Director Miriam Lyons and fellow Emma Dawson will join international researchers to present a workshop titled Narratives of Inclusion: Multiculturalism versus Plural Monoculturalism in Liberal Democracies at the 12th International Metropolis Conference on Migration,… more
Australia’s public broadcasters | DISCUSSION PAPER
In this draft discussion paper Emma Dawson and Miriam Lyons outline the basic principles that should underpin our public broadcasting policy, and suggest some ways to better equip the ABC… more
The ABCs of protecting the Public Interest
Emma Dawson asks what it would take to ensure that our ABC remains in the service of the Australian public, rather than the Government.
Submission to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
Submission to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) In response to MEETING THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE Reforming Australia’s media in the digital age DISCUSSION PAPER ON MEDIA REFORM OPTIONS By Emma Dawson… more
New Matilda submission to DCITA
The New Matilda Media Convenor Emma Dawson responded to Meeting the digital challenge, Minister Helen Coonan’s discussion paper on media reform, in a submission to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts last… more
Media ownership changes: a summary of Coonan’s discussion paper
Communications minister Senator Helen Coonan released her long-awaited proposal for changes to Australian media ownership laws yesterday. The Centre for Policy Development Media Convenor Emma Dawson provides our readers with… more
It’s time to fly
Tony Moore Suggests that the ABC should build on its best traditions to meet the needs of our diverse society in the digital age.