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Looking for some naan-stop conversation, a dash of good company, and a spice-tacular evening? Then don't miss the first PIBCI Dinner with Joseph Toscano for the month!

Come along for lively discussion, interesting people, plenty of laughs, and food that's sure to be a naan-issue when it comes to satisfaction! Whether you're keen to chew over the issues of the day or simply enjoy a great meal with great company, we'd love to see you there.

📅 Wednesday 3 June
🕡 From 6:30pm onwards
📍 Taj Agra Indian Restaurant, 129 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood 3134

🥘 All welcome - just bring your appetite!
💰 Everyone pays for their own food and drinks

Don't leave it to korma chance - come and spice up your Wednesday night with us!

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🔥 Neoliberalism - The Super Highway to Neo-Fascism.
How did Australia arrive at this point in 2026?
What role has neoliberalism played in opening the door to neo-fascism?

In this thought-provoking presentation, we unpack:
⚠️ What Neoliberalism really means
⚠️ What Neo-Fascism looks like
⚠️ How 50 years of deregulation, privatisation, corporatisation & globalisation have transformed every major institution and political party in Australia
⚠️ Why these changes have created fertile ground for rising authoritarianism

🎥 Click play and explore how the neoliberal tsunami has reshaped Australia - and what it could mean for our future.

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https://youtu.be/Vl5JqnJPWEs

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🍝 Good food. Great company. Spirited conversation. What more could you pasta-bly want?
Join us for PIBCI’s Dinner with Joseph Toscano. An evening where people from all walks of life and all points of view come together around the table for lively discussion, shared laughs, and a delicious meal. Whether you agree on everything or not, there’s always room for respectful conversation and good company. After all, life’s too short to be upsetti over spaghetti! 🍷

So olive your worries behind and come enjoy a relaxed night with like-minded people, and even those with different perspectives, because the best conversations are often shared over pizza and pasta.

📅 Wednesday 27 May
🕡 From 6:30pm onwards
📍 La Porchetta Frankston - 436 Nepean Hwy, Frankston VIC 3199

All welcome! You pay for your own food and drinks
Bring your appetite, your ideas, and your sense of humour. 🍕

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The Australian Social Elevator - Dead as a Dodo

For generations, Australians believed that if you worked hard, contributed to society, and looked after one another, your children would have opportunities for a better life than you had.

That belief was called the Social Elevator.

It meant ordinary working people could access:
🏠 Affordable housing
🎓 Quality public education
🏥 Universal healthcare
⚡ Essential public services
💼 Secure employment with fair wages
👵 A dignified retirement
📈 The chance to move forward regardless of wealth or social status

But where did these opportunities come from? The Australian social elevator didn’t magically appear out of thin air. It was created through generations of struggle by ordinary Australians who believed their children deserved a better future regardless of wealth, class, postcode, or economic power.

It was built through public education, affordable housing, secure jobs, strong unions, universal healthcare, public ownership, and the belief that governments should serve people before corporations.

For decades Australians were told that privatisation, deregulation, corporatisation and globalisation would create prosperity for everyone.

But where are the benefits?

Has Prime Minister forgotten the importance of the social elevator?

This presentation explores the political decisions, economic changes, and corporate agendas that transformed Australia from a society striving for equality into one marked by growing inequality and insecurity.

👉 Watch now, share widely, and join the discussion
https://youtu.be/MVVK0PzKxJk

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The Australian Social Elevator - Dead as a Dodo 📺 WATCH the Latest -AU PresentationThe Australian Social Elevator - Dead as a DodoFor generations, Australians believed that if you worked hard, contr...

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⚖️ Constitutional Quagmire
How well do Australians really understand the Constitution that governs our nation?

In this latest presentation, we explore the Constitutional Quagmire Australia now finds itself in - and why most Australians have little awareness of the constitutional framework that determines what legislation can be passed at both State and Federal levels.

🇦🇺 Our current Constitution began largely as a trade document, regulating relationships between the states.
Over the past 126 years, increasing powers have been voluntarily transferred from the states to the central government - reshaping authority across the country.

But major questions remain:
⚖️ Where are our human rights protections?
💰 Why are there no constitutional guarantees ensuring Australians access the nation’s common wealth?
📉 And how does this impact living standards as more Australians struggle economically?

Join us as we unpack these critical constitutional issues and examine what they mean for Australia’s future.

👉 Watch now and be part of the conversation
https://youtu.be/WYFxCFFiXhw

💬 We’d love to hear your thoughts - share your comments below!

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⚖️ Constitutional Quagmire 📺 WATCH the Latest -AU Presentation⚖️ Constitutional QuagmireHow well do Australians really understand the Constitution that governs our nation?In thi...

