Election 2022: Morrison's Mission and Albanese's challenge

With Australians set to vote in May, foreign policy challenges are proving a prominent backdrop to this year’s campaign. Join us for the Melbourne launch of the new Lowy Institute Paper Morrison's Mission by eminent journalist and political commentator, Paul Kelly. Managing Editor of the Lowy Institute’s international magazine, The Interpreter, Daniel Flitton, will chair this conversation, which will also include questions from the audience.

When he became Prime Minister in 2018, Scott Morrison was a foreign policy amateur confronted by unprecedented challenges: an assertive Beijing and a looming rivalry between the two biggest economies in world history, the United States and China. Morrison plunged into foreign and security policy by making highly contentious changes that will be felt for decades, not least the historic decision to build nuclear-powered submarines. 

Paul Kelly is Editor-at-Large for The Australian. He has covered Australian governments from Gough Whitlam to Scott Morrison. He is the author of many books including The End of Certainty on the politics and economics of the 1980s, and the Lowy Institute Paper Howard’s Decade. 

When and where

• Monday 26 April 2022, 6:00pm arrival for 6:15pm to 7:15pm
• State Library Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatrette 
• $20 per ticket, which includes a copy of the book