Series 4/2003
October-December 2003
1 October
LHS event
Poverty: What It Means and What to Do About It
Monash historian Mark Peel talks about his new book, The Lowest Rung,
based on interviews with hundreds of people living and working in three
areas commonly described as 'disadvantaged': Broadmeadows, Inala and
Mount Druitt.
8 October
AFS event
Universities: The Great Malaise and Its Remedies
Barry Jones leads a panel discussion.
15 October
LHS event
Teaching Our History to Our Children
Anna Clark, co-author with Stuart Macintyre of The History Wars, looks
at the politics and pedagogy of teaching Australian history in schools.
22 October
AFS event
Parliamentary Reform and How to Achieve More of It
With former Legislative Assembly speaker Ken Coghill, current speaker
Judy Maddigan and federal deputy speaker Harry Jenkins.
29 October
NIBS event
ASIO, Anti-Terrorism and Democratic Rights
Jenny Hocking, author of Terror Laws and director of Monash University's
National Centre for Australian Studies, discusses the history, present
and future of security legislation, and its disturbing implications for
civil rights.
5 November
NIBS event
Australian Liberals, Past and Present
Judy Brett, author of several acclaimed studies of the Liberal
tradition, shows the differences and similarities between the party of
Menzies and the party of Howard.
12 November
NIBS event
George Orwell and Australia
What does Orwell's work have to tell us about politics in Australia?
Dennis Glover, author of Orwell's Australia: From Cold War to Culture
War, investigates.
19 November
AFS event
Labor's Agenda for Workplace Reform
Workplace Relations shadow minister Craig Emerson reveals the mess that
Tony Abbott has made of his portfolio and how to fix it.
26 November
Overland event
Social Visions for a Better Australia
Mary Zournazi, Radio National commentator and author of Hope: New
Philosophies for Change, delivers the final 2003 Overland lecture.
3 December
AFS event
The Hawke Years
Co-editor Susan Ryan in conversation with John Button about The Hawke
Government: A Critical Perspective.
10 December
AFS event
Futures for the Arts in Victoria
A perspective from Victorian College of the Arts director Andrea Hull,
with special reference to education and training.
17 December
AFS/DRS event
Private Health Insurance: The Millstone Around the Neck of Our Public
Health System
Doctors' Reform Society secretary Tim Woodruff offers some strategies to
avoid strangulation.
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