Brains Matter Episode 122 - Science and Education Policy and Election Reactions

Out of frustration on not hearing enough about science and education in the 2010 Australian Election Campaign, the Ordinary Guy put together an open letter to every political party with questions that they should have all considered as part of formulating their education and science policies for the future.

In this episode, firstly, OG interviews Karl Kruzselnicki about his views on the importance of science in Australia, and how this should influence science and education policy in the election, and then OG walks through the responses he received from the political parties, with Big Blog Theory winner for the Blogging Category, Bec Crew, providing her reactions to the answers. Anthony David, from the Australian Democrats, was also good enough to take time out from the election campaign to speak to the show.

For the full text of the open letter and list of questions please go to the original post on the Brains Matter website.

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Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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