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We aim to promote greater equality of power, wealth and opportunity. We are a collective movement who promote equality by advancing new ideas. Our movement engages through events, publications, research and public advocacy to deliver positive change for a better Australia.
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Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday 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.

Monday Aug 03, 2020
Eva Cox on Privatisation, the State and COVID-19
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020

Monday Aug 03, 2020
Geoff Gallop on Deliberative Democracy
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 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.

Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 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!

Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020

Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Leveling the Democratic Playing Field - Suelette Dreyfus, Stephen Charles AO
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019

Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Dr Jim Stanford: The Many Faces of Privatisation
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019

Thursday Aug 29, 2019
John Keane - Is Democracy Dying
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday 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.

Monday Aug 12, 2019
The 2019 European Elections The rise of the right
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019

Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
2019 Federal Election Analysis
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019