Richard Denniss on how ‘econobabble’ shuts down democratic debate; Saving the forests of East Gippsland; Contemplating trees across culture and history

Uncommon Sense

Dr Richard Denniss talks about his newly updated book, Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense. Econobabble is the incomprehensible economic jargon politicians and commentators use to dress up their self-interest as the national interest, to make the absurd seem inevitable or the inequitable seem fair. Richard is the Chief Economist at The Australia Institute. Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) campaigner Chris Schuringa discusses the Save Errinundra campaign and the latest developments in the quest to prevent native forest logging in East Gippsland’s forests. Art historian and author Janine Burke explores the themes from her new book My Forests: Travels with Trees, which looks at trees in art, myth, history and everyday life