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Are there boundaries and limits to free speech? What, if anything, should and shouldn't we be able to say? Is there such a thing as political correctness and has it gone too far? And what is the difference between freedom of expression and deliberate and hurtful insult?
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No business model can keep it afloat. Powerful people conspire against it. Young people just aren't interested. Welcome to a troubled enterprise: investigative journalism. It has been a bad year. The demise of high profile titles and television shows has those left in the industry worried. Join us for the annual Munster Award and forum where three of the best discuss the future of their craft.
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It has been nearly ten years since the republic was seriously discussed. Most thought it dead and buried. But with the political elevation of Malcolm Turnbull, the republican heart has quickened. Leading Australian historians Henry Reynolds and Mark McKenna kick start the debate in an engrossing conversation that cuts to the core of our national identity.
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When it comes to religion minds are usually made up. Arguments present with much fury but little light. But just occasionally, when enough reasoned individuals come together, the contest can actually take us somewhere. Welcome to the next in the Australian series of Intelligence Squared debates.
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Sunday 12 October 2008
The federal election of November 2007 gave us a Queenslander as Prime Minister and a Queenslander as Treasurer. Since then, a Queenslander has been appointed Governor General. The Queensland capture of key political offices has put an end to jokes about banana benders and pineapple politics and symbolises the state's growing economic and demographic weight within the Australian federation. In a forum recorded at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival, five prominent Queenslanders discuss five decades of change in their home state.
This year marks the 48th anniversary of the Boyer Lectures. Professor Graeme Clark, creator of the bionic ear, is ABC Radio National's Boyer lecturer for 2007.Find out more...
Audio, transcripts and program information is available for an array of past Big Ideas features including The Boyer Lectures, The Wisdom Interviews, The Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures and much more. [find out more...]
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