Episode 2 - Our history and immigration journey, and our response to it with Frank Bongiorno

Frank Bongiorno AM is a distinguished Australian historian and author who currently serves as the Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas at the University of Canberra. He is the inaugural director of the university's Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (COPI), a role he commenced in February 2026 after a long tenure at the Australian National University. Throughout his career, he has held significant leadership positions. At the University of Canberra, he directs the Centre of Public Ideas, which encourages public discourse and connects historical context to contemporary policy. Frank Bongiorno is also an author, with works including Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia (2022), which received the 2023 ACT Book of the Year award.