News: past events
Exiting the consumptogenic system
On the 10th of October 2024, Stretton Health Equity in conjunction with the Environment Institute presented Exiting the consumptogenic system with guest speaker Professor Sharon Friel, Australian National University.
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 The Devil in the Detail | A conversation about South Australia's proposed political finance reform.
South Australia: the Democracy State?
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, Adelaide.
Repairing Australia’s 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’s reputation, after Australia’s
fall on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index to its lowest point ever?
The Morrison Government’s 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, 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
With the performing arts reeling from the impact of COVID, this webinar explores a pathway forward. 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
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
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’s upcoming book Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach.
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State failures and successes in addressing water insecurity: policy perspectives
By some estimates, just under half of the global population lives in areas that suffer from water scarcity. To examine this issue in more depth, on 28 January, the Stretton institute organised an expert panel discussion of the policy infrastructures that have created successes and failures in mitigating water insecurity. Eight panellists will share their insights based on scholarly work done in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, South Africa and the USA, among others.
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Ensuring food and nutrition security — what is needed in a post-covid world?
COVID-19 significally increased the risk of food insecurity for populations around the globe. Incomes were reduced, supply chains were disrupted and acute hunger rose. While vaccinations are helping to bring the pandemic to a foreseeable end, the challenge of ensuring food and nutrition security continues. For many, incomes and supply chains remain tenuous while extreme weather events compound the difficulty of maintaining resilient food systems. In this webinar, we will discuss the prospects for addressing this wicked challenge moving forward while considering rural and urban opportunities in developing and developed countries alike.
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Hidden Money: Shining light on political finance for the next federal election
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. The Centre for Public Integrity presented on their research into hidden money in politics and what reforms are needed to fix it.
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