We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Wilks Oration will be held on Thursday 20 June at the Effective Living Centre with the Executive Director of the Australia Institute, Dr Richard Denniss, as our guest speaker on the topic "Unequal Australia: What went wrong and how we fix it."
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world but while we can apparently afford tax cuts for high income earners and submarines, we “can't afford” to increase unemployment benefits, address child poverty or even protect our endangered species from the climate change we do so much to cause.
Join Richard Denniss to debunk the nonsensical economic arguments used to justify our ongoing failure to reduce inequality and discuss the simple solutions available for any parliament that is serious about reducing poverty, making housing cheaper, reducing Australia's emissions...or all of them at once.
Dr Denniss is is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and previously an Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU. The Australian Financial Review listed Richard Denniss and Ben Oquist of The Australia Institute on their 'Covert Power' 2018 list of the most powerful people in Australia.
Come for live music, drinks and nibbles before the Oration, stay for supper afterwards.
Tickets: $40 General admission, $30 Concession, $25 Friends of ELC, $10 live stream
Book now through Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/2024-wilks-oration-richard-denniss
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Effective Living Centre, 26 King William Road, Wayville, SA 5034, Adelaide, Australia
