Alexis Wright on censorship and telling the untold stories
See novelist Alexis Wright deliver the 2018 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on censorship, stories and Aboriginal experience.
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See novelist Alexis Wright deliver the 2018 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on censorship, stories and Aboriginal experience.
Hear award-winning writer, editor and anthologist Bruce Pascoe deliver the 2017 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture.
Hear Helen Kapalos, Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, in a thought-provoking discussion on achieving social change.
Hear some of Australia's most-celebrated creative minds discuss how they explore human rights, reconciliation and social justice in their work.
Former Victorian of the Year and CEO of World Vision, Tim Costello discusses what makes Victoria different.
Hear international human-rights advocate Julian Burnside as he interrogates Australia's response to asylum seekers.
Watch human-rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC as he discusses free speech and how to balance privacy and national security.
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