How can Australian policymakers better navigate the competing objectives of Australia’s development program? With Heather Murphy, Head of Analysis and Engagement at the Development Intelligence Lab, we discuss her recent policy brief ‘Navigating the competing purposes of Australian development.’ Heather lays out the importance of looking beyond the binary, and explores how Official Development Assistance (ODA)-funded activities can, and do, produce both geostrategic and development outcomes - but not without some costs.

Finally, Heather pitches her idea for what should be on the radar of Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jan Adams AO PSM.

Read the policy brief here: https://www.devintelligencelab.com/analyses/navigating-the-competing-purposes-of-australian-development

The Readout is the Development Intelligence Lab's podcast hosted by CEO Bridi Rice. Each episode, you'll meet one development leader, hear their big idea and discover how it can shape the future of Australian development assistance.

Visit Development Intelligence Lab for cracking analysis on Australian development cooperation: https://www.devintelligencelab.com/our-analysis

The Readout is recorded and produced on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands. Music by Viljami Mehto.

Support and editing by Ruby Saulwick and Walter Colnaghi.

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Why has Australia “all but institutionalised self-censorship in intellectual strategic thought”? With Dr Elizabeth Buchanan, Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), we discuss her piece ‘The Sad State of Australia’s Security Discourse.’ Elizabeth lays out the importance of cultivating rich, robust, contestable, and nuanced dialogue in security and broader foreign policy spaces.

Read Elizabeth’s piece here: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-sad-state-of-australias-security-discourse/

The Readout is the Development Intelligence Lab's podcast hosted by CEO Bridi Rice. Each episode, you'll meet one development leader, hear their big idea and discover how it can shape the future of Australian development assistance.

Visit Development Intelligence Lab for cracking analysis on Australian development cooperation: https://www.devintelligencelab.com/our-analysis

The Readout is recorded and produced on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands. Music by Viljami Mehto.

Support and editing by Ruby Saulwick and Walter Colnaghi.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the Safer World For All campaign want? With CEO of the Australian Council For International Development (ACFID), Marc Purcell, we discuss the origins of the campaign, its engagement strategy and its key demands. In the lead up to the budget, Marc highlights the role of activism in holding policymakers to account.

Dive into the Safer World For All Campaign here: https://saferworld.org.au/

The Readout is the Development Intelligence Lab's podcast hosted by CEO Bridi Rice. Each episode, you'll meet one development leader, hear their big idea and discover how it can shape the future of Australian development assistance.

Visit the Development Intelligence Lab for cracking analysis on Australian development cooperation: https://www.devintelligencelab.com/our-analysis

The readout is recorded and produced on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands. Music by Viljami Mehto.

Support and editing by Ruby Saulwick and Walter Colnaghi.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.