Liberalism and the Simplification of Government – Greg Hunt
The Hon Greg Hunt MP is Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage. He spoke at The Sydney Institute on Wednesday 6 April, 2011 […]
Facing the Dragon: Meeting Life’s Challenges Head On – Joanne Jones
Joanne Jones was just 16 when she was hired as a copywriter by Leo Burnett Advertising agency in Sydney. Her subsequent 35 years in advertising included a move to Hong Kong in the late 1970s. Joanne trained and worked as a counsellor in Sydney in the 1990s for several years, before writing her memoir When [...]
Facing the Dragon: Meeting Life’s Challenges Head On – Elizabeth Lancaster
Elizabeth Lancaster began her working life as an occupational therapist in Australia until she unexpectedly found herself in a writing course in New York, whilst living there with her husband and two children. After she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, writing became essential in her acceptance of and coming to terms with the unpredictable nature [...]
John Curtin and “Greater Britain” – James Curran
Dr James Curran is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Sydney. His most recent book is Curtin’s Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Dr Curran is also the co-author (with Stuart Ward) of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire and author of The Power of Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defining [...]
Politics & Language: Political Abuse and the Web – Tom Switzer
Tom Switzer is editor of Spectator Australia and a former opinion editor of The Australian . On Tuesday 15 March 2011, The Sydney Institute held a discussion on the use of language in political debate developing with a multi-media world, the free use of the web and 24-hour news outlets. Tom Switzer joined Bernard Keane, [...]
Politics & Language: Political Abuse and the Web – Shelley Gare
Shelley Gare is the founding editor of The Australian Review of Books, columnist and author of The Triumph of Airheads. On Tuesday 15 March 2011, The Sydney Institute held a discussion on the use of language in political debate developing with a multi-media world, the free use of the web and 24-hour news outlets. Shelley [...]
Politics & Language: Political Abuse and the Web – Bernard Keane
On Tuesday 15 March 2011, The Sydney Institute held a discussion on the use of language in political debate developing with a multi-media world, the free use of the web and 24-hour news outlets. Bernard Keane, the Canberra correspondent for Crikey.com., joined Shelley Gare, author and journalist, and Tom Switzer, editor of the Spectator Australia [...]
Australia’s Colonial Experience in New Guina between the Wars – Michael Waterhouse
Michael Waterhouse is a historian and author of the book Not a Poor Man’s Field. The New Guinea Goldfields to 1942 – An Australian Colonial History. Foreword by Ross Garnaut. Michael has been a Senior Adviser in the Treasury. He spoke at The Sydney Institute on Tuesday 3 May 2011. […]