Events

05 Sep

Your Body Belongs to the Nation

Tue 05 September 2017    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
In this book Gary Johns casts a skeptical eye over public health policy. Governments have begun to act as if your body belongs to them. [...]
01 Sep

Morris and Thwaites on Section 18C and the QUT three

Fri 01 September 2017    
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
In February 2016 QUT Administrative Assistant Cindy Prior sued three QUT students for comments made, or allegedly made, after she evicted them from the computer [...]
19 Jul

Third Sir Thomas McIlwraith Lecture with Jamie Pherous

Join the Australian Institute for Progress over lunch for the third annual Sir Thomas McIlwraith Lecture with guest lecturer Jamie Pherous.
09 Jun

Mark Latham on Identity Politics: Origins and Outrages

Fri 09 June 2017    
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mark Latham is a star of Australian politics. He attracts a lot of controversy, but his record speaks for itself. Elected mayor of Liverpool, at [...]
20 Apr

Fit for Service: Meeting the demands of the Asian middle class

Thu 20 April 2017    
7:00 am - 8:45 am
Australia’s prosperity is built upon free, open markets and creative trade policy. At a time of mounting protectionist sentiment, our North Asian trade agreements open [...]
08 Mar

Second Rush: Mining and the Transformation of Australia with David Lee and Hon Ian Macfarlane

Wed 08 March 2017    
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mining and the Transformation of Australia tells a story that must be told and celebrated. This book puts the lie to the claim that mining [...]
01 Feb

Making Australia Right - with James Allan, Nick Cater and Rebecca Weisser

Wed 01 February 2017    
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Making Australia Right is a book of essays about what's wrong with Australia and how to fix it written by people in a good position [...]
05 Dec

Launch of "Fragile Nation: Vulnerability, Resilience and Victimhood"

Mon 05 December 2016    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Only in Australia is a collection of essays by prominent Australian thinkers charting the course of Australian Exceptionalism.
14 Sep

Only in Australia: book launch

Only in Australia is a collection of essays by prominent Australian thinkers charting the course of Australian Exceptionalism.
19 Aug

Trump, Brexit and the Forgotten People

Fri 19 August 2016    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Robert Menzies famously spoke of "the forgotten people" as the natural constituency of the centre-right. Today, in America and elsewhere, traditional centre-right parties face revolts [...]
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