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Flinders Investigator Lecture: Democracy’s new challenge

Runaway technology and walk-away government. Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, with the great opportunities and challenges this entails. However, democracies, designed for predictable and deliberate change, are overwhelmed by this digital disruption, producing a public backlash in elections around the world. Reframing public debate around technology and...

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What a magician taught me about politics – The AFoI Opening Oration and dedication

How political debate, from the local to the global, is confused and controlled by conjuring. This event will be one of the few opportunities Phillip has to speak his mind at a point in his career when he has given platforms to so many people’s ideas, beliefs and ideals. The...

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Dissent and Democracy: An Audience with Anwar Ibrahim

Introduced by Sophie Black, 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas Director, Hon. Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia, and Nick Xenophon, Senator for South Australia. In conversation with Waleed Aly on a broad range of issues relating to politics in Malaysia, Australia and the rest of the world, all in...

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