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In conversation with Allan Fels AO

Allan Fels AO will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on Allan's memoir, Tough Customer. Chasing a Better Deal for Battlers.

Allan Fels AO, of Melbourne, Monash and Oxford universities, played a major role in mental health policy as chair of the National Mental Health Commission and has been involved in numerous public inquiries into taxis, parliamentary entitlements, the pay of top executives in Australia, underpaid migrant workers and the role of non-government organisations.

Dr Andrew Leigh MP is the Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury, Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. He holds a PhD in public policy from Harvard, and his latest book is Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World.

To book: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-conversation-with-allan-fels-tickets-69960219901

Pre-event book signings will be available from 5:30pm and again after the event. This event is in association with Harry Hartog Bookshop and books will be available to purchase.

  • When Tue 24 September at 6:00PM
  • Where Australian National University, Canberra
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