Per Capita is the independent, progressive think tank, dedicated to fighting inequality in Australia. Join us each week as we share our research and insights into some of Australia’s most prevalent issues. Home of Re:Cap, Per Capita’s research and analysis podcast, our JCL and Webinar series, and Homes Not Houses - the series where we dive into the Australian housing crisis. To learn more about our research, events, or content, please visit https://percapita.org.au/
…
continue reading
Welcome to Burning Patforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shae (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.
…
continue reading
Open AI's Sam Altman has launched a new product line with a new business model and a new philosophy. But do they all line up? Lee Schofield from ‘Future is Now’ with our regular panelists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton. We also cover · The fallout from 7-Eleven’s privacy breach · Misinformation and disinf…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Housing, The Great Australian Right With Kevin Bell
24:43
24:43
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
24:43
This month's John Cain Lunch sees the Hon Kevin Bell reimagining ‘the great Australian dream’ of housing as ‘the great Australian right’ to housing. Almost everyone in Australia is feeling the impact of the national housing crisis, which is traumatising individuals, families and communities. Housing: the Great Australian Right argues that governmen…
…
continue reading
Listen to our live virtual town hall briefing to discuss the Federal Government’s much anticipated plans for privacy reform and the launch o the Privacy Now campaign - https://privacynow.org.au/. With: Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind Human Technology Institute director Ed Santow Digital Rights Watch Chair Lizzie O’Shea Burning Platforms is an initi…
…
continue reading
What can Only Fans teach us about the internet? Social media academic Emily van der Nagel takes us through her research with content creators and consumers to reveal the logic behind a very different platform. She joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Centre of the Public Square conve…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: The Disruptors – Labor’s Challenge
28:38
28:38
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
28:38
Kosmos Samaras, one of Australia’s leading experts in political campaigns and polling, addressed our August John Cain Lunch on the electoral challenges facing the ALP due to the changing nature of Australia’s socio-economic demographics. Kos specialises in compiling and interpreting research, statistical data and polling to provide a unique insight…
…
continue reading
In this week's episode if Burning Platforms, the panel dives into the product liability of companion apps with consumer law academia, Jeannie Peterson. Also this week, they touch on: * the UK riots and platform responsibility * Musk’s X-rated presidential dalliance * and the People’s bid for TiKTok Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s…
…
continue reading
1
How AI Will Really Destroy The World
58:49
58:49
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
58:49
Forget intelligent machines waging war on humans, the real threat could be the amount of energy and water data processing centres are sucking up in the service of AI. Gordon Noble from UTS’s Institute of Sustainable Futures has been crunching the numbers and it makes for alarming reading. He joins our regular panel of Digital Rights Watch chair Liz…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part Six: What’s Happened Since?
12:24
12:24
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
12:24
A lot has happened in the past few months, since we started writing and recording this podcast. It’s lot to catch up on. So, before we end this series, we thought we’d tell you a thing or two about it. Join Emma Dawson, Executive Director of Per Capita, home of the CEH, as she breaks down the latest policy announcements pertaining to housing and wh…
…
continue reading
On this week’s Burning Platforms, Peter Lewis launches the “Civility Manifesto” live at the July John Cain Lunch. Burning Platforms is an initiative of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. Don't forget to subscribe to The Town Crier, the official newsletter of the Centre for the Public Square and Burning Platforms podcast: https://the-town-cri…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Rebuilding the Public Square
58:23
58:23
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
58:23
The founder of Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square initiative, Peter Lewis, launches the “Civility Manifesto’, a framework for addressing the division at the heart of our broken politics, at Per Capita's July John Cain Lunch. The Civility Manifesto outlines how media, politics and the digital platforms have conspired to build a public discours…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part Five: Where Do We Go From Here?
