Publications, media and more
Book
Many Hopes, One Dream: The Story of the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2009). It is available for purchase from Readings bookstore, Melbourne University bookstore, amazon.com and eccv.org.au. See earlier blog posts for details, photos and videos of the book launch with Former Prime Malcolm Fraser.
Academic seminars and refereed conference papers
B. Hinz and B. Galligan, ‘Schooling federalism, Gonski, Williams and reform prospects‘. Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Hobart, 24-26 September 2012. (Speaking notes with important updates available here; refereed paper will be published online as part of APSA official proceedings.)
B. Galligan and B. Hinz, ‘Australia’s federal system: Flexibility, change and schooling ‘. Presented in panel titled ‘Beyond stability: flexibility and innovation in federal systems’, International Political Science Association World Congress, Madrid, 8 – 12 July 2012.
B. Hinz, ‘Federalism’, guest lecture to Australian Politics course, University of Melbourne, 1 April 2011.(Lecture here. Slides here.)
B. Hinz, ‘Mapping education ‘policyscapes’ in Australia, 1990-2010: “Schools of the Future”‘, Australian Association for Research in Education International Conference, Melbourne, 28 November – 2 December 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Converging paths? A comparative examination of American, Canadian and Australian school funding and policy making arrangements‘, Australian Association for Research in Education International Conference, Melbourne, 28 November – 2 December 2010. (Speaking notes above. Slides here).
B. Hinz, ‘Australian federalism and school funding: Exploring the nexus in Victoria’s devolution reforms‘, presented at Australian Political Studies Association’s annual conference, Melbourne, 27-29 September 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘The evolution of school funding settlements in Australia and the United States: intergovernmental perspectives‘, presented at Australian Political Studies Association’s annual conference, Melbourne, 27-29 September 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Australian federalism and school funding arrangements: An examination of competing models and recurrent critiques‘, presented at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 1 – 3 June 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘‘Ethnic associations, networks and the construction of Australian multiculturalism‘, presented at Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 1 – 3 June 2010. (Republished in Economics of Networks E-Journal, Vol 2. No. 71, 2010).
B. Hinz, ‘Federalism and Australian school funding: Transformations, complexities, and questions’, presented at Teachers College Policy Student Network 4th Annual Research Roundtable, Columbia University, New York, 26 April 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘The untold story of Australian multiculturalism: How it was shaped from below by ethnic communities‘, presented at Midwest Political Science Association 68th Annual Conference, Chicago, 24 April 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘The transformation of Australia’s school funding arrangements‘, presented at Comparative and International Education Society 54th Annual Conference, Chicago, 1 – 5 March 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Missing the forest for the trees: how Australia’s dynamic federal structures and processes affect school funding arrangements‘, presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 9 July 2009.
B. Hinz, ‘Federalism and its implications for the creation and reform of school funding and provision settlements’, presented at Research Student Symposium, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 17 February 2009.
B. Hinz, ‘From Education to Political Power. Is France Controlled by a Ruling Elite?’, CERC Jean Monnet Public Seminar, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 2008.
Theses
B. Hinz, Federalism and its implications for the creation and reform of school funding and provision settlements. Doctoral thesis. School of Social and Political Sciences, and the Graduate School of Education; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Expected Completion 2013.
B. Hinz, Passports to Power? A study of Sciences Po, ENA and French governmental elites. Honours thesis in political science. School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology; University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Submitted June 2007. Awarded Jean Monnet Award for best honours thesis on contemporary Europe.
Other recent publications and presentations
B. Hinz, ‘Explainer: What is a Gonski anyway?’, The Conversation, 20 April 2013. (Republished by the Special Broadcasting Service here)
B. Hinz, ‘A single national system is no silver bullet‘, The Drum Unleashed, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19 April 2013.
B. Hinz; S. Davidson and C. Aulich, ‘Labor leadership challenge: experts respond‘, The Conversation, 21 March 2013.
B. Hinz, ‘In mining and governing, policy made on the fly is likely to flop‘, The Conversation, 19 February 2013.
B. Hinz, ‘States stoush: The Gonski reforms and the political battle ahead‘, The Conversation, 5 September 2012.
B. Hinz, ‘Hard headed politics: Ask the right experts and you’ll get the answers you want‘, The Conversation, 15 August 2012.
M. McKew, B. Hinz & F. Sal, ‘Fixing Education Funding: Did Gonski Get It Right?’ Fabians Public Seminar, Victorian Fabians, Melbourne, 18 April 2012.
B. Hinz, ‘Ignoring – wilfully or not – the Gonski review’s conclusions‘, The Drum Unleashed, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 28 February 2012.
B. Hinz, ‘Australia’s school funding quagmire‘, The King’s Tribune. January 2012, pp. 12-14.
B. Hinz, ‘The princess bride phenomenon‘, The Drum Unleashed. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 May 2011.
B. Hinz, ‘The education revolution is finally here,’ Federal election 2010. University of Melbourne,
11 August 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Labor’s new education policy not that new,’ The Drum Unleashed. ABC News Corporation. 4 August 2010.
