Catherine MacGregor

16 February 2017: “Seeking our Moral Compass”, Fr Peter L’Estrange

• Audio recordings:
  • Welcome: Rev. Dr. Thowald Lorenzen, President CES
  • Introduction: Rt Rev’d Professor Stephen Pickard
  • Father L’Estrange’s address
  • Question 1: Underpayment and other new forms of slavery and where in an on-line world can we look to for guidance?
  • Question 2: We’ve moved from a world of what is right to one of what works.
  • Question 3: The arbiter of what is private and what public morality.
  • Question 4: Why is the church heard on some issues and why it is absent on others?
  • Question 5: Disjunction between rich Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Support for Trump?
  • Question 6: Displacement of Liberal Arts Education By Subjects Of Quantification.
  • Question 7: If I begin again is it freedom or habit?
  • Question 8: Responding graciously to the God within each of us.
  • Final remarks and thanks: Rt Rev’d Profesor Stephen Pickard

19 April 2017: “The Politics of Love”, Andrew Leigh MP

• Copy of address
• Audio recordings:
  • Full recording
  • Welcome: Emeritus Prof. Ingrid Moses
  • Call for questions: Emeritus Prof. Ingrid Moses
  • Question 1: How do we nudge or economic system to foster ultruism and generosity?
  • Question 2: Incompatability of growth in inequality with a politics of love.
  • Question 3: Are trading, ownership and authority incompatible with maximization of wellbeing?
  • Question 4: Capacity to adjust trade to minimize inequalty and trade as a means of specialisation.
  • Question 5: How to get cross party consensus in a polarized political system?
  • Question 6: How to advocate for Diversity & Inequality without that advocacy intensifying the problem?
  • Question 7: Are you having success in working with colleagues to bring about a groundswell of change?
  • Question 8: How to apply the politics of love in dealing with proposals to move agencies from Canberra?
  • Question 9: On whom does blame lie for the success in many democracies of the politics of fear, slogans and hate?
  • Question 10: How do you explain the irony of the correlation between inequality and lack of empathy?
  • Question 11:  Parliamentary Vote to exercise War power?
  • Question 12: Incompatibility of Politics of Love with Bipartisan Refugee Policy.
  • Question 13: Detention of Refugees on Manus & Nauru as a sacrifice to prevent others drowning.
  • Comment: Emeritus Prof. Ingrid Moses
  • Final remarks and thanks: Rt Rev’d Profesor Stephen Pickard, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture

3 May 2017: Defiant earth: The fate of humans in the Anthropocene, Clive Hamilton

• Audio recording

17 August 2017: “The Getting of Wisdom – a Private Faith, a Public Christian”, Kristina Keneally (Annual dinner forum)

• Audio recordings:
  • Welcome: Bishop George Browning, CES Chairman
  • Address: Kristina Keneally
  • Initial comments: Bishop George Browning
  • Question 1: Hobbling of NSW ICAC – corruption
  • Question 2: Why in conscience vote did you say you did so on the basis of your faith?
  • Question 3: Which would you expect to come first: married or female priests in the Catholic Church?
  • Question 4: Withdrawal of services from the Church is fine as a protest but where do you move them to?
  • Question 5: What advice would you give to young women thinking of taking up politics?
  • Vote of thanks: Rt Rev’d Professor Stephen Pickard, Executive Director, ACC&C
  • Concluding comments: Bishop George Browning

18 October 2017: “Everyone’s Business: Developing an inclusive and sustainable economy”, Joint Forum  with the Catholic Social Justice Commission, on their Social Justice Statement.  Keynote speaker: Fr Frank Brennan SJ

• Audio recordings:
  • Introduction: Mike Cassidy ,Archdiocesan Social Justice Commission Canberra & Goulburn
  • Introduction: Dr Helen Watchirs OAM, ACT Human Rights Commissioner
  • Address:  Fr Frank Brennan SJ
  • Question 1: Doubling the waiting period for new start allowance from 13 to 26 weeks for those with liquid assets of $18,000 for singles and $36,000 for couples
  • Question 2: Taking on neoliberalism and influencing politicians
  • Question 3: Why don’t welfare groups campaign against growing inequality?
  • Question 4: A fair return should be secured for finite mineral assets which belong to the nation
  • Question 5:  Neoliberalism encourages efficiency and encourages exploitation of talents
  • Question 6: Calling out the need for sustainability and inclusiveness.
  • Question 7:  Australia should have a sovereign wealth fund like the Norwegians.
  • Question 8: Mutual exchange and capacity building providing a bridge out of poverty?
  • Question 9: Alternatives to mainstream economics as ways out of poverty.
  • Comments and thanks:  Dr Helen Watchirs OAM, ACT Human Rights Commissioner

15 November 2017:  “Diversity and Harmony:  Peace and Justice in the 21st Century” – A Muslim-Christian Conversation

• Audio recordings:
  • Introduction: Rt Rev’d Profession Stephen Pickard, Executive Director ACC&C
  • Opening Address: Saba Awan
  • Opening Address:  Dylan Mordike
  • Opening Address:  Shan Gunawardena
  • Opening Address: Katherine Rainger
  • Opening Address: Omar Hashmi
  • Opening Address: Richard Browning
  • Question 1: Reflections on Remarks of others and Symbols that were presented
  • Question 2: Particularly meaningful religious practices
  • Question 3: Any challenges in Christian forums/2017/Muslim-audio/Muslim dialogue?  Same Sex Marriage
  • Question 4: Portrayal of religion in media
  • Question 5: Why haven’t the great religions stood up to the market?
  • Conclusion: Rt Rev’d Prof Stephen Pickard
  • Conclusion: Bishop George Browning