For the Record: Power and Prejudice in Australia

Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Wednesday 26 September
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Location

The Wheeler Centre

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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How do we conceive of justice in Australia today? What do we do when our legal institutions are imperfect at best, inherently biased at worst? In this panel discussion, we’ll speak with three women whose work is concerned with the fallibility of our legal, political and justice systems.

Bri Lee is a qualified lawyer and the author of Eggshell Skull, a memoir of sexism in the courts. Kate Wild is a Walkley-winning journalist and the author of Waiting for Elijah, an investigation into the shooting of a mentally ill man by police in country New South Wales. Shireen Morris is a constitutional lawyer and the author of Radical Heart, an account of the campaign by activists and Indigenous leaders towards the Uluru Statement of the Heart.

All three have written about personal encounters, and painful struggles, with state institutions. They’ll discuss bias, blind spots and some promising new initiatives in the pursuit of justice in Australia today.

Note: This event may include discussion of sexual assault.

Metropolis will be our bookseller for this event.