Darren Goodsir, Dee Madigan, Rebecca Huntley and John Hewson: Cancer on democracy
There are two tribes: politicians, and the rest of us. The system has left people behind.
With six prime ministers in eight years, democracy in Australia is looking decidedly unwell. Add to this a political class whose interests seem divorced from voters and plummeting trust in government, and things are even worse.
Are the polarised, opinion-driven media and the 24-hour news cycle to blame? With highly concentrated media ownership and vigorous partisan players, Australia now has home-grown problems with ‘fake news’. Will the media be the death of our democracy?
Chaired by Darren Goodsir, Chief Communications Officer for UNSW, Sydney.
This talk was recorded live on stage at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2018.
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Rebecca Huntley
Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia's most experienced social researchers and former director of The Mind and Mood Report, the longest running measure of the nation's attitudes and trends. She holds degrees in law and film studies and a PhD in gender studies, and is a mum to three young children. It was realising she is part of the problem older generation that caused her change of heart and to dedicate herself to researching our attitudes to climate change. She is a member of Al Gore's Climate Reality Corps, carries out social research for NGOs such as The Wilderness Society and WWF, and writes and presents for the ABC.
