Bendigo Writers Festival: Influential with Rory Medcalf

So much good writing comes out of independent research, but is it heard and does it reach enough people to influence policy and behaviours?. How do independent research groups work with community and government to influence social planning? What's more important - strong leadership or diversity of members contributing? How do such organisations work with universities? Is there a gap between thinking and doing? Richard Denniss (Australia Institute), Winnie Dunn (Sweatshop) and Rory Medcalf (National Security College ANU) talk about how they make a difference.