Stretton Institute

27/04/2022

One more week until the Annual Hugh Stretton Oration. Join Natasha Stott Despoja AO for 'Australia Fair: is the playing field fair for women and girls?'. Wednesday 4 May, 5.30pm. Elder Hall.
Register today:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hugh-stretton-oration-tickets-290034169007

04/04/2022

Hugh Stretton’s passionate manifesto, Australia Fair, wondered if fairness was still our defining national characteristic. Almost 20 years later, how are we faring? Join Natasha Stott Despoja AO at the Stretton Institute’s annual Hugh Stretton Oration entitled ‘Australia Fair: is the playing field fair for women and girls?’ on Wednesday 4 May at 5.30pm at the Elder Hall. As Australian public life faces a ‘reckoning’ over discrimination and disrespect of women, Natasha will examine how the pandemic and other world events, make the creation of a fairer world that is much more challenging, especially when it comes to violence against women and girls. Perhaps now is the time for a new road map - a new manifesto - for change.

Register here: https://bit.ly/HughStrettonOration

30/03/2022

With the performing arts reeling from the impact of COVID, our webinar 'Australian Cultural Policy Now: from quick fixes to long-term progress' 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.

Tuesday 12 April
2.00pm-3.30pm

Registration:
https://adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rXOjIVbuS_O6Id0B6-4uVw

23/03/2022

Don't miss our upcoming event: Preventing corruption in government: international and national perspectives. In this webinar co-hosted with the ANU, Professor Adam Graycar will discuss some of the implications of pushback against anti-corruption agencies in Australia. Monday 28 March, 12.30 pm.

Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/preventing-corruption-in-government-international-national-perspectives-tickets-292234650707

14/02/2022

There is considerable evidence to suggest that global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing. Policing this pernicious problem is a global priority. But it’s no easy task, both because of the material’s sheer abundance and the damage that repeated exposure to it can cause to officers’ mental health.

Join our webinar on Tuesday 23 February at 10.30am to hear Dr Russell Brewer, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Adelaide and Dr Bryce Westlake, Associate Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at San Jose State University discuss this topic.

Register here:
https://adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7p_OOkzgQ7ySglbXOX0ujQ

02/02/2022

The Food Values Research Group and the Stretton Institute will be co-hosting a webinar to discuss Assoc Prof Anne Barnhill and Dr Matteo Bonotti’s upcoming book 'Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach'.

Tuesday 22 February, 9-11am.
Register here:
https://bit.ly/strettonhealthy

23/11/2021

A not to be missed seminar!

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.

Presented by: Han Aulby
(Executive Director, Centre for Public Integrity), Dr Catherine Williams
(Research Director, Centre for Public Integrity) and Professor Joo-Cheong Tham
(Director, Electoral Regulation Research Network)

The gaps in Commonwealth disclosure of political donations mean that the source of millions of dollars of party finance is hidden from public view....

19/11/2021

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.

Presenters – Adam Graycar (Professor of Public Policy / Director, Stretton Institute) and Garry Goddard (Visiting Research Fellow, Stretton Institute / Director, Public Policy and Commercial Consulting).

This 3 hour introduction level course provides an overview of the broader political and institutional landscape.

18/11/2021

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.

COVID-19 significantly increased the risk of food insecurity for populations around the globe. 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. Moderated by Georgina Drew, Co-Director of the Food and Water Futures program at the Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide.

Panelists:
Dr Tamara Jackson, University of Adelaide and ACIAR (Australia)
Avinash Kishore, The International Food Policy Research Institute/CGIAR (India)
Professor Tim Cavagnaro, University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Jim Woodhill, Foresight4Food and Honorary Research Associate at the University of
Oxford (UK)

Moderator:
Dr Georgina Drew
Co-Director Food and Water Futures Program, Stretton Institute, The University of Adelaide
Time
Nov 29, 2021 05:30 PM in Adelaide

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. COVID-19 significantly increased the risk of food insecurity for populations around the globe. Incomes reduced, supply...

04/11/2021

Hosted by the Electoral Regulation Research Network (ERRN) and Strentton Insititute "Hidden Money: Shining light on political finance for the next federal election" is a webinar you will not want to miss!

Presenters Han Aulby (Executive Director, Centre for Public Integrity), Dr Catherine Williams (Research Director, Centre for Public Integrity) and moderator Professor Joo-Cheong Tham (Director, Electoral Regulation Research Network) will discuss how "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."
WHEN: 2 December 2021
To register for this Webinar go to: https://bit.ly/3q62C3a

21/10/2021

Thank you to all who attended our webinar yesterday, with special thanks to moderator Professor Lisa Hill, speakers, former supreme court judges Stephen Charles AO QC, Anthony Whealy Q, and Director of the Stretton Institute Professor Adam Graycar.

One Participant commented "I really enjoyed this webinar yesterday. It was very informative, disturbing and thought provoking."

If you were unable to attend follow the link for access to the seminar recording.