Seminars and Lectures 2016-17

Vital Issues Seminars and Parliamentary Library Lectures by year

The Vital Issues Program is a series of seminars organised by the Parliamentary Library for the benefit of Senators and Members. The aim of the seminar program is to bring notable speakers to the Parliament to give Senators, Members and their staff the opportunity to hear, first hand, expert opinion on a range of currently relevant topics.

Seminars held during 2016–17

Title/Speaker	MP3/MP4
Disconnects between opinion polling of national votes and the results–implications for polling Thursday 15 June 2017 Presented by Emeritus Professor Murray Goot, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University; Professor Simon Jackman, CEO, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney; Mr Martin O’Shannessy, Partner, OmniPoll (formerly of Newspoll). Mr Martin O’Shannessy Notes [PDF 658KB] Professor Simon Jackman Notes [PDF 1210KB]	MP4 298MB MP3 67MB
2017 Parliamentary Library National Reconciliation Week Lecture Friday 2 June 2017 Ms Louise Taylor: Obstacles to a truly reconciled Australia Dr Elizabeth Ganter: Counting contributions, not just bums on seats: Can Indigenous public sector employment be a respectful relationship? Flyer [PDF 270KB]	MP4 251MB
Understanding the Budget seminar Tuesday 9 May 2017 Daniel Weight: Navigating the Budget Papers [PDF 444KB] Dr Nitin Gupta: Understanding Budgets – An economic toolkit [PDF 220KB]	MP4 218MB MP3 49MB
Budget outlook seminar Monday 8 May 2017 Professor Glenn Withers AO Notes [PDF 275KB] Professor Susan Thorp Notes [PDF 564KB] Professor Bob Gregory AO Notes [PDF 573KB]
World Energy Outlook 2016 – Renewables Presented by Mr Ian Cronshaw – International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris Wednesday 29 March 2017	MP3 52MB
Russia’s activities and strategies in the Asia-Pacific, and the implications for Australia Presented by Honorary Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue, School of Social Sciences and International Studies UNSW and Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies Thursday 23 March 2017
Unconventional gas – costs and benefits Presented by Mr Ian Cronshaw – International Energy Agency (IEA) France Thursday 16 February 2017 Notes [PDF 4254KB]	MP4 222MB
Alfred Deakin and his ‘Times that try men’s souls’ Presented by Dr David Headon, Cultural consultant and historian 24th November 2016	MP4 932MB
Changing attitudes to mental illness in the Australian Defence Force: A long way to go… Presented by Dr Edward Scarr, 2015 Australian Parliamentary Library Fellow 11th November 2016 Notes [PDF 344KB]	MP4 212MB MP3 47MB
What is happening in the US election, why, and how it matters for Australia Presented by Professor Simon Jackman, Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney 13 October 2016 Notes [PDF 3557KB]	MP4 2.5GB MP3 57MB
Private sector whistleblowing: options & issues for law reform in Australia Presented by Professor A J Brown, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University 12 October 2016 Notes [PDF 1280KB]	MP4 2.5GB MP3 25MB