The Sydney Institute conducts more than 50 lectures, seminars and panel discussions each year. The following lists contain the past speakers at The Sydney Institute (in order of surname) and the volume in which their speech was published in The Sydney Papers.
Craig Emerson
Name: The Hon. Dr Craig Emerson MP Bio: Minister for Trade and Competitiveness Prosperity & Fairness in a Market Democracy - Winter 2008 This speech was printed in The Sydney Papers, Vol. 20 No. 3 (pages 57-77) Inequality: Problems and Solutions - Spring 1999 This speech was printed in The Sydney Papers, Vol.11 No.4 (pages 89-106) .vc_custom_1419240516480{background-color:...
Allan Fels
Name: Allan Fels Bio: Head of the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission Globalisation and Competition Policy – 23rd April 2001 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.13 No.2 in 2001 (pages 153-176) On the Ball with the ACCC – 24th February 1999 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.11 No.2 in 1999 (pages 1-9)…
Cecile Ferguson
Name: Cecile Ferguson Bio: Federal Director, National Party The Future of The National Party - 28th August 1996 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.8 No.4 in 1996 (pages 8-19) .vc_custom_1419240516480{background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;} The Future of The National PartySpeaker(s): Cecile Ferguson Date: 1996-08-28 Venue: Time: 6:00pm (arrive at 5:30pm) Read more
Mitch Fifield
Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for the Arts and for Communications
Michael Fitzjames
Name: Michael Fitzjames Bio: Fitzjames: In Black and White – 21st September 1993 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.6 No.1 in 1994 (pages 41-47)
Amanda Foreman
Amanda Foreman is the author of the award-winning best seller, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Damien Freeman
Damien Freeman studied law, philosophy, and classical Hebrew and Aramaic at the University of Sydney and Magdalene College, Cambridge…
Nikki Gemmell
Internationally acclaimed author, most recently of After & columnist, The Australian
Danny Gilbert AM
Founder, Cape York Partnership Group; Co-founder & Managing Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Alan Gill
Name: Alan Gill Bio: Author of Interrupted Journeys – Young Refugees from Hitler’s Reich [Simon&Schuster] Orphans of the Empire – Child Migration to Australia – 31st March 1998 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.10 No.2 in 1998 (pages 88-94) Young Refugees from Hitler’s Germany This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.16 No.4 in…
Bonnie Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Senior Associate, CSIS
Jane Gleeson-White
Author, Double Entry: How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world
Alan Gold
Name: Alan Gold Bio: Gold on the Internet – 16th April 1996 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.8 No.2 in 1996 (pages 80-91)
Ainsley Gotto
Name: Ainsley Gotto Bio: John Gorton – His Way – 19th May 2002 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.14 No.2 in 2002 (pages 42-47)
Stan Grant
Author; Journalist & Presenter ABC; Chair of Indigenous Affairs at Charles Sturt University
Nick Greiner
Former Premier of New South Wales and Chairman of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA)
Alan Griffiths
Name: Alan Griffiths Bio: Federal Minister for Tourism and Resources The Implied Covenant: Government and Industry Working Together in the 1990’s – 16th June 1993 This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.5 No.4 in 1993 (pages 35-41) Australia and Taiwan – Opportunities in the 1990s – 14th December 1992 This speech was printed in Sydney…
Leonard Harlan
Chairman of the Castle Harlan Executive Committee & member of the Executive Committee of CHAMP, the Australian affiliate of Castle Harlan
Jeremy Hearder
Author, Jim Plim: Ambassador Extraordinary. A Biography of Sir James Plimsoll
Simon Henderson
Baker fellow, The Washington Institute; Director, Gulf and Energy Policy Program specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf
Sarah Henderson
Former Australian broadcast journalist best known for her work on the ABC’s The 7.30 Report and for her consumer advocacy on The Investigators. Member for Corangamite.
Allison Henry
Name: Allison Henry Bio: National Director of the Australian Republican Movement An Australian Head of State: Where Are We At? – 2nd March 2005 An Australian Head of State: Where are we at? This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.17 No.2 in 2005 (pages 21-32) Debate over constitutional change and whether it’s time for Australia…
Jennifer Hewett
National Affairs Columnist on Business & Politics, Australian Financial Review
Les Hinton
Journalist and author The Bootle Boy: An Untidy Life in News [Scribe, 2018]; formerly a senior executive, News Corp
Kim Hoggard
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs to James Baker US Secretary of State
Stephen Holt
Bio: Co-author of Ross Fitzgerald and Stephen Holt, Alan the Red Fox Reid: Pressman Par Excellence (University of New South Wales Press, Sydney 2010
David Horner
Professor of Australian Defence History, ANU’s Strategic & Defence Studies Centre; author most recently of The Spy Catchers: the Official History of ASIO
