On Saturday afternoon ABC screens two recently-held speech events.
3:55pm Dr Charles Perkins Oration 2024
Joshua Creamer, Barrister and Chair of the Truth Telling and Healing Inquiry in Queensland, delivers the 2024 Dr Charles Perkins Oration on the urgency of Truth Telling as a vital step in healing and unity for our nation.
4:25pm Boyer Lecture 2024: Professor Anna Goldsworthy
ABC Chair Kim Williams AM said “The Boyer Lectures started initially as The ABC Lectures in 1959. It is the major broadcast public lecture series presented in Australia, where leading Australian (and in some instances international) contributors are invited to express their thoughts on major social, cultural, scientific or political issues.
“The lecture series was modelled on the Reith Lectures which were initiated by the BBC to honour its first Director General, Lord Reith. Commencing in 1948, the first BBC Reith Lecture series was given by Bertrand Russell.
“The ABC Lectures were quickly renamed the Boyer Lectures in 1961 to honour Sir Richard Boyer upon his death. Sir Richard was, of course, the distinguished chair of the ABC from 1945 up until his death in 1961.
“2024 will see the 65th anniversary of the ABC/Boyer Lectures and this year hosts four distinguished speakers presenting an anthology series addressing classical music in Australia today. This will be the first time music features as a Boyer Lecture subject.”
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