ENDGAME: Overview : SBS Insight

Overview

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Policy substance has been missing in action during this election campaign. Complex, bold plans have been thin on the ground. And on some issues, the differences between the parties' positions is slight.

With the election just around the corner, Insight gathers together some big thinkers to talk about what they've made of the campaign, what's been missing, and what their one big idea would be to make Australia better.

And our undecided voters from Australia's most marginal seats will tell us whether they're any closer to actually making a decision.

Meet the Guests

Tim Costello

Tim Costello is the CEO of World Vision Australia, a worldwide Christian humanitarian organisation that provides help to around 100 million people struggling with poverty. Tim has been a Baptist Minister in Melbourne, and also founded Urban Seed, a not-for-profit Christian outreach service for the urban poor.

Tim was named Victorian of the Year 2004, and in 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson works for the Institute of Public Affairs, an independent, non-profit public policy think tank. Tim is the IPA’s Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the IPA.

Tim is a member of the Department of Foreign Affair`s Intellectual Property Industry Consultative Group. He has advised state and federal MPs.

Julian Disney

Julian Disney is a part-time Law Professor and Director of the Social Justice Project at the University of New South Wales. He is also Chair of the National Affordable Housing Summit group, National Co-Chair of Anti-Poverty Week and National Chair of the Community Tax Forum.

Meshel Laurie

Meshel Laurie co-presents the Breakfast show on Nova FM in Brisbane. She has been a professional comedian, writer and actor since 1994 and has appeared in 14 Melbourne International comedy festivals, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Meshel misses the old school, no holes barred, balls to the wall fights of previous elections.

Matthew Wright

Matthew Wright is Executive Director of the climate solutions think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions. Matthew is a lead author of the Zero Carbon Australia Plan which outlines how, in ten years, Australia can get its entire electricity supply from renewable energy.