Seminars and Lectures 2020-21

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 2020–21

Title/Speaker	MP3/MP4
Regional perspectives on the South China Sea—Vietnam Wednesday 16 June 2021 Presented by Dr Huong Le Thu	MP4 2.1GB
Regional perspectives on the South China Sea—Japan Wednesday 9 June 2021 Presented by Dr David Envall	MP4 2.1GB
Pre Budget Lecture Wednesday 5 May 2021 Presented by Dennis Trewin and Barbara Howlett	MP4 1.5GB
Chinese Anzacs Wednesday 28 April 2021 Presented by Adil Soh-Lim, Edmond Chiu and Mark Wang	MP4 1.7GB
Russian Anzacs Wednesday 21 April 2021 Presented by Elena Govor Notes and slides: [PDF 2.07MB]	MP4 2.1GB
The Antarctic—strategic competition and the future of the international legal regime Wednesday 14 April 2021 Presented by Professor Rosemary Rayfuse and Professor Steven Chown	MP4 1.7GB
Regional perspectives on the South China Sea—India Wednesday 7 April 2021 Presented by Dr David Brewster Slides: [PDF 144KB]	MP4 208MB
'Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin': their early political careers Wednesday 17 March 2021 Presented by Dr Liam Byrne Notes and slides: [PDF 1.5MB]	MP4 160MB
‘Calling in the military’—legal issues and controls when the armed forces assist the government and the community Wednesday 10 March 2021 Presented by Dr Cameron Moore	MP4 1.5GB
'Now is the psychological moment'–Earle Page and the imagining of Australia Wednesday 24 February 2021 Presented by Dr Stephen Wilks Notes: [PDF 384KB]	MP4 230MB
Sir Edmund Barton Exhibition Lecture Wednesday 2 December 2020 Presented by Dr David Headon	MP4 260MB
Digital Tax Wednesday 9th September 2020 Presented by Professor Bob Breunig	MP4 140MB
Cook and the Indigenous experience Tuesday 25th February 2020 Presented by John Maynard	MP4

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