News & Events
Rebecca Huntley on progress and politics at the Castlemaine Library
Date: Thursday, 28 March 2019
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Castlemaine Library, 212 Barker Street, Castlemaine, Vic 3450, VIC
Tickets: Free. Please book online
Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Rebecca Levingston
Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Constant Reader, 27 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest, NSW 2065
Tickets: Free More information
Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Rebecca Levingston
Date: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Time: 6:00 p.m. for 6.30 p.m. start
Venue: Souths Leagues Club, 120 Jane Street, Davies Park, West End, Brisbane QLD 4101
Tickets: ticket $20.00, book + ticket $35.00. Please book online
Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Bridie Jabour
Date: Thursday, 21 March 2019
Time: 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm start
Venue: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW
Tickets: $12/$9/gleeclub free. Please book online or call 02 9660 2333
Rebecca Huntley and Maxine McKew on progress and politics
Date: Monday, 25 March 2019
Time: 6:30 pm start
Venue: Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton, VIC
Tickets: $25 and include a copy of the Quarterly Essay or $5 per person for subscribers. Please book online
Rebecca Huntley in conversation at the State Library of New South Wales
Date: Saturday, 6 April 2019
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: State Library of New South Wales, Metcalfe Auditorium, Ground Floor, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW
Tickets: General Admission $10.00, State Library Friends Members Free. Please book online
Review of Net Loss by Stephanie Trigg, The Conversation
The essay is a mosaic of cultural allusion that is meaningful precisely because it is held together by the narrative self that analyses and makes these connections.
Why your most personal moments are too precious for Instagram
Art critic Sebastian Smee has a message for all social media users this Christmas: it's OK to be alone with your own thoughts.
Review of Net Loss by Alex Tighe, Australian Book Review
You probably own a smartphone. Chances are it’s in your pocket right now, or at least within arm’s reach – don’t pick it up. Fight the habit.
Review of Net Loss by Stephen Romei, The Australian
Is addiction to screens ruining our lives?
Sebastian Smee on Radio National's Life Matters
Sebastian Smee on how to protect our tender souls from being obliterated by the internet
Getting the people behind the Uluru statement
The essay, Follow the Leader, from my perspective, is ultimately a challenge for those of us who are outside the system to look at ourselves as a fundamental part of the problem in Indigenous affairs. We allow our political leaders to remain comfortably ignorant. And while they are comfortably ignorant, they will fail us as leaders.
Laura Tingle on 'leadership'
Recent events have left Australians, and indeed the world, wondering what makes a truly good leader.
Laura Tingle on The Garret Podcast
As a commentator, you've got to think about issues that aren't necessarily immediately in play, you put them in a broader context, you I suppose allow yourself a little more indignation sometimes, or possibly a little bit more compassion.
How Australia could drift to a 'strongman' leader
While Australia has been dealing with leadership instability, other countries have moved in an increasingly authoritarian direction.
Laura Tingle on leadership, and political self-indulgence
Australia has changed prime ministers five times in the last decade. Our national leaders have struggled and mostly failed to propose reforms, carry them through, and make them stick. Journalist Laura Tingle is asking the question: what has gone wrong with political leadership in Australia?
The Book Pod Ep 2 - 'I Hate The Way We're Played' with Laura Tingle
Join host Corrie Perkin and political journalist and writer Laura Tingle as they discuss Laura's latest Quarterly Essay ‘Follow the Leader – Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman’.
Revealed: Gautam Adani's coal play in the state facing global-warming hell
The extraction of mammoth coal deposits in Queensland's Galilee Basin will only exacerbate climate change. Who supports the mines - and why?
Anna Krien: Mayor Jenny Hill needs to take a deep breath and consider her legacy
I enjoyed meeting the Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill in February this year. I found her a warm and wry person and she struck me as a fighter, someone you’d want in your corner. The problem however, with being such a vocal and determined fighter is that when it comes to the Adani proposed project, Hill — like many others — has boxed herself into a corner.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation 'wouldn't last a week without her', David Marr says
Journalist David Marr says he likes Pauline Hanson's voice; he likes it in the way he liked Julia Gillard's voice. It cuts through, it is distinctive.
