Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2023-2
“The Kindness Revolution”
Hugh Mackay AO FRSN
Date: Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6.30 pm AEDT
Venue: RSL Mittagong
All are welcome
If we dare to dream of a more loving country – kinder, more compassionate, more cooperative, more respectful, more inclusive.
Hugh Mackay is a social psychologist and the bestselling author of 22 books, including eight novels. His latest book, The Kindness Revolution, was published in 2021. He has had a 60-year career in social research, and was also a weekly newspaper columnist for over 25 years. He is currently an honorary professor in the Research School of Psychology at ANU, and a patron of the Asylum Seekers Centre. Among other honorary appointments, he has been deputy chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts, the inaugural chairman of the ACT government’s Community Inclusion Board and an honorary professor at Macquarie, Wollongong and Charles Sturt universities. Hugh is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the Royal Society of NSW. In recognition of his pioneering work in social research, he has been awarded honorary doctorates by Charles Sturt, Macquarie, NSW, Western Sydney and Wollongong universities. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015.
15 May 2025
RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room 
