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Kate Thwaites

Kate Thwaites was elected the Member for Jagajaga at the 2019 federal election. Kate is a former ABC TV and Radio news reporter and has held senior roles at Oxfam and in the Victorian Public Service. She worked for Jenny Macklin to help deliver important Labor reforms, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Paid Parental Leave. Kate is also working to tackle the other serious challenges that face our country: rising social inequality, constitutional recognition of Australia’s First Peoples, and fixing the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Enough is Enough

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    Kate Thwaites and Jenny Macklin

Events

Fearless Beatrice Faust (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: THE SUPPER ROOM 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Judith Brett (Fearless Beatrice Faust) and Iola Mathews (Race Mathews) discuss the origins of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the powerhouse Beatrice Faust with The Hon Steve Bracks AC. ----...

Rewilding (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Dominique Hes (The Stories of Newport Lakes) and Lesley Head (Beyond Green) discuss the importance of nature for our urban environments and souls with Dave Witty (What the Trees...

From Yirrkala Bark Petitions to Treaty (Willy Lit Fest)

Williamstown Town Hall: CHAMBER 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

  Clare Wright (Naku Dharuk) and Inala Cooper (Marrul) discuss the impact of First Nations activism. ---- CLARE WRIGHT OAM is an award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator who has worked...

Meet the author: Graeme Turner (ANU, Canberra)

ANU Cinema 153 Tangney Rd, Kambri Cinema (Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre), Acton, ACT

Graeme Turner will be in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good. A strong higher education system is fundamental to civil society. The...