Truth and Lies: Australia and the boat people 24 November 2015 Julian Burnside AO QC Human rights and refugee advocate Julian Burnside addressed around 70 Institute members and friends at Glover Cottages on Monday […] Read More
Foreign Policy and Public Opinion: is there a connection and does it matter? 15 October 2015 On Tuesday 13 October, Alex Oliver, director of the Polling Program at the Lowy Institute gave her audience […] Read More
Will Iran become the world's tenth nuclear weapons state? 30 September 2015 Richard Broinowski and Bob Howard On Tuesday 29 September, fellow AIIA NSW councillor Dr Bob Howard and I discussed the nuclear deal between […] Read More
How free is the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement? 23 September 2015 Dr Patricia Ranald of the University of Sydney is an expert on the social impacts of globalisation and trade agreements. On Tuesday 22 […] Read More
South China Sea: the strategic implications of China's artificial islands 16 September 2015 On Tuesday 15 September, Carl Thayer, Emeritus Professor at the ADF Academy in Canberra gave us his interpretation […] Read More
Northern Lights: the Positive Policy Example of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway 08 September 2015 At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Saturday 5 September 2015, Naomi Klein spoke to a full concert […] Read More
Resettlement from Nauru: a cautionary tale 02 September 2015 On Tuesday 1 September, Jane McAdam addressed a substantial crowd at Glover Cottages about Nauru and refugees. With a doctorate in law from […] Read More
The 1965 attempted "Coup" in Indonesia - "The Year of Living Dangerously" 27 August 2015 “The Year of Living Dangerously” – with speaker Geoff Miller AO atĀ Glover Cottages, Tuesday 25th August On 1 […] Read More
Deja vu - military operations in the Middle East 20 August 2015 On Tuesday 18 August, Dr Rodger Shanahan, a former professional soldier with a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies, spoke at a well-attended […] Read More
Australia and the TPP: burden or advantage? 12 August 2015 On 11 August, Professor Thomas Faunce from the ANU Colleges of Medicine and Law addressed AIIA NSW on Australia’s expected Trans Pacific Partnership […] Read More
Exit Left and Exit Right: the travails of the European Union 05 August 2015 On Tuesday 4 August, immediate past president of AIIA NSW, Colin Chapman, addressed about fifty members and guests at Glover Cottages on current […] Read More