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Media Concentration and Counter-Architectures Walker Briefing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A democracy can reform the way it raises political money, redesign the chamber its representatives sit in, an
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The shift in how public knowledge is produced extends beyond one writer’s practice. The institutions that produce and mediate public knowledge operate inside the same conditions. They include universities that train and credential its producers, newsrooms that publish its first drafts, and parliamen
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The architecture of public-facing analytical writing has shifted, and the shift carries a question for any writer who works inside the new conditions, namely what such conditions ask of them. The question is not optional neither does it answer itself. What I have to settle, in writing under those co
Accountability
Dr Brian Walker examines the rising trend of political obfuscation in Parliament, arguing that when question time becomes theatre, public trust and genuine accountability suffer significantly.
Parliament
Dr Brian Walker questions why the government is still sitting on a vital safety report concerning medicinal cannabis patients and their ability to drive legally.
MentalHealth
Dr Brian Walker examines the recent uncertainty surrounding the Listening Lounge funding and stresses the critical need for reliable, peer-based mental health support for our community.
Dingoes
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the urgent need to move beyond outdated, lethal methods of managing Australia's apex predator toward a model based on science and respect.
Cannabis
Dr Brian Walker questions the ongoing delay and lack of transparency surrounding the government's review of the Medicinal Cannabis and Safe Driving Working Group report.
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I Asked what they expect of news produced with the help of artificial intelligence, audiences across forty-eight markets reply in a consistent pattern. They expect such news to be cheaper to make, by a net margin of twenty-nine percentage points, and more up-to-date, by sixteen. They expect it to be
Cannabis
Dr Brian Walker presses the government for the release of key recommendations regarding medicinal cannabis and driving, highlighting the ongoing lack of transparency for patients in Western Australia.
Energy
Dr Brian Walker examines the potential for Western Australian biofuel production to provide local solutions to international fuel price volatility and secure our energy future.
Law Reform
Dr Brian Walker addresses the legislative backlog and the government's inability to deliver on long-promised reforms that impact every Western Australian citizen.