The Sydney Institute's Previous Functions

View archived functions for the following years:

Date: Wednesday 1 July 2009
Speaker: Joseph Healy
Topic: Australian Banks: Sinners or Saints?
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: NAB House, Level 28, 255 George Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 30 June 2009
Speaker: Ian Dunlop and Ray Evans
Topic: Climate Change – Two Views
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: [NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE]
Date: Tuesday 23 June 2009
Speaker: Ian Plimer
Topic: The Theology of Climate Change
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: State Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Date: Monday 22 June 2009
Speaker: John Hatzistergos
Topic: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question: The Charter of Rights and Abuses of Overcentralised Power
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Minter Ellison, Level 19, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2009
Speaker: David Gruen
Topic: Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: KPMG Auditorium, KPMG Tower, Ground Floor, 7-11 Sussex Street (between Margaret Street and Erskine Street), Sydney
Date: Wednesday 10 June 2009
Speaker: Henry Ergas and Paul Fletcher
Topic: Telecommunications: The Way Forward
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Wednesday 3 June 2009
Speaker: Jenny Macklin MP
Topic: No Topic Set
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 32, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 2 June 2009
Speaker: Kate Legge
Topic: No Topic Set
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 26 May 2009
Speaker: Helen Pringle
Topic: John Stuart Mill For Today
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Thursday 21 May 2009
Speaker: Joel Fitzgibbon MP
Topic: No Topic Set
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009
Speaker: Matthew Levitt
Topic: Financing International Terrorism
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 19 May 2009
Speaker: Tarek Heggy
Topic: Arab Culture and Modernity
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: Light Refreshments
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Speaker: Fiona Allon
Topic: Renovation Nation: our obsession with home
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: Light Refreshments
Date: Tuesday 12 May 2009
Speaker: Kristin Williamson
Topic: No Topic Set
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 28 April 2009
Speaker: Bettina Arndt
Topic: The Politics of Desire
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Monday 20 April 2009
Speaker: Nguyen Van Canh
Topic: Vietnam and China: The Spratly and Paracel Islands Dispute
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Wednesday 15 April 2009
Speaker: Peter Hartcher
Topic: Greenspan, Bush and Obama: Who’s responsible for the Global Financial Crisis
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 7 April 2009
Speaker: Maxine McKew
Topic: Getting it Right in the Early Years
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 31 March 2009
Speaker: Helen Coonan
Topic: MAGIC PUDDING ECONOMICS: The Economy Under Labor
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 24 March 2009
Speaker: Anna Clark and Mark Lopez
Topic: Teaching History – Two Views
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Monday 23 March 2009
Speaker: Wayne Swan
Topic: No Topic Set
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Thursday 19 March 2009
Speaker: Tanya Plibersek
Topic: Public housing – public good or good for nothing?
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 17 March 2009
Speaker: Greg Growden
Topic: Remembering Jack Fingleton
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: NOTE CHANGE OF DATE & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Thursday 12 March 2009
Speaker: Barry O'Farrell
Topic: Restoring Good Governance
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: NSW State Parliament House Theatrette, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 10 March 2009
Speaker: Judith Pugh
Topic: Clifton Pugh: Art and Politics in the 1970s
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Tuesday 3 March 2009
Speaker: Quang Luu and Dai Le
Topic: Journeys from Vietnam
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Monday 2 March 2009
Speaker: Julie Bishop
Topic: Freedom and Prosperity : The Liberal Party’s Legacy
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 24 February 2009
Speaker: Joe Trippi
Topic: E-Campaigning in the Democratic Party
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Minter Ellison, Level 19, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney
Date: Thursday 19 February 2009
Speaker: Julia Gillard
Topic: A Resilient Australia
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 10 February 2009
Speaker: Marcia Langton and Warren Mundine
Topic: Indigenous Affairs - A New Conversation
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
Date: Tuesday 3 February 2009
Speaker: Margot O’Neill
Topic: Beyond the Wire – Refugee Advocacy in Australia
Time: 5:30 for 6:00pm
Venue: 41 Phillip Street, Sydney
Additional Notes: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
Date: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Speaker: Mark Johnson , Timo Henckel and John Edwards
Topic: The World Financial Crisis: How Did It Happen?
Time: 5:00 for 5:30pm
Venue: Mallesons Conference Room, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Additional Notes: NOTE EARLY START
Date: Tuesday 20 January 2009
Speaker: Maxime Verhagen
Topic: The Netherlands, Australia and the World
Time: 12:30 for 1:00pm
Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 32, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
Additional Notes: NOTE EARLY AFTERNOON FUNCTION