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Jack Halberstam: A short history of the trans* body in visual culture

In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased visibility has comes not just power, but regulation, both in favor of and against ...

Hannah Critchlow: The science of fate

Are we really the masters of our own destiny?

Robert Elliott Smith: AI and the bias of machines

How do we stop the internet making bigots of us all?

Serhii Plokhy: Chernobyl and the fall of the Soviet Union

Was the biggest peacetime nuclear disaster and demise of the Soviet Union inevitable?

Christiana Figueres: The future we choose

We’re in the midst of a climate crisis, so what can we do to ensure our survival?

Jamie Susskind: Democracy in the digital age

It is one of the most important questions of our time: how will digital technology transform society and the way we govern?

Shen Narayanasamy: The Fight for Refugee Rights

2020 Gandhi Oration | Shen Narayanasamy targets Australia's treatment of refugees and challenges people to stand up against the systems that strip these people of their human rights.

Pat Anderson: The Fight for Indigenous Rights

2020 Gandhi Oration | Pat Anderson interrogates the structures that lead to our Indigenous Australians being the most incarcerated in the world.

Anna Brown OAM: The Fight for LGBTQI+ Rights

2020 Gandhi Oration | Human rights lawyer Anna Brown dissects the social and political structures in Australia that undermine and discriminate against the LGBTQI+ community.

Rosemary Kayess: The Fight for Disability Rights

2020 Gandhi Oration | Rosemary Kayess questions why over half of Australians living with a disability lack access to support services they need.

Rosie Batty AO: The Fight for Women’s Rights

2020 Gandhi Oration | Rosie Batty tackles family violence in a country that allows more than one woman to be killed every week by a partner or former partner.

UNSOMNIA: Short Talks for Restless Minds

Tackling the issues that keep us up at night and imagining the inconceivable.

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