Media interviews

2023

The Drum – ABC TV (from 2:00)

15 December 2023

The Voice: How other countries do it

7am podcast, 28 August 2023

2022

Historical lessons for a brighter tomorrow

Murmur, Murdoch University, Spring 2022

After the pandemic: opportunities for a better Australia

Big Ideas – ABC Radio National, 3 August 2022

“Temos de ver a assistência social como um investimento, que permite que cada pessoa na nossa sociedade prospere” (“We have to see welfare as an investment that allows every person in our society to prosper”)

Visão (Portuguese), 19 June 2022

2021

Humans of Purpose

30 November 2021

Urban Resilience: What next for Melbourne

Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, 29 November 2021

Companies that pivot are best placed to prosper

Financial Times, 8 November 2021

After COVID, the possibility of hope

Conversations – ABC Radio National, 4 November 2021

The Drum – ABC TV

2 November 2021

COVID opportunities: How the public sector can deliver a better crisis recovery

The Mandarin, 15 October 2021

When obstacles become opportunities to work better

Financial Times, 24 September 2021

In conversation with Andrew Leigh

14 September 2021

Moving book launches online

Arts Hub, 9 September 2021

Socially Democratic

27 August 2021

The Wire

26 May 2021

Strong relationships drive growth

The Chandler Institute, April 2021

2020

Football Belongs, Chapter 1 – Multiculturalism

13 December 2020

The Good Problem

13 November 2020

Is talk of the decline of our cities premature

Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 12 November 2020

Renew Normal – Demos

18 September 2020

Public Sector Perspectives – IPAA Victoria

5 August 2020

The Economists’ Corner – CEDA

3 August 2020

Socially Democratic

19 June 2020

ANU/Canberra Times Meet the Author Series

15 April 2020

The Drum – ABC TV

13 April 2020

Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny

27 March 2020

Rare Air with Meri Fatin

24 March 2020

‘We don’t do policy transfer well’: Andrew Wear wants public servants to travel more and learn from the best in the world

The Mandarin, 6 March 2020

The Drum – ABC TV (from 42:12)

5 March 2020

This Working Life – ABC Radio National

2 March 2020

Brotherhood of St Laurence

February 2020

2019

Australian Politics – The Guardian

19 October 2019