On the anniversary of the eightieth year since the liberation of the Auschwitz death and extermination camp under the Nazis of World War II, Australia’s Defence Minister delivered a powerful speech attacking anti-Semitism in Australia and globally. In his words, the anti-Semitism he had witnessed in Australia following the Hamas attacks of October 7 (2023) [...]
In 2025, Senator Jacinto Nampijinpa Price released her memoir – Matters of The Heart. It is a story that is honest, raw and at times heartbreaking, and a deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices [...]
In 2025, the Robert Menzies Institute published the third volume in its Menzies series – titled The Menzies Ascendency - Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. The Sydney launch took place at The Sydney Institute on Monday 3 February. The book was launched by former High Court judge The Hon Michael Kirby and The Australian’s Paul Kelly. [...]
The Hon Patrick Gorman MP is the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General and Assistant Minister for the Public Service. As arguments over the size of the Australian public service surfaced in the lead up to the 2025 federal election, Patrick Gorman was happy to state his case for continuing [...]
August 2024 marked 80 years since Robert Menzies brought together the dysfunctional groups of non Labor political associations and the remnants of the United Australia Party to found a new party to be called The Liberal Party of Australia. Over two conferences in Canberra and Albury at the end of 1944, the Party took roots [...]
August 2024 marked 80 years since Robert Menzies brought together the dysfunctional groups of non Labor political associations and the remnants of the United Australia Party to found a new party to be called The Liberal Party of Australia. Over two conferences in Canberra and Albury at the end of 1944, the Party took roots [...]
August 2024 marked 80 years since Robert Menzies brought together the dysfunctional groups of non Labor political associations and the remnants of the United Australia Party to found a new party to be called The Liberal Party of Australia. Over two conferences in Canberra and Albury at the end of 1944, the Party took roots [...]
Sworn in as prime minister in the week of the Wall Street Crash, in October 1929, James Scullin was bewildered and politically devoured by the economic and sociopolitical turmoil of the Great Depression. Scullin was Australia’s first Prime Minister of Catholic faith, which profoundly influenced him, though he saw secular and religious principles as compatible rather than [...]
In 2024, The Sydney Institute’s Annual Dinner Lecture was given by The Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications in the Albanese Labor Government. Her lecture captured thinking around the continuing regulation of digital platforms, especially with regard to minors. Her speech was a comprehensive overview of what citizens have come to regard as vital [...]
As Australians prepared to go to the polls in 2025, the chances of minority government after the federal election seemed real according to the polls. The increasing number of independents in the parliament also suggested the outcome would be unpredictable. The Hon Paul Fletcher, a former minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments and Member [...]
