Kathy Kelly
How to change your community, your society, and your thinking
Kathy Kelly lost two sons to tragedy, then strove to change a broken system. Her story reveals how bad things can happen to the best of us. If your life was changed by tragic yet entirely preventable events, what would it take for you to focus on finding solutions so nobody else need suffer the same grief?
Dr Mary C. Gentile
Ethical Leadership
Most of us want to act ethically, but it's not always that simple. We start with the best of intentions but then we bang up against the realities of what the boss wants, the clients are shouting at us, the kids need us to get home, and we haven't had a proper holiday in a thousand years. American leadership guru Mary Gentile knows all about it.
Hugh Mackay
The state of the nation starts in your street
Hugh Mackay calls for a renewed commitment to equality in all its forms. He believes the health of the nation depends on the health of our local neighbourhoods and communities, and he suggests we need to add compassion to the national conversation about Australia's future.
Jax Jacki Brown
Why society needs to change: a creative performance
Jax's work explores the intersection between LGBTIQ issues and disability rights, and highlights the inequalities that hold people back from reaching their full and effective participation on an equal basis with others.
Prof. Gillian Triggs
Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration 2018
Sometimes, those who try to change the world for the better are forced to deal with criticism from those who would much rather things stayed the same. Professor Gillian Triggs' five-year stint at the helm of Australia's human rights watchdog exemplifies this. We all need to ignore the critics if we are to lead change.
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