Tony Abbott – Launch of Anne Henderson’s Paul Hasluck
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PAUL HASLUCK – LAUNCHED BY TONY ABBOTT – ANNE HENDERSON
The Hon Paul Hasluck was many things – journalist, public servant, author/historian, academic, Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Governor-General of Australia and a published poet. In the 1940s, he worked with Bert Evatt within the External Affairs Department on the creation of the United Nations. He was also, from his early years as [...]
Tony Abbott & Anne Henderson – Launch of Anne Henderson’s Paul Hasluck
Speakers: The Hon Tony Abbott - former PM and author most recently of Australia A History and Anne Henderson - Deputy Director The Sydney Institute and author of Paul Hasluck Topic: Launch of Anne Henderson's Paul Hasluck Date: Monday 3 November 2025 Time: 5 pm for 5.30 pm NOTE EARLY START Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street, [...]
HOLY LAND. HOLY WAR – THE SEEDS OF A CONFLICT
HOLY LAND. HOLY WAR – THE SEEDS OF A CONFLICT GHOSTS OF A HOLY WAR – THE 1929 MASSACRE IN PALESTINE THAT IGNITED THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT by Yardena Schwartz Union Square & Co New York 2024 ISBN: 978 1 4549 4921 3 RRP: $55.99 (HB) Reviewed by Anne Henderson How does anyone explain the realities [...]
BORIS JOHNSON – AS HE SAW IT AND AS HE LIVED IT
BORIS JOHNSON – AS HE SAW IT AND AS HE LIVED IT UNLEASHED By Boris Johnson William Collins 2024 ISBN 978-0-00 - 861020-9 (pb) RRP: $39.99 (PB) By Anne Henderson Without having read it, his enemies will say it’s self-serving, the political memoirs of a former prime minister who failed to achieve true greatness while [...]
FOUNDING THE LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA – HOW WOMEN MADE A DIFFERENCE – ANNE HENDERSON
August 2024 marked 80 years since Robert Menzies brought together the dysfunctional groups of non Labor political associations and the remnants of the United Australia Party to found a new party to be called The Liberal Party of Australia. Over two conferences in Canberra and Albury at the end of 1944, the Party took roots [...]
ROBERT MENZIES, BERT EVATT AND THE LABOR PARTY SPLIT – ANNE HENDERSON
In 2025, the Robert Menzies Institute published the third volume in its Menzies series – titled The Menzies Ascendency - Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. The Sydney launch took place at The Sydney Institute on Monday 3 February. The book was launched by former High Court judge The Hon Michael Kirby and The Australian’s Paul Kelly. [...]
Michael Kirby & Paul Kelly – The Menzies Ascendency
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Georgina Downer, John Anderson, John Howard, Anne Henderson & Zachary Gorman – Unity in Autonomy
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John Howard, Michael Kirby & Anne Henderson – Menzies vs Evatt: Australia’s Great Political Rivalry
https://youtu.be/YYfUriEuVvA