The State of the (Writing) Nation address

This speech addresses the need for greater funding for the arts and their integrity for telling Australian stories.

Dr Wendy Were talks of the transformation that the Arts and Cultural industry is facing as part of the Know My Name Conference 2020. The Know My Name Conference aimed to celebrate all women as artists, activists, researchers, intellectuals and mentors now and into the future. It was virtual conference presented by the National Gallery of Australia, in collaboration with the Australia Council for the Arts, Australian National University School of Art & Design, University of Melbourne and UNSW Art & Design.

In this Boyer Lecture, The End of Silence: The genesis of the Uluru statement, Rachel Perkins urges the Australian people to listen to Indigenous voices. Perkins reflects on the Uluru Statement from the Heart and explains the importance of its message.