25/02/2022 | Ben Oquist and Bill Browne | The Senate’s new role in protecting our democracy | Parlview | MP3 | |
12/02/2021 | Dr Sarah Cameron and Professor Ian McAllister | Australian Political Opinion: From the 2019 election to COVID-19 | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 600KB |
30/04/2021 | Dr Sarah Moulds | Committees of Influence: Evaluating the Role and Impact of Parliamentary Committees | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 532KB |
18/06/2021 | Professor Megan Davis | 50th Anniversary of Neville Bonner entering the Senate | Parlview | MP3 | |
12/11/2021 | Dr Stein Helgeby | Insights into the Parliamentary Budget Office | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 5MB |
03/12/2021 | Dr Ben Gauntlett | Disability Policy in Australia – Where to Next? Insights into the Parliamentary Budget Office | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 1.8MB |
06/03/2020 | Nick Mitzevich | The art of democracy—the power of the national art collection to nurture identity | Parlview | MP3 | |
08/03/2019 | Professor Ken Benoit | Analysing the Brexit debate through social media: topics, arguments, and attitudes | Parlview | MP3 | |
12/04/2019 | Professor Joo-Cheong and Kate Griffiths | Electoral campaign financing-two perspectives | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 178KB |
07/06/2019 | Dr Cathy Foley | Why do we fund government research labs? What have they done for us? | Parlview | MP3 | |
05/07/2019 | Associate Professor David Karpf | Lessons from the first 25 years of the digital revolution in politics | Parlview | MP3 | |
26/07/2019 | Professor Lisa Hill and Dr Jill Sheppard | Compulsory Voting: Effects, Public Acceptance and Democratic Justification | Parlview | MP3 | |
20/09/2019 | Andrew Murray | Annual Harry Evans Lecture: The Senate - the struggle continues | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 416KB |
18/10/2019 | Dr Raymond Kelly | First Nations languages in Parliament | Parlview | MP3 | |
16/03/2018 | George Megalogenis | Restoring respect | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 1.5MB |
13/04/2018 | Dr Ben Wellings | Taking Back Control: Parliament, Sovereignty & Brexit | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 407KB |
11/05/2018 | Professor Kim Dovey | Architecture and Power: How Do Buildings Shape Politics? | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 4MB |
17/08/2018 | Professor Ariadne Vromen | Political engagement in the Australian Digital Context | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 224KB |
21/09/2018 | The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and Senator Patrick Dodson | Parliamentary processes from an Indigenous perspective | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 87KB |
19/10/2018 | Dr Rosemary Laing | Annual Harry Evans Lecture: Richard Chaffey Baker and the shaping of the Australian Senate | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 578KB |
16/11/2018 | Amy Mullins | 75 years of women in political leadership in the Australian Parliament | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 578KB |
17/02/2017 | Professor Simon Jackman | Populism and Discontent: Comparing the United States and Australia | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 341KB |
17/03/2017 | Dr Zareh Ghazarian | Small parties, big changes: The evolution of minor parties elected to the Australian Senate | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 162KB |
28/04/2017 | David Fricker | Government-Citizen Engagement in the Digital Age | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 112KB |
26/05/2017 | Russell Taylor AM | Indigenous Constitutional Recognition - 1967 Referendum and Today | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 205KB |
26/05/2017 | Denis Strangman AM | The defeated 1967 nexus referendum | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 369KB |
