Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture

This year’s Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture will look at how portraits capture defining political moments, reframe national conversations and influence the way we vote. Political portraits range from the tightly stage-managed to the heartfelt and the heartbroken.

Join journalist Jacqueline Maley as she explores how portraiture is used as a powerful tool to change hearts and minds, acknowledging the formidable power it wields can be a double-edged sword.

The evening will begin at 6:00pm with a welcome drink, with formal proceedings commencing at 6:30pm.

The lecture will be live captioned and livestreamed with Auslan interpretation. If you can’t join us in person, tune in from the comfort of your own home with a Virtual Connection ticket.

Jacqueline Maley is a columnist and senior writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers, where she writes about politics, people and social affairs. She has also worked on staff at the Guardian in London and at the Australian Financial Review, as well as contributing to numerous other publications including Gourmet Traveller and Marie Claire. In 2016, she won the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Columnist and in 2020 she, along with her colleague Kate McClymont, won a Kennedy Award and a Walkley Award for their coverage of sexual harassment allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon. Jacqueline is also the recipient of the NSW Council of Liberties Journalism award. She is the author of two books, The Truth About Her, published 2021, and the forthcoming novel Lonely Mouth, which will be published on 30 April 2025.