Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic

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Tom Ravlic FIPA has looked at complex issues in business, finance and politics for a range of publications over two decades. Critical Line Item takes you to the heart of the issues that matter in business and politics with guests who are experts in their field. His book on the Banking Royal Commission, Vulture City – how our bankers got rich on swindles, was released in October 2019 was positively received by prominent journalists, commentators and academics. His subsequent titles, Rorts & R...

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George Donikian ... and all the problems with the world of news

Sep 24th, 2025 5:27 AM

Veteran journalist George Donikian has a range of issues with the way in which journalism is practiced today, and he is unafraid to let you know. He talks with Tom Ravlic about his own history, concerns about the nature of political violence and political expression. And how the damn host pronounces his surname .... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Letter to Biden - pardon Assange

Jan 16th, 2025 10:23 PM

Australia Institute director Emma Shortis is one of several Australians including parliamentarians that want President Joe Biden to pardon Julian Assange, the Australian founder of Wikileaks. Will Biden do so in his final days in the White House? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ravlic at Large - S1E4 - Gordon Traill

Dec 17th, 2024 2:58 AM

Gordon Traill is a former chef with the Australian Defence Forces and he takes Tom Ravlic on a tour across his almost three decade long career in the armed forces. Traill is a part of an exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance called the 'Taste of Combat' that is on from 2 December 2024 to late 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ravlic at Large - S1E3 - Greg Barton

Dec 14th, 2024 4:35 AM

Deakin University Professor Greg Barton explores the definition of terrorism with Tom Ravlic and a range of practical consequences that arise when terrorism is defined in a particular way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why are people not listening to learn, but listening to react?

Dec 14th, 2024 3:54 AM

The interview Tom Ravlic did recently with Senator Barbara Pocock provided some food for thought for an audience that did not know the South Australia senator and Greens representative at all well. Tom Ravlic asks whether we actually condition ourselves to not listen to people, and to learn what they are all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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