Driving Your Social Licence to Operate
Date: 11 August 2026
Time: 11.30am
Room: Seminar Central
Level/Hall: Hall 4 | ICC Sydney
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Join our crack Strategic Communications team of Dan Maloney | GTA, Kaila Murnain | SECNewgate, Matt Rowley | General Strategic, and Sam Torres | Spedding Torres, as they renew the thinking behind the “social licence” and how the gaming industry can get it, use it, and more importantly, how not lose it (!) through the exploration of some very controversial case studies such as the 2014 NSW Lockout Laws, the attempted 2016 NSW Greyhounds Ban, the 2016 U.S. Election, and the failed 2023 federal Voice referendum. This is one session sure to provoke debate and light up social feeds right across the AGE and beyond, so one not to be missed for all the political, media, and communications gurus out there.
Moderator

Dan Maloney
GM Policy Strategy Engagement | GTA
Panellists

Kaila Murnain
SECNewgate

Matt Rowley
Partner | General Strategic

Samantha Torres
Founding Director | Spedding Torres