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Law and Order Week: Compassionate Bastard

Former Villawood boss Peter Mitchell, refugee advocate David Manne and Peter Mares discuss Australia's asylum seekers.

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The Talking Point: Greasy Polls

Join Maxine McKew, John Hewson, Irving Saulwick and George Megalogenis for a talk on polls, politics and the polis.


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Paul Keating

In a marathon session, Paul Keating talks cultural vision, reconciliation, reform and creativity with Robert Manne.

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You Say You Want a Revolution: Not Sorry Enough

Our panel considers the complexity of indigenous affairs in Australia: its losses, successes and future challenges.


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You Say You Want a Revolution: The Arab Spring

In partnership with the Melbourne Festival, our expert panel explores the achievements and impact of the Arab Spring ...

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Susan Mitchell on Tony Abbott: Too Dangerous to Lead

The leader of the federal opposition is too combative, conservative and selfish to rule, argues Susan Mitchell.


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Intelligence Squared: A Tax Won't Fix Climate Change

Politicians, scientists, academics and stakeholders debate the controversial introduction of a carbon tax in Australia.

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Don Watson

Former Keating speechwriter discusses his memoir and the shifts in Australian politics since Keating's demise.


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Quarterly Essay: Bad News - Murdoch's 'Australian' and the Shaping of the Nation

Robert Manne discusses his 'Quarterly Essay 43' on 'The Australian', as well as the newspaper's response.

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Paul Cleary on Australia's Mining Boom

Journalist Paul Cleary critiques Australia's dependence on mining in what he provocatively labels "generational theft".


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Intelligence Squared: There is No Justification for Risking Australian Lives in Afghanistan

In this lively debate, our panel discuss the value and risks of Australia's participation in the war in Afghanistan.

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Christine Nixon on the Nature of Leadership

Christine Nixon examines consensus leadership and discusses why 'being open to compromise' is not 'being compromised'.


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Unaccustomed as I am...

Eight of Melbourne's finest writers and performers read their favourite speeches - from Redfern to Notting Hill via F...

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The Talking Point: Taking Liberties With the Press

Join a panel of leading media commentators and analysts as they turn their eye to Hackgate and its reverberations.


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Does WikiLeaks Matter?

Guy Rundle, Eleanor Townsley, Peter Vale and Robert Manne explore the origins, effects, strengths and failures of Wik...

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Caroline Brothers on the World's Displaced Children

Journalist and first-time novelist Caroline Brothers takes on the issue of unaccompanied, displaced children.


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Amos Oz - Israel: War, Peace and Storytelling

Acclaimed writer Amos Oz talks of compromise, compassion and conflict in modern Israel and beyond.

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Human Rights and East Timor: Remembering East Timor’s Former Political Prisoners

How can we reconcile atrocities that have happened in our midst, and where do memory, truth and justice fit?


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Naomi Chazan

With journalist Rafael Epstein, Chazan addresses the crisis and opportunity of the 'new Middle East'.

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Texts in the City: On the Waterfront

David and Margaret reflect on Elia Kazan's Hollywood blacklist era filmic allegory of conflict, coercion and betrayal.


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Sarah Maddison: Beyond White Guilt

Sarah Maddison explores Australia's guilt over its brutal past and the transformative opportunity it offers.

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Gail Dines

The author and scholar discusses porn's grip on pop culture and how we must reform mainstream sexuality with Monica Dux.


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Quarterly Essay - Fair Share: Country and City in Australia by Judith Brett

Judith Brett discusses her Quarterly Essay - about the fate of rural Australia and its urban counterparts - with Don ...

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Ingrid Betancourt

Peter Mares interviews Ingrid Betancourt about her capture by Colombia's FARC rebels, and why love is the answer.


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Injustice Anywhere: Human Rights in Practice

Alan Attwood, Debbie Mortimer, Julian Burnside and Rob Stary discuss the theory and practice of human rights today.

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Guy Rundle on the New Tabloid Racialism

Amidst the West's crisis of identity, Guy Rundle examines tabloid attacks on the 'other' and the emergent 'new hate'.


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Fatima Bhutto

Fatima Bhutto joins Anton Enus in a disarming conversation about life in the midst of Pakistan's famed and bloodied p...

