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Closing Address: A Braver Australia

Words of courage from Australia’s leading readers, writers and thinkers

Tony Birch
Shankari Chandran
Amy Remeikis
Ben Quilty (Photo credit Sahlan Hayes)
Amy Thunig-McGregor
Jack Toohey (Photo credit James Tarbotton)
Sisonke Msimang (Photo credit Nick White)
Sunday 24 May 2026
5.45-7pm
Event Code: 141
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Change is possible. But it requires courage.

We are in a moment of increasing tensions, rising inequality, climate crisis and loss of democratic freedoms. In this special Festival event, writers reflect on what it takes to make change and consider how we can create a braver Australia.

Hear from writer and activist Tony Birch, novelist Shankari Chandran, artist Ben Quilty, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute Amy Remeikis, researcher and writer Amy Thunig-McGregor and activist and author of Better Things Are Possible Jack Toohey as they present their reflections on courage and change. With contributing host, writer Sisonke Msimang.
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Carriageworks, Bay 17
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, NSW, 2015