Boyer Lecture Series

Name: Boyer Lecture Series
Released: 2025-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · News

Academics, writers and policy experts explore the theme Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy, examining the strengths and challenges of our democracy as we navigate unprecedented global changes in politics, society and technology. Curated and hosted by Julia Baird.

2025 · 43m

John Anderson - Our Civilisational Moment

John Anderson, AC, farmer, grazier and former deputy prime minister, whose talk, 'Our Civilisational Moment' argues that Australia lacks the spirit, not the machinery of democracy.
Larissa Behrendt - Justice, Ideas, Inclusion

Larissa Behrendt, a Euahleyai/Gamillaroi woman, outlines the strengths and pitfalls of our legal system, and how our democracy might be enriched by our First Nations' peoples' wisdom of interdependence in her talk 'Justice, Ideas and Inclusion'.
Amelia Lester - AI, On Australia's Terms

Amelia Lester, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy magazine, examines how Artificial Intelligence could potentially undermine democracy here, in her lecture titled 'AI, On Australia's Terms'.
James Curran - Trump's Gift

James Curran, author and Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney, argues that the US Presidency holds advantages for Australia, if we are brave enough to take them, and to confront possible changes in our historic alliance, in his speech, 'Trump's Gift'.
In Conversation

Julia Baird is joined in conversation with all five 2025 Boyer lecturers, Justin Wolfers, John Anderson, Larissa Behrendt, Amelia Lester and James Curran to reflect on the theme 'Australia: A Radical Experiment in Democracy'.