Question Time: Regional Focus

Beyond the city gates (okay, the urban sprawl) lies regional Australia: home to around a third of the nation’s population. Too often missing from the national conversation, the regions will be the focus of this Question Time event. We’ll examine the issues facing country communities and shine a light on the advances and innovations that are changing regional Australia as we know it. Think infrastructure, transport, the NBN, disaster management, exports and climate change.

As Australia’s population continues to amass around its major cities, we’ll examine our reliance on those in the country. We’ll consider, too, how regional communities can have a stronger voice in national debates – and how they can influence policy and decision-making at  government level. Vibrant, adaptable and integral to our future: come and find out about what’s happening … out there. 

Madeleine Morris hosts a full hour of audience Q&A with a panel including Su McCluskey, immediate past CEO of the Regional Australia Institute, rural leader and Voices for Indi president Alana Johnson and Mark Muller of R.M. Williams Publishing.

Based out of town, but have questions? 

By popular demand, we’re offering everybody the chance to contribute remotely to Question Time: Regional Focus. We’ll stream the event live via Periscope (download the app to your Apple or Android phone or tablet), and relay some of your questions to the panel in Melbourne on your behalf. Follow @wheelercentre or keep an eye on our Twitter feed to see when it’s getting started.

As usual, we’ll post a podcast soon after it’s over.