Former Australian prime minister, The Hon Tony Abbott, is a man of many parts. Not content to contain his views to speaking, Tony Abbott has now contributed a sales record breaking volume on Australia history - Australia A History – how an ancient land became a great democracy. This led to Abbott also fronting a [...]
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Speaker - The Hon Tony Abbott - Author of Australia A History - how an ancient land became a great democracy Topic: Writing & Broadcasting Australia: A History Date: Monday 15 December 2025 Time: 5.00pm for 5.30pm - NOTE EARLY START Please note: Associate members only Link sent out on day of event
Speaker - The Hon Tony Abbott - Author of Australia A History - how an ancient land became a great democracy Topic: Writing & Broadcasting Australia: A History Date: Monday 15 December 2025 Time: 5.0pm for 5.30pm - NOTE EARLY START Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000 LIGHT REFRESHMENTS Note: Open to Associate Members & [...]
The Hon Paul Hasluck was many things – journalist, public servant, author/historian, academic, Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Governor-General of Australia and a published poet. In the 1940s, he worked with Bert Evatt within the External Affairs Department on the creation of the United Nations. He was also, from his early years as [...]
Speakers: The Hon Tony Abbott - former PM and author most recently of Australia A History and Anne Henderson - Deputy Director The Sydney Institute and author of Paul Hasluck Topic: Launch of Anne Henderson's Paul Hasluck Date: Monday 3 November 2025 Time: 5 pm for 5.30 pm NOTE EARLY START Venue: The Sydney Institute, 47 Phillip Street, [...]
Brian Harradine was an Independent Senator for Tasmania from 1975-2004, and a former Labor stalwart and trade union official. Expelled from the ALP before entering parliament, he showed just what an independent can achieve. Harradine made governments stop, think and consult before they could legislate and act. Now his life has been recorded by Keith Harvey [...]
Angela Shanahan – columnist with The Australian – has written the biography of Paul Ramsay, founder of Ramsay Health which has been published as Paul Ramsay – A Man For Others. In a lasting legacy, Paul Ramsay bequeathed funds to establish the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation which will operate through the University of Queensland, [...]
Om Tuesday 11 August 2020, The Hon Tony Abbott joined Tim Harcourt in a Sydney Institute YouTube broadcast. Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been a strong supporter of free trade with China. However, with increasing tensions over the increase in China’s influence and resistance to appeals over human rights, Abbott believes Australia must [...]
