Seminars and Lectures 2022-23

Library lectures bring notable speakers to the Parliament to provide Senators, Members and their staff the opportunity to hear, first hand, expert opinion on a range of currently relevant topics.

Title/Speaker MP4
Improving Australia's productivity
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Colin Burns, Elina Gilbourd, Hudan Nuch, Cameron Eren and Lisa Gropp
Slides: PDF [728KB]
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2023 Pre-Budget analysis
Wednesday 3 May 2023
Dr Jenny Gordon and Rene´e Fry-McKibbin
Slides: PPTX [3.7MB] and [560KB]
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Sustainable health systems and mental health
Tuesday 18 April 2023
Professor Maree Teesson AC FASSA FAHMS RSNSW
Slides: PPTX [11MB]
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Climate change impacts on Australian industry
Wednesday 5 April 2023
Professor David Karoly and Professor Jacqueline Peel
Slides: PDF [1.4MB]
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Recovery from identity theft: technical and policy challenges
Wednesday 1 March 2023
David Lacey
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The future of work and the implications of digitisation and AI
Wednesday 22 February 2023
Professor Sharon Parker
Slides: PDF [3.7MB]

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Creating a disability responsive workforce
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Professor Iva Strnadová and Professor Karen Fisher FASSA
Slides: PPTX [8.1MB]

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Hydrogen – opportunities and barriers in Australia
Monday 12 December 2022
Dr John Söderbaum and Dr Fiona Beck
Slides: PDF [963KB]
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Parliamentary Library Symposium: 120th Anniversary of the Franchise Act
Thursday 8 December 2022
Emeritus Professor Marian Sawer, Professor Marilyn Lake, Professor Tim Rowse and Dr Benjamin T. Jones
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Does international law still matter?
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Douglas Guilfoyle 
Transcript: PDF [444KB]
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Comparing energy sources: understanding the ‘Levelised Cost of Energy’
Wednesday 16 November 2022
Paul Graham
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Setting the context for the Federal Budget: a pre-Budget forum
Tuesday 18 October 2022
Dr Jenny Gordon, Dr Michael Keating AC FASSA FIPAA and Peter Martin AM
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Artificial intelligence and accountability for decisions
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Professor Julian Thomas
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Policy options for Australia’s housing crisis
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Professor Hal Pawson
Slides: [1.6KB]
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Antimicrobial resistance
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Professor Cheryl Jones
Slides: [23MB]
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): 5 year economic outlook
Thursday 8 September 2022
Dr Simon Baptist
Slides [2.8MB]
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Implementing the Samuel Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Tuesday 30 August 2022
Presented by Dr Peter Burnett
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Supply chain vulnerabilities
Wednesday 24 August 2022
Presented by Dr Patrick Jomini
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Technology briefing—Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU)
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Presented by Peter J Cook CBE FTSE & Professor Sandra Kentish FTSE
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Index

2021–22

2020–21 2019–20 2018–19 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13

2011–12 2010–11 2009–10 2008–09 2007–08 2006–07 2005–06 2004–05 2003–04

2002–03 2001–02 2000–01 1999–00 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 1994–Jun 1996

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