B. Hinz, Speech to launch Vivendo na Australia – Living in Australia Guide, a joint project of the Newcomers Network and ABRISA. Melbourne Town Hall, 6 July 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Ethnic associations, networks and the construction of Australian multiculturalism’, Economics of Networks E-Journal, Vol 2. No. 71.
B. Hinz, ‘A (funding) revolution has started?‘ The Drum Unleashed. ABC News Corporation. 9 June 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘Australian and Canadian federalism: convergences, divergences and questions’, Guest lecture to Masters class on Canadian Federalism, Richard Simeon and Grace Skogstad (course coordinators), Toronto, University of Toronto, 25 February 2010.
B. Hinz, ‘The untold story of multiculturalism’ Guest column in MUSSE: Melbourne University Staff/Student E-news, Issue 18, September 2009.
B. Hinz, ‘Speech to Launch Many Hopes, One Dream: The Story of the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria‘, ECCV Celebration Dinner, Springvale Town Hall, Springvale Victoria, 23 September 2009.
B. Hinz, ‘Public policy making and public debate: what role for young people and think tanks?’, Presentation to Left Right Think Tank, Melbourne, 31 May 2009.
B. Hinz, ‘Education, young people and the Australian political system,’ Speech to Left Right Think Tank, Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 5 October 2008.
B. Hinz, ‘Corporate involvement in government schools: past, current and future trends’, Report and Presentation to the Foundation for Young Australians, Melbourne, 12 September 2008.
B. Hinz, ‘Reforming the Australian school funding system’, Presentation at Per Capita’s Annual Conference, Burunah Plains, Victoria, 9 August 2008.
Other scholarly contributions
Contributor to 2010 Federal Election: Opinion and Analysis by the University of Melbourne.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT
P. Murray and N. Rees (eds.) “European and Asian Regionalism: Function and Form” International Politics, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2010.
P. Murray (ed.) Europe and Asia: Regions in Flux (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2008).
Other Media
TELEVISION
Live interview on Australian federalism, COAG meeting and school funding reform, ABC News24, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 19 April.
Live interview on the ALP leadership spill. Channel News Asia, Mediacorp, 21 March 2013.
Live interview on the Gillard government’s response to the Gonski Review. ABC News 24. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 September 2012.
Live interview on the COAG Meeting and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Sky News, Australian News Channel, 25 July 2012.
Live Interview on the COAG government and likelihood of intergovernmental cooperation on the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Gonski recommendations. ABC News 24. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 July 2012. (Watch a 3.5 minute clip of the interview here)
Expert guest on Insight ‘Class struggle‘, discussing the complexities and inequities of Australia’s schooling systems. Broadcast 3 April 2012. Special Broadcasting Service. (Watch the episode here.)
RADIO
Response to Commonwealth government’s budget, 4zzz Brisbane, 15 May 2013.
School funding reforms and prospects, Panorama, SYN FM, Melbourne, 24 April 2013.
Live interview on NSW signing on to the Commonwealth’s National Plan for School Improvement, Afternoons with Richard Stubbs, 774 Melbourne, 23 April 2013.
‘School funding reform and the Territory’, Live interview and panel discussions, Mix 1094 Darwin, 15 April and 17 April 2013.
‘Can Gonski survive the federal-state bunfight?’ Live panel discussion on Life Matters, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 4 March 2013. (Podcast here)
Live interview on Australian federalism, Drive, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 October 2012.
Live interview on Gonski review and federal education policies, Drive, Newcastle 233, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 29 February 2012.
Live interview on the Princess Bride Phenomenon, Afternoons with James Valentine, Sydney 702, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 5 May 2011.
Interview on school funding, Drive, Newcastle 233, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9 June 2010.
Special guest/interviewee, French Radio Program (live, national broadcast), Special Broadcasting Service, 29 June 2010; 11 September 2009; 7 July 2009; 14 August 2007; 16 August 2007; and 18 December 2007.
PODCASTS (recent and relevant only)
SBS Soundcloud (weekly, in-depth news analysis) Special Broadcasting Service.
The Thought Bubble (independent news analysis with Ben Eltham and Amber Jamieson). Episode 12: Deficits and Gonski.
ARTICLES & REVIEWS
T. Moore, ‘Queensland should benefit from Gonski boost‘, Brisbane Times, 15 May 2013.
B. Counihan, F. Gallardo & S. Creagh, NSW Backs Gillard’s Gonski schools plan, The Conversation, 23 April 2013.
M. Shubert, ‘Lessons learned‘ National Times (opinion section of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald), 4 March 2012.
S. Dropulich, ‘Strength in Diversity’ Voice, vol.5, No.6, 12 October – 9 November 2009.
M. Randall, ‘Ethnic history to the fore’ The Journal, 28 September 2009.
G. McManus, ‘Kids rule, so off with her holiday‘ Herald Sun, 3 December 2007.