The Good Fight, Sean Kelly
04 December 2025
sEAN KELLY
the good fight
sean kelly
in-conversation with
Misha Ketchell, Editor,
the conversation
Join us as award-winning journalist and political commentator Sean Kelly discusses his latest Quarterly Essay with Misha Ketchell, Editor of The Conversation.
In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the enigma of the Albanese government. With wide yet shallow support, will it change the country? Does it have big ideas, or is it content just to become 'the natural party of government'
Kelly gives a definitive account of Albanese’s political style and asks what lies behind it. In speaking to a fragmented, disengaged electorate, the Prime Minister places a high value on moderation. Often, that means ducking fights with entrenched interests. But this runs the risk of embedding an ever more unequal nation, led by a government that can seem gutless.
In this subtle and brilliant essay, Kelly explores whether Labor is still up for the good fight.
Imprints Booksellers will be selling copies of Sean Kelly's Quarterly Essay 100: The Good Fight in the Auditorium foyer on the night of the event.
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
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