February 5, 2020 1:00pm - February 5, 2020 2:00pm
Carroll & O’Dea, Level 20, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Topic: Australia Reimagined by Hugh Mackay AO
‘When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.’
This book is essential reading for everyone who loves Australia enough to want to make it a better place for us all.
Hugh Mackay is a social researcher and bestselling author of 19 books, including The Good Life, The Art of Belonging and his latest: Australia Reimagined. He has had a 60-year career in social research, and was also a weekly newspaper columnist for over 25 years. Among many honorary appointments, he has been deputy chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts, chairman of trustees of Sydney Grammar School, the inaugural chairman of the ACT government’s Community Inclusion Board and an honorary professor at Macquarie, Wollongong and Charles Sturt universities. He is currently a patron of the Asylum Seekers Centre.
Guests will have an opportunity to purchase a copy of Australia Reimagined.