Sophie Cotsis is first speaker at upper house forum. Speaks of upper house role to hold gov to account

"Read the paper you dope"...debate already hot at the Newcastle Institute #HunterVotes forum Newcastle Herald Jill Emberson

Bernie Curran kicking things off at the #HunterVotes Newcastle Institute forum Newcastle Herald Jill Emberson

John Kaye speaking out about privatisation, planning and corruption #newinstitute #HunterVotes

Renewables and 'clean tech' hot topics Newcastle Institute upper house forum #HunterVotes

Candidates about to question each other at upper house forum

Matthew Kelly asks "Is it fair that future generations bear the environmental legacy of mining voids?" Newcastle Institute #HunterVotes

Nailed it. #contentmarketing #sociallistening

"Name your content what it should rank for" Brad #OMSyd #SEO

Headline power words from Brad #OMSyd #SEO

Big ups to Brad from News Corp and James Norquay for some great content marketing and SEO insights at #OMSyd

Prof Mark Stewart on terrorism at tonight's Newcastle Institute think tank 'what price are we paying for being on the safe side?"

Prof Mark Stewart says annual fatality rate of terrorism in Australia is one in 8 million #newinstitute

Prof Stewart says you would need to fly everyday for 68,000 years to experience a terror attack on a plane Newcastle Institute #newinstitute

Dr Rob Imre discusses political radicalisation Newcastle Institute 'political resistance is actually a normal state' #newinstitute

Dr Imre - 'most terrorists don't know how to undertake a terror attack' #newinstitute Newcastle Institute #think tank #newcastle

'Radical losers' = terrorists are typically incompetent #newinstitute Newcastle Institute

Dr Imre says "once government departments are established and have budgets they are very hard to break down." #newinstitute Newcastle Institute