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Hugh Stretton Oration

The Hugh Stretton Oration is an annual public lecture established in 2021 in honour of the late Emeritus Professor Hugh Stretton AC. 

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Hugh Stretton Oration 2023

On Thursday the 27th of April, the Stretton Institute hosted the Hugh Stretton Oration 2023 with the Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care as orator.

South Australia: the Democracy State?

On 8 November 2023 Professors Adam Graycar and Alan Reid presented a seminar to the Australian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG). Entitled South Australia: the Democracy State?, the seminar was held in Parliament House, Adelaide.

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Aug

The Devil in the Detail - a conversation about South Australia's proposed political finance reform

On the 26th of August, The Stretton Institute, the Centre for Public Integrity, The Australian Democracy Network, the South Australian Council of Social Service and the Australia Institute co-hosted the webinar The Devil in the Detail | A conversation about South Australia's proposed political finance reform. 

16

Apr

With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be?

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is favoured to win reelection when India’s 970 million voters start heading to the polls on April 19 in the country’s massive, six-week general election.

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Jan

Australia’s ranking in global anti-corruption index remains steady – but shows we cannot be complacent

Successfully tackling corruption is more than catching greedy public servants and politicians, miscreants and manipulators. It involves government at the highest level advancing a culture of integrity and setting up institutions that celebrate and facilitate good governance – in addition to catching the bad guys.

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