Celebrating Years
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CHALLENGES TO THE PRACTICAL<br />
WORKINGS OF DEMOCRACY<br />
Moderator: Paul Barclay, ABC Radio National<br />
You might just be able to put up with The Panel:<br />
them one at a time, but together, they are Sharri Markson<br />
a real challenge to the practical workings Journalist and Senior Media Writer –<br />
of democracy. They are: –<br />
The Australian.<br />
• Communication of policy via the<br />
Hon Dr Gary Johns<br />
‘30 second grab’;<br />
Adjunct Professor at QUT Business<br />
• The changing nature of ‘news’ -<br />
School and a commentator.<br />
the 24 hours news cycle and the<br />
pressure this imposes on politicians Chris Kenny<br />
and commentators;<br />
Australian political commentator, author<br />
• Policy debate reduced to 140 letters and former political adviser.<br />
of a Twitter feed;<br />
Graham Young<br />
• The impact of social media;<br />
Chief editor and publisher of On Line<br />
• The insidious effect of overblown<br />
Opinion, and Executive Director of the<br />
political correctness.<br />
Australian Institute for Progress.<br />
DATE<br />
Saturday 16 July<br />
TIMES<br />
11am – Democracy Debate<br />
12.30pm - Democracy Lunch<br />
PRICES<br />
$37.50 - Democracy debate only<br />
Full Adult (includes booking fee)<br />
$32.50 - Democracy debate only<br />
Concessions (includes booking fee)<br />
$87.50 - Democracy debate and Lunch<br />
(limited to 50 people) (includes booking fee)<br />
VENUE<br />
RACV Noosa Resort, 94 Noosa Drive,<br />
Noosa Heads<br />
DURATION<br />
90 minutes with Q & A, no intermission<br />
ADDITIONAL<br />
Democracy debate Lunch Offer<br />
Special 2 course Luncheon, with glass of<br />
wine. 12.30pm, 16th July at RACV Noosa<br />
Resort. Numbers strictly limited to 50<br />
people. (Join delegates and moderator for<br />
lunch). Lunch tickets are for shared tables.<br />
CAN ISIS BE DEFEATED?<br />
Moderator: Paul Barclay, ABC Radio National<br />
A must-listen discussion about Islamic State involving seven key questions —<br />
who are its members, how did they become so powerful, why do people join<br />
them, what do they want, can it be said that Isis is somebody’s fault, how can<br />
they be defeated and how should we respond to attacks like those in Paris?<br />
The Panel:<br />
Greg Sheridan<br />
Australian foreign affairs journalist and commentator.<br />
Tom Switzer<br />
Australian columnist and foreign policy analyst; editor of American Review and<br />
presenter of the Between the Lines program aired on Radio National.<br />
David Martin Jones<br />
Associate Professor and Reader at the School of Political Science and<br />
International Studies, University of Queensland. His research expertise includes<br />
International Security, Australian Defence Policy and International Terrorism.<br />
DATE<br />
Saturday 23 July<br />
TIME<br />
11am<br />
PRICES<br />
$37.50 - Full Adult<br />
(includes booking fee)<br />
$32.50 - Concessions<br />
(includes booking fee)<br />
VENUE<br />
RACV Noosa Resort, 94 Noosa Drive,<br />
Noosa Heads<br />
DURATION<br />
90 minutes with Q & A, no intermission<br />
22 FESTIVAL OF THOUGHT<br />
NOOSA LONG WEEKEND FESTIVAL
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