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Reporting entertainers, and being entertaining in a social media era

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - June 06, 2023 07:14 - 21 minutes
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford has seen everything in entertainment over many years, and he has seen technology shape the way in which reporters work as well as how personalities and those that report on them get feedback from their audience. He talks candidly in this episode about the pros an...

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Consulting firms - why are politicians having a closer look?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 18, 2023 08:23 - 21 minutes
Australian Greens Senator Barbara Pocock is up to her eyeballs in consulting firms. She and her committee colleagues are busy looking at how the consulting firms are used by the government, how conflicts of interest might be managed and what value the public sector gets from firms. Pocock gives s...

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Taking a look at things Man-Made

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 18, 2023 08:13 - 24 minutes
Journalist, broadcaster and author Tracey Spicer has been looking at the world of IT and the way in which technology has been shaped by men. Technology embeds all sorts of biases within it and Spicer explores what all of this means. She talks about the way smart technology can help people with di...

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Every tool has its purpose - understanding diagnostic tools used to assess security threats

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 17, 2023 06:38 - 23 minutes
Peta Lowe is the Principal Consultant with Phronesis Consulting and Training with extensive experience in dealing with juveniles and programs for countering violent extremism. She is concerned about how debate on the various diagnostic tools used in assessing the threat an individual may pose is ...

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Kerry O'Brien's voice on the Voice

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 17, 2023 06:09 - 34 minutes
Journalist and broadcaster Kerry O'Brien has a history in reporting on and observing the way in which Australia has treated its Indigenous communities. O'Brien is as supporter of enshrining an indigenous Voice to Parliament into Australia's Constitution and he outlines why in this conversation. A...

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What going down with the bankers?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 13, 2023 06:49 - 12 minutes
It is that time of the year again. EY partner Doug Nixon takes us through some of the key results from and issues face by the banking sector in Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep. 66: PEEC's 2Q 2023 meeting — Digital assets, public interest entities, and more

Ethically Speaking - May 11, 2023 12:24 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Listen as Toni Lee-Andrews, director of the AICPA Professional Ethics Division, and staff give you the highlights of this quarter's meeting of the Professional Ethics Executive Committee.  Discussions include international convergence efforts, new proposed guidance on public interest entities,...

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EP116 RESNET Data Sheds Light on Energy Efficient Home Trends with Ryan Meres

RESTalk - May 08, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
“Data is the most valuable asset in the world.” - Brittany Kaiser    Housing trends have significant importance to the RESNET community. In addition to tracking progress with RESNET HERS Ratings, the hundreds of data points collected on each home provide insights into the trends in energ...

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Surviving the coronavirus as an accounting practice - and then pulling off a merger!

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - May 08, 2023 05:59 - 33 minutes
Accounting firms have done it tough like all kinds of businesses during the pandemic but Vito Interlandi, one of the joint managing partners of Nexia Melbourne, and his colleagues went one better. They added a merger with another firm, GAP Accountants, on the to do list. Vito talks about the chal...

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How big a problem is radicalisation? And what sort of problem is it?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - April 26, 2023 02:33 - 38 minutes
Professor Mia Bloom from Georgia State University has spent more than two decades looking at the area of terrorism and finds it irritating that some commentators overstate the threat of certain radical movements. She talks about the issues underlying the diagnosis and assessment of threat and she...

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Life on the road for a Voice

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - April 25, 2023 04:18 - 29 minutes
One of the leading campaigners for the Voice to Parliament, Thomas Mayo, is midway through a marathon effort to try to win as many hearts and minds as possible to support a constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in Australia's foundation document. He talks about t...

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Ever wondered what happens when people donate their bodies to science?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - April 22, 2023 04:58 - 24 minutes
Journalist and author Jackie Dent has spent time looking at what happens when bodies are donated to science and how those bodies are used to improve medical knowledge and understanding. Her book 'The Great Dead Body Teachers' is her deep dive into a topic that ought to fascinate any reader that w...

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EP115 The New RESNET Embodied Carbon Advisory Committee with Chris Magwood from RMI

RESTalk - April 17, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
“Doing your best in this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” -Oprah Winfrey    A critical element in the decarbonization of homes is the embodied carbon produced in the construction of homes. As the current RESNET Carbon Index® only covers the carbon produced due to e...

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What the hell is radicalisation? And how do we better understand motivations for terrorism?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - April 10, 2023 21:13 - 34 minutes
The Wieambilla shootings last December reminded Australians that terrorism might not be far away if people are sufficiently motivated to commit acts of extreme violence. Georgia State University's Professor John Horgan has spent decades looking at the psychology of terrorism and in this episode h...

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Hard to Bear - the conversation we need to have

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - April 04, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes
Autor and communications specialist Isabelle Oderberg tackles some of the toughest issues in her new book, Hard to Bear - a book that looks in depth at the issues surrounding the way our society deals with miscarriage. She tackles it with a touch of humour but remains focused on the main goal thr...

