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Hugh Stretton Oration: 'On Life's Lottery' with Professor Glyn Davis AC.
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- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021, 5:30 pm - Tue, 18 Feb 2020, 7:00 pm
- Location: Elder Hall
Is Australia a land of meritocracy, 'fair go', and equal opportunity? Does where you are born and who you are born to matters? Poverty, like property of the wealthy, can be handed down through generations from parent to child. Join us at our Inaugural Hugh Stretton Oration with Professor Glyn Davis AC, CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, who will examine intergenerational poverty in Australia and the policy solutions to address it.
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Towards a Workable Legal Regime for Truth in Political Advertising
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- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Webinar
A Stretton Institute webinar, co-hosted with the Electoral Regulation Research Network and Melbourne School of Government that examines a serious and growing impediment to the democratic ideal of ‘full, free and fair elections’ in Australia and comparable settings, namely the use of dishonest advertising and disinformation at election time.
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Online Symposium Foreign Aid Policy: Japan-Australia Cooperation in a COVID world
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- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Location: Online
Japan is a substantial aid donor whose aid power is significant and its impact wide-ranging. This half-day free online symposium on Thursday 15 July aims to highlight Japan's foreign aid policy and its implementation in the 21st century considering policy transformation and implications for recipients.
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Webinar Diminishing Public Trust? Pushback against ICAC?
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- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Online
Recent amendments to the Independent Commissioner against Corruption Act in South Australia have narrowed definitions of misconduct, maladministration and corruption reducing the ICAC’s powers. This pushback is examined in this webinar. Had the ICAC over-reached? Did it need its wings clipped? Or might something else have been in play?
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Understanding and Addressing Informal Voting in Australia
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Location: Online
Professor Lisa Hill (University of Adelaide, Stretton Institute) will be presenting at a webinar co-hosted by the Stretton Institute and the Electoral Regulation Research Network on Wednesday 17 November.
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Ensuring food and nutrition security — what is needed in a post-covid world?
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
- Location: Online
Join us for a conversation with interdisciplinary experts from Australia, India and the UK who will address the practical and policy hurdles to tackling food security post-pandemic.
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Hidden Money: Shining light on political finance for the next federal election
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: Online
The gaps in Commonwealth disclosure of political donations mean that the source of millions of dollars of party finance is hidden from public view.
Transparency is key to unpicking the complex webs of undue influence and creating a fair and equal democracy. Hear from the Centre for Public Integrity on their research into hidden money in politics and what reforms are needed to fix it.
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An introduction to politics and the institutions of government
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: Horace Lamb, Ground Floor, Room 422
This 3 hour introduction level course provides an overview for SA public sector officers (who are not from a political science or public policy background) of the broader political and institutional landscape within which they operate.
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An introduction to politics and the institutions of government
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Location: Ingkarni Wardli, Level 7, Room 715 Conference Room
This 3 hour introduction level course provides an overview for SA public sector officers (who are not from a political science or public policy background) of the broader political and institutional landscape within which they operate.
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