Webinars
Each week the Australia Institute tackles the big issues with Nobel laureates, current and former politicians, activists, academics, artists and other experts.
Subscribe to updates from the Australia Institute to hear about future webinars. Catch up on the latest video recordings of previous webinars in our archive below, on our YouTube playlist or listen on our podcast Follow The Money.
October 2025
Submarine Dreams: understanding Australia’s commitment to AUKUS
Despite increasing evidence that the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine pact is destined to fall over, the Australian Labor Government remains committed to the deal. But as the government doubles down on the US Alliance, the Australia Institute polling indicates that the Australian community is not convinced. 54% of Australians now want a more independent foreign policy.
Defiance with Bob Brown
For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. In Defiance, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature
November 2025
Aiming Higher with George Williams
Decades of policy decisions have made access to higher education harder for those who need it most. Public trust and community confidence in universities in Australia and overseas are at all-time lows. Political sentiment has shifted. Our centres of higher learning have leapfrogged big business to become easy political targets. And it’s no surprise; the
On belief in politics with Sean Kelly
In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the strange transitional moment we are in. We seem sick of neoliberalism but afraid of what might replace it. We are obsessed with work but resentful of it; desperate for community but stuck inside our phones; protective of our way of life while wanting to change everything. Amid
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Past webinar recordings
The Voice to Parliament Handbook – with Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien
Climate Change and the Pacific: Regional Climate Diplomacy Forum 2023
Nordic Talks: Pedalling Health – Healthy and sustainable cities in Denmark and Australia
Nordic Talks: The Value of a Free Press
