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Ben Eltham
Ben
Eltham
is an Australian
writer
,
journalist
,
researcher
,
creative producer
and
social commentator
based in
Melbourne
.
He is a lecturer in
media
and
communications
at Monash University's School of Media, Film and
Journalism
and was a fellow of the
Centre for Policy Development
and a
research fellow
at
Deakin
University's
Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention
. Eltham studied
neuroscience
and philosophy at the
University of Queensland
, and did a PhD at
Western Sydney University
on
cultural policy
. He has served as national
affairs
correspondent
for
New Matilda
.
Contributions
Public policy
of culture in Australia, particularly at federal level.
When the
Goal Posts
Move: Patronage, power and resistance in Australian cultural policy 2013–2016
.
Popular media
; journalist and
essayist
with New Matilda, contributor to
Crikey
,
Guardian Australia
,
Overland
,
Meanjin
and the
Sydney Review of Books
.
Producer and festival
director
in
Newcastle
,
Brisbane
and Melbourne.
Plays
Book reviews