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Each week the Australia Institute tackles the big issues with Nobel laureates, current and former politicians, activists, academics, artists and other experts.

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April 2026

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Webinar, Unparliamentary

Unparliamentary with Dominic Giannini – 2 April 2026

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Unpack the big political and policy issues at Unparliamentary with Dominic Giannini, Reporter for Australian Associated Press (AAP). Unparliamentary is The Australia Institute’s regular show that gives you the scoop on what’s happening in federal politics. SPEAKERS: Dominic Giannini — Reporter, Australian Associated Press (AAP) Dominic Giannini is a Reporter at the Australian Associated Press (AAP)

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Webinar, Australia's Biggest Book Club

Gold Standard? with Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook & Joshua Black

Join Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook, and Joshua Black as they discuss their new book, Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke government.
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Join historians Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook, and Joshua Black as they discuss their new book, Gold Standard?: Remembering the Hawke government. Was the Hawke government ‘the gold standard’ for federal government in Australia? A stellar line-up of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists shed valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the

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May 2026

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The Battle for Public Education

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Australia is an outlier, the cost of high school is higher than other developed countries while our results are going down. As a wealthy country with a big education sector, how did we get here? Join Jane Caro, Tom Greenwell and Skye Predavec as they share recent research on Australian education and discuss how to

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Big Brave Ideas

Some of the nation’s leading thinkers share a big idea for a better Australia.
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AI Killing the Media Star?

Join Dr Richard Denniss, Clive Marshall and Emma Cowdroy as they discuss how ‘fake news’ is here for real, and the Murdoch empire’s grand plans to use ‘clone journalists’.
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