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Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic
Taking on accessibility and disability issues in Australia's parliament
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Senator Jordon Steele-John represents the Australian Greens in Australia's Senate/. He is a prominent advocate for the rights of disabled people and in this podcast discusses the recent use by the Prime Minister of language that members of the disabled community found offensive, the status of the process accommodating disabled members of the community in the parliamentary precinct, and also some of the continuing challenges he faces as a parliamentarian with a disability.
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Getting evidence for policy making and legislating tougher tax laws
26:22|Andrew Leigh, the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, joins Tom Ravlic to talk about how the government tests whether policies work, the tax laws impacting companies that operate cross border, and a bit of a chat about what the respective roles for government are the Reserve Bank of Australia. This podcast is the audio of the Ravlic at Large streamed presentation available on YouTube.Tips on how to get a broader perspective on Australia's domestic politics
11:02|How may people do you listen to with whom you disagree? What do you read on poltics and why? Tom Ravlic suggests that people can do themselves a favour and read more broadly.Where are we at with creating inclusive workplaces that incorporate disabled people?
23:06|Deloitte Australia's accessibility lead Dani Fraillon is on a mission to try and raise awareness on the importance of creating better workplace environments for disabled people. She is concerned that in 2024 people are still unable to feel comfortable disclosing their disabilities at the office as well as get some form of adjustment that means they can reach their full potential in the workplace.A reflection on the International Day for People with Disabiities
14:00|A reflection on a day Tom Ravlic views as one of three important days of the year.Food security - a view from the Australian Food and Agriculture Industry Taskforc
23:11|Deloitte's Vanessa Matthijssen is a member of the Australian Food and Agricultural Industry Taskforce and she has some significant concerns about the current status of the food sector. The taskforce has issued a fairly comprehensive paper that sets out a range of policy ideas but she argues these ideas can only be properly implemented with a higher degree of coordination between the public and private sectors.Colbeck and the social media ban law
08:20|Senator Richard Colbeck - a coalition senator from Tasmania - delivered a short, pithy address to the Senate last week in defense of proper legislative process. What would supporters of this social media ban think if a law they disliked was rammed through in the same way as this social media ban they were pleased to see pop out of the other end of the sausage machine last week? Give it some thought.Submissions from experts and advocacy groups were ignored - what was the point?
16:03|Many thousands of submissions were made to a parliamentary committee that considered the legislation related to the social media ban for people under the age of 16 with only 107 being uploaded, and quite of few of those opposed the law as proposed. Tom Ravlic looks at some of the ones you might not have heard about and asks whether this is like the Voice Referendum where parts of the community were not successfully carried on a journey.The social media ban law - a personal perspective
12:45|Tom Ravlic reflects on the social media ban law and what people under 16 will miss out on when the legislation comes into force.Taking a look at Australia's economy: the state of the Albanese budget, off budget games, and how best to talk about cost of living
41:13|Australians are heading into an election and the Coalition parties have ensured that economic management and cost of living will be the central issues around which the campaign evolves. Deloitte Access Economics' Stephen Smith walks Tom Ravlic through aspects of its most recent Deloitte Budget Monitor, and touches on better ways of explaining the way government's talk about their economic management.