We were privileged to have South Australian Greens Senator, Barbara Pocock deliver the Catherine Helen Spence Oration at the University of South Australia’s Pridham Hall on the 17th October, 2024.
Barbara began by taking us into the political and legislative milieu of the late 19th Century – Colonial, and early 20th Century – Australian politics, and the Constitutional and Democratic inequities of the era, that Catherine Helen Spence faced daily, and how she brought about effective legislative and social reforms – of which we are the beneficiaries.
Barbara then takes us into our contemporary Australian political milieu, and the Constitutional and Democratic inequities she faces every day in the way Power is played out in our Federal Parliament, how it’s reported, what’s being done about it – and what needs to be done – to return Democracy to Australia. A compelling journey with Sen. Barbara Pocock – not to be missed by those who are concerned about Australia’s current political trajectory and especially by those who have – until now, been apathetic!