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CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS FOR
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

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19-21st October.
The Edge, Federation Square.

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MEET OUR SPEAKERS

DAY 1

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Bill de Blasio
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

DAY 2

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Professor Carlos Moreno
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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Vice-Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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Bill de Blasio
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

DAY 3

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Bill de Blasio
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Sarah Lynn Rees.png
Professor Carlos Moreno
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

THE AGE EDITORIAL TEAM

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Bill de Blasio
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Sarah Lynn Rees.png
Professor Carlos Moreno
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Sarah Lynn Rees.png
Vice-Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans
Recipient of two Walkley Awards and three Quill Awards for her investigative work, Annika Smethurst is one of Australia’s most celebrated political reporters. A former State Political Editor at The Age and National Political Editor at both The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun, Annika is the author of The Accidental Prime Minister – the first definitive biography of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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Sarah Lyn Rees

Associate Principal,
Jackson Clement Burrows Architects

CEO, Grattan Institute

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CEO Development, Lendlease

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Founding Director, HIP V HYPE

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Melbourne Assembly acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which this event takes place, the peoples of the Kulin nation.


We pay our respects to elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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