The Sydney Institute's Previous Functions

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Date: Wednesday 23 July 2008
Speaker: Nikki Williams
Topic: Coal and Climate Change – How We Can Have Our Cake and Eat it too
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Museum of Sydney Theatrette, Corner of Phillip & Bridge Street, Sydney
Date: Monday 21 July 2008
Speaker: Hilary Charlesworth
Topic: Democratic objections to bills of rights
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Additional Notes: Please Note Change of Date
Date: Tuesday 8 July 2008
Speaker: Paul Davey
Topic: A Political Dynasty: The Anthonys in Australia
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 1 July 2008
Speaker: Patricia McNerney
Topic: United States Government Nonproliferation Priorities and Asia
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Monday 23 June 2008
Speaker: Matt Bai
Topic: The Web and the next US President – political movements in the Internet Age
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O'Connell St, Sydney
Date: Friday 20 June 2008
Speaker: Malcolm Turnbull MP
Topic: Launch of Anne Henderson's 'Enid Lyons – Leading Lady to a Nation'
Time: 12:00 for 12:30pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 17 June 2008
Speaker: Kate Jennings
Topic: Notes from New York - In an Election Year
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Thursday 12 June 2008
Speaker: Craig Emerson MP
Topic: Prosperity & Fairness in a Market Democracy
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 10 June 2008
Speaker: Sue Gordon
Topic: The Northern Territory Emergency Response: A Reflection
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 3 June 2008
Speaker: Milton Osborne
Topic: Phnom Penh: Yesterday and Today
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip St Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 27 May 2008
Speaker: Babette Smith
Topic: No Fatal Shore - Re-envisaging Australian History
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip St Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 20 May 2008
Speaker: Catharine Lumby
Topic: The Porn Report: The Good News and the Bad News
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Monday 19 May 2008
Speaker: Kamal Nath
Topic: India's Century
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61 Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2008
Speaker: Helen Irving
Topic: Why Constitutions Matter to Women
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2008
Speaker: Stephen Conroy
Topic: Broadband and the Digital Economy
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: “The Forum” Level 23, Westpac Banking Corporation, Westpac Place, 275 Kent Street, Sydney
Date: Monday 21 April 2008
Speaker: Peter Balakian
Topic: The World’s Response to the Armenian Genocide
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Museum of Sydney Theatrette, Corner of Bridge & Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 15 April 2008
Speaker: Shelley Gare
Topic: Chasing Ishmael - Truth, racism, blockbuster publishing and the US media
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Thursday 10 April 2008
Speaker: John Hatzistergos MLC
Topic: A Charter of rights or a Charter of Wrongs?
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: NSW State Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Date: Wednesday 9 April 2008
Speaker: Ross Fitzgerald, Margaret Fink and Gerry Connolly
Topic: Growing Old (Dis)gracefully
Time: 5:00 for 5:30pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Boardroom, Level 35, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: EARLY START
Date: Tuesday 1 April 2008
Speaker: Tony Moore, Pru Goward and Doug Kirsner
Topic: Reforming the ABC – It’s not Just About Money
Time: 5:00 for 5:30pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Additional Notes: PLEASE NOTE EARLY START
Date: Monday 31 March 2008
Speaker: Andrew Robb MP
Topic: Australia-India: Strategic Imperatives
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip St, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Wednesday 26 March 2008
Speaker: Malcolm Turnbull MP
Topic: Taxation and Climate Change
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 18 March 2008
Speaker: Frank Brennan and Paul Cleary
Topic: East Timor: What’s Wrong
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place Sydney
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2008
Speaker: Peter Cochrane and Penelope Nelson
Topic: Early Colonial Society: Bligh and Wentworth
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Monday 10 March 2008
Speaker: Ene Ergma
Topic: Estonia: From Soviet occupation to e-government in the European Union
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 4 March 2008
Speaker: Kevin Andrews MP, Marise Payne and Christopher Pyne MP
Topic: Liberals and the Future: Three perspectives
Time: 5:00 for 5:30pm
Venue: Parliament House Theatrette, State Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: EARLY START
Date: Tuesday 26 February 2008
Speaker: Lindsay Tanner MP
Topic: Business de-regulation
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Monday 18 February 2008
Speaker: Herb Keinon
Topic: Trials and Tribulations of Life in Israel
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 12 February 2008
Speaker: David Day and Elly Spark
Topic: The Weather Report
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 5 February 2008
Speaker: Annabel Crabb, George Megalogenis and Arthur Sinodinos
Topic: Politics: Post the Howard Governenment
Time: 5:00 for 5:30pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Boardroom, Level 34, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: NOTE EARLY START
Date: Tuesday 29 January 2008
Speaker: Mick Keelty
Topic: Terrorism: Policing’s New Paradigm
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: State Parliament Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 22 January 2008
Speaker: David Morgan
Topic: Reflections on a Life in the Economic Fast Lane
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 275 Kent Street, Sydney “The Forum” Level 23, Westpac Banking Corporation, Westpac Place,