The Grapevine - 10 February 2020

On this episode of The Grapevine, Chief Executive Officer and Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, Ken Smith, discusses his essay 'Remembering Who You Report To' in Griffith Review, which examines the changing relationship between the government and the public service and how 'the public' may be losing out.

Next, author and journalist Andrew Darby calls in to talk about his book Flight Lines - an experiential examination of the extraordinary feats of migratory shorebirds and how their habitats are threatened by climate change and development around the Yellow Sea.

Then, NITV journalist and co-host of The Point Rachael Hocking discusses how a new, more consultative approach to the Australian government's 'Close the Gap' initiative might help to reduce the disadvantages experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia.