EPISODE · Dec 26, 2019 · 28 MIN
Reviewing the 'unlosable election' and why we no longer need NATO
from Between the Lines · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Looking back at the shock election result, Gerard Henderson says it's no wonder the media got it so wrong. Despite the forecast by the academics, the polls and the pundits, there is no substitute for 'staying in touch' with the voting public.Will May 18 go down as the most dramatic failure of political prediction?Gerard Henderson, author, columnist for The Australian and executive director of the Sydney Institute.WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT70 years after the establishment of NATO, the threat that justified its creation has long gone. Wasn't the expansion that started 20 years ago, a dangerous idea?
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Looking back at the shock election result, Gerard Henderson says it's no wonder the media got it so wrong. Despite the forecast by the academics, the polls and the pundits, there is no substitute for 'staying in touch' with the voting public. Will May 18 go down as the most dramatic failure of political prediction? Gerard Henderson, author, columnist for The Australian and executive director of the Sydney Institute. WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT 70 years after the establishment of NATO, the threat that justified its creation has long gone. Wasn't the expansion that started 20 years ago, a dangerous idea?
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