The Chifley Research Centre is proud to present “Towards 2022: Ideas for Labor and Australia”. This triennial conference aims to foster the fresh ideas needed to tackle Australia’s biggest problems and to provide a framework for a more progressive future. With a range of international and Australian speakers already signed up it will be an event not to be missed so get your tickets now. Join us for a weekend of debate, discussion and inspiration.

1. TOWARDS 2020 - IDEAS FOR LABOR AND AUSTRALIA
SATURDAY
8.00 Registration Opens (main foyer)
Venue CHIFLEY AUDITORIUM
8.30 am
Welcome to
Towards 2022
Conference
Introduction: Brett Gale, Chifley Research Centre
Welcome to Country: Aunty Donna Ingram
Welcome Address: Wayne Swan, ALP National
President
9.15 am
Keynote Address
Jeremy Rifkin (via videolink)
(Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the
European Union, President of the Foundation on
Economic Trends. Author of “The Third Industrial
Revolution”, and “The Green New Deal”)
10.15 am
Discussion
Sessions One
Policy: Climate Change and the new industrial
revolution
What are the policies needed to tackle global warming
and also ensure economic growth for all Australians?
with Felicity Wade (LEAN convener), Mark Butler MP,
Tim Buckley (energy economist), and Michael Wright
(National Assistant Secretary ETU)
11:30 am Address by Anthony Albanese
Federal Labor Leader
SATURDAY - 2019 PROGRAM
HAWKE ROOM WHITLAM ROOM
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Politics: Future visions for
regional Australia
Ben Chifley was a country MP yet
Federal Labor holds very few rural and
regional seats. Why?
with Senator Anthony Chisholm,
Gabrielle Chan (journalist), Meryl
Swanson MP, Jenny Hill (Mayor of
Townsville) and Darriea Turley (Mayor
of Broken Hill)
Politics: Is Labor losing the
working class?
How do social democratic parties
reconcile the demands of workers
and progressives in the modern
world?
with Ed Husic MP, Dr Andrew
Charlton (economic advisor),
Rebecca White (Tasmanian Labor
Leader), Mich-Elle Myers (ALP
National Vice-President) and Nick
Reece (Melbourne Uni)
No parallel sessions No parallel sessions

2. Venue CHIFLEY AUDITORIUM
12.15 pm
Lunchtime
(foyer area)
Labor Leader for the Day
what would you do if you were Labor Leader? with
Frances Maguire (Chifley Board Member)
1:00 pm
Keynote Speech
The only Light on the Hill – Lessons from New
Zealand
Grant Robertson NZ Finance Minister
2:00 pm
Discussion
sessions
two
Lessons from Hawkie
What lessons can we learn from Labor’s most
successful Prime Minister?
with Stephen Mills (Hawke speechwriter), Susan Ryan
(Hawke Minister) and Craig Emerson (Hawke Advisor)
3:15 pm
Economic Speech
Jim Chalmers
Shadow Treasurer
3:45 pm
Discussion
sessions
three
“A New Economic Policy”?
What are Labor’s Economic Values?
with Dr Lindy Edwards (senior lecturer UNSW),
Cameron Clyne (former CEO NAB), Emma Dawson
(CEO Per Capita), Greg Jericho (journalist) and Ben
Davis (Vic Secretary AWU)
5:00 pm
Conference Drinks
(foyer area)
TOWARDS 2020 - IDEAS FOR LABOR AND AUSTRALIA
HAWKE ROOM WHITLAM ROOM
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The threat to our Super
Analysing the Coalition’s desire to
undermine Australia’s compulsory
superannuation system.
with James Pawluk (ED McKell
Institute Victoria), Catherine Bolger
(superannuation expert), Nick Coates
(Industry Super) and Linda White
(Assistant National Secretary ASU)
Talking to voters of Faith
How should we engage with voters of
faith?
with Andrew West (journalist),
Jihad Dib MP, Dr Rosemary Hancock
(sociologist of religion), Dr Kate
Harrison Brennan (CEO Anglican
Deaconess Ministries) and Brad
Chilcott (pastor)
No parallel sessions No parallel sessions
Species Deceases
Beyond climate change what do we
need to do to protect Australia’s
biodiversity?
with Terri Butler MP, Megan Surawski
(environmental policy officer) Dr
Kirsty Davies (biodiversity expert)
and Suzanne Milthorpe (Nature
Conservation Council)
Beyond the Echo Chamber
How can we engage outside of our
own social media bubbles?
with Dee Madigan (campaign expert),
Kirsten Andrews (communications
professional), Amanda Rainey
(communications researcher), Ben
La Bolt (Obama 2012 spokesperson)
and Daniel Stone (communications
professional)
SATURDAY - 2019 PROGRAM

