Barry Jones and Kerry O'Brien — on complexity, politics and love

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Barry Jones and Kerry O'Brien - Two titans of Australian political and social commentary share insights into how to think well, how to act well and how to make sense of politics, history, the fragility of civilisation, science and love.Presented at the Byron Writers FestivalSpeakersBarry JonesFormer science minister, Labor member of the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments, authorKerry O'Brien (host)Award-winning journalist and broadcaster

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