The Hon Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer and Member for North Sydney, addressed The Sydney Institute on Monday 9 November 2009. Departing from his portfolio responsibilities, Joe Hockey spoke on religion in Australia and the decline in religious belief. Mr Hockey argued that, as a society, we must not allow our “secularity to be a reason [...]
Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. His column appears regularly in the Jerusalem Post and other newspapers around the globe. His website, DanielPipes.org, is one of the most accessed internet sources of specialised information on the Middle East and Islam. [...]
In her book, Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression, Dr Ida Lichter gives voice to the courageous, and often overlooked, women reformers of the Muslim world. They speak out with passion, humanity and even humour, bringing alive the harsh realities of Muslim law for women. Ida Lichter, a practising psychiatrist, joined with Daniel Pipes [...]
The Hon Greg Combet is the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and the Minister assisting the Minister on Climate Change. From 1999 to 2007 he was leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Following the release of the Rudd Government’s Defence White Paper, Greg Combet addressed The Sydney Institute on Wednesday 4 [...]