30/06/2017 | Dr Anthony Bergin | Parliament and national security: Challenges and opportunities | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 114KB |
21/07/2017 | Dr Yee-Fui Ng | Between Law and Convention: Ministerial Advisers in the Australian System of Responsible Government | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 110KB |
25/08/2017 | Professor Ian McAllister and Sarah Cameron | Trust, Parties and Leaders: Findings from the 1987-2016 Australian Election Study | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 232KB |
20/10/2017 | His Excellency Mr Chris Seed | The Anzac Connection: Trans-tasman ties in the century since Beersheba | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 119KB |
01/12/2017 | Bret Walker SC | Annual Harry Evans lecture: Justified Immunity or Unfinished Business? | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 121KB |
05/02/2016 | Professor Graeme Orr | Elections as Rituals | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 1.3MB |
11/03/2016 | Professor Cheryl Saunders | Australian Democracy and Executive Law-making: Practice and Principle | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 125KB |
11/03/2016 | Mr Stephen Argument | Australian Democracy and Executive Law-making: Practice and Principle | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 308KB |
13/05/2016 | Professor Simon Tormey | Australian Democracy and Executive Law-making: Practice and Principle | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 106KB |
24/06/2016 | Dr Bede Harris | Does our Constitution really give effect to the doctrines it purportedly embodies? An argument in favour of constitutional reform | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 143KB |
22/07/2016 | Leah Armstrong | Reconciliation Action Plans – “Creating Shared Value” | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 119KB |
02/09/2016 | Associate Professor Paul Strangio | The Australian Prime Ministership: Origins and Evolution | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 133KB |
30/09/2016 | Associate Professor Anika Gauja | Party Reform: Where are Australia’s Political Parties Headed in the Future? | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 165KB |
28/10/2016 | Professor Tom Frame | 1916 Conscription Referendum – 100th Anniversary | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 128KB |
04/11/2016 | Professor Anne Twomey | Annual Harry Evans lecture: Parliament, the Executive and Vice-Regal Reserve Powers: Heading off crises in a closely tied Parliament | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 294KB |
20/02/2015 | Dr Simon Longstaff AO | Democracy, Trust and Legitimacy | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 104KB |
10/04/2015 | Aaron Pegram | Politicians At War: The Experiences of Australian Senators and Members in the First World War | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 1MB |
29/05/2015 | Dr Andrew Moore | Fitzpatrick and Browne after 60 years | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 313KB |
19/06/2015 | Her Excellency Mrs Menna Rawlings CMG | 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 94KB |
14/08/2015 | Jane Halton AO PSM | Reforming the Public Sector | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 104KB |
08/09/2015 | Dr Michael Macklin | Annual Harry Evans lecture: Serving the Senate: The Legacy of Harry Evans | Parlview | | PDF 190KB |
25/09/2015 | Phil Bowen PSM FCPA | The Parliamentary Budget Office: supporting Australian democracy | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 98KB |
13/11/2015 | Dr Chris Sarra | High Expectations Realities through High Expectations Relationships: Delivering beyond the Indigenous Policy Rhetoric | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 93KB |
14/02/2014 | Antony Green | Is it time for a fundamental review of the Senate's electoral system? | Parlview | | PDF 109KB |
