In 2011, Australia prepared to legislate plain packaging for all cigarette sales in a bid to curb the damaging effects of smoking. A global first. So is this an example of a nanny state gone wild or a long overdue health measure? To discuss the proposed legislation, on Tuesday 14 June 2011, The Sydney Institute [...]
The Hon Anthony Albanese is Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese addressed The Sydney Institute on Tuesday 28 June 2011. Looking back on three years of Labor government from the end of 2007, Anthony Albanese listed the many reforms and initiatives undertaken by the Rudd and Gillard Governments against a backdrop of global financial [...]
On Wednesday the 8 June 2011, The Hon. Richard Marles, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, joined Sophie Mirabella, Opposition Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, to discuss the impact on regional Australia of a carbon tax. Both from Victoria, Richard Marles (Corio) and Sophie Mirabella (Indi) are well placed to evaluate how local [...]
On Wednesday the 8 June 2011, Sophie Mirabella MP, Opposition Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, joined the Hon. Richard Marles, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, to discuss the impact on regional Australia of a carbon tax. Both from Victoria, Richard Marles (Corio) and Sophie Mirabella (Indi) are well placed to evaluate how [...]
Senator Eric Abetz is Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Elected to the Senate at the 1998 federal election, Senator Abetz has sat in the Senate since July 1999 and is one of the longest serving Coalition senators. On 1 July, the Australian Senate’s numbers gave [...]
Sajid Javid is the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove and was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. The son of bus driver, Sajid Javid was born and raised in Lancashire. He studied Economics and Politics at university and, at the age of 25, became a Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank [...]
On Tuesday 24 May 2011, writer and former political adviser Mark Aarons joined former NSW premier Bob Carr to address The Sydney Institute for a discussion on the left’s involvement in the history of the Labor Party, in particular the influence of the CPA on Labor and development of the Australian Communist Party. Mark Aarons [...]
On Tuesday 24 May 2011, former NSW premier Bob Carr joined writer and former political adviser Mark Aarons to address The Sydney Institute for a discussion on the left’s involvement in the history of the Labor Party, in particular the influence on Labor and development of the Australian Communist Party. Bob Carr, Premier of New [...]
In 2011, Australia prepared to legislate plain packaging for all cigarette sales in a bid to curb the damaging effects of smoking. A global first. So is this an example of a nanny state gone wild or a long overdue health measure? To discuss the proposed legislation, on Tuesday 14 June 2011, The Sydney Institute [...]
Dallas McInerney has worked in financial service regulation at ASIC and is currently Group General Manager, Government Affairs at the National Australia Bank. In a presentation to The Sydney Institute on Wednesday 6 July 2011, on compulsory superannuation and its future benefit to Australians, Dallas McInerney joined Ross Cameron, former Liberal Party Member for Parramatta and now company director and [...]
