Australia votes, then waits: Policy Forum Pod

07/04/16 • 42 min

In a special Australian Policy Pod, experts from Crawford School of Public Policy discuss the outcome of the Australian Federal Election on Saturday 2 July. The panelists look at the policy highs and lows of the long campaign, which policies resonated with voters, and what the next few years holds in store for whoever eventually makes up the next government. The panellists are: Professor Quentin Grafton - professor of economics at Crawford School of Public Policy and Editor-in-Chief of www.policyforum.net Sue Regan - A policy analyst at Crawford School and a former political advisor to the UK Blair government Bob Cotton - Visiting fellow at Crawford School and a former diplomat. The podcast is presented by Martyn Pearce, Editor of Policy Forum. Photo by Lauri Väin on Flickr: http://bit.ly/29aCrNr

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