The Not-for-profit Agenda (Webinar)
Date: 03 Apr 2025
Straight-shooting Senate candidate Fiona Patten will headline the pre-poll edition of the Not-for-profit Agenda, with the webinar to be shown live and free from ICDA headquarters on Thursday, April 3.
Patten made her name as the leader of the Australian Sex Party – later renamed Reason Australia – during an eight-year stint in Victoria’s Parliament in which she spurred on a number of major social reforms. This year she will stand in the federal election as a Senate candidate for the Legalise Cannabis Party.
She returns to the fray after successfully battling three types of cancer and winning a string of political victories affecting voluntary assisted dying, decriminalisation of sex work, criminal records reform, legalising ride sharing, and safe access zones near women’s reproductive health clinics.
The former MLC is a canny and principled political operator who will bring an insider’s understanding of the federal poll, and her appearance should not be missed.
The one-hour webinar will also feature exclusive video interviews from the sector’s most influential political watchers, with their insights into what we can expect from a future government. They include:
- Cassandra Goldie, chief executive of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
- Emma Dawson, chief executive of progressive economics think tank Per Capita
- Kasy Chambers and Maiy Azize, executive director and deputy director, respectively, of Anglicare Australia
- Peter Lewis, director, Essential Media
- Josie Lee, advocacy and policy lead, Oxfam
- David Gilchrist, professor and economist at the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Public Value
- Helen Hodgson, tax reform expert at Curtin University and former WA Democrats MLC
- Terese Edwards, CEO of Single Mother Families Australia
This webinar will take place live on:
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Canberra: 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Adelaide: 12pm to 1pm
Brisbane: 11:30 to 12:30pm
Darwin: 11.00am to 12pm
Perth: 9:30am to 10:30am
Price:
FREE!
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