25:30
25:30
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
25:30
After three weeks of dissecting the Australian housing market, trawling through history, lived experiences, and academic resources, we’re coming to the end of our journey. In the penultimate episode of Homes Not Houses, Matt Lloyd-Cape and his guests outline potential solutions to the housing crisis. This series is a production of Per Capita and it…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part Four: Australia vs the World
16:55
16:55
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
16:55
Australia is not alone in facing a housing crisis. Across the globe, many nations are facing similar circumstances, with house prices having risen dramatically compared to incomes for many years. In Part Four of Homes Not Houses, Matt Lloyd-Cape and his guests take a look at the housing markets around the world – how do we compare? Are they experie…
…
continue reading
On this week’s Burning Platforms, we talk with author Tracey Spicer about the biases and contradictions at the heart of Artificial Intelligence. Our panel of Essential’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton also ask:* who really runs Australian tech policy?* what does the collapse of US privacy ref…
…
continue reading
1
Re:CAP - Housing and the 2024 Budget
25:23
25:23
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
25:23
ReCAP is back this week with a new episode where Executive Director, Emma Dawson, and Per Capita's Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, to discuss the 2024-2025 federal budget, with a focus on it’s brand-new Housing Statement. Be sure to check out our new series, Homes Not Houses, out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcas…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part Three: How Did We Get Here?
26:22
26:22
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
26:22
Since the early 20th century, Australia’s housing market has grown, faced crisis, and flourished. Governments of the past have played a greater role in making houses accessible to all. Where did things go wrong? In this episode of Homes not Houses, Matt Lloyd-Cape and his team cover 100 years of history, policy and market evolution to demonstrate h…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part Two: Location, Location, Location
20:14
20:14
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
20:14
Why is Australia in the worst housing crisis in living memory? Many fingers are pointing in different directions and the debate keeps heating up. Homes Not Houses aims to cut through the noise and make sense of this situation we’ve found ourselves in and how we can navigate our way out of the housing crisis. In Part Two of Homes not Houses, Matt Ll…
…
continue reading
1
Homes Not Houses - Part One: The Mess We’re in
25:13
25:13
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
25:13
Housing may be Australia’s most contentious and prevalent issue. Across the political aisle, fingers have been pointed at various causes and numerous solutions have been floated. The policies and ideologies surrounding housing have created a market that is amongst the most unique yet least accessible in the world, impacting all Australians whether …
…
continue reading
This week on Burning Platforms, our regular panel of Essential's Peter Lewis and Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea share a special extended interview with Taiwan’s inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang and Radical xChange founder Glen Weyl about their new collaborative book, ‘Plurality.’ Listen to Burning Platforms on Apple Podca…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Climate Clangers: The bad ideas blocking real action with Dr Jennifer Rayner
33:02
33:02
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
33:02
The climate assertions that only prevent effective action, and what could replace them? Join Per Capita and Dr Jennifer Rayner for this month's John Cain Lunch, where Dr Rayner will discuss her latest book - "Climate Clangers: The bad ideas blocking real action." Recorded on Wednesday 19 of June. We encourage you to watch full speech, which include…
…
continue reading
This week on Burning Platforms, our regular panel of Essential's Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, and HealthEngine CEO Dan Stinton, are joined by Professor Nicholas Davis from UTS’s Human Technology Institute as they dive deep into new research on how worker power could be the key to harnessing AI to deliver real productivity.…
…
continue reading
On this week’s Burning Platforms, host Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton are joined by media and tech commentator Ricky Sutton to dive deep into his analysis of Google’s growing dominance and how it might be its own Achilles Heel. Plus they also ponder whether: Can Scarlett Johansson save the in…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: The Federal Budget with Daniel Mulino
32:22
32:22
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
32:22
Chair of the House Economics Committee, Daniel Mulino joined Per Capita for our May John Cain Luncheon to unpack the 2024-25 federal budget. We encourage you to watch full speech, which include Mulino's slides and Q&A session, on Per Capita's YouTube channel. Recorded Wednesday 22 May 2024. For more from Per Capita, visit percapita.org.au…
…
continue reading
Is AI robbing writers of their ideas and what can we do about it? Australian Writers Guild CEO Claire Pullen joins the regular panelists Essential’s Peter Lewis, Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea and Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton for our fortnightly dive into political tech. They also discuss: Whether Google really cares about our privacy? C…
…
continue reading
1
