John Howard: A Conversation on Culture

John Howard OM AC, Tom Switzer, Jeremy SammutJuly 26, 2018OP166

Based on the remarks made by former Prime Minister John Howard at the launch of  The Centre for Independent Studies’ new Culture, Prosperity and Civil Society Program at the CIS’s Sydney office in July 2018

This  hour long ‘Conversation About Culture’ ranged over many of the important topics that are at the heart of contemporary social, economic and political debates – with Mr Howard delivering many characteristically penetrating and common sense insights into questions about identity politics, political correctness, civility, religious freedom, and the ‘history wars’.

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