Ep.39: Does our Australian democracy need the media anymore?

Socially Democratic

May 29, 2020•1 hr 6 min

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Dunn Street founder Stephen Donnelly was joined on the line by Kate Thwaites MP - Federal Labor Member for Jagajaga

Before being elected to Parliament, Kate was a journalist at the ABC, learning the ropes of Australian media. She spoke about how the media landscape has significantly changed and how fundamental it is to our democracy. Today's episode was produced by Pam Kiriakidis.

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Kate has written an article on the decline of public interest journalism.
Read Kate's recent piece for UWA's Public Policy Institute on the media landscape here, starting on page 35:

https://www.uwa.edu.au/institutes/public-policy/-/media/Public-Policy/Documents/Let-Every-Stage-Advance.pdf?fbclid=IwAR28Y3q6XeyMqV4YFn79dSkGAZ5M7zr-HAp6tHcEszc3_ZzvHviMQw0g2rg

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