Re:CAP - A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education
34:00
34:00
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
34:00
For our first episode for 2024, Emma Dawson is joined by student advocates Ana, Mai, and Stevie to discuss Per Capita’s recent report, A Thousand Hours for Free? Ending Unpaid Placements in Social Work Education, a policy proposal Per Capita put together for the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education. The requirement to undertake 1000…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Mixed Fortunes - A History of Tax Reform in Australia, with Paul Tilley
41:43
41:43
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
41:43
Australia's history is sprinkled with attempts at tax reform - some successful, some not. Mixed Fortunes explores these efforts at substantive change in our tax system. Economic policy advisor, Paul Tilley, joins Per Capita for their April John Cain Lunch to discuss his latest book Mixed Fortunes. Recorded Wednesday 24 April 2024 at Graduate House,…
…
continue reading
This week’s Burning Platforms looks at Australia’s face-off with Elon Musk and the role live-streaming has in building media accountability. Also covered: Google’s sacking of workers who protested the companies deployment of its tech stack in Israel and a new wearable that promises to remember everything you say. With special guest, author Tim Dunl…
…
continue reading
1
Webinar Series: Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics, with Lech Blaine
59:24
59:24
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
59:24
Who is Peter Dutton, and what happened to the Liberal Party? In Bad Cop, Lech Blaine traces the making of a hardman – from Queensland detective to leader of the Opposition, from property investor to minister for Home Affairs. This is a story of ambition, race and power, and a politician with a plan. Join Lech Blaine in conversation with Per Capita’…
…
continue reading
Burning Platforms dives deep into the role humans play in managing large platforms and small communities with academic and convenor of the upcoming All Things in Moderation conference Venessa Paech. Our panel also discusses: Who is really incognito on Google? Who should deal with the downstream risks of Open AI’s new Voice Engine? And are we Witnes…
…
continue reading
Welcome back to Burning Platforms – a podcast about the politics of technology - from our new home at Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. Burning Platforms takes a deep dive into AI-generated mind reading with Michael Blumenstein, Deputy Dean at UTS’s’ Faculty of Engineering and IT. Plus: Is Trump’s "Truth Social" the Ultimate Deal? Are new E…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: The Great Housing Hijack with Cameron Murray
27:54
27:54
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
27:54
Leading economics commentator Cameron Murray reveals how property insiders shape the housing market and its policy setting at Per Capita's March John Cain Lunch. Discussing his latest book,The Great Housing Hijack, Cameron Murray shows how Australia could create a genuinely affordable housing program without compromising the interests of existing p…
…
continue reading
1
The Code 2.0 with Belinda Barnett
1:01:47
1:01:47
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
1:01:47
Welcome back to Burning Platforms – a podcast about the politics of technology - from our new home at Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. This week, Peter, Lizzie, and Dan dive deep into Meta's threat to pull news from Australia and what it will mean to journalism and whether the compromise required to create the News Media Bargaining Code wi…
…
continue reading
1
Judging Meta with Dr Nick Suzor
1:04:31
1:04:31
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
1:04:31
Welcome back to Burning Platforms – a podcast about the politics of technology - from our new home at Per Capita’s Centre of the Public Square. For our first episode for 2024, Peter, Lizzie, and Dan will discuss the federal governments new doxxing laws, Open AI's latest product, Sora, and question whether LinkedIn is the "last platform standing". W…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Employment Services Inquiry - Findings, and implications for public services with Julian Hill MP
38:15
38:15
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
38:15
The Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services recommended large scale reform to fundamentally rebuild the Commonwealth Employment Services System. Julian Hill chaired the Committee, leading the first principles review of Australia’s employment services system, the first of its kind since services were privatised by the Howard Gove…
…
continue reading
1
Webinar Series: What caused Australia’s housing crisis – and how we might fix it. - Alan Kohler
1:01:28
1:01:28
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
1:01:28
The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations – between those who have a house and those who don’t. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch. Things went seriously wrong at the start of the t…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Small steps and giant leaps: Per Capita’s reform agenda
30:01
30:01
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
30:01
Per Capita works to build a new vision for Australia based on fairness, shared prosperity, and social justice. From housing to tax, employment services to industrial relations, poverty to evidence-based policy, these issues all have the potential to influence the lives of Australians either by distributing resources more equitably or by allocating …
…
continue reading
1
Re:CAP - Lighter than Air: Regulating Short Term Rentals
22:26
22:26
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
22:26
Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society. This week, Matt Lloyd-Cape is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, to chat about the impact of short-term rental (STR) platforms such as AirBnB on the Australian rental market, and how…
…
continue reading
1
Webinar Series: Courting Power - Law, Democracy and the Public Interest in Australia, with Isabelle Reinecke
56:23
56:23
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
56:23
A healthy legal system is fundamental to democracy. All Australians should be able to rely on the courts to keep the powers that be accountable, but what pernicious forces seek to undermine this? In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of Grata Fund, Australia’s first strategic litigation funder and incubator, takes us through the trials and …
…
continue reading
Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society. This week, Matt Lloyd-Cape is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, and Research Economist, Sam Ibrahim, to chat about the CEH’s Regulating Rentals paper. With almost a third of househo…
…
continue reading
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. As the world races to regulate artificial intelligence and machine learning, we’re joined by Professor Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist at the University of New South Wales and author of new book 'Faking It', to expose all of A.I.’s tricks and lies. Burning Platforms is brought …
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Trump’s Australia, How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term – Bruce Wolpe
55:06
55:06
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
55:06
Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning about the implications for Australia. What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2024? Leadi…
…
continue reading
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This episode of Burning Platforms looks at the march of AI through the prism of dystopias with critic and writer Richard King, author of 'Here Be Monsters'. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.…
…
continue reading
1
Re:CAP - Glass Ceilings - Gendered Inequality in the Housing System
26:59
26:59
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
26:59
Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society. This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Per Capita’s Andrew Herington Fellow, Lucy Tonkin, to chat about the Centre for Equitable Housing’s second paper from their Australian Housing Monitor: Glass Ceilings: Gend…
…
continue reading
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. On this episode the panel is joined for an intimate discussion with the self described ‘emotional intelligent’ AI chatbot, Pi. Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: Building the Foundations of the Future – Peter Khalil MP
36:26
36:26
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
36:26
What can be done to build more homes sooner, drive down prices and make the Australian dream a reality for more people? Peter Khalil MP joined Per Capita for their August John Cain Lunch to lead a discussion focused on tackling the current housing crisis. Peter Khalil is the Federal Labor member for Wills. The son of migrant parents, Peter grew up …
…
continue reading
This episode of Burning Platforms comes live from the Australian Labor Party National Conference Fringe Festival where we talk AI regulation, privacy reform and hack the data of an MP! Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.بقلم Per Capita Australia
…
continue reading
1
Re:CAP - Reforming Casual Employment in Australia
34:24
34:24
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
34:24
Welcome back to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society. This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Research Associate for the Centre for New Industry, Sarah Mackenzie to discuss their latest report: Towards Fairness and Security – Reforming Casual Employment in Australia…
…
continue reading
1
’Cookers’ in their underpants - The Voice and social media
49:56
49:56
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
49:56
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. With The Voice to Parliament referendum campaign in full swing, we examine the role that digital platforms play in influencing the discussion. Our panel is joined special guest Queensland University of Technology Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Axel Bruns. Bur…
…
continue reading
1
JCL Series: A More Competitive Labor Party - Andrew Leigh MP
38:32
38:32
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
38:32
Although most members of the Labor Party are not in a faction, they dominate the party more than ever before. Factions provide stability, yet risk curtailing debate and reducing the scope for regular members to become involved. For Australia’s oldest and greatest political party to thrive, it is important to consider the role that factions play tod…
…
continue reading
1
True Lies - Can we regulate disinformation?
53:01
53:01
التشغيل لاحقا
التشغيل لاحقا
قوائم
إعجاب
احب
53:01
Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. This episode, we are joined by Andrea Carson, Professor of Political Communication from LaTrobe University to dissect ACMA's proposed new disinformation powers, and ask the question, 'Can we actually regulate disinformation?' Burning Platforms is brought to you by the Centr…
…
continue reading
Welcome to Re:CAP - Per Capita's premier podcast where we unpack our latest research and examine the inequalities in Australian society. This week, Emma Dawson is joined by Research Economist, Sam Ibrahim, to discuss their report on the Four Day Work trial: Sharing the Spoils: A Gender Lens Analysis of the Four Day Week Trial at Our Community Read …
…
continue reading