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,