Seminars and Lectures 2015-16

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 2015–16

Title/Speaker	MP3/MP4
2016 Parliamentary Library National Reconciliation Week Lecture Presented by Justin Mohamed, CEO, Reconciliation Australia 30 May 2016 Flyer [PDF 261KB]	MP4 1.9GB
Budget Seminar – understanding the Budget Presented by Robert Dolamore and Daniel Weight 3 May 2016 Notes [PDF 440KB]	MP3 50MB
Migrants and jobs: Australia's amazing immigration decade Presented by Professor Bob Gregory, currently Professor Emeritus at the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University 2 March 2016	MP3 48MB MP4 221MB
The Australian Red Cross and the First World War Presented by Professor Melanie Oppenheimer, School of History and International Relations, Flinders University 24 February 2016	MP3 45MB MP4 200MB
‘Our life goes on the same’—the Great War at home Presented by Professor Peter Stanley, UNSW 11 November 2015 Lecture [PDF 996KB]	MP4 221MB
What is tax reform for and what can it do? Presented by Professor Miranda Stewart, Director of the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at Crawford School, Australian National University 21 October 2015 Lecture [PDF 496KB]	MP3 53MB MP4 239MB
‘Islamic State’ in a zone of conflicts within conflicts Presented by Professor Amin Saikal, Australian National University 14 October 2015 Lecture [PDF 155KB]	MP3 45.7MB MP4 200MB

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