Sharon Bessell

Nov 17, 2024 | mja.com.au | Sharon Bessell |Tim Moore |Gerry Redmond

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (10): S23-S25. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52495 Published online: 18 November 2024 Ensuring the health and wellbeing of children is a fundamental societal goal, which is best achieved when children are connected to their communities, have opportunities for meaningful participation, and enjoy strong and supportive relationships across generations, within and beyond their families.

Dec 14, 2023 | openforum.com.au | Sharon Bessell

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, for example, had a very tough year in 2023. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the climate crisis, the pressures on democracy and stalled development in low-income countries after the COVID-19 pandemic. These starkly highlight the shortcomings in our local, national and international institutions aimed at global cooperation. There are serious questions about whether we are failing to reach these goals, and what should be done differently.

Oct 19, 2023 | policyforum.net | Adriana Paulovcinova |Liz Allen |Paul Burke |Sharon Bessell

This Podcast delves into the Intergenerational Report, looking at both the challenges and opportunities it highlights. Dr Liz Allen and Professor Paul Burke discuss the key takeaways of the latest IGR that in 2062 Australia will be bigger, slower growing, and more diverse, with living standards at risk of going backwards.

Jun 5, 2023 | policyforum.net | Adriana Paulovcinova |Sharon Bessell

In this special episode of Policy Forum Pod, we are joined by the Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, who talks about the values behind the May budget. The Pod was recorded live in front of an audience at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy on May 31st, 2023. The Treasurer gave a short speech highlighting the nine ways to unlock the budget, before he sat down for a one-on-one conversation with Crawford School Director Professor Janine O’Flynn.

May 22, 2023 | policyforum.net | Paul Burke |Elise Klein |Sharon Bessell |Adriana Paulovcinova

Budgets are a central tool of government, offering not just economic policy but defining social and environmental policies for the years ahead. The 2023 budget moves in “the direction of fairness,” but is it moving fast enough? In this episode, we speak to Professor Paul Burke and Associate Professor Elise Klein about the impact of the budget priorities on peoples’ daily lives, the values that underlie it, and unpacking the choices that have been made.