Love and attachment, nature and the human body - How are the boundaries changing ?

Making sense of the world and the uncertainty that pervades it.

The first two Boyer lectures look at the social determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work; and inequities in power and resources

The first 2016 Boyer Lecture looks at the social determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work; and inequities in power and resources.

The nurturing of childhood linguistic, social, emotional and physical development sets the pattern for health quality in adult life. The second of the 2016 Boyer lectures looks at what we can do both nationally and locally to make things better.

How can we know how many species preceded our own? Can we tell which of those species are our ancestors, and which are non-ancestral close relatives?

In the future United States of Lionel Shriver’s imagination, the nation is virtually bankrupt by the year 2029. The US dollar is worthless. Gold is confiscated by the government. A cabbage costs more than 20 dollars. This is the dystopian future she presents in her speculative novel, "The Mandibles". Lionel Shriver recently delivered a provocative speech at the Brisbane Writers Festival, ridiculing the concept of cultural appropriation. In this wide ranging conversation, she talks to Paul Barclay about free speech, identity, the future of America and how it’s governed, as well as Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.

Is the wealthiest Australian demographic of all time impoverishing today's youth: an intelligence squared debate

It can make us do strange things but can money really make us happier?

The China policies of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating - in conversation with Kerry O'Brien.