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Dumbing Down Democracy: Tanner and Megalogenis

Tanner and Megalogenis explore politics and the media, values and pragmatism, and Tanner's new book Sideshow.


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Robert Manne on the New Australian Complacency

Robert Manne dissects the cultural and political complacency that Australia must overcome in a changing climate.

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So Who the Bloody Hell Are We?: The Fair Go

Our panel of five discuss the Aussie fair go - what it means and to whom. Is it still true, relevant or indeed fair?


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The Talking Point: Is Australian Democracy Broken?

Fran Kelly leads Malcolm Fraser, Malcolm Turnbull, Lindsay Tanner and Margaret Simons through a critique of Australia...

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Intelligence Squared: Both Major Parties are Failing the Australian People

Penny Wong, John Hewson, Carmen Lawrence, Greg Barns, Shaun Carney and Helen Kroger debate the failure of Australia's...


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Texts in the City: Dreams from My Father

Glenn Moore and Jenny Niven discuss race, class and identity in Barack Obama's 1995 book, Dreams from My Father.

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Larissa Behrendt: Why is overcoming Indigenous disadvantage so hard?

Larissa Behrendt addresses key flaws in Australia's attempts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage.


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The Talking Point: Egypt and Beyond

In our inaugural Talking Point session, our panel discusses the political upheaval in Egypt and what its lasting effe...

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Secrets and Lies: How WikiLeaks Has Changed The World

Lyndal Curtis, Julian Burnside, Paul Ramadge and Suelette Dreyfus examine the lasting implications of WikiLeaks.


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Jon Faine: Why All The Complaining?

Jon Faine questions our growing culture of complaint and asks if, instead, our expectations are unrealistic

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The Changing Architecture of Global Governance

Robyn Eckersley, Andrew Hewett and Joseph Camilleri reflect on the shifting mechanisms of global power.


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Mark Wakeham: Environment

Mark Wakeham examines Victoria's environmental challenges leading into the 2010 Victorian State Election.

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George Megalogenis: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era

George Megalogenis discusses the death of political reform and rigorous public debate, with former Federal Labor MP L...


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Greg Davies: Law And Order

Greg Davies from the Police Association looks at the increased violence many Victorian police are encountering.

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Vandana Shiva

Vandana Shiva delivers an address on how GMO-free food became activism.


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Cath Smith: Social Equity in Melbourne

VCOSS CEO Cath Smith outlines a social agenda for the Victorian state elections, pointing to affordable housing, serv...

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Paul Mees: Public Transport

Transport planner Paul Mees analyses Melbourne's public transport failings, and suggests that upheaval is necessary t...


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Hannie Rayson: Grabbing the Limelight

Hannie Rayson suggests that theatre and politics share more in common than we think; both seek to move us through str...

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Quarterly Essay: China, America and Australia's Future in Asia

In the September Quarterly Essay, Hugh White considers Australia’s place between Beijing and Washington.


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George Megalogenis Makes Sense of the Election

George Megalogenis deciphers the election results from Labor losses to Greens rise and the Coalition's fightback to p...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about Liberal societies and the debate over Islam.


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Griffith Review Prosper or Perish: Exploring the Limits to Growth

Griffith Review 29 contributors Peter Mares, Michele Grossman and Rachel Buchanan deconstruct the social and racial d...

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Adam Bandt: How Two-Party Politics Has Failed Australian Voters

Greens candidate Adam Bandt examines the role of smaller parties and independent candidates in a healthy, accountable...


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David Marr: Power Trip - The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd as seen by essayist David Marr

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Overland: Mungo MacCallum

From Pacific Solution to Oceanic Viking: in a special Overland event, legendary journalist and raconteur Mungo MacCal...


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Malcolm Fraser Part One

Malcolm Fraser Part One

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Malcolm Fraser Part Two

Malcolm Fraser Part Two


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Malcolm Fraser Part Three

Malcolm Fraser Part Three

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Lunchbox/ Soapbox: George Megalogenis

Lunchbox/ Soapbox: George Megalogenis discusses the Kevin Rudd Performance Index.


 

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