Change Agents
Change Agents
The Conversation
Change Agents is about the art of change and the people who make it happen. It focuses on real and recent case studies where often ordinary people have brought about profound social, political, cultural and political change. It celebrates their success and challenges them to explain how they did it and the obstacles they overcame along the way. Change Agents is a collaboration between The Conversation and the Swinburne Business School and Swinburne University’s Department of Media and Communication.
Change Agents: Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia briefly stopped Japanese whaling
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Darren Kindleysides and Don Rothwell on how Australia won a case against Japan's whaling activities at the International Court of Justice.
Aug 30, 2017
35 min
Change Agents: Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi on reforming ‘one-punch’ laws
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Amee Meredith and Caterina Politi, who lost family members to random acts of violence, on their campaign to reform 'one-punch' laws.
Jun 28, 2017
34 min
Change Agents: David Buchanan and Fr Paul Kelly on ending the gay panic defence
In this episode of Change Agents we look at the abolition of the gay panic defence across Australia.
May 1, 2017
32 min
Change Agents: Alex Wodak and Lucy Haslam on the push to legalise medicinal cannabis
In 2016 three Australian states and the Commonwealth passed laws to legalise the growing of medicinal cannabis. It was an extraordinary result for a campaign that struggled for decades to gain traction.
Dec 18, 2016
34 min
Change Agents: Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway on Australia’s most radical reform of local government
In this episode of Change Agents, Andrew Dodd speaks with Stuart Morris and Leonie Hemingway about their successes and failures on the road to reforming Victoria's local government.
Oct 25, 2016
33 min
Change Agents: Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee on establishing a national women’s football league
Andrew Dodd talks to Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee about their fight to overcome prejudice and establish a national women's AFL competition.
Aug 31, 2016
33 min
Change Agents: Rhonda Galbally and Bruce Bonyhady on the birth of the NDIS
Andrew Dodd talks to Rhonda Galbally and Bruce Bonyhady about their role in setting up the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Aug 9, 2016
35 min