Event: Anxious about the US, unsure about China: Australians and the 2016 Lowy Institute Poll
According to this year’s Lowy Institute Poll, Australians are anxious about the prospect of a Trump presidency, and have serious reservations about China, despite it being our largest trading partner and ‘new best friend’ in Asia.
Join Poll author Alex Oliver, and a distinguished panel with Tim Watts, MP and co-author of Two futures: Australia at a critical moment, entrepreneur and youth advocate Holly Ransom, and Sky News foreign affairs correspondent Jim Middleton, for a discussion of some of the many thought-provoking findings of this year’s Lowy Institute Poll.
Panellists:
Tim Watts MP is Federal Labor Member for Gellibrand since 2013. Before entering parliament, Tim worked in the IT and telecommunications sector for over a decade, as a Senior Manager at Telstra and a Solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Bond University, Master of Public Policy from Monash University and Master of Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics.
Holly Ransom is currently Co-Chair of the UN's Global Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs and recently became the youngest ever female Director of an Australian Football League (AFL) Club with her appointment to the Board of the Port Adelaide football club. She was named one of the AFR/Westpac '100 Most Influential Women’ in 2012, and also became the world’s youngest-ever Rotary President. In 2014, the Australian Prime Minister appointed Holly to chair the G20 Youth Summit. Holly is the CEO of Emergent, a company specialising in the development of high performing intergenerational workforces, leadership and public policy outcomes. Holly holds Bachelor degrees in Economics and Law.
Jim Middleton has been reporting national and international affairs since 1970, first for the ABC and now as a correspondent for Sky News. For two decades he was ABC Political Editor in Canberra covering Prime Ministers Hawke, Keating and Howard. He was ABC North America correspondent in New York and Washington from 1980-1986. He has reported from every country in North, South and Southeast Asia, except North Korea. From 2008 until 2014 he presented Newsline and The World, broadcasting to and from Asia on Australia Network. He is a Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Alex Oliver has been the director of the Lowy Institute’s polling program since 2012. She has authored four Lowy Institute polls as well as a number of other research studies for the Institute. Alex is a reformed commercial lawyer and has Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science degrees.
