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Melbourne Conversations and Future Leaders invite you to join us on 27 June at 6.00pm Political AccountabilityWhat is really going on ? SPEAKERS Mr David Marr Dr Helen Szoke Dr Zoe Wainer MC
VENUE: BMW Edge, Federation
Square, Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets Mr Lex Lasry QC has legal career spanning more than thirty years, including many highprofile and important legal proceedings. In 2004 he was appointed the Law Council of Australia's observer at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commission trial of David Hicks. Association. This year he was awarded the inaugural Law Counsel of Australia President’s Medal. He has been chairman of the Victorian Criminal Bar. Mr David Marr is the author of Patrick White: a Life and The High Price of Heaven and wrote Dark Victory with Marian Wilkinson. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has written for the National Times and the Bulletin, been a reporter for Four Corners and, until recently, presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch. He now writes for the Sydney Morning Herald. Dr Helen Szoke is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Conciliator of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. Previously she was on the Board of Adult Multicultural Education Services, Chairperson of Women’s Health Victoria, a member Melbourne High School Council and a councillor in the Preston City Council. Helen is a member of the National Health and Medical Research Licensing Committee. Dr Zoe Wainer is undertaking surgical training at St Vincent’s Hospital. She is the President of the AMA Victorian Doctors in Training. Zoe has initiated many projects including an Indigenous Health agenda and International Health collaboration with the Nossal Institute for Global Health. |
The Discussion Series aims to bring into focus significant issues for the Australian community, government and business. The Discussions are for a general audience. They also provide young people with opportunities to build on their networks and to interact with outstanding leaders and role models in Australian society.
Previous speakers include; The Hon Fred Chaney AO, The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen K.G. A.K., Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE, Professor Peter Singer, Mr Julian Burnside QC, Rev Tim Costello AO, Professor David Yencken AO, Professor Robert Manne, Mr Don Henry, Mr Alex Miller, Professor Fiona Stanley AC, Justice Michael Kirby AC, Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor Mark Considine, Dr Tim Flannery, Mr Noel Pearson, Ms Ann Sherry AO, Dr Don Watson, Mr Robert Dessaix, Ms Ramona Koval, Ms Louise Sylvan, Dr Clive Hamilton, Professor Ian Lowe AO, The Hon. Dr Barry Jones AO, Professor Glyn Davis AC, Dr Jose Ramos Horta, Mr John Banville, Ms Hannie Rayson, Ms Dorothy Porter and Hon Justice Lex Lasry.
The Power of Ideas – How ideas serve to assist in understanding, forming & renewing Australia
Date: Tuesday 15 July 2008
Energy and Climate Change: science and technology for Australia’s future – Non–Renewable Energy: Coal, Gas, Geosequestration & Nuclear
Date: Monday 28 April 2008
Energy and Climate Change: science and technology for Australia’s future – Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Geo-Thermal, Bio Mass & Tidal
Date: Monday 21 April 2008
The Urgent Design Challenge – Case studies from Australian and International metropolises
Date: Thursday 14 February 2008
Art, Migration & Indigeneity – What Happens When Cultures Meet?
Date: Monday 14 January 2008
Music: Players, Passion and Politics
Date: Thursday 22 November 2007
Political Accountability – What is really
going on ?
Date: Wednesday 27 June 2007
Our Future Health – The challenges for science
in keeping us healthy in the 21 Century
Date: Wednesday 17 April 2007
Human Rights: Have We Lost Our dignity ?
– Three prominent lawyers reflect on some of the critical questions of our
time
Date: Wednesday 01 March 2007
Which Direction for Sustainability ? – Economists
and Environmentalists Talking
Date: Wednesday 15th February 2007
What Difference is Australian Writing Making?
Date: Wednesday 22nd November 2006
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