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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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The Battle for Public Education

Zoom

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 AM, Tom Greenwell and Skye Predavec as they share recent research on Australian education and discuss how

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Phasing out fossil fuels: what role for Australia and the Pacific?

Zoom

57 countries gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, late last month agreed to accelerate efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. Australia was one of them. Yet, the Australian Government continues to approve new coal and gas projects and to spend billions of dollars on fossil fuel subsidies. With Tuvalu agreeing to host the next international conference on

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Women Who Win with Antoinette Lattouf

Join Antoinette Lattouf as she discusses her new book, Women Who Win: Celebrating courage, conviction and change
Zoom

Across history, women were told to sit down, smile and stay quiet. Spoiler alert: they didn’t. They spoke out, stood tall – and ruined the patriarchy’s day. Because of them, women won. Journalist and human rights advocate Antoinette Lattouf takes us on a gripping journey through women who defied expectations and shattered cultural and legal

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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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