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Wed 15 Apr 2026
PUBLIC
A Big Dialogue: Should Australia Fight For Taiwan?
PAST
Areti Metuamate

Areti Metuamate

SPEAKER
Tue 10 Feb 2026
PRIVATE
John Lott on “Crimes, guns and misinformation in Australia”
PAST
Dr. John R. Lott Jr.

Dr. John R. Lott Jr.

SPEAKER
Tue 7 Oct 2025
PRIVATE
Simon Denny replies to Jillian Spencer’s comments on the affirmation model for the management of adolescents with gender dysphoria
PAST
Simon Denny

Simon Denny

SPEAKER
WED 20 AUG 2025
PUBLIC
A Big Dialogue: Tariffs and Trade - Reset Needed?
PAST
Ian Walker

Ian Walker

SPEAKER
Tue 7 Apr 2026
PRIVATE
Michael Cope of Qld Council of Civil Liberties on "The new hate speech laws - how should we think about them?”
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Michael Cope

Michael Cope

SPEAKER
Tue 18 Nov 2025
PRIVATE
Ted Hennicke on "The Meaning and Causes of Irrationality”
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Ted Hennicke

Ted Hennicke

SPEAKER
Thu 4th Sep 2025
PUBLIC
A Big Dialogue: Energy Transition - Just and Fair?
PAST
James Brown

James Brown

SPEAKER
Tue 5 Aug 2025
PRIVATE
Imagine you’re a doctor concerned about the gender transitioning of children in your workplace. What would you do?
PAST
Jillian Spencer

Jillian Spencer

SPEAKER
Tue 10 Mar 2026
PRIVATE
Sophia Arkinstall on 'What's going on with AI?"
PAST
Sophia Arkinstall

Sophia Arkinstall

SPEAKER
Tue 11 Nov 2025
PUBLIC
A Big Dialogue: China-Australia - Can We *Really* Have Our Cake And Eat It?
PAST
Joanna Hewitt AO

Joanna Hewitt AO

SPEAKER
Tue 2 Sep 2025
PRIVATE
Nicholas Carah on “AI slopworld”: how and why did digital platforms create a new form of automation that is fuelling an era of cultural and consumer 'slop'. And what can we do about it?
PAST
Nicholas Carah

Nicholas Carah

SPEAKER
Fri 11 Jul 2025
PUBLIC
A Dialogue with Musa al-Gharbi: Is Critical Thinking Passé in Universities?
PAST
Susan Grantham

Susan Grantham

SPEAKER

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