An honest history book?
by Michelle Arrow | Jul 17, 2017
Thank you to David and Alison for inviting me to launch their provocative, combative and myth-busting Honest History Book. It’s a punchy collection of essays by some of our very...
Who owns the world?
by Georgina Murray, David Peetz | Jul 2, 2017
When people say share ownership is highly diversified, they think most large public corporations have lots of shareholders and often the largest shareholder has less than 15 per...
We stand up. We fight back.
by Sally McManus | Apr 4, 2017
Good afternoon, it’s a pleasure to be with you today. I want to pay my respects to the Ngunnawal people and their elders past and present. I would also like to acknowledge the...
We may be at an inflection point
by Ramesh Thakur | Apr 4, 2017
We may be at an inflection point in global affairs with the world in disarray with a volatile, erratic and unpredictable administration in Washington, imminent British and...
When truth becomes a commodity
by Daniel T. Rodgers | Feb 23, 2017
‘Post-truth’ carries a catchy, advertising-agency ring. And that may be exactly what is wrong with it and with our times. We do not live in an era stripped of truths. We live, to...
Trump and the future of progressive politics
by Tim Ayres | Feb 23, 2017
I want to start in Abermain. It’s a town of about 2 500 people in the Hunter Valley, about 8 kilometres from Cessnock. It started as a coal-mining community in the early 20th...
Nuclear weapons in a time of universal deceit
by Melissa Parke | Feb 23, 2017
Good evening everyone and thanks to all of you for being here to support the fantastic work of ICAN through the Tom Uren Memorial Fund. A big thankyou to Bruce Childs and Yola...
An economy for the 99%
by Deborah Hardoon | Feb 23, 2017
New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits the richest, the rest of society—especially the poorest—suffers....
Counting the cost of inequality
by Andrew Leigh | Nov 24, 2016
Just Ideas #1One of the many things I love about Australia is our egalitarian ethos. We’re a nation that doesn’t have private areas on our beaches, and likes using the word mate....
The case for openness
by Chris Bowen | Oct 11, 2016
Two weeks ago in Sydney I gave a speech entitled 'The Case for Openness’, in which I argued that openness to trade and immigration has been vital to our economic success over the...