3. SUNDAY
TOWARDS 2020 - IDEAS FOR LABOR AND AUSTRALIA
8.15 am
Registration Open (main
Foyer)
Venue CHIFLEY AUDITORIUM HAWKE ROOM ROOM
8.45 am
Chifley
Welcome
Linda White
Chair, Chifley Research
Centre
No parallel sessions
9.00 am
Keynote
Address
Ben LaBolt
(national press secretary
Obama 2012 and Obama
White House spokesperson)
No parallel sessions
9:30 am
Plenary
Session
The worldwide crisis in
social democracy
with Chris Bowen MP, Professor
Carol Johnson (University of
Adelaide), Benedict Hugosson
(Swedish Social Democrats),
Ben La Bolt, and Marije
Lafebber (Party of European
Socialists)
No parallel sessions
10.40 am
Discussion
session
one
Gender Equality at Work
What are the lessons from
Europe and Chifley’s own
research for achieving equality?
with Laura Fraser Hardy (Chifley
Board member), Linda White
(Chifley Chair), Emma Maiden
(Head of Advocacy, Uniting),
Marije Lafebber (Dep Secretary
Party of European Socialists)
and Professor Rae Cooper
(Professor of Gender, Work and
Employment Relations)
Towards a healthier and
fairer Australia
Addressing the social
determinants of poor health
with Professor Fran Baum
(public health Flinders Uni),
Chris Bowen MP, Angela
Jackson (health economist),
Dr Sandro Demaio (CEO Vic
Health) and Mike Stephens
(indigenous health expert)
2019 PROGRAM
WHITLAM ROOM KEATING ROOM
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Reconciliation: Where to Now?
What needs to be done now to
achieve indigenous constitutional
recognition?
with Linda Burney MP, Lara Watson
(indigenous officer ACTU), Tony
McAvoy SC, Shannan Dodson (Na-
tional NAIDOC Committee Member)
and Dean Parkin (member Indigenous
Referendum Council)
Organising for Change
Was the last election a repudiation of
the organising model of campaigning?
with Stephen Donnelly (former
Assistant Secretary Vic Labor), Ben
Hugosson, Jessie McCrone (campaign
expert) and Danielle Pore Villafaña
(organiser school climate strike)

4. TOWARDS 2020 - IDEAS FOR LABOR AND AUSTRALIA
Venue CHIFLEY AUDITORIUM HAWKE ROOM ROOM
11:45
Discussion
session
two
How do we know what
voters want?
With traditional sources of
political intelligence defunct
what’s the mood of voters?
with Paul Erickson (ALP
National Secretary), Peter Lewis
(pollster), Professor Bela Stantic
(big data analyst) and Amanda
Rishworth MP
Inclusive Patriotism
How do we maintain public
support for the welfare state in
an era of multicultural
society? with Tim Watts MP,
Osmond Chiu (research fellow
Per Capita), Sally Sitou (int.
media adviser), Azmeena
Hussain (senior lawyer) and
Jason Li (Chair, Vantage Asia)
12.15 pm
Lunchtime
(foyer area)
1.30 pm
Keynote
Address
Sally McManus,
ACTU Secretary No parallel sessions
2.00pm
Discussion
Sessions 3
Where will our future jobs
come from?
What are the policy levers and
practical solutions we need to
ensure jobs for all who want
them?
with Clare O’Neil MP
Amit Singh (Chifley Board
Member), Misha Zelinsky
(Assistant National Secretary
AWU), Senator Jenny McAllister
and Mel Gatfield (NSW
Secretary, UWU)
The politics of climate
change - a wicked
challenge
An antagonistic and
uncompromising environment
movement, coal communities
who believe we are not looking
after them and a disengaged
centre. What’s Labor to do?
With Jay Weatherill (former SA
Premier), Pat Conroy MP,
Cathy O’Toole (former Federal
MP), and Lyndon Schneiders
(environmental campaigner)
3.15 pm
Closing
Address
Tanya Plibersek MP
Shadow Minister for Education
and Training, Member for
Sydney
2019 PROGRAM
WHITLAM ROOM KEATING ROOM
Are overcrowded cities the
future?
What transport and building ideas will
make our cities work better?
with Michael Cooney (former political
adviser), Andrew Giles MP, Linda
Scott (President Local Government
Association) and Gavin Jennings (Vic
Minister for Priority Precincts)
Public or Private? Does it matter
who delivers government services?
with Ryan Batchelor (Chifley Board
Member), David Hetherington
(People’s Inquiry into Privatisation)
and Susie Byers (CPSU)
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Where to now for trade unions?
What can be done to reinvigorate our
unions and to attract new members?
with Tony Burke MP, Mark Morey
(Secretary Unions NSW), Alison
Pennington (Researcher Centre for
Future Work), Andrew Rich (industrial
relations lawyer, Jo Schofield (National
President UWU) and Lisa Fitzpatrick
(Secretary ANMF Vic)
Reaching the Exhausted Majority
Are voters sick of political
polarisation?
with Tim Dixon (Chifley Boasrd
Member), Danielle Wood (researcher
Grattan Institute), Elija Perrier (data
specialist and economist) and Paul
Mills (NSW Young Labor President)