On Tuesday 18 October, the Hon John Howard launched Anne Henderson’s Joseph Lyons – The People’s Prime Minister (New South Press). John Howard was introduced by Stuart Clark, a managing partner at Clayton Utz. Anne Henderson is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute. Introduction – Stuart Clark Welcome to Clayton Utz. It is a real [...]
In a speech to the staff of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in March 2010, ABC Chairman Maurice Newman said, “At the ABC, I believe we must re-energise the spirit of enquiry. Be dynamic and challenging – to look for contrary points of view, to ensure that the maverick voice will not be silenced.” As ABC [...]
On Monday 24 October 2011, The Hon Tony Smith MP, who is the Member for Casey and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tax Reform and Deputy Chairman, Coalition Policy Development Committee, launched Anne Henderson’s Joseph Lyons – The People’s Prime Minister in Melbourne. Tony Smith’s address on Joseph Lyons is published here as a reflection on [...]
Dr Martin Parkinson PSM, is Secretary to the Treasury. As Secretary, he is a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Australian Office of Financial Management, member of the Board of Taxation, Infrastructure Australia, Council of Financial Regulators and the Centre for International Finance and Regulation. [...]
On Tuesday 24 January 2012, David Irvine, Director-General of Security (ASIO), addressed a capacity crowd at The Sydney Institute to outline comprehensively the work of Australia’s Intelligence forces, their purpose and their importance to Australians both commercially and generally. David Irvine reminded his audience that, in the broadened definition of security threats, homeland security now [...]
In 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor government struggled against the ongoing attacks from opposition leader Tony Abbott. In this, and in spite of leading comfortably in the polls, Tony Abbott carried the reputation for being too negative. However, on Monday 21 November, in an address to The Sydney Institute, the Hon Tony Abbott delivered [...]
Philip Flood AO is a former head of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Office of NationalAssessments and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. During Philip Flood’s years as a senior Australian diplomat, Australia moved closer to Asia, abolished the White Australia policy, strengthened ties with the US and made a dramatic [...]
The Hon Pru Goward is the New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women. Her portfolio is one of the most complex and delicate to handle in terms of government policy and policy enforcement. As her department acknowledges, there are many reasons why children are at risk of abuse and [...]
One of Australia's most popular political commentators, Annabel Crabb is the ABC's chief online political writer. She has been a journalist for more than 12 years, covering national politics for 10. Before she became a journalist, Annabel completed arts and law degrees at the University of Adelaide, but decamped when a legal career threatened to [...]
Jonathan Mills is the director of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Artistic Adviser of the Melbourne Recital Centre. Born in Sydney, Mills studied architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology then graduated in music from the University of Sydney, studying composition under Peter Sculthorpe. He went on to become Artistic Director of the [...]
