Duly noted

Some things I have been watching, reading, listening to, thinking about, or longing for

Towards the end of last year, Peter Lewis, the Principal of the political research organisation, Essential Media, convened a meeting to discuss ways in which we might fix our broken systems of public communication.

I was one of those attending and it was an interesting, if inconclusive evening. (Hey, these things take time.) I had previously published an interesting position paper Peter had written that outlined many of the matters we discussed that night (highly recommended). I’m now happy to inform you of the latest iteration of this unfolding process.

Peter will be speaking at a lunchtime event on 17 July run by the Per Capita thinktank, and booking details are available here. If I didn’t have my own speaking commitment in Sydney the same day (more on that below), I would be there with bells on. I hope some of you can get along. It will not just be a talk, but a demonstration of the approach to public engagement Peter and his team are trying to encourage:

The founder of Per Capita’s…