07/03/2014 | Alex Oliver | Are Australians disenchanted with democracy? | Parlview | | PDF 335KB |
11/04/2014 | Professor Andrew Markus | Trust in the Australian political system | Parlview | | PDF 268KB |
30/05/2014 | Stephen Bartos | There is no accountability until someone cares: The role of the Senate in public sector performance | Parlview | | PDF 134KB |
27/06/2014 | Judith Ireland and Greg Jericho | The impact of social media on political journalism | Parlview | | PDF 120KB |
11/07/2014 | Professor Megan Davis | Competing notions of constitutional 'recognition': truth and justice or living 'off the crumbs that fall off the White Australian tables' | Parlview | | PDF 100KB |
08/08/2014 | Professor Linda Trimble | 'Abolition difficult, reform impossible, status quo unacceptable': can Canada fix its Senate? | Parlview | | PDF 118KB |
12/09/2014 | The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson | The role of the Australian Parliament when going to war | Parlview | | PDF 173KB |
24/10/2014 | Professor Helen Irving | Pulling the trigger: The 1914 double dissolution election and its legacy | Parlview | | PDF 416KB |
28/11/2014 | Colin Neave AM | Exploring the role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in relation to Parliament | Parlview | | PDF 94KB |
05/12/2014 | Professor Ross Garnaut | Global development: The long term context of Australian development | Parlview | | PDF 103KB |
15/02/2013 | David Headon | 'But once in a history': Canberra's foundation stones and naming ceremonies, 12 March 1913 | | MP3 | PDF 163KB |
22/03/2013 | Christopher Kam | Paying politicians: do we get what we pay for? Lessons from Canada | | MP3 | PDF 505KB |
24/05/2013 | Jack Waterford | Canberra and the Parliament: an increasingly uncomfortable marriage | | MP3 | PDF 100KB |
19/07/2013 | James P. Pfiffner | Dysfunctional politics in the United States: origins and consequences | | MP3 | PDF 154KB |
20/09/2013 | Aaron Martin | Political engagement among the young in Australia | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 120KB |
18/10/2013 | Rosemary Crowley, Amanda Vanstone and Laura Tingle | Women in Federal Parliament | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 153KB |
15/11/2013 | Robyn Archer | Re-imagining the Capital | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 133KB |
06/12/2013 | Michael Maley | International election observations: coming ready or not? | Parlview | MP3 | PDF 188KB |
24/02/2012 | Anne Henderson | From Labor to Conservative: Joseph Lyons and the Great Depression | WMV 136MB | MP3 38MB | PDF 297KB |
16/03/2012 | Dr Andrew Banfield | Minority Report: Lessons from Canada's Minority Parliaments | WMV 118MB | MP3 34MB | PDF 928KB |
13/04/2012 | Professor William Buss | Intersecting Australian and American Constitutional Law: The Strange Case of Privileges and Immunities | WMV 130MB | MP3 10MB | PDF 272KB |
25/05/2012 | Professor Kenneth R. Mayer | Forecasting Presidential Elections: Obama, Romney, or What? | WMV 153MB | MP3 25MB | PDF 562KB |
29/06/2012 | Dr Sally Young | Media Reporting of the Next Federal Election: What Can We Expect? | WMV 130MB | MP3 21MB | PDF 252KB |
31/08/2012 | Margaret Fitzherbert | Liberal Women in Parliament: What do the numbers tell us and where to from here? | WMV 157MB | MP3 38MB | PDF 153KB |
28/09/2012 | Cheryl Saunders | The scope of executive power | WMV 145MB | MP3 41MB | PDF 153KB |
19/10/2012 | Ross McMullin | Will Dyson: Australia's radical genius | WMV 148MB | MP3 41MB | PDF 1.6MB |
23/11/2012 | Ken Coghill | How should elected members learn parliamentary skills? | WMV 185MB | MP3 44MB | PDF 347KB |
25/02/2011 | Geoff Gallop AC | How Healthy Is Australian Federalism? | WMV 151MB | MP3 25MB | PDF 74KB |
11/03/2011 | Dr John Barry | After the Party, the Hangover: An Analysis of ‘Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland’ in the Light of the February 2011 Election | WMV 152MB | MP3 24MB | PDF 190KB |
