Perth Dialogues

The United Nations calendar has 15 days dedicated to women and girls. It has zero for men and boys. That, says David Maywald, is where this conversation starts — not with grievance, but with an audit. In Australia he...

In 2018, the Australian Senate ran an inquiry into dowry abuse. Among the submissions was one from an organisation based 8,000km away in New Delhi — arguing Australia should not introduce a dowry law at all. Wasif Ali...

$50,000 invested in 2011 could be worth $9.4 million today. Almost no Australian would have made that bet. Mihir Bhatt is the founder of Artha Academy, a Perth-based share-market education platform. In this conversation...

A Victorian court recently ruled that a vaginal examination performed without consent during labour was assault and battery. Dr Marian Dover says it's the most important case in her specialty in years — and she has...

A West Australian council spent an estimated $180,000 a year on disputes it never actually resolved. One ratepayer was prosecuted for pulling weeds and planting native trees — then billed for his own prosecution. Gavin...

His maiden speech in Parliament became the first in Australian history banned from YouTube. Then it hit three million views. John Ruddick — NSW Legislative Council MLC, Sky News regular, and free speech absolutist —...

He was a team lead in India. In Australia, he had to start over as a junior developer — and rebuild his way to Chief Data Officer. In this episode, Harpreet Khalsa — Chief Data Officer at a Perth university and author...

Australia took 2 million migrants in 25 years after World War II. In the last five years alone, we've taken another 2 million. Same number — one-fifth the time. Is our multicultural framework built for that...

Garth Davis turned a $1,000 property deposit into $170,000 in equity — and he's spent the last 20 years helping everyday Australians do the same. Garth Davis is the Founder and CEO of Property Powerhouse, who emigrated...

<p>Australia is $1.05 trillion in debt, taxing you at nearly 47% — and the government wants more. Jordan Woodhams, President of the Libertarian Party of WA, joins Nirmal on Perth Dialogues to make the case for a 20%...

<p>His family arrived in New Zealand from India with $1,000. His mum stitched curtains. His dad took years to find work as an engineer. By 36, PK Gupta owned a $27 million property portfolio and never has to work again...

<p>Western Australia is a wealthy state. It also has mothers giving birth on the side of the road after being turned away from hospital. How does that happen — and who is being held accountable?In this episode, health...

<p>Why are record numbers of Australians abandoning the major parties for One Nation — and what does that tell us about the state of our democracy?In this episode, Simon Mohiuddin joins Perth Dialogues to share his...

<p>Australia's maternity system has one of the highest caesarean rates in the developed world — yet women still feel unheard, unsafe, and unsupported. Alicia Staines, founder of the Maternity Consumer Network, joins...

<p>In this conversation, Jen Fleming outlines how the current Australian Childcare system doesn’t include parents in its design, or gives any kind of choice to parents. Jen is a mum to two young daughters and has...