Ideas@theHouse was conceived as a series of live events to be held at Government House, providing a platform to explore important and influential ideas. With the constraints of 2020, and the assistance of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Ideas@theHouse moved to a virtual platform. Recent editions of Ideas@theHouse have been live and livestreamed. Some of those are available to view through the links below.

Previous Presentations of Ideas@theHouse

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Where Worlds Collide: Exploring the Wild/Domestic Animal-Human Interface in One Health - Dr Sarah Britton, Director of One Health Unit, interim Australian Centre for Disease Control. 

Watch the presentation on YouTube

 

Thursday, 31 October 2024

The Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarctica's Ice? - Professor Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.

Watch the presentation on YouTube.

 

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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