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April 2025
Climate Academy: Hotter Climate, Higher Bills
Cost-of-living is the biggest issue this election, but the worsening climate crisis continues to concern voters, including those who are struggling to pay the bills. These two things are linked, and Australia Institute research shows the climate crisis is directly driving up insurance, food, and energy costs. Join us every week in the lead up
You wouldn’t read about it: Fixing a broken media
The Murdoch media dominates the news business in Australia with coverage that barracks for fossil fuels and opposes progressive government policies. Two acclaimed journalists – the Australia Institute’s Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis and Senior Fellow and Contributing Editor Stephen Long – discuss the latest research by the Australia Institute, on how the major commercial
Climate Academy: Climate Campaigns and ‘Safe’ Seats
There is no such thing as a safe seat. The Western Australian state election saw an independent candidate running on a pro-climate ticket almost win what was considered a safe Labor seat from a sitting Minister on a margin of 27 per cent. What seats may throw up a surprise or two at this federal
What’s the Big Idea? Presented by The Wheeler Centre
Australia’s leading visionaries converge for a lively and candid discussion on the bold ideas shaping Australia’s social and political future. It is easy to be captivated by global agendas and headline-grabbing moments, but shaping Australia’s future will require homegrown creativity, problem-solving and true Aussie courage. In What’s the Big Idea?, some of our leading thinkers
Climate Academy: Tasmania’s Salmon Stand Off
Warming waters, thousands of dead fish and the five electorates in Tasmania. Tasmania has been a battleground for politics and the environment for decades. This election the fight to save the Maugean Skate and the apparent loss of social license for the Salmon industry will impact how the state votes – but will it spill
Sorrento Writers Festival: 2025
Sorrento Writers Festival: The First 100 Days
May 2025
Sydney Writers Festival: Barrie Cassidy and Friends: State of the Nation
Festival favourite State of the Nation returns bigger and better than ever for an Australian post-election wrap-up. What is the future of Australian politics? What are the failures of a two-party system? How are voters resisting ‘politics as usual’ during housing, cost of living and climate crises? What difference can we expect from this government?
Sydney Writers Festival: Trumpocalypse Now
It seemed improbable enough in 2016, but here we are now in Donald Trump’s second term at the White House. What does the return of the 45th President of the United States mean for the international superpower? And how will it affect the rest of us? Listen in as journalist and political commentator Peter Beinart,