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Keating's AUKUS spray - interpreting its significance

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 29, 2023 03:39 - 34 minutes
Victoria University Professor, tom Clark, is fascinated by political speech and in this conversation he explores the recent AUKUS debate with former Prime Minister Paul Keating at its center and what issues that raises from the point of view of political communication. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

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EP114 Meet the new RESNET Board leaders, Mark Johnson & Cy Kilbourn

RESTalk - March 13, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” -Warren Bennis    What are some of the qualities embodied in outstanding board leaders? Someone who has experience in business leadership roles.  A person that has a proven track record in developing and executing strategy....

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Getting the feet wet with maritme law ...

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 13, 2023 03:19 - 29 minutes
Lawyer Alison Cusack spends her time playing in the niche space of maritime law. Her work involves thinking through the legal consequences of getting stuff on and off ships and where in the world any dispute over cargo might have to be heard. Her work is fascinating and how she fell into it equa...

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Scammers will look smarter with AI

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 13, 2023 01:30 - 21 minutes
Mark Gorrie has spent 10 years in technology and works with Symantec (also known as Gem). as their managing director in the Asia-Pacific region Gorrie talks during this podcast about the various problems users of technology are going to face as scammers and slimeballs trawling the internet for wa...

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how the hell are tax practitioners regulated?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 05, 2023 22:00 - 26 minutes
Tax agents and ethical codes have been in the news in recent times. Tax practitioner Lisa Greig tells Tom Ravlic how the regulatory regime works and what implications there are for tax agents that are sent to the naughty corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Understanding money laundering and how bad actors can - and do - get caught

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 03, 2023 23:40 - 21 minutes
First AML chief executive officer Milan Cooper takes listeners through some of the issues he sees on a daily basis with clients grappling with attempts to launder funds. Cooper highlights certain gaps in Australia money laundering regulation that still need to be plugged in order to ensure furthe...

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Understanding the Voice to Parliament

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - March 03, 2023 22:56 - 31 minutes
Australians will be asked to vote on whether a Voice to Parliament that would speak for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities should be incorporated into the Australia constitution. Dr Shireen Morris, a supporter of the Voice and a constitutional law expert, takes us through the vario...

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Ep. 65: PEEC's 1Q 2023 meeting — Proposed updates to the Code of Professional Conduct

Ethically Speaking - February 23, 2023 19:17 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
We love it when you're able to join us for meetings... but when you can't, we're happy to give you the highlights. Listen as AICPA Professional Ethics Division staff fill you in on all the projects the Professional Ethics Executive Committee is currently working on. Did you know we offer fre...

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EP113 Update on RESNET Carbon Index with Philip Fairey and David Goldstein

RESTalk - February 13, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
“The big picture doesn’t just come from distance; it also comes from time.” -Simon Sinek   Climate change is becoming an increasing concern.  The private sector, individuals as well as state, local and federal governments are seeking to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas em...

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Budget planning under way - what are the wishes from the CPAs?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - February 09, 2023 23:59 - 21 minutes
CPA Australia is one of Australia's most prominent accounting bodies and its small business policy spokesperson, Gavan Ord, joints Tom Ravlic to talk about small business measures as well as the challenges of consulting with government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

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How the heck do we label the things we see as extremism?

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - January 16, 2023 03:53 - 34 minutes
Lowy Institute research fellow Lydia Khalil spends her work hours contemplating the nasty things bad actors do to others, and how we can better understand the phenomenon of extremism that is unfolding before us. Khalil's book, Rise of the Extreme Right, was published in August last year and the i...

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Casinos, gaming, and the spaghetti junction of regulation

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - January 16, 2023 03:32 - 40 minutes
Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission chair Fran Thorn has her hands full. She heads the regulator responsible for casinos, gaming and lotteries, but the most high profile of the organisations over which the VGCCC has oversight is casino behemoth, Crown. Thorn and her colleagues face a...

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EP112 RESNET's 2023 Goals and Priorities with Steve Baden and John Hensley

RESTalk - January 09, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. -Vince Lombardi   Strong organizations fulfill their mission by periodically reflecting on their goals and priorities. RESNET is no exception having adopted their 2023 Mission, Goals and Prior...

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EP111 The Best of RESTalk 2022 with Bill Spohn

RESTalk - December 19, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. - Margaret J. Wheatley   23 episodes, 23 topics and 34 different guests. We covered a lot of ground in the RESTalk podcast in 2022, now going into our 5th year of ...

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Assange latest, presumption of innocence and the need for a human rights act

Critical Line Item with Tom Ravlic - December 10, 2022 06:05 - 16 minutes
Barrister Greg Barns SC is a human rights advocate and a member of the team monitoring and providing advice on case of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. This chat with Barns covers a bundle of issues including the importance of the presumption of innocence as well as what is needed to stand in t...

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