More than 97 people attended in person and a further 173 joined online for Parliament Unpacked: Making Australia, featuring Bob Carr, former NSW Premier and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Drawing on his passion for Australian history and decades of political experience, Bob Carr explored the ideas, personalities and compromises that brought six separate colonies together to form the Commonwealth of Australia and examined why many of the questions debated during Federation remain relevant more than 125 years later.

Watch the full recording to discover how Federation helped shape the nation and continues to influence Australia’s democracy today.