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Foreign Correspondents In The Digital Age
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1

Old school reporting still a winner

Matt Brown

2

Foreign correspondents: A vital counterweight to local media myopia

Tom Switzer

3

Diplomats and journalists: Adversaries or allies?

Menna Rawlings

4

Pat Cash, Jane Seymour and the Bay City Rollers: A foreign correspondent in ‘80s London

Bruce Phillips

5

Reporting from the front line - for a while

Matthew Abbott

6

The persistent value of on-the-ground reporting

David Crowe

7

‘Into the world in search of astonishing stories’

Mark Ryan
Debate Topic

US leadership in Asia
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What the US would need to deter China

Hugh White

2

Making sense of the known unknowns in the South China Sea

Ely Ratner

3

Let’s be clear: China would call America’s bluff in the South China Sea

Hugh White

4

The false choice of war or accommodation in the South China Sea

Ely Ratner

5

South China Sea: US policy must begin at home

Hugh White
Debate Topic

Home Affairs and intelligence review
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1

Home Affairs change driven by manifest need

Alan Dupont

2

National security changes – Australian style

Clive Williams

3

From ONA to ONI: Getting closer to the original plan

Geoff Miller

4

The Australian Intelligence tradition

Allan Gyngell

5

Australian intelligence reforms: ‘Ain’t broke’ can still be improved

David Irvine

6

Separating out important intelligence reforms from Home Affairs

John Blaxland

7

Politics and policy meet in new Home Affairs Department

Geoff Kitney