It is imperative that Australia seeks to work cooperatively with China, bilaterally and regionally, and in global forums. |
The announcement was long on strategy and short on the nuts and bolts of how the forums will work in practice. |
There will be six forums so the public's voice can be heard, but in the end, how do you rebuild tastefully, respectfully, measuredly? |
In the first couple of activists' meetings there were debates about selling Socialist Worker and holding Marxist forums. |
Field notes were taken by a research assistant at each of the three community forums, and focus groups were audiotaped and transcribed. |
The new service is already in talks with several high profile public sector organisations about staging large-scale forums. |