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#020 Regenerating Democracy: A panel event with Dr John Hewson, Mary Crooks AO & Chloe Aldenhoven
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An audience of over 200 people joined Dr John Hewson, former federal opposition leader; Mary Crooks AO, Executive Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust; and Chloe Aldenhoven, co-convenor of the Lock The Gate Alliance - which Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews recently called "the greatest political coalition we have seen in public policy for a very long time." Hosted by James Tonson.
The panel explores some of the ideas and spectacular success stories of communities coming together to regenerate our democracy, across generations, gender and geography. And yet how the potential still seems barely realised.
So in the context of dramatically decaying trust in politics, and with multiple transitions to navigate, how do we turn this into a thriving democracy for the 21st century?
Title slide with thanks to the National Sustainable Living Festival.
Anthony's introduction was recorded in the grounds of the University of Notre Dame in Broome, Western Australia.
Find more:
Victorian Women's Trust.
Purple Sage Project.
Lock The Gate Alliance.
Dr John Hewson AM, ANU biography.
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