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Reconciliation Week: What’s it all about?

What is Reconciliation Week and why has it become such an important, yet divisive, part of Australian public life?

In this presentation, we explore:
• The origins and meaning of Reconciliation Week
• The historical events that led to its creation
• The ongoing conversations about reconciliation in modern Australia

Reconciliation Week is bookended by two significant national dates:

🖤 National Sorry Day - 26 May
Emerging from the Bringing Them Home report, recognising the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families.

🖤 Mabo Day - 3 June
Marking the 1992 High Court decision that recognised First Nations peoples’ land rights and overturned the doctrine of terra nullius.

Reconciliation Week began as a grassroots effort to address the continuing divisions between First Nations peoples and the broader Australian community - whether born here or arriving as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers.

Australia’s reconciliation journey is complex, challenging, and ongoing.

👉 Watch, reflect, and join the conversation
https://youtu.be/mtYyaBVKIMs

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Reconciliation Week: What’s it all about? 📺 WATCH the Latest -AU PresentationReconciliation Week: What’s it all about?What is Reconciliation Week and why has it become such an important, yet d...

🌶️ Spice up your week with a little South American flavour! 🇨🇱🇦🇷
Don’t taco ’bout it later — JOIN like-minded, intelligent people for a PIBCI Dinner with Joseph Toscano, where the ideas are spicy, the company is sweet, and the conversations are always perfectly seasoned.
Expect lively discussion, great food, and a night that’s simply empanada-ble. You’ll be chimichurri-sing you came along!

📍 Neruda's Brunswick – 66 Breese St, Brunswick
🕡 Wednesday 13 May | From 6:30pm onwards

🍽️ All welcome — just bring your appetite and pay for your own food and drinks.

👉 It won’t be your nacho average Wednesday night… join us!

🌶️ Spice up your week at the PIBCI Dinner! 🍛
Join the PIBCI Dinner with Joseph Toscano and curry up some great conversation with friends and like-minded people.
Life’s better when we naan-stop talking, sharing ideas, and enjoying good food together - so don’t miss this delicious evening of connection, discussion, and community.
Come for the conversation, stay because it’s naan-sense to leave early 😉

📅 Wednesday 6 May
🕡 From 6:30pm onwards
📍 Taj Agra Indian Restaurant - 129 Maroondah Hwy, Ringwood 3134

All welcome, just bring your appetite and we’ll tikka care of the rest! (Everyone pays for their own food & drinks)

🥘 Good food. Good people. Good ideas.

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“The great thing about living in Australia - history begins when we wake up.”
Australia is a fascinating place to live. We are home to the oldest continuous living culture on Earth, stretching back over 65,000 years, yet we also inhabit one of the youngest modern nation states, federated on 1 January 1901, following colonisation beginning in 1788.

And yet, we often treat history as if it starts fresh every morning.

Living in Australia can feel like waking up to a brand-new day where the past is forgotten - where uncomfortable truths, contested memories, and inconvenient myths are quietly pushed aside.

Whether we are First Nations peoples, descendants of generations born here, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, or newly arrived Australians - we all inherit a national story shaped as much by what is remembered as by what is denied.

🧠 Why do we struggle with our past?
📖 What myths shape Australian identity?
🔥 And what happens when we finally confront history honestly?

This latest presentation dives into these questions - challenging assumptions, unpacking myths, and encouraging critical discussion about who we are and how we got here.

▶️ Watch now, learn more, and join the conversation
https://youtu.be/FFwmKQ8j1ZM

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Public Interests Before Corporate Interests - PIBCI “The great thing about living in Australia - history begins when we wake up.”

📺 WATCH the Latest Public Interests Before Corporate Interests Presentation 🚨 Time to review the Privatisation Nightmare 💰
When Public Interests Before Corporate Interests was formed in 2015, one thing quickly became clear - there was very little public understanding of key concepts like:

➡️ Privatisation
➡️ The Private Sector
➡️ The Public Sector

Again and again, we heard the same message: “private is better than public.”
But why?
Many people were judging under-funded public schools and under-staffed public hospitals against private services that are heavily SUBSIDISED by Australian taxpayers.

Every public institution depends on public funding to serve the community. Yet many private institutions also rely on investors, consumers and significant corporate welfare funded by government resources.

💡 So where are our public resources really going?
💡 Who benefits from privatisation?
💡 And what does this mean for essential services?

Join us as we unpack the realities behind privatisation and examine how federal and state governments allocate resources to the private sector for essential services.

▶️ Watch now, learn more, and join the conversation
https://youtu.be/_TmzuX31qss

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Public Interests Before Corporate Interests - PIBCI Time to review the Privatisation nightmare