Jane Goodall, Inside Story’s TV critic, is an Emeritus Professor with the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University. Her latest book is The Politics of the Common Good (NewSouth, 2019).
Books & arts
The call of the north
Jane Goodall
2 March 2015
Television | Jane Goodall reviews Fortitude and the second series of Broadchurch
National affairs
That’s their story, and they’re sticking to it
Jane Goodall
15 February 2015
Much more than an attempted leadership spill went on at Parliament House during the week, writes Jane Goodall. But the script stayed the same
Books & arts
Are we going to die on Wednesday?
Jane Goodall
28 January 2015
Television | Science broadcaster Brian Cox navigates the line between two kinds of uncertainty, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
Under siege
Jane Goodall
16 December 2014
Monday night’s coverage from Martin Place is a reminder that live-to-air television is now an integral part of our emergency-response system, writes Inside …
Books & arts
Counting down the talent
Jane Goodall
26 November 2014
What if you ditched the whole marketing bonanza, asks Jane Goodall, and had nothing but the talent?
Books & arts
Bringing the world back home
Jane Goodall
30 October 2014
The thirtieth anniversary of SBS’s Dateline is a chance to consider some often-unreported truths, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
What are the sixties trying to tell us?
Jane Goodall
30 September 2014
It’s the decade that doesn’t seem willing to stay in the past
Books & arts
Mortgaged to the machine
Jane Goodall
20 May 2014
What is the cost of feeding our national appetites? Jane Goodall watches ABC TV one Monday night
Essays & reportage
Cracking the dress code
Jane Goodall
5 July 2013
Germaine Greer’s advice to Julia Gillard to “get rid of those bloody jackets!” created a furore. But perhaps she was onto something
Books & arts
The humility of local consciousness
Jane Goodall
13 February 2013
Could thinking globally be a kind of cognitive intoxication, asks Jane Goodall
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