Books & arts
6 September 2013
What can Australians do? They used to make radios, TV sets and Volkswagens, writes Jock Given. After 2016, they won’t even be making Falcons
Essays & reportage
30 April 2013
By the end of the year, Australia’s cinema industry will no longer be a film industry. Jock Given looks at what this means for storytelling on the big screen
Books & arts
26 February 2013
Books | Three players, three hard slogs. Jock Given on the golden age of Australian tennis
Essays & reportage
6 December 2012
Jock Given looks back on 2012, the year the reality gap seemed to widen
Essays & reportage
18 October 2012
With global trade negotiations stalled, Australia is attempting to navigate between the competing demands of two giants, writes Jock Given
Books & arts
16 August 2012
Digital media users may be easy to track but they can be very hard to follow, writes Jock Given
Books & arts
14 June 2012
Jock Given gets slightly hot under the collar about the company that dominates ticket sales
Books & arts
10 April 2012
Are we so impressed by the power of collaboration that we’ve come to overvalue working in groups, asks Jock Given
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Denis O’Brien’s story helps explain what went wrong for the Celtic Tiger
Books & arts
29 July 2011
Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
National affairs
18 November 2010
Officials from Australia and eight other Pacific countries meet in Auckland on 6 December to begin their fourth round of negotiations for a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement.…
Retrospective
23 September 2010
At the Imperial Palace, Human Nature is gearing up for two more years of “Celebration of Motown.” But it’s fibre-to-the-home further along The Strip that’s generating the…
National affairs
23 August 2010
Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
Essays & reportage
12 August 2010
The Coalition thinks wireless is the answer for Australian broadband. Jock Given remembers an earlier moment when wires-without-wires had their day.
Books & arts
7 July 2010
“If it stays humble and moves with the swiftness of a fox, it will be difficult to catch.” Jock Given reviews Ken Auletta’s Googled
Essays & reportage
23 June 2010
The prime minister was angry. So what did he say? asks Jock Given
Books & arts
27 May 2010
The iPad goes on sale in Australia tomorrow. Jock Given reads two books about books and wonders what to do with the rest.
National affairs
16 May 2010
What does $25 million worth of consultancy conclude about the national broadband network, asks Jock Given
National affairs
16 July 2009
Digital TV is already here, and it means Roger Federer might be replaced by blank screens in Mildura’s analogue households next year, writes Jock Given
Podcasts
5 May 2009
Fifteen years after it was first proposed, digital radio is almost here. Has it come too late, asks Jock Given in this interview with Peter Clarke
