Politics vs. Policy investigates public policy issues through a diverse variety of political lenses. It is curated with the notion that policy does not equate politics, although the two cannot be fully separated. With the increasing politicisation and polarisation, we believe that analysing policy issues using diverse perspectives becomes more relevant than ever. Politics vs. Policy designs its discussions on the policymaking processes with the political climate and policy alternatives as significant considerations. Our hope is that our discussions are not only left as critiques, but also offer a bigger picture on how policy shapes and is shaped by different political agendas and therefore, what it means to us as a part of the society. Our vision is for the young listeners to shift away from the ‘us vs. them’ into a ‘politics vs. policy’ mindset, adopting empathy without leaving objectivity.
Dr Mark Triffitt – COVID-19: Politicisation of a crisis and its impact on democracy (Episode 13)
In this episode, Dr Mark Trifftt explains the impact and response of COVID-19 from a public policy point-of-view. He discusses the politicisation of the crisis, the governance failures in democratically reacting to the pandemic and the abandonment of...
25 Aug 2020
Coffee Session with Amelia Vuillermin: Nursing on the frontline of COVID-19 (Episode 12)
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on every health system across the globe. Even countries with high-quality health systems have come under strain due to the virus being highly infectious and unpredictable. COVID-19 has highlighted the absolute...
18 Aug 2020
Dr Chiara de Lazzari – Donald Trump's 2020 strategies: a failure of deliberate? (Episode 11)
Dr Chiara de Lazzari talks to us about Donald Trump and the 2020 US Presidential Election from the political strategies perspective. In this episode, she talks about the significance of the US' public sphere, historical context, media environment and...
11 Aug 2020
A/Prof Leah Ruppanner – COVID 19: Disaster for the world, catastrophe for women? (Episode 10)
A/Prof Leah Ruppanner walks us through the impact of COVID-19 for women – from workload, job loss, domestic violence to divorce rate. Leah touches upon the more innovative and targeted policy response to battle the widening gender inequality due to the...
4 Aug 2020
Coffee Session: Human rights in criminal justice policy with Damian Narayan (Episode 9)
In our second coffee session, we invited our fellow policyhead, Damian Narayan, to casually discuss the current challenges in the criminal justice policy, especially due to COVID-19. We also discuss the pressing issues in regards to human rights in...
10 Apr 2020
Prof Andrew Walter – COVID-19 and the strain on the political and global economy (Episode 8)
In the first episode of our COVID-19 series, Professor Andrew Walter takes Jarryd through the impact that the virus is currently having on political and economic institutions around the world. Andrew explains how governments are reacting to what is...
17 Mar 2020
Kennedy Mbeva - Politicians' science project?: international climate and trade policy (Episode 7)
Climate change has become more and more political than ever. Over the past years, climate and trade policies have been internationally used as political weapons in pursuing diplomatic agenda. From a policymaking perspective, the scientific consensus...
6 Mar 2020
Dr Mark Triffitt & George Rennie - regulating big tech power and surveillance capitalism (Episode 6)
Capitalism has become digitalised in the past 20-30 years and has turned into what scholars and the media often call “surveillance capitalism”, which is an umbrella term for all of the public’s private behaviour, decisions and movement, monitored,...
20 Feb 2020
Dr Nikki Moodie - Indigenous Policy: a history of failure and finding reconciliation Part 2 (Episode 5)
The 2020 Closing the Gap report was delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the 12th since its inception, stating that things “were better than they were … but we have not made as much progress as we should have.” In this two part episode Dr. Nikki...
19 Feb 2020
Dr Nikki Moodie - Indigenous Policy: a history of failure and finding reconciliation Part 1 (Episode 4)
The 2020 Closing the Gap report was delivered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the 12th since its inception, stating that things “were better than they were … but we have not made as much progress as we should have.” In this two part episode Dr. Nikki...
11 Feb 2020
Coffee Session: Successful policies are the political? (Episode 3)
In this episode, Jarryd and Sheilla are casually discussing about Kingdon's policy framework in involving political climate into policymaking processes. This episode explores the different considerations on this theory and different practical examples:...
3 Feb 2020
Dr Mark Triffitt - Democracy in the 21st century: the big tech, political trust and legitimacy (Episode 2)
The political trust and the confidence in democracy all over the world, especially in Australia, is in the all-time-low. Dr Mark Triffitt helps us to rethink about the questions concerning this phenomenon: what might be the root cause of this, what...
28 Jan 2020
Trivialised Policy, Mediocre Politics (Episode 1)
Are policies really the answer to the public needs or are they mere weapons for political agendas? Either way, what would that mean for society?
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