Former Villawood boss Peter Mitchell, refugee advocate David Manne and Peter Mares discuss Australia's asylum seekers.
Join Maxine McKew, John Hewson, Irving Saulwick and George Megalogenis for a talk on polls, politics and the polis.
In a marathon session, Paul Keating talks cultural vision, reconciliation, reform and creativity with Robert Manne.
Our panel considers the complexity of indigenous affairs in Australia: its losses, successes and future challenges.
In partnership with the Melbourne Festival, our expert panel explores the achievements and impact of the Arab Spring ...
The leader of the federal opposition is too combative, conservative and selfish to rule, argues Susan Mitchell.
Politicians, scientists, academics and stakeholders debate the controversial introduction of a carbon tax in Australia.
Former Keating speechwriter discusses his memoir and the shifts in Australian politics since Keating's demise.
Robert Manne discusses his 'Quarterly Essay 43' on 'The Australian', as well as the newspaper's response.
Journalist Paul Cleary critiques Australia's dependence on mining in what he provocatively labels "generational theft".
In this lively debate, our panel discuss the value and risks of Australia's participation in the war in Afghanistan.
Christine Nixon examines consensus leadership and discusses why 'being open to compromise' is not 'being compromised'.
Eight of Melbourne's finest writers and performers read their favourite speeches - from Redfern to Notting Hill via F...
Join a panel of leading media commentators and analysts as they turn their eye to Hackgate and its reverberations.
Guy Rundle, Eleanor Townsley, Peter Vale and Robert Manne explore the origins, effects, strengths and failures of Wik...
Journalist and first-time novelist Caroline Brothers takes on the issue of unaccompanied, displaced children.
Acclaimed writer Amos Oz talks of compromise, compassion and conflict in modern Israel and beyond.
How can we reconcile atrocities that have happened in our midst, and where do memory, truth and justice fit?
With journalist Rafael Epstein, Chazan addresses the crisis and opportunity of the 'new Middle East'.
David and Margaret reflect on Elia Kazan's Hollywood blacklist era filmic allegory of conflict, coercion and betrayal.
Sarah Maddison explores Australia's guilt over its brutal past and the transformative opportunity it offers.
The author and scholar discusses porn's grip on pop culture and how we must reform mainstream sexuality with Monica Dux.
Judith Brett discusses her Quarterly Essay - about the fate of rural Australia and its urban counterparts - with Don ...
Peter Mares interviews Ingrid Betancourt about her capture by Colombia's FARC rebels, and why love is the answer.
Alan Attwood, Debbie Mortimer, Julian Burnside and Rob Stary discuss the theory and practice of human rights today.
Amidst the West's crisis of identity, Guy Rundle examines tabloid attacks on the 'other' and the emergent 'new hate'.
Fatima Bhutto joins Anton Enus in a disarming conversation about life in the midst of Pakistan's famed and bloodied p...
Tanner and Megalogenis explore politics and the media, values and pragmatism, and Tanner's new book Sideshow.
Robert Manne dissects the cultural and political complacency that Australia must overcome in a changing climate.
Our panel of five discuss the Aussie fair go - what it means and to whom. Is it still true, relevant or indeed fair?
Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australia...
Penny Wong, John Hewson, Carmen Lawrence, Greg Barns, Shaun Carney and Helen Kroger debate the failure of Australia's...
Glenn Moore and Jenny Niven discuss race, class and identity in Barack Obama's 1995 book, Dreams from My Father.
Larissa Behrendt addresses key flaws in Australia's attempts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage.
In our inaugural Talking Point session, our panel discusses the political upheaval in Egypt and what its lasting effe...
Lyndal Curtis, Julian Burnside, Paul Ramadge and Suelette Dreyfus examine the lasting implications of WikiLeaks.
Jon Faine questions our growing culture of complaint and asks if, instead, our expectations are unrealistic
Robyn Eckersley, Andrew Hewett and Joseph Camilleri reflect on the shifting mechanisms of global power.
Mark Wakeham examines Victoria's environmental challenges leading into the 2010 Victorian State Election.
George Megalogenis discusses the death of political reform and rigorous public debate, with former Federal Labor MP L...
Greg Davies from the Police Association looks at the increased violence many Victorian police are encountering.
Vandana Shiva delivers an address on how GMO-free food became activism.
VCOSS CEO Cath Smith outlines a social agenda for the Victorian state elections, pointing to affordable housing, serv...
Transport planner Paul Mees analyses Melbourne's public transport failings, and suggests that upheaval is necessary t...
Hannie Rayson suggests that theatre and politics share more in common than we think; both seek to move us through str...
In the September Quarterly Essay, Hugh White considers Australia’s place between Beijing and Washington.
George Megalogenis deciphers the election results from Labor losses to Greens rise and the Coalition's fightback to p...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about Liberal societies and the debate over Islam.
Griffith Review 29 contributors Peter Mares, Michele Grossman and Rachel Buchanan deconstruct the social and racial d...
Greens candidate Adam Bandt examines the role of smaller parties and independent candidates in a healthy, accountable...
Kevin Rudd as seen by essayist David Marr
From Pacific Solution to Oceanic Viking: in a special Overland event, legendary journalist and raconteur Mungo MacCal...
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Lunchbox/ Soapbox: George Megalogenis discusses the Kevin Rudd Performance Index.
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