- VOLUME 9 Issue 3 (Winter 1997)
- What should our children read? [Collection of three articles based on a debate at the Sydney Institute, 22 July 1997.] BY Donna Gibbs, Stephen O’Doherty, Nick Enright
- Behind the victory [of the Coalition parties at the 1996 federal election. Address to the Sydney Institute, 15 July 1997.] BY Pamela Williams
- US/ Australia, Hong Kong and Asia [Address to the Sydney Institute, 10 July 1997.] BY Nancy Linn Patton
- Gough’s abiding interests [Address to the Sydney Institute, 8 July 1997.] BY Gough Whitlam
- Australia and the Vietnam War 1965/ 1975 [Address to the Sydney Institute, 16 June 1997.] BY P. G. (Peter Geoffrey) Edwards
- Class in Australia: Kylie v Snobs [Address to the Sydney Institute, 11 June 1997. Includes a reply by Max Walsh.] BY Max Walsh, Craig McGregor
- Israeli democracy in crisis [Address to the Sydney Institute, 2 June 1997.] BY Arye Carmon
- Indochinese, immigration and the Hanson factors [Address to the Sydney Institute, 27 May 1997.] BY Nancy Viviani
- Guilt, hope and the child care debate [Address to the Sydney Institute, 20 May 1997.] BY Sally Loane
- Children and the legal process [Address to the Sydney Institute, 12 May 1997.] BY Kathryn Cronin
- Will the EMU [European Monetary Union] fly?: economic and monetary union in Europe [Address to the Sydney Institute, 7 May 1997.] BY Erkki Liikanen
- The people’s champion: Fred Paterson and St Patrick’s Day 1948 [Address to the Sydney Institute, 1 May 1997.] BY Ross Fitzgerald