Money Matters
Real talk on money, power, financial safety and securing your future
Event details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | 12:30pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Unreserved Seating | $35 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
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Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Catherine FitzpatrickIf every bank in Australia set the standard that their products should not be used as weapons of coercive control, it would be a game changer.
All about the speakers
Tasnia Alam Hannan (she/her)
Tasnia Alam Hannan is a social impact leader, academic and advocate for women’s economic justice. She is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the Arise Foundation and a Lecturer at the UNSW Centre for Social Impact, where she teaches future changemakers in the MBA and postgraduate programs on social impact investment, collaborative leadership and business for social impact.
A PhD candidate at Western Sydney University's School of Law, Tasnia’s research develops intersectional Gender Lens Investing frameworks for refugee women entrepreneurs, challenging traditional investment norms and amplifying the voices of women at the margins of Australia’s economy. Arise Foundation has supported more than 150 women in rebuilding their lives through trauma-informed employment pathways.
Catherine Fitzpatrick (she/her)
Catherine Fitzpatrick unmasks and disrupts financial abuse — exposing how domestic abusers weaponise everyday products and advising governments, regulators and businesses internationally on how to close the loopholes.
A former bank executive turned social entrepreneur, she pioneered financial safety by design after uncovering widespread abuse in online banking and leading industry-wide reforms to stop it.
Her Designed to Disrupt® reports and Respect and Protect™ campaign have driven world-first reforms across more than 10 sectors, banning product misuse and making 20 million customers safer.
A recognised global expert, Catherine is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Social Sciences and co-founder of the One Generation business alliance against domestic abuse with not-for-profit Thriving Communities Australia.
Her award-winning work challenges leaders to rethink risk and redesign for safety — because if you can map customer journeys, you can map misuse journeys too.
Zee Heart (she/her)
Zee Heart survived what should have broken her. After escaping family violence at 19, she rebuilt her life on Gadigal country and co-founded MoneyGirl, Australia's first evidence-based financial education program for women.
A TEDx speaker on ending male violence and NSW Premier's Woman of Excellence (2025), Zee has delivered over 100 keynotes for organisations from the ATO to VOGUE. She has been named among the Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence (2019) and Marie Claire's Next 25 List (2021).
Today, she coaches women on money, boundaries and self-trust, teaching them to stop shrinking to keep the peace. Her work has been featured in ABC, VOGUE and Grazia.
Zee turns survival into liberation, because choosing yourself isn't selfish. It's how you finally get free.
Emily Stewart (she/her)
Moderator
Emily Stewart, aka “Sensible Emily,” is an award-winning business and finance journalist at the ABC. She has almost two decades of experience working on national news and current affairs programs across television, radio and online. She has championed the introduction of personal finance to the ABC’s coverage, beginning with the first series of The Pineapple Project podcast in 2018, where the name Sensible Emily was born. She is best known for her regular personal finance newsletter, Your Money Explained, with Sensible Emily, which has a very active community.
In addition to her practical experience, Emily holds a Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School and Bachelors of Commerce and Arts from the University of Melbourne.
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Attending this event
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a 7-10 minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. Resale restriction applies. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.