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A Middle Ground is a Griffith University podcast providing independent analysis of current events by Australia’s best political scientists and policy researchers.

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August 03, 2020

Special Edition: Delivering Differently

Prepared for the Public Sector Innovation Network's 2020 Innovation Month event in July, 'Delivering Differently', this new podcast explores the rapid adaptation of Australia’s federal system to deliver differently in the wake of COVID-19. Professor A.J. Brown (School of Government and Internationa...

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September09, 2019

A Middle Ground 22: Australia and China's deteriorating relationship with Professor Caitlin Byrne

In this episode of the Griffith University podcast A Middle Ground, we look at the fractious relationship between Australia and China. The formal arrest of Australian citizen Yang Hengjun on suspicion of spying, has significantly heightened those tensions, in what some analysts see as a potentially ...

August 19, 2019

A Middle Ground 21: Press Freedom in Australia

Recent raids by the Australian Federal Police on journalists are raising questions about whether separation of the state, police and judiciary is under threat in Australia. In this episode of 'A Middle Ground' Nance Haxton speaks with Trent Dalton, Hedley Thomas, Adele Ferguson, Hugh Riminton, Peter...

June 25, 2019

A Middle Ground: Episode 20 - How Parliament Looks Now with Paul Williams and Warren Entsch

On this episode of Griffith University's A Middle Ground podcast, we look at how the numbers have firmed up for this new term of Australian parliament, and what that means for our democratic process. In the wake of the federal election miracle result, Paul Williams discusses whether we can ever trus...

May 21, 2019

A Middle Ground: Episode 19: 2019 Federal Election Wash Up

In this episode of 'A Middle Ground', Griffith University's Nance Haxton speaks with Professor Anne Tiernan about the federal election result, Queensland voters and Australia's 46th parliament.

May 17, 2019

A Middle Ground: Episode 18 - Federal election: Where are the Rural Issues?

While much of Australia's prosperity still comes from it's regional heartland, rural issues have received little attention in this federal election campaign. This is despite recent devastating natural disasters across north-west Queensland, where more than 650-thousand head of cattle died in catastr...

Author biography

Nance Haxton has proven her excellent reporting track record over more than 20 years - and is a two-time winner of Australian journalism's most prestigious honour - a Walkley Award. In June 2018 Nance was awarded a silver and a bronze trophy in the New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programs for her ABC Radio documentary exposing what many describe as Australia’s secret slave trade, blackbirding. She is now researching her PhD including a podcast project on blackbirding through Griffith University. Nance has a passion for justice, and sees her main motivation for working in journalism as giving those who do not normally have access to the media a voice.