Crikey Talks

The Dirty Country – corruption in Australia

17 March 2021. 6pm AEST

Lifting the lid on corruption in Australian politics.

Crikey‘s Amber Schultz and Bernard Keane, were joined by Australian Economics Professor Richard Holden from UNSW and Han Aulby, the Executive Director of The Centre for Public Integrity.

In one short hour, the panel tackled hundreds of questions sent in by Crikey subscribers, who feel frustrated by the ongoing behaviour of some state governments, and especially the federal government.

For further insights into the webinar, take a look at Crikey Talks: Corruption is pervasive, inconspicuous and very hard to solve by Amber Schultz.

Speakers

Amber Schultz

Former Associate Editor @AmberMaySchultz

Amber Schultz covered health and social affairs for Crikey. In 2022 she was awarded a Young Walkley Award for her on-the-ground coverage of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, and has been shortlisted for four other Young Walkleys. In 2021 she was awarded the 2021 Mumbrella Young Writer of the Year for her coverage of sexual violence, and in 2018 completed the Jacoby-Walkley scholarship. She holds master's degrees in journalism and international relations.

Bernard Keane

Politics Editor @BernardKeane

Bernard is Crikey's political editor. Before that he was Crikey's Canberra press gallery correspondent, covering politics, national security and economics. Bernard was a policy adviser and speechwriter in transport and communications. He is also the author of several books dealing with politics and related issues, including War on the Internet.

Richard Holden

Contributor @profholden

Richard is Professor of Economics and the director of the Economics of Education Knowledge Hub at the UNSW Business School. He is also the co-director of the New Economic Policy Initiative, and President-elect of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. His research focuses on contract theory, organizational economics, law and economics, and political economy.

Han Aulby

Executive Director

Han is the Executive Director of the Centre for Public Integrity, which has researched corruption risk and integrity policy reform since 2015, including kickstarting the project to design and establish a National Integrity Commission in 2017.

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