• Australia: caught in a U.S.-China conflict? A Conversation with Hugh White AO and James Curran
    Mar 24 2023

    As tensions between the US and China rise, what are the implications for our future security and prosperity? What are the risks of a war over Taiwan? What is the place of AUKUS in all of this? How should we handle this difficult situation? The Australia-China relationship is our most important foreign policy issue. China is our key trading and investment partner and an increasingly powerful influence in our region. Amidst growing anxiety, it is becoming difficult to find balanced and contextualised analysis.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Eva Cox on Privatisation, the State and COVID-19
    Aug 3 2020
    On Tuesday 19 May, Eva Cox, Patron of Australian Fabians, gave an address via Zoom as the guest speaker during the WA Fabians AGM on "Privatisation, the State and COVID-19".
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    15 mins
  • Geoff Gallop on Deliberative Democracy
    Aug 3 2020

    On 18 June 2020 Professor Geoff Gallop gave this address via Zoom for WA Fabians on deliberative democracy and the work of the newDemocracy Foundation.

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    33 mins
  • In Conversation with Linda White: Social Justice and Workers' Rights in Times of Crisis
    May 6 2020

    Linda is one of Australia's most well-known union leaders. She's been at the forefront of some of our biggest industrial campaigns from supporting workers during the collapse of Ansett and Virgin through to the ASU's equal remuneration campaign. Linda is also the Chair of the Chifley Research Centre, a director at Statewide Super and former vice-president of the ACTU. Linda will draw from the collective experience of union members as we talk about: Virgin Australia's collapse - protecting workers, strong unions and the role of government. Job Keeper, Job Seeker, casual and international workers - what needs to be done to protect non-permanent employees. Keeping our social, community sector and other frontline workers safe, and remunerated, during a crisis. How Unions and progressive organisations can work together to deliver the bold social and economic reform our country desperately needs. Plus - your questions!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • In Conversation with Andrew Leigh MP: How will COVID-19 Shape the Progressive Agenda for Australia's Future.
    May 6 2020
    How will COVID-19 Shape the Progressive Agenda for Australia's Future Join the Australian Fabians and Andrew Leigh MP as we talk through the topic of 'How will COVID-19 Shape the Progressive Agenda for Australia's Future'.

     

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    58 mins
  • Leveling the Democratic Playing Field - Suelette Dreyfus, Stephen Charles AO
    38 mins
  • Dr Jim Stanford: The Many Faces of Privatisation
    Sep 29 2019
    This address by Dr Jim Stanford, Director, Centre for Future Work based at The Australia Institute was co-hosted by UnionsWA and The Australian Fabians in WA. It was delivered in Perth on Wednesday 3rd April 2019.    
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • John Keane - Is Democracy Dying
    Aug 29 2019

    Reports of the death of democracy may be greatly exaggerated. However, there is mounting evidence that many people are losing trust in our democratic institutions. Today people in countries we regard as non-democratic often have greater confidence in their governments to act in their interests than we do. Observers pin the blame on our out-of-touch governments, corrupt media and politicians, big corporations and a growing gap between rich and poor. More than a few disaffected citizens are meanwhile attracted to new populisms because they feel dragged down by economic dissatisfaction, broken promises, decline and injustice. In his talk, John Keane will survey recent trends to suggest that democracy urgently needs reimagining if it is to address the dangers and opportunities posed by current global realities. His talk will offer a radically new interpretation of the twenty-first century fate of democracy and why, despite everything, it may survive the current anti-democratic trends and remain a global ideal. Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane has been described by the ABC as one of 'Australia's great intellectual exports'. He is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), and Distinguished Professor at Peking University. He is the Director and co-founder of the Sydney Democracy Network. Keane has contributed to The New York Times, Al Jazeera, the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, Harper’s, the South China Morning Post and The Huffington Post. His latest book, The New Despotisms, on the global rise of despotism and the decline of democracy in the West, is to be published by Harvard University Press in early 2020.

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    56 mins