Debate@Go8

Dr Anne-Lise Chaber (One Health Expert, University of Adelaide) on COVID dogs and the connection between humans, animals and the environment.

Professor Rory Medcalf AM on Australia’s role in a complex and changing geopolitical environment.

Chief of the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Taskforce Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead on the AUKUS program. 

Director, UNSW Defence Research Institute Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Paul Maddison on national security.

Former Ambassador to China Dr Geoff Raby discusses the challenges for Australian foreign policy and diplomacy in our region.

Major General (Ret'd) Gus McLachlan on challenges of AUKUS, cyber security and building our defence capability.

University of Adelaide VC Professor Peter Høj on ensuring our tertiary sector is fit for purpose in the decades ahead and what’s next for the proposed merger with the University of SA.

As Australia and India look to step up strategic and research partnerships, Debate@Go8 examines whether the misuse of technology from a security perspective is a real threat or does failure to engage globally pose a greater risk to our country’s future.

AI and robotics changing the way we live – USYD’s Professor Salah Sukkarieh.

Spiderman’s lifesaving venom research - UQ’s Professor Glenn King

Respected political commentator Stephen Loosley AM shares his insights on national security, the Albanese Government and factors behind the rise of the Teals.

The life and times of ALP great Hon Simon Crean.

The life and times of ALP great Hon Simon Crean.

ANU Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt on the future of higher education, science, the universe and the Nobel Prize.

Monash University's Professor Michael Mintrom on the critical role of universities in the knowledge economy.

University of Melbourne VC Prof Duncan Maskell talks about education, research, the esoteric and entrepreneurship.

International education as a response to China’s charm offensive in SE Asia and the Pacific, with Professor Michael Wesley.

How will the election outcome impact universities, media and the future of Australian politics with Professor Mark Scott AO.

Go8 political experts analyse the rise of independents and emerging trends in Australian democracy.

The Group of Eight has answered a call from the National COVID Taskforce to help boost vaccination rates in remote and regional Australia, where vaccine take-up is lagging behind the national rate and will struggle to reach 80% this year. At the height of COVID-19 the Group of Eight stepped up to offer the support and expertise of its student medical ‘workforce’ to fast track the vaccine roll out....

Uniquest’s Dr Dean Moss explains the workings of research commercialisation, the ‘valley of death’, and why commercialising our world class inventions is key to meeting the challenges ahead.

Group of Eight Chair Professor Margaret Gardner says universities must be autonomous to preserve the capacity for speaking the uncomfortable and researching the unknowable.

Go8 universities are supporting Australia’s battle against COVID-19, delivering life-saving research and a surge workforce to boost the vaccine roll out.

UNSW’s Vice Chancellor Professor Ian Jacobs joins Debate@Go8 to discuss his experience in Australia’s university sector, and examine the important role the sector will play in our nation’s post COVID recovery.