On 8th November 2021, we hosted a forum on Nordic Policy and its relevance for Australia. Below is a video of the keynote address by Professor Andrew Scott, co-editor and co-author of 'Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia' which is available from MUP online here.

Noam Chomsky provided these reflections during a live Zoom into Australia on 18th September 2021 at an event co-hosted with the WA Labor Branches of Bayswater, Maylands, Perth and Mt Lawley as well as the WA Branch of Australian Fabians.

On 26 August 2021, the WA Branch of Australian Fabians hosted a webinar featuring Prof Guy Standing on his support for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) policy. You can view his address here:

On Thursday 30th September, the WA Branch of Australian Fabians co-hosted with the UnionsWA International Committee, The Southern Initiative on Global Trade Unions Rights (SIGTUR) and the WA International Affairs Policy Committee an event on "Unions, politics and policy in Indonesia.  Below is the keynote address for that event from Prof Michele Ford.

This original acrylic on canvas painting, "Autumn Love", is by the Hon Ljlijanna Ravich, former WA Labor MP and Minister, the first woman born in a non-English speaking country to be elected to the WA Parliament. She has graciously contributed art for a number of great causes and we are proud that she has chosen to do so for the benefit of Fabians in WA.  This beautiful, professionally framed work is 67cm (W) X 88 cm (H).

Dr Carmen Lawrence was the first woman in Australia to serve as Premier and this framed poster, signed by Carmen, is from the first election campaign led by a woman as leader of the Australian Labor Party. Own your own piece of history!  

This, the seminal history of Fabians in Australia, comes with history itself. Signed by the co-authors, Iola Mathews and Race Mathews - it is largely, as Iola herself has stated, based on the recollections of Race, ably complemented by rigorous research and enlivening writing by Iola.  Race, a long term and active Fabian, was Chief of Staff to Gough Whitlam and served as an MP throughout the Whitlam Government. Own your own piece of history!  

On Thursday 24th June The West Australian Branch of Australian Fabians hosted this light-hearted, but sometimes serious, event with food, a drink and a laugh to question and answer the past, present and future of Fabians. Stay until the end where our plans to dominate the world are revealed.

On April 21, 2021 the WA Branch of the Australian Fabians hosted a conversation on China between Senator Penny Wong, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Professor Stephen Smith, former Minister for Foreign Affairs. This is a video of that discussion, including the Q & A, the MC for which was Andrew Hunter.

On Monday April 12, 2021, the WA Branch of Australian Fabians hosted Karen Luscombe (WA Opinion Polls) and election analyst William Bowe for an analysis of the 2021 WA State election. This is a video of their presentations. The PowerPoint used by Karen Luscombe can be downloaded or viewed here and the one used by William Bowe is here.

On Monday March 29th 2021, Prof Peter Davies of Murdoch University delivered this address for the Western Australian branch of Australian Fabians on the ecological health of rivers, and particularly how to restore degraded landscapes in areas of intensive land use and escalating climate change.  The slides used during this presentation can be viewed and downloaded here but cannot be used for commercial purposes.

On 12 October 2020 Australian Fabians Patron Eva Cox introduces this topic - Public opinion and action on privatisation" with addresses by Rebecca Huntley, social researcher and commentator and Meredith Hammat, Secretary UnionsWA.

On Monday 20th September Prof Anas Ghadouani of the University of Western Australia gave this address on Water Sensible Cities to a group in-person in Perth as well as Fabian members and supporters nationally via Zoom which can be viewed here:

On 17th August 2020, Jennifer Doggett of the Centre for Policy Development gave an address via Zoom on Privatisation in the Australian Health System. The event was co-hosted by The Public Good campaign and Australian Fabians in WA.

On 18 June 2020 Professor Geoff Gallop gave this address via Zoom for WA Fabians on deliberative democracy and the work of the newDemocracy Foundation.

Notes on research and resources developed by the newDemocracy Foundation are available online here. 

On Tuesday 19 May, Eva Cox, Patron of Australian Fabians, gave an address via Zoom as the guest speaker during the WA Fabians AGM on "Privatisation, the State and COVID-19".

A presentation by Prof Bill Mitchell made on behalf of the WA Fabians and the WA Labor Economics Polcy Committee, via Zoom on 29 April 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed public debates about sovereignty and the effect of decades of privatisation. As this is one of the classic areas of the progressive left, the patron, Eva Cox as well as Phil O'Donoghue and Kevin Conway, members of the National Board, suggest we take up this broad issue as a Fabians’ national project over this year. Privatisation affects both federal and state issues. The current debates may signal a shift in political interest from the failing market-based dominance of policy making to more interest in the social contract. We decided to start with a survey of members and supporters to gauge your views and inform the project. There is space at the end for comments and extra ideas, which are very much welcomed.

With the crises of the current political and economic order deepening every day, Fabians know that new ideas are as important as ever. That’s why we’ve decided to begin publishing a quarterly print and online magazine, dedicated to envisioning a better future and how to get there.

Each edition is going to have a theme, with a portion of the magazine’s content set aside for exploring it in depth. To help us decide what themes we should work with for the first four editions, we want to hear from our members.

You’ll see ten options below. We’ve deliberately kept them fairly broad to allow our writers plenty of scope for interpretation. We invite you to help us out by choosing the one you would most like to see the new magazine focus on in its first year.

And if you're interested in writing on these topics or anything else, please don’t hesitate to pitch an idea to [email protected]

'A Living Wage: An Essay' by WA Fabian member and former Secretary UnionsWA, Meredith Hammat  now Member for Mirrabooka.