Events

From a night out of meaningful conversations for young adults to our flagship annual lecture, CPX events bring our ideas off the page and into the room, nationwide. Here's what's coming up.

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Upcoming Events

Ideas are better out loud. Click on one of the event tiles below view all the dates, details and tickets.

 

 

Sydney
Richard Johnson Lecture with Louise Perry

4 November 2026

CPX's annual public lecture hosts British writer and commentator Louise Perry for an evening that seeks to positively contribute to public discourse on key aspects of civil life.


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ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES

Speaker enquiries

Our CPX Fellows speak at schools, churches, universities and workplaces across the country. If you’re looking for someone to bring clarity and generosity to a hard question, we’d love to talk.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Past Events

 

Stan Grant: Against Bitterness

Journalist and writer Stan Grant delivers the 2025 Richard Johnson Lecture on how we live with suffering.

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How to Break Up With Your Phone

In local partnership with Baptist Churches South Australia, Evangelical Students Adelaide Uni, Uniting Church of SA and the Lutheran Church of Australia, CPX’s Young Adults event hosted a night in Adelaide’s UniBar with Natasha Moore and Simon Smart.

Tim Winton: Exiles at Home

Writer and activist Tim Winton delivers the 2024 Richard Johnson Lecture titled, Exiles at Home: what our contempt for nature is costing us.

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