In the media

    
2010 Media
ABC News 24: Election campaign language analysis (video)
ABC News 24: The language of the federal election (video)
ABC Radio AM program: Pollies in plain English (audio)
Sydney Writers' Festival: Did business-speak cause the GFC? (audio)
Sydney Writers' Festival: Programmatic specificity we can believe in (video)
Sydney Morning Herald: 'Putting the hard word on impenetrable pollie prose'
Sydney Morning Herald essay: 'Long live the e-revolution'
The Australian: 'Rudd a soft target in plea for plain English'
2009 Media
The Australian: Garbled words get the chop
Australian Financial Review: Clear as mud – how gobbledegook caused the GFC
Sun Herald: Rees urges public service: keep it simple, stupid
The Australian: Plainly, Manglish was a cause of financial woes
Sydney Morning Herald: To teach grammar, get to the point
The Australian: Writers espouse return to grammar but without tears
Intercom: Professionalizing plain language: a postcard on current developments
Southern Communicator: Speketh so Pleyne: a historical approach to plain English
Courier Mail: Kevinspeak killing clarity
2UE Radio Sydney
Breakfast with John Stanley and Sally Aloisi
Stop speaking in Ruddles?
An interview with Neil James.
2GB Radio Sydney
Wake up Sydney with Andrew Moore
Rudd-speak versus plain English
An interview with Neil James.
ABC Radio National
The World Today
Premier says speak English please
A report on the NSW Government's recent plain English initiatives
announced by Premier Nathan Rees at the PLAIN 2009 conference.
You can also read the transcript.
ABC Radio National
Life Matters with Richard Aedy
Promoting 'plain English'
An interview with Joe Kimble.
ABC NewsRadio
Breakfast with Glen Bartholomew
Plain language and the Global Financial Crisis
An interview with Neil James.
ABC Local Radio Sydney
The Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler
Listen to Richard's conversation with Neil James.
2GB Radio Sydney
Drive with Jason Morrison
Grammar making a comeback
An interview with Neil James.
 
Please view our media archive for earlier Plain English Foundation media.