Summer in south-eastern Australia was particularly severe with continuing drought being added to by a prolonged bushfire season. The Morrison Government – having won the “unwinnable election” in May 2019 began 2020 under increased pressure with any Budget surplus looking challenged, especially with the outbreak of the coronavirus virus on mainland China, world markets nervous [...]
SPEAKERS: PAUL KELLY (Editor At Large – The Australian) & JENNIFER HEWETT (National Affairs Columnist, The Australian Financial Review) DATE: Monday 10 February 2020 *Book from 27 January 2020** TIME: 5.30 for 6pm LIGHT REFRESHMENTS *MEMBERS & ONE GUEST ONLY* TOPIC: A Political Update – Setting the Scene for 2020 VENUE: King & Wood Mallesons, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer [...]
On Saturday 18 May 2019, Australia voted and the opinion polls were wrong. Prime Minister Scott Morrison pulled off what had been predicted to be an impossible win. In March 2019, at The Sydney Institute, Caroline Overington and Paul Kelly could not see the Coalition winning. On Monday 20 May 2019, author and Associate Editor [...]
SPEAKER: PAUL KELLY (Editor at Large, The Australian and Author) & CAROLINE OVERINGTON (Associate Editor,The Australian and Author) DATE: Monday 20 May 2019 *Book from 6 April 2019** TIME: 5.30 for 6pm LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ***MEMBERS AND ONE GUEST ONLY*** TOPIC: A Night After the Election: Australian Politics Today VENUE: The Sydney Institute, Level 40, Governor [...]
With a federal election looming by May 2019, and the polls for many months predicting an easy win for the Labor opposition led by Bill Shorten, The Sydney Institute held a seminar evening discussion on Wednesday 6 March 2019. Leading the discussion were Paul Kelly, commentator, columnist The Australian, editor and author and Caroline Overington, [...]
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Speaker(s): Paul Kelly (Journalist and author) & Caroline Overington (Columnist,The Australian & author) Date: 6 Mar 2019 Topic: A Night Before the Election: Australian Politics Today Venue: The Sydney Institute, Level 40, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm Book from: Now
Paul Kelly is editor-at-large at The Australian, journalist, commentator, author of numerous books and co-author of The Dismissal - in The Queen’s Name. With Troy Bramston, Kelly has pulled together a comprehensive version of the story of events of 11 November 1975 from fresh interviews, new archival material and a reinterpretation of events. On Monday [...]
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Speaker(s): Anne Twomey|Gerard Henderson|Paul Kelly Date: 2015-11-09 Venue: The Gallipoli Club, 12 Loftus Street (between Bridge Street & Alfred Street), Sydney Time: 5.00 for 5.30PM
