Looking Forward Ep 43: Is Tony Abbott Our Biggest National Security Threat?

What on earth is the Government up to with its Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme and how did Tony Abbott become Australia’s biggest threat to national security? (2:33-18:09) Where exactly is the Australian Research Council sending its grants the Humanities? (18:09-33:40) What does the reaction to the IPA’s ‘Race has no Place’ video say about the debate on the voice to parliament? (33:40-43:11)

Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s Morgan Begg and Dr Bella D’Abrera to answer these questions and dive into their culture picks which include Netflix’s take on the Legend of Henry V, James Scott’s Against the Grain, David Watkin’s classic Morality and Architecture and the new Netflix investigation into Bill Gates’s brain (43:11-1:04:38)

Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00063

Bella d’Abrera, IPA, The Humanities in Crisis: An Audit of Taxpayer-Funded ARC Grants

https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Humanities-in-Crisis-An-Audit-of-Taxpayer-funded-Arc-Grants.pdf

IPA Video: Race Has No Place in the Constitution

Anthony Dillon on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Peoples (2017)

Culture Picks:

The King; Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80182016

Against the Grain; James C. Scott

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34324534-against-the-grain

Morality and Architecture; David Watkin

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1856886.Morality_and_Architecture_Revisited

Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates; Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80184771