Ideas@theHouse
Ideas@theHouse is Government House Sydney’s flagship public ideas series, bringing leading thinkers into conversation with the community.
Since 2020, the program has hosted dynamic talks and conversations on major issues across science, law, health, the arts, and global affairs, delivered in partnership with the Royal Society of New South Wales.
Presentations are live and made available online. Browse the full archive of Ideas@theHouse presentations on Youtube, or explore individual presentations below.
Previous presentations from Ideas@theHouse
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Navigating Strategic Uncertainty: Space, Cyber and National Support in a Fractured World - Lieutenant General Susan Coyle AM CSC DSM, Chief of Joint Capabilities.
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Thursday, 28 August 2025
Busting Myths, Bridging Gaps: Public Health Approaches to Hearing Loss in Adults - Professor Bamini Gopinath, Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health, Macquarie University.
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Thursday 26 June 2025
Extreme wildfires in a warming world: insights and challenges – Professor Jason Sharples FRSN FTSE, Professor of Bushfire Dynamics and Foundation Director, UNSW Bushfire UNSW Canberra.
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Thursday 20 February 2025
Where Worlds Collide: Exploring the wild/domestic animal-human interface in One Health – Dr Sarah Britton Director, One Health Unit, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control.
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Thursday, 31 October 2024
The Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarctica's Ice? - Professor Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.
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Thursday, 18 July 2024
W x 3 - The World Wide Web (we weaved) - Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner, Australian Government
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Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Shakespeare on politics - what can we learn - John Bell AO OBE, Founder and Former Artistic Director, Bell Shakespeare
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Wednesday, 10 August 2023
Ideas for marine stewardship and sustainability in a time of acceleration - Professor Emma Johnston AO FRSN FAA FTSE, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney
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Wednesday, 14 June 2023
The importance of scientific ideas and discovery to Australia's future - Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM DistFRSN FAA FTSE, Australia's Chief Scientist
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Thursday, 2 March 2023
Aristotle on life and thought in the sub-lunary sphere - Dr John Vallance FRSN FAHA, State Librarian of NSW
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Thursday, 4 August 2022
Manufacturing at the Atomic Scale - Professor Michelle Simmons AO FRS DistFRSN FAA FTSE
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Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Nothing - Richard Tognetti
Thursday, 22 July 2022
Music as a Superfood - Greta J Bradman
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Australia and the Dickens Boys - Thomas Keneally AO DistFRSN, Author
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Thursday, 21 May 2020
Ten: the Mapping of Colonial Australia - Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSN, The University of Newcastle
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