The Wheeler Centre

In the first Question Time session of the year, host Madeleine Morris is joined by a brains trust of experts to talk brains, technology, policy and wellbeing; a whole hour of audience Q&A.

How did a crime writing collaboration between Tom Keneally and Meg Keneally come about? What are their creative similarities and differences as writers? And how do they resolve creative disputes? Tom and Meg tackle these questions and many more with host Chris Flynn.

How do we write about race in Australia today? Does the race of the writer affect the way stories are written, received and interpreted? And what does it mean when a white person writes about Indigenous Australia? Two writers from different backgrounds, Paul Daley and Jack Latimore, pose and tackle these questions.

Join the world’s most influential maintenance man, iFixit's Kyle Wiens, for a discussion of tech waste, consumption, economic opportunity and a new kind of DIY revolution with tech commentator and radio broadcaster Vanessa Toholka.

Can secrecy be justified in the name of national security? At this forum event, three speakers respond specifically to this provocation. Join host Gael Jennings, human rights lawyer Madeline Gleeson, philosopher Raimond Gaita and media ethics expert Denis Muller for a discussion of the dark corners of democracy.

Listen to razor-sharp polemicist, editor and feminist provocateur Jessa Crispin in an idea-rich conversation with Celeste Liddle, recorded on International Women's Day 2017. Following a short presentation from Crispin, the pair discuss representation, the Second Wave, sexuality, beauty and much more.

In conversation with astronomer Alan Duffy, environmental scientist Carmel Johnston of NASA's Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) experiment reveals what she learned about group dynamics, freeze-dried food and social survival in a space dome.

Lindy West joins Anne Summers for a lively conversation that traverses bodily autonomy, popular and intersectional feminism, and finding both validation and hate online.

Join some brilliant translators for a discussion that focuses on translation in and beyond the arts. Our panellists, including Nobuko Aiso and Kylie Bracknell, will discuss the mysterious processes – as well as the perceived and inevitable barriers – of their work. Who gets translated and why? What are some specific challenges of translation in the arts? How does a translator’s own experience (of life and language) infuse their work?

In a considered, contemplative conversation with author (and Chinese history buff) Toni Jordan, Man Booker-shortlisted author Madeleine Thien talks about political upheaval and the artistic imagination.