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Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Don Watson, Sue Butler and David Malouf: Bad Language
Fri, 22 Jan 2010
Embesat Khan: Pakistan Today
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The Hon. Tony Abbott - Practical Environmentalism
Wed, 02 Dec 2009
Bridget Griffen-Foley - ‘Dial-in democracy’? Forty years of talkback, from Andrea to Kyle
Wed, 02 Dec 2009
Ziggy Switkowski - The Nuclear Echo post-Copenhagen
Tue, 17 Nov 2009
Kirsten McKenzie and Andrew Tink: Early Australia: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty
Wed, 11 Nov 2009
Rt. Hon. David Blunkett: Unfettered Free Market Bad, Public Interest Good? Why hasn't the global meltdown led to a resurgence of left of centre politics across the world?
Mon, 09 Nov 2009
The Hon Joe Hockey MP: In Defence of God
Fri, 06 Nov 2009
Ida Lichter and Daniel Pipes: Changes in Radical Islam
Thu, 05 Nov 2009
The Hon. Greg Combet AM MP: From Collins to Force 2030 – The Challenge of the Future Submarine
Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Ann McGrath: Writing Readable History
Wed, 14 Oct 2009
Sophie York - Angels of Aceh - Australian Aid Abroad
Wed, 07 Oct 2009
Susan Varga - The Angel of Death – and The Elderly
Wed, 30 Sep 2009
Ken Gillespie AO DSC CSM - Now, Not Then - 21st Century - Australian Army
Tue, 29 Sep 2009
Adam Rotfeld - Poland and Russia
Mon, 28 Sep 2009
Workplace Laws – What Every Business Needs to Know
Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Andy Pitman - Communicating Climate Science
Thu, 17 Sep 2009
Gabrielle Carey - In Trouble Again: The Perils of Memoir
Tue, 15 Sep 2009
Elizabeth Broderick-Accumulating poverty? Women's experiences of inequality over the lifecycle
Wed, 09 Sep 2009
Paul Kelly: The March of Patriots
Fri, 04 Sep 2009
The Hon. Colin Barnett - Over the Nullarbor and Over the Horizon
Wed, 02 Sep 2009
H.E. Ms Quentin Bryce AC - 2009 Annual Dinner/Lecture
Wed, 26 Aug 2009
Margy Osmond - What’s Happening to Retail
Tue, 18 Aug 2009
Paul Howes - Energy Policy for Australia
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Tony Abbott - What’s Right? - Liberalism and Conservatism Inside the Liberal Party
Thu, 06 Aug 2009
The Hon. Simon Crean - The Triumph of Trade Liberalisation over Protectionism
Wed, 29 Jul 2009
Tanveer Ahmed - The Islamic State in Crisis – A Look at Pakistan and Iran
Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Anne Summers : Searching for the lost mother - the painting and the person
Mon, 20 Jul 2009
Paul Twomey - The Internet: Australia’s Role and Opportunities
Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Annabel Crabb - Creatures Of The Liberal Party
Wed, 08 Jul 2009
Frank Brennan & Helen Irving - A Progress Report on the National Human Rights Consultation
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Joseph Healy - Australian Banks: Sinners or Saints?
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Ray Evans and Ian Dunlop - Climate Change: Two Views
Tue, 23 Jun 2009
Ian Plimer: The Theology of Climate Change
Tue, 23 Jun 2009
John Hatzistergos- The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question: The Charter of Rights and Abuses of Overcentralised Power
Tue, 16 Jun 2009
David Gruen - Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis
Wed, 10 Jun 2009
Henry Ergas & Paul Fletcher - Telecommunications: The Way Forward
Wed, 03 Jun 2009
The Hon. Jenny Macklin MP - Addressing the Challenges of an Ageing Australia
Tue, 02 Jun 2009
Kate Legge - Modern Marriage, Melbourne & The Middle Class
Tue, 26 May 2009
Helen Pringle - John Stuart Mill For Today
Thu, 21 May 2009
The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon - Aspects of the Defence White Paper
Thu, 21 May 2009
Mathew Levitt - Financing International Terrorism
Tue, 19 May 2009
Tarek Heggy - Arab Culture and Modernity
Wed, 13 May 2009
Fiona Allon - Renovation Nation: our obsession with home
Wed, 13 May 2009
Kristin Williamson - Living with David Williamson
Wed, 29 Apr 2009
Bettina Arndt - The Politics of Desire
Tue, 21 Apr 2009
Nguyen Van Canh- Vietnam and China: The Spratly and Paracel Islands Dispute
Thu, 16 Apr 2009
Peter Hartcher - Greenspan, Bush and Obama: Who’s responsible for the Global Financial Crisis
Wed, 08 Apr 2009
The Hon. Maxine Mckew - Getting it Right in the Early Years
Tue, 31 Mar 2009
The Hon. Helen Coonan -Magic Pudding Economics - The Economy Under Labor
Tue, 24 Mar 2009
Anna Clark & Mark Lopez - Teaching History – Two Views
Tue, 24 Mar 2009
The Hon. Wayne Swan - A Future of Promise
Thu, 19 Mar 2009
Tanya Plibersek - Public housing – public good or good for nothing?
