Slick by Royce Kurmelovs: State Capture: How Big Oil came to dominate Australian politics- Webinar

In the last two decades, Australians have born witness to the fossil fuel industries incredible capacity to win political and policy outcomes in this country.

Royce Kurmelovs' new book Slick: Australia’s toxic relationship with Big Oil explores this dynamic of power and influence. Slick dives into the history of the oil and gas industry in Australia and unpacks the way it has influenced politics, undermined climate science, and sewn uncertainty in the public in a remarkable case study of state capture.

Royce will be in conversation with journalist Lyndal Rowlands, to discuss Slick and unpack state capture and the power of the oil + gas industry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Royce Kurmelovs is a freelance reporter and author covering the intersection of class, finance and climate change. He's the author of five books whose reporting has appeared in Rolling Stone, Science, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, the BBC, Al Jazeera English and other publications.

ABOUT LYNDAL ROWLANDS

Lyndal Rowlands is a journalist and audio documentary maker. She has reported for Al Jazeera English, ABC RN, Audible Originals, The Saturday Paper, the Guardian and the investigative climate change podcast Drilled. She was previously a UN correspondent in New York for Inter Press Service (IPS).

This event is free, but registration is essential.