Professor Ann McGrath has made a career of writing history, for academic as well as public audiences. She has lectured at the University of New South Wales, been a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Cross Cultural Research at the Australian National University, and served as Program Director of Society and Nation at the National [...]
After the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami hit Indonesia in 2004, Australian aid was a key to the emergency effort. Among the volunteers, Defence personnel and government aid workers who rushed to the disaster scene was a team of medical specialists who worked for weeks in gruelling conditions to help survivors in Aceh. Sydney barrister and [...]
Writer Susan Varga’s, Heddy and Me, won international acclaim for its portrayal of Heddy, a character based on the author’s mother, whose flight from the Nazis in World War II led her to Australia with her two daughters. In her latest book, Headlong, Varga continues the exploration of her mother’s life and death through the [...]
Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie enlisted in the Australian Army in 1968. Appointed as Chief of Army in 2008, he is now responsible for the command, corporate policy formulation and management of the Australian Army. Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie’s service to the Army and Australia has been recognised on a number of occasions with honours and [...]
In June 2009, an article on Russia’s Defence Ministry website blamed Poland for commencing World War 11. In August 2009, on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, senior Polish officials spoke directly of the Soviet Union’s complicity in the commencement of World War 11. Professor Adam Rotfeld is Co-Chairman of the Polish-Russia Group for [...]
Professor Andy Pitman did his BSc and Ph D at Liverpool University in the UK, graduating in 1988. He is now Professor in Atmospheric Science and Co-director of the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. Dr Pitman’s expertise is in climate modelling, with broad interests extending across climate change, climate [...]
Gabrielle Carey (with Kathy Lette) wrote her first novel, Puberty Blues, at the age of 20. Since then she has authored seven books of both fiction and non-fiction. Over 13 years, Gabrielle Carey has taught creative writing at various universities, currently at the University of Technology, Sydney. Gabrielle Carey addressed The Sydney Institute on Wednesday [...]
Elizabeth Broderick was appointed Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner for Age Discrimination in 2007. In 2002, she was named Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year and Australia Corporate Business Woman of the Year, in recognition of her various corporate successes. As Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick has engaged in thorough consultations across the country, to give [...]
Paul Kelly is an insightful, prominent and prolific political commentator. He is editor-at-large of The Australian and has authored seven books on the modern Australian political landscape – the most recent being The March of the Patriots (2009). Paul Kelly has earned a number of accolades for journalistic excellence, including a double Walkley Award (2001) [...]
The Hon Colin Barnett was first elected to the Western Australian State Parliament in 1990 as the Liberal member for Cottesloe. On 6 September 2008, he was elected Premier of Western Australia. Colin Barnett also holds the portfolio of State Development. Prior to entering Parliament, he was Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce and [...]