Tue, 17 Mar 2009
Greg Growden - Remembering Jack Fingleton
Thu, 12 Mar 2009
Barry O'Farrell - Restoring Good Governance
Tue, 10 Mar 2009
Judith Pugh - Clifton Pugh: Art and Politics in the 1970
Wed, 04 Mar 2009
Quang Luu & Dai Le - Journeys from Vietnam
Tue, 03 Mar 2009
The Hon. Julie Bishop - Freedom and Prosperity : The Liberal Party’s Legacy
Tue, 24 Feb 2009
Joe Trippi - : E-Campaigning in the Democratic Party
Thu, 19 Feb 2009
The Hon. Julia Gillard - A Resilient Australia
Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Warren Mundine & Marcia Langton - Indigenous Affairs - A New Conversation
Tue, 03 Feb 2009
Margot O'Neill -Beyond the Wire – Refugee Advocacy in Australia
Wed, 28 Jan 2009
Mark Johnson, Dr. John Edwards, Dr. Timo Henckel - The World Financial Crisis: How Did It Happen?
Wed, 21 Jan 2009
H.E. Maxime Verhagen - The Netherlands, Australia and the World
Wed, 17 Dec 2008
John Rielly - The Foreign Policy of the New American Administration
Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Gabrielle Gwyther - Once Were Westies
Tue, 25 Nov 2008
Anne Henderson & David Bird - Joseph Lyons: Two Views
Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Don Watson - American Journeys: After the Election
Tue, 18 Nov 2008
The Hon. Chris Bowen MP - Reclaiming Liberalism for the Left: Social Justice in the 21st Century
Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Tim Fischer and Jeffrey Grey - John Monash - Two Views
Mon, 10 Nov 2008
Michael Abrahams-Sprod - Broken Glass, Shattered Lives: The Relevance of the Reichskristallnacht Today
Thu, 06 Nov 2008
The Hon. Tanya Plibersek - Women and Men: A New Conversation about Equality
Thu, 06 Nov 2008
David Day - Andrew Fisher - Australian Prime Minister
Wed, 29 Oct 2008
Carol Baxter- Skullduggery in Early Sydney: Australia’s Biggest Bank Robbery
Tue, 28 Oct 2008
Christine Milne: The Greens, Balance of Power, and Australia's Emissions Trading Plans
Thu, 23 Oct 2008
Gerard Henderson: Why Menzies Matters - 2008 Sir Robert Menzies Lecture
Wed, 22 Oct 2008
Jenny Macklin: Australian Social Policy- Back in Business
Tue, 21 Oct 2008
Sandra Hall - Ezra Norton - His Life and Times
Thu, 16 Oct 2008
Anne Henderson - Robert Menzies, Joe Lyons, Enid Lyons - The Menzies Research Centre
Tue, 14 Oct 2008
David Kirk: The Public Good, Public Companies, and the Future of Print Media and Quality Journalism
Tue, 07 Oct 2008
Ann Genovese - History and the Judicial System
Wed, 01 Oct 2008
The Hon. Peter Costello & Peter Coleman - The Costello Memoirs
Thu, 11 Sep 2008
The Hon. Anthony Albanese MP - National Leadership in Infrastructure and Transport Reform
Tue, 09 Sep 2008
Lisa Pryor - Over-achieving and Self-loathing in Corporate Australia
Thu, 04 Sep 2008
Bob Carr & Paul O'Sullivan - Spy Fiction : Then and Now
Mon, 01 Sep 2008
Shaun Brown - Multicultural Society, Monocultural Media: SBS - more special than ever
Wed, 27 Aug 2008
Greig Gailey - The Economy, Carbon Emissions, & Business - An "ETS" That Works
Thu, 21 Aug 2008
Stephen Smith: A New Era of Engagement with the World
Thu, 07 Aug 2008
Malcolm Prentis - Scottish Settlement and Australia
Wed, 30 Jul 2008
The Hon. Robert McClelland - National legal reform to meet the economic challenges of the 21st century
Tue, 29 Jul 2008
Wajiha Ahmed - Pakistan - The Current Political Scene
Thu, 24 Jul 2008
Nikki Williams: Coal and Climate Change- How We Can Have Our Cake and Eat It Too
Tue, 22 Jul 2008
Hilary Charlesworth - Democratic objections to bills of rights
Wed, 09 Jul 2008
Paul Davey - A Political Dynasty: The Anthonys in Australia
Thu, 03 Jul 2008
Anne Henderson Book Launch in Tasmania - Enid Lyons: Leading Lady to a nation
Wed, 02 Jul 2008
Patricia McNerney - United States Government Nonproliferation Priorities and Asia
Tue, 24 Jun 2008
Matt Bai: The Web and the next US President – political movements in the Internet Age
Fri, 20 Jun 2008
Malcolm Turnbull - Launch of Anne Henderson's Enid Lyons - Leading Lady to a Nation
Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Kate Jennings- Notes from New York - In an Election Year
Fri, 13 Jun 2008
The Hon. Craig Emerson MP - Prosperity & Fairness in a Market Democracy
  





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