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Judith Brett is emeritus professor of politics at La Trobe University. A former editor of Meanjin and columnist for the Age, she won the National Biography Award in 2018 for The Enigmatic Mr Deakin. She is the author of four Quarterly Essays: Relaxed and Comfortable, Exit Right, Fair Share and The Coal Curse. Her other books include From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage, Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People and Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class.

Past Events

Quarterly Essay - Fair Share: Country and City in Australia

Don Watson, Judith Brett

16 Jun

The Fifth Estate

Class Dismissed

Sally Warhaft, Judith Brett, Petro Georgiou, Barry Jones

12 May

The Fifth Estate

Alfred Deakin and the Art of Minority Government

Sally Warhaft, Judith Brett

12 Sep

The Fifth Estate

Right or Duty? Compulsory Voting in Australia

Sally Warhaft, Judith Brett, Kim Rubenstein

16 Apr

The Fifth Estate

Live-stream: Breaking the Climate Stalemate

Sally Warhaft, Judith Brett, Marian Wilkinson

8 Sep
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