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Event: 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister
2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister
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DateThursday 11 December 2025
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Time5.30pm to 7.00pm
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LocationTheatrette, State Library Victoria Conference Centre, 179 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000
We warmly invite you to the official launch of Grattan Institute’s 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister, at the State Library of Victoria.
Join Grattan CEO Aruna Sathanapally, in conversation with ABC politics and economics journalist Tom Crowley, and author Cordelia Fine, as we reveal our choice of the six most thought-provoking, compelling, and relevant books of 2025. It’s been an extraordinary year, and these are extraordinary reads – not only for the Prime Minister, but for all Australians interested in public policy.
The six books on our 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister were announced on Monday 1 December, allowing time for eager readers to dive into them before the launch event.
Please note, this will be an in-person event.
Event details
Date: Thursday 11 December
Time: 5.30pm-7pm AEDT
Location: Theatrette, State Library Victoria Conference Centre, 179 La Trobe St, Melbourne
Directions
Entry to the State Library Victoria Theatrette is via Entry 3 off La Trobe Street. This entry is wheelchair accessible.
Please email us at events@grattaninstitute.edu.au if you have any accessibility questions.
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We are looking forward to an invigorating discussion and hope you will join us.
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Panel
Aruna Sathanapally
Dr Aruna Sathanapally joined Grattan Institute as CEO in February 2024. She heads our team of leading policy thinkers, researching and advocating policy to improve the lives of Australians. A former NSW barrister and senior public servant, Aruna has worked on the design of public institutions, economic policy, and evidence-based public policy and regulation for nearly 20 years. Before joining Grattan, Aruna worked in senior roles in the NSW Treasury. She led the 2021 NSW Intergenerational Report and led the economic analysis for the 2022 Women’s Economic Opportunities Review.
Tom Crowley
Tom Crowley is a federal political reporter at the ABC, where he writes and presents about economics, housing, and public policy. He began his working life as an economist at Treasury and the Grattan Institute, before moving into journalism at The Daily Aus. He is based in Parliament House in Canberra and appears regularly on Insiders, Politics Now, and the ABC’s budget-night coverage.
Cordelia Fine
Professor Cordelia Fine is a writer and scholar of science in the History & Philosophy of Science Program at the University of Melbourne. Her books, including Delusions of Gender, Testosterone Rex, and Patriarchy Inc. challenge familiar misconceptions about brains, evolution, gender, and diversity, and have been described as a “witty corrective” (Nature), written with “keen precision and sharp humor” (New York Times), “essential reading” (Financial Times), “provocative and often fascinating” (Economist) and “important” (The Australian). Her writing has been featured in top publications such as the New York Times, Financial Times, Times Literary Supplement, Scientific American, Science, and The Lancet.
Cordelia’s work has garnered numerous accolades, including the prestigious Royal Society Science Book Prize. She was named a “living legend” of research by The Australian newspaper and awarded the Edinburgh Medal for her contributions to public debates about gender equality. Her most recent book, Patriarchy Inc., was listed in the Financial Times‘ “What to Read in 2025 non-fiction”.