Join journalist and recipient of the 2024 Press Freedom Award, Cheng Lei, as she shares the harrowing story of her wrongful imprisonment in China – and how she survived it. In 2020, Cheng Lei was ...

Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, offers insights into Putin’s war, Trump’s foreign agenda and Australia’s role in supporting the ongoing struggle for Ukraine’s sovereignty ...

Associate Professor Jen Martin studied the sex lives of possums before founding the University of Melbourne's Science Communication Teaching Program which teaches scientists across all disciplines to ...

A live stream of this event will also be available on this page (scroll down) from 10.30am AEST, Friday 13 June. Top Scribe 2025 celebrates works by 2024 VCE Literature students from across Victoria, ...

Celebrating the winner of 2024’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, Rachel Morton discusses her highly anticipated novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The Sun Was Electric ...

This event is currently sold out. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email [email protected]. Renowned author and intellectual Pankaj Mishra is joined by Antony ...

As part of The Wheeler Centre's Hot Desk Fellowship program, Chris Ames worked on his manuscript of short stories, I Made This Just for You. In this piece, 'Balloonfest '86', we see a fictional take ...

At our recent special event Black Duck Lunch with Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood audience members enjoyed an inspiring in-conversation with Pascoe, Harwood and host Daniel James as they reflected on ...

George Megalogenis is joined by Sally Warhaft for the final Fifth Estate of 2024. With the Australian political landscape in a constant state of flux, the two-party system continued to splinter.

Expert thinkers come together to discuss the realities of religious, cultural and racial discrimination in contemporary Australia and explore pathways towards greater tolerance and social cohesion.

With a US election looming and four billion people heading to the polls in 2024, Yun Jiang and John Lyons discussed the threats and challenges to democracy around the world with host Emma Shortis.

National treasure Noni Hazlehurst details her life on stage and screen and takes us behind-the-scenes of a brilliant career. Noni Hazlehurst’s versatility as a performer knows no bounds. A household ...