Event information

Tuesday

01

July

2025

6:30PM

to

7:30PM

AEST

Lowy Institute

31 Bligh Street

Sydney NSW

IN-PERSON | LIVE STREAM

Join us in Sydney for this discussion on how Australians are grappling with seismic shifts in the global order. Drawing on the perspectives of Shadow Assistant Minister and former ambassador Dave Sharma, ABC senior journalist Isabella Higgins, Southeast Asia expert Susannah Patton, and Lowy Institute Poll author Ryan Neelam, this event will explore how Australians view the country’s relations with the United States and China, their perceptions of threats, the conflict in Ukraine, influence in the Pacific, and views on foreign aid, democracy and more.

Ryan Neelam

Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute

Susannah Patton

Director, Southeast Asia Program, Lowy Institute

Dave Sharma

Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury

Isabella Higgins

Senior journalist, ABC News