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Hugh Stretton Oration 2025

On Wednesday the 14th of May, the Stretton Institute hosted the Hugh Stretton Oration 2025 with Adam Liaw as orator.

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Transforming Capitalism鈥檚 Existential Health Threats: Can a Wellbeing Economy Save Us?

On the 26th of November 2024, Stretton Health Equity welcomed听guest speaker听Professor Ron Labont茅, University of Ottawa to present听Transforming Capitalism鈥檚 Existential Health Threats: Can a Wellbeing Economy Save Us?听

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Exiting the consumptogenic system

Sharon Friel

On the 10th of October 2024, Stretton Health Equity in conjunction with the Environment Institute presented听Exiting the consumptogenic systemwith guest speaker听Professor Sharon Friel, Australian National University.听

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The Devil in the Detail - a conversation about South Australia's proposed political finance reform

On the 26th of August, The Stretton Institute, the Centre for Public Integrity, The Australian Democracy Network, the South Australian Council of Social Service and the Australia Institute co-hosted the webinar听The Devil in the Detail |听A conversation about South Australia's proposed political finance reform.听

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South Australia: the Democracy State?

黑料社区's skyline is lit up at night time

On 8 November 2023 Professors Adam Graycar and Alan Reid presented a seminar to the Australian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG). Entitled South Australia: the Democracy State?, the seminar was held in Parliament House, 黑料社区.

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Repairing Australia鈥檚 integrity: reform priorities after the 2022 federal election

Integrity was a deciding issue in the 2022 federal election campaign. Will this be a turning point for citizen trust and Australia鈥檚 reputation, after Australia鈥檚
fall on Transparency International's Corruption听Perceptions Index to its lowest point ever?

The Morrison Government鈥檚 inability to produce a suitable model for a federal anti-corruption commission in 2018-22 proved pivotal in tipping Australians to
change the government, but what next for that reform,听and what else is needed to arrest our sliding national integrity performance and restore public trust?

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Australian Cultural Policy Now: from quick fixes to long-term progress

Performing Arts

With the performing arts reeling from the impact of COVID, this webinar explores a pathway forward.听 Grappling with issues such as whether cultural policy should focus nationally or locally, how to shift cultural policy from industrial policy to public service, how inclusive it could be, and how building for the future might take place, three distinguished speakers survey the landscape. They will provide an overview of the settings for Cultural Policy in Australia and also explore how the substructure can be nurtured.

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Developing tools to detect and combat child sexual abuse

Connections

There is considerable evidence to suggest that global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing. Consistent with this demand, is a surge in the volume of CSAM available online, including static imagery and, increasingly, pre-recorded and live-stream video.

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Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy

Healthy Eating

The Food Values Research Group and the Stretton Institute co-hosted a webinar on 22 February 2022 to discuss Assoc Prof Anne Barnhill and Dr Matteo Bonotti鈥檚 upcoming book听Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach.

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