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In the second week of the campaign, The Minister for Noise demonstrates the alchemy of empathy, noise and silence by squeezing the oxygen out of his body during his interview with the Federal Minister for Empathy. This is the latest in a series of videos in the lead-up to the Federal Election 2019 conducted by the recently
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Given our Prime Ministerial candidates are competing for attention by posing in the same paddock of carrots a month apart, we thought we should fast-track this interview by the Federal Minister for Empathy* with a former PM to demonstrate what we have left behind and why. This is the latest in a series of videos in
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Back in 2016, Bendigo Writers Festival hosted an event with Julian Assange. Robert Manne had written a small book about the “Cypherpunk Revolutionary”, a typically well-researched and carefully argued description of how Assange came to create Wikileaks, so we set up an interview from the Ecuadorian Embassy. One of the positives about the internet (which
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The recently appointed Federal Minister for Empathy* speaks with The Minister No Longer about the confusion between people-smugglers and tourists. This is the third in a series of videos in the lead-up to the Federal Election 2019 conducted by the new Federal Minister for Empathy, David Pledger. Speaking with government ministers, Mr Pledger will tease
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It was mid-February in Athens and cold and sunny as we sat on the balcony of an apartment sipping cloudy ouzo and eating salty olives. Vallejo Gantner and I did this almost every afternoon to celebrate another day’s end of Athens Burns Bright; Creative Ecology Tour. “Mate, I signed the contract, it’s real, it’s happening,” Gantner said, breathing out a big
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Last night’s Federal Budget once again showed the LNP ’s adhoc and grudging tolerance of the arts. The organisation representing the major performing arts companies, AMPAG, is one of nine arts sector bodies that has created an infographic showing national participation in the arts and how its economic impact contributes $4.2 billion to Australia’s GDP. According to AMPAG (it represents the 28 major performing arts companies lucky
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In the lead-up to the Federal Election 2019, the Federal Minister for Empathy*, David Pledger, is conducting a series of interviews with the government’s front bench. Speaking with government ministers, he will tease out what makes the government tick by seeking to understand the role that empathy plays in the development of their political sensibilities. In
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Last night’s federal budget documents offered stark insights into our nation’s culture by setting out Australia’s political priorities in financial terms. In the absence of a written policy, how do these political decisions reveal the unwritten values that frame our cultural life? asks arts industry advocate Esther Anatolitis. Surprisingly, identifying those values is much easier than
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In a surprise announcement, Queensland Theatre (QT) artistic director Sam Strong is returning home to Melbourne after just over three years at the helm of the Brisbane company. In a statement Strong said: ““I’m not going on to another company. Leadership for me at this point in my life means being more available to my family. I’m committed to
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Patrick Lonergan, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at National University of Ireland, writes that amid the chaos of Brexit, theatre in the UK and Ireland shows a desire to respect differences. This article was first published in The Clyde Fitch Report – Daily Review’s American publishing partner. The ongoing debate about Brexit has had many
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