Webinars
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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November 2025
Unparliamentary with Jason Koutsoukis – 7 November 2025
Unpack the big political and policy issues at Unparliamentary with Jason Koutsoukis, Special Correspondent for The Saturday Paper. Unparliamentary is The Australia Institute’s regular show that gives you the scoop on what’s happening in federal politics. SPEAKERS: Jason Koutsoukis — Special Correspondent, The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis is a highly experienced and well-regarded Australian journalist
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
Poll Position: Disillusion Growing over Coalition Handling of Pandemic
A Corrosion of Trust in Information
Voters Say Labor Better Economic Managers for Everyday Australians, Poll Suggests
Pandemic Leadership with Andrew Barr
Morrison’s approval rating at lowest point since aftermath of black summer
The inequality of Australia’s Pandemic Response
Australian voters rethinking immigration in wake of extended border closures
India Rising?
What Next for Casual Work? WorkPac v. Rossato, Fair Work Act Amendments, and the Challenges Ahead
Climate of the Nation 2021
Most Australians want Morrison to set a higher emissions reduction target
The Australia Institute’s Inaugural Regional Climate Diplomacy Forum
Rewiring Australia
Majority back Aukus submarine pact, but fear it will inflame tensions with China
The Nordic Edge: Media diversity
Majority of Australians support vaccine mandates
Raising the Age: Getting Children out of Prison
Controlling Covid: why we need vaccines plus TTIQ and other public health measures
Go Big: How to Fix Our World
Green Recovery VS Gas Fired Recovery
18 months into the pandemic & significant numbers of Australians are struggling
Understanding Consent
Nearly 2/3 of those who won’t take AZ admit to other far more dangerous behaviour
