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We talk with experts about how to create better public reports – documents that explain complex issues to a wide audience. You may be in government, in a non-government organisation, or in a business. But if you create public reports, this podcast may be for you. From Australian global editorial consulting firm Shorewalker DMS.

Episodes

  1. 02/04/2025

    John Daley: Prioritise what matters

    Former Grattan Institute CEO John Daley explains why and how think-tanks, government departments and other report-writing bodies should prioritise. To most influence people's lives for the better, they must ask: which issues should we go after?

    38 min

  2. 01/19/2025

    John Daley: Give your decision-makers the report they need

    Independent policy consultant and former Grattan Institute CEO John Daley explains how to write persuasive reports so that decision-makers can use them to actually make policy. (That's what we want, right?)

    1h 6m

  3. 02/12/2024

    Gary Banks 2: How reports succeed and fail

    Former Productivity Commission head Gary Banks explores why reports succeed and fail – and why failure now is not necessarily failure forever.

    28 min

  4. 12/11/2023

    Paul Cairney's Law: Everyone ignores information

    Professor Paul Cairney reminds us that when we produce solutions to complex problems, our biggest problem still lies ahead: getting people to notice. We should adjust our expectations accordingly, and work patiently.

    29 min

  5. 09/08/2023

    Gary Banks 1: The role of reports

    Former Productivity Commission chair Gary Banks explores the role reports play in shaping the decisions of governments.

    19 min

  6. 08/04/2023

    Clear and lively language

    Five experts on language and meaning talk about the ways in which how we write shapes our ideas and changes our reports.

    37 min

  7. 07/07/2023

    Deirdre McCloskey: Writing to persuade

    Few people in public life have thought more or more deeply than Deirdre McCloskey about how we can use language to persuade people of public policy ideas.

    56 min

  8. 02/17/2023

    Why reports matter

    This episode of Shorewalker On Reports looks at a foundational question: why do we bother to create public reports at all? With Gary Banks, Saul Eslake, Nick Gruen and Peter Martin.

    19 min
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We talk with experts about how to create better public reports – documents that explain complex issues to a wide audience. You may be in government, in a non-government organisation, or in a business. But if you create public reports, this podcast may be for you. From Australian global editorial consulting firm Shorewalker DMS.

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  • Creator
    Shorewalker DMS
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Shorewalker DMS. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Shorewalker On Reports