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.
April 2026
Unparliamentary with Dominic Giannini – 2 April 2026
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)
Gold Standard? with Frank Bongiorno, Carolyn Holbrook & Joshua Black
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
May 2026
The Battle for Public Education
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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Past webinar recordings
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
Feeling the Heat – Australia Under Climate Pressure
Keeping the Bastards Honest
Confidence in Morrison’s ability to manage crisis dives
Feminist Foreign Policy
The Broken Bargain: Australia’s Growing Wages Crisis
Scott Morrison approval drops six points during latest Covid lockdowns
Majority of voters fear Australia will be left behind on climate change
Electrify Everything: Powering Economies on Clean Energy
1 in 4 say Morrison Gov doing ‘very poor’ or ‘quite poor’ job managing the pandemic
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Majority worry gov lacks long-term plan on a range of policy fronts
Ending Loneliness
Accelerating Australia’s Race To Zero
Unpack the big political issues and dive into the latest political polling
Ensuring Accountability
Remaking the Public Square
Coal, Climate Change & Conservatives
