Seminars and Lectures 2003-04

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, which has been running since 1986, is to bring notable speakers to the Parliament to give Senators and Members and their staff the opportunity to hear, first hand, expert opinion on a range of currently relevant topics. Seminar recordings are available to Senators and Members only.

Seminars held during 2003–04

Title/Speakers/Chair /Number/Date	MP3 File/Duration
Practical Reconciliation Speakers: Dr Angela Pratt and Dr Boyd Hunter Chair: Senator Aden Ridgeway Number/Date: 9, 2003–04, 23 June 2004	MP3 64:4MB Duration: 1:18:33
Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement Speakers: Professor Ross Garnaut AO and Mr Peter Hendy Chair: Dr Andrew Southcott MP Number/Date: 8, 2003–04, 17 June 2004	MP3 53:4MB Duration: 1:02:53
Iraq, Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect Speaker: Professor Ramesh Thakur Chair: Mr Kevin Rudd MP Number/Date: 7, 2003–04, 31 March 2004	MP3 62:9MB Duration: 1:16:37
Migration to the Regions: Possibilities? Speakers: Professor Graeme Hugo, Professor Glenn Withers AO and Dr Bob Birrell Chair: Senator Ursula Stephens Number/Date: 6, 2003–04, 10 March 2004	MP3 60MB Duration: 1:12:21
Commonwealth Funding for Schools Speakers: Mr Bill Daniels and Dr Louise Watson Chair: Senator Lyn Allison Number/Date: 5, 2003–04, 3 March 2004	MP3 56:9MB Duration: 1:36:31
Water Reform The Council of Australian Governments' (CoAG's) National Water Initiative: Can Theory be Made to Work? Speakers: Professor Mike Young and Mr Dick Thompson Chair: Mrs Sussan Ley MP Number/Date: 4, 2003–04, 15 October 2003	MP3 54:1MB Duration: 1:05:18
Practising Reconciliation—'Reconciliation' and the Australian Parliament, 1991–2003 Speaker: Angela Pratt Chair: Senator Nigel Scullion Number/Date: 3, 2003–04, 8 October 2003	MP3 53.9MB Duration: 1:05:34
Australian Intervention in the Solomon Islands: A Permanent Solution? Speakers: Dr Elsina Wainwright and Mr James Ensor Chair: Senator Natasha Stott Despoja Number/Date: 2, 2003–04, 17 September 2003	MP3 57.8MB Duration: 1:10:37
Trafficking and Sexual Servitude in Australia Speakers: Mr Chris Payne and Detective Senior Sergeant Ivan McKinney Chair: Ms Nicola Roxon Number/Date: 1, 2003–04, 20 August 2003	MP3 48.7MB Duration: 1:0:0