Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture 2006
The fight for the other Australia
On 17 October, writer and journalist Martin Flanagan discussed the factors that enable some people to rise to the political challenges of their times, while others fail to do so. He brought to bear insights from his book The Fight.
The book is a portrait of (and is co-written with) Flanagan's long-time friend, Labor Party icon and peace activist Tom Uren. It examines why Uren's generation thought they could change the world and articulates Uren's vision of the spirit that will enable Australia to move forward in a balanced and positive way.
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Martin Flanagan is an award-winning sports journalist, a poet, a public speaker and an established author. His books comprise several works of non-fiction, a novel and memoirs, including The Call, about Australian football founder Tom Wills and 1970 and Other Stories of the Australian Game.
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