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Podcast: The Grapevine
Episode: Does the National COVID-19 Commission threaten democracy in Australia?
Description: On this episode of The Grapevine, PhD candidate at Melbourne University’s Law School Elizabeth Hicks discusses the implications of her policy brief's findings concerning the implementation of increased executive powers during times of crisis on Australia’s democratic future.Then, the world’s leading historian of fire, Professor Emeritus of Arizona State University, Stephan J Pyne, discusses the impacts of fire on climate throughout human history, which is investigated in the newly released second edition of his book ‘Fire: A Brief History’.And Steven Oliver, presenter and host of documentary 'Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky'; a film...