The Sydney Institute Podcast

Professor Anne Twomey - The High Court of Australia & the Release of the Palace Letters

Professor Anne Twomey speaks to The Sydney Institute regarding the High Court of Australia and the release of the 1975 Palace Letters

Jean Kittson - We Need to Talk About Mum & Dad

Jean Kittson speaking to The Sydney Institute about her new book We Need to Talk About Mum & Dad

Adam Creighton & Parnell McGuinness - Lockdown in a pandemic - How do we come out?

Adam Creighton and Parnell McGuinness speaking to The Sydney Institute about coming out of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Paul Kelly - Politics & the Pandemic

Paul Kelly speaks to The Sydney Institute about Politics and the Pandemic

Ian Hancock - Ainsley Gotto: Working with John Gorton

Ian Hancock spoke to The Sydney Institute about his book Ainsley Gotto on Wednesday 11 March 2020

The Economic & Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 - Dr Gigi Foster & Dr Tanveer Ahmed

Dr Gigi Foster and Dr Tanveer Ahmed spoke to The Sydney Institute about the economic and psychological impacts of COVID-19.

Tim Wilson & Kimberly Kitching - Religious Freedom: Two Views

The Coalition government of Scott Morrison has tasked the Australian Law Reform Commission to review current legislation around religious freedom. This was in response to the recommendations put to the government by the findings of the Expert Panel into Religious Freedom in 2018. As debate continued over what the legislation might look like, Labor’s Senator Kimberley Kitching, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate and Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability and Tim Wilson MP, Liberal Member for Goldstein and a former Human Rights Commissioner, to offer their views on the discussion. Senator Kimberley Kitching and Tim Wilson addressed The Sydney Institute on Wednesday 7 August 2019.

Kate Legge - Escaping from the rat race – a Cradle Mountain love story

Gustav Weindorfer arrived in Melbourne from Austria in June 1900 and later met and married Tasmanian Kate Cowle. Their love of the natural and wild led them to Cradle Mountain where they eventually built a chalet for guests to stay. Their Waldheim or “home in the forest” was built of King Billy Pine. The couple mapped and created trails around the area. After Kate’s death in 1916, Weindorfer took up residence full time at Waldheim and began seeking support for a national park around Cradle Mountain. Today, the world celebrates Weindorfer’s trailblazing efforts in the pristine wilderness of Cradle Mountain – an Australian treasure. Kate Legge is a journalist with the Australian and the author of a number of books – most recently Kindred – A Cradle Mountain Love Story. To reflect on some of the story of Cradle Mountain and Gustav Weindorfer and Kate Cowle’s contribution to its pristine preservation, Kate Legge addressed the Sydney Institute on Monday 11 March 2019.

Finding My Other Family - Robert Tickner

Robert Tickner speaks to The Sydney Institute about his book Ten Doors Down - the story of an extraordinary adoption reunion.

John Howard - Has Politics Really Changed – from Menzies to Morrison

At The Sydney Institute’s Annual Dinner held at The Star on Wednesday 27 March 2019, the Institute celebrated its thirtieth year. Guest speaker at the dinner was The Hon John Howard OM AC who was introduced by Sydney Institute Executive Director Gerard Henderson and thanked by Carmel Mulhern, Group Executive, Legal & Corporate Affairs, at Telstra. Newly appointed Sydney Institute Chair, Jacquelynne Willcox was MC for the evening which was sponsored by Telstra.