Category Archives: Media

Deck the halls of academe: Managerialism, product placement and The Conversation, featuring Troppo’s annual Christmas competition

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

I was checking out Peter Martin’s list of Seven really bright (policy) ideas for a forthcoming article currently titled “What is a policy hack?”(It’s a good article which I recommend). When I noticed something. All the links to the original sources are … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Media | 3 Comments

PATRICIA EDGAR. Kids Technology and the Future: The Case for Regulation of Australian Children’s content (Part 3)

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

In the dynamic media environment we have in Australia, broadcasting regulation has become an exceptionally tricky exercise. If regulations are to work, they require creative application and on-going monitoring as commercial players will always seek to outmanoeuvre them, especially when … Continue reading →

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The China-US cold war commences! Was Turnbull the first victim?

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Paul Frijters

As I predicted a few months ago, the US security apparatus is going after China relentlessly, mainly in order to have something to do. As I predicted in 2012, Australia is firmly behind the US and the wider Western alliance … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, History, Media, Politics - international, Politics - national, Society | 5 Comments

Me on Krugman: the podcast

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

Leon Gettler interviewed me recently on my exchange with Krugman. As you can imagine, it’s a difficult thing to explain in an interview, but I took that as a challenge – if you like to my interview ‘technique’. Just as … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, History, Media | 5 Comments

PATRICIA EDGAR. The ABC, Facebook and the Meaning of Trust

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross-posted from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations. Trust is an interesting concept. It takes time to develop trust which results from a broad experience of something (or someone) which demonstrates consistent, reliable behaviour with integrity, ability, and surety; it involves … Continue reading →

Posted in Films and TV, Media | 10 Comments

PETER DEMPSTER: A strategic voting proposal in defence of centrism

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

Well folks, as you know, Club Troppo is the only website east of the whole damn Murray Darling system that has the reputation to attract the kind of high quality debate we’re in for tonight. So everyone, in your best ClupPony … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Media, Political theory, Politics - international, Politics - national | 19 Comments

PATRICIA EDGAR. The Circus that has been Government Policy on the ABC for Forty Years

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross-posted from John Menadue’s Pearls and Irritations. The ABC has been an extraordinarily resilient organisation. It has withstood management and Board upheavals, survived remorseless budget cuts and harassment. But the current attacks on staff and on its role are as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Films and TV, History, Information, IT and Internet, Journalism, Media | 2 Comments