Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 June 2007

Senator Kim Carr addresses HASS on the Hill: Senator Kim Carr; 19 June 2007; Quality research, innovation and Labor's vision for the future; The Australian national innovation system involves the expenditure of $6 billion of public money per annum. As such, I believe that the public not only has a right to be confident that public money is being well invested and that such money makes a significant cont ...
Senator George Brandis addresses HASS on the Hill: Senator George Brandis; 20 June 2007; Welcoming speech to HASS on the Hill 2007; It is often said that Australian politics is anti-intellectual; that Parliament has ceased to be a debating chamber and has become nothing but a glorified television studio where political leaders, during Question Time, dutifully utter glib doses of unworthy rhetor ...
Greg Craven at the National Press Club: Professor Greg Craven; 20 June 2007; Living dangerously with the Constitution; Today I want to re-ignite a discussion on our Constitution. CHASS asked me to address the issue 'can the Commonwealth take over our universities?' I think the key point is not 'can', but 'when'. And I want to add that the views and opinions I am setting out today a ...