Helen Haines, the Independent Federal Member for Indi, joins us to discuss the unifying power of grassroots democracy and the major challenges Australia is facing in 2023.
Dr Haines discusses how kitchen table conversations had with humility and patience can bring people together. She talks about how people in regional Australia are reacting to the Voice Referendum and the power of the Uluru Statement of the Heart. She outlines what regional and marginalised Australians want to see in the Federal budget based on the conversations had and the poverty so many of Australians are facing. She also discusses what lessons can be learned from her seat of Indi around meaningfully engaging with, and listening, to the people that policies effect.
Helen Haines is the Independent federal Member for Indi. She worked as a nurse and midwife for decades before completing her PhD in medical science. She was elected in 2019, as the first Independent to follow an Independent in Australian history.
Sharon Bessell is Professor of Public Policy and Director of both the Children’s Policy Centre and the Poverty and Inequality Research Centre at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.
Arnagretta Hunter is the Human Futures Fellow at ANU College of Health and Medicine, a cardiologist, physician, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at ANU Medical School.
You can find full show notes at policyforum.net.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Budget 2023: Defining Our Values
Uncovering a cycle of child abuse in Australia
Lessons from South Australia’s Voice to Parliament
Global health: holding industries accountable
Courting change: Indigenous reconciliation
Markets of misery and the value of hope
Kicking policy goals
The loss and damage consensus at COP27
Justice for First Nations Australians
Addressing the housing affordability crisis
Not every house is a home
Housing in a changing climate
Building a new architecture of fairness
Reimagining the future of higher education
Playtime: transforming teaching and learning
Providing an inclusive 21st century education
Changing childcare
The art of living together
Waste and reward: low-value health care and its impact on patients
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
City Manager Unfiltered
Potencial Americano
The ASIC Podcast
The Chris Plante Show
Strict Scrutiny