01/04/2011 | Waleed Aly | Multiculturalism, Assimilation and the Politics of Terrorism | WMV 158MB | MP3 13MB | PDF 84KB |
13/05/2011 | Patrick Weller AO | Learning to be a Minister | WMV 154MB | MP3 12MB | PDF 99KB |
10/06/2011 | Andrew Murray | Budgets and Finance: Sunlight and the Dark Arts | WMV 154MB | | PDF 141KB |
08/07/2011 | Don Aitkin | The Problem of Planned Cities: Canberra in Context | WMV 161MB | MP3 26MB | PDF 150KB |
05/08/2011 | Mick Dodson | Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians | WMV 149MB | MP3 24MB | PDF 156KB |
23/09/2011 | Peter Mares | Temporary Migration and its Implications for Australia | WMV 150MB | MP3 42MB | PDF 787KB |
14/10/2011 | Ian McPhee | The Evolving Role and Mandate of the ANAO Since Federation | WMV 159MB | MP3 26MB | PDF 369KB |
18/11/2011 | Kylie Scroope | ‘Faithful Representations’ 100 years of the Historic Memorials Collection | WMV 135MB | MP3 11MB | PDF 816KB |
07/12/2011 | Jon Stanhope | Who’s Afraid of Human Rights? | WMV 151MB | MP3 24MB | PDF 334KB |
12/03/2010 | David Day | Andrew Fisher, Triumph and Tragedy | WMV 159MB | MP3 27MB | HTML |
23/04/2010 | Professor Yvonne Galligan | Thinking About Gender and Democracy | WMV 150MB | MP3 28MB | HTML |
21/05/2010 | Professor Diana Dwyre | Elections, Money and Free Speech in the United States | WMV 150MB | MP3 25MB | HTML |
23/07/2010 | Dr David Burchell | How Not to Do It: Lessons for Australia From the 2010 UK Elections | WMV 150MB | MP3 21MB | |
13/08/2010 | Kathleen M. Burns | The Pryor Perspective: Sharply to the Point | | MP3 12MB | HTML |
27/08/2010 | The Hon Dr John Bannon | The Disillusionment of Sir John Downer | WMV 138MB | MP3 11MB | HTML |
17/09/2010 | Andrew Hutson | Square Peg in a Square Hole? Australia’s Parliament House | | MP3 21MB | HTML |
15/10/2010 | Dr Scott Brenton | Minority Government: Is the House of Representatives Finally Catching up with the Senate? | WMV 148MB | MP3 55MB | HTML |
05/11/2010 | Dr Meg Russell | Strengthening the British House of Commons: The Unexpected Reforms of 2010 | WMV 153MB | MP3 28MB | HTML |
03/12/2010 | Dr David Headon | Devotion, Daring and Sense of Destiny - Surveyors of the Early Commonwealth | WMV 149MB | MP3 24MB | HTML |
06/03/2009 | John Warhurst | The Trajectory of the Australian Republic Debate | | MP3 43MB | HTML |
03/04/2009 | Dr Anne Twomey | Cutting the Gordian Knot: Limiting Rather than Codifying the Powers of a Republican Head of State | | MP3 43MB | HTML |
24/04/2009 | Professor John Dryzek | The Australian Citizens' Parliament: a World First | | MP3 58MB | HTML |
22/05/2009 | Professor George Williams | The Role of Parliament under and Australian Charter of Human Rights | | MP3 25MB | HTML |
19/06/2009 | Professor Margaret Reynolds | Is There Life After Parliament? Reflections of a Former Senator | | MP3 18MB | HTML |
24/07/2009 | Harry Evans | Time, Chance and Parliament Lessons from Forty Years | WMV 164MB | MP3 15MB | HTML |
14/08/2009 | Jonathan Pincus | Commonwealth-State Financial Relations The Case For Competitive Federalism | | MP3 14MB | HTML |
28/08/2009 | John Keane | Media Decadence and Democracy | WMV 159MB | MP3 59MB | HTML |
13/11/2009 | Charles Sampford | Parliament, Political Ethics and National Integrity Systems | WMV 159MB | MP3 28MB | HTML |
15/02/2008 | Sir Bernard Crick | Constitutional Politics: Is it the 'Scottish Question' or the 'English Question?' | | MP3 11MB | HTML |
07/03/2008 | Patricia Sykes | Women Leaders and Executive Politics - Engendering Change in Anglo-American Nations | | MP3 12MB | HTML |
04/04/2008 | Professor James Allan | Siren Songs and Myths in the Bill of Rights Debate | | MP3 12MB | HTML |
09/05/2008 | Dr Clement Macintyre | Parliamentary Architecture and Political Culture | | MP3 22MB | HTML |
30/05/2008 | Dr Anne Tiernan | The Rudd Transition: Continuity and change in the structures of advice and support to Australian Prime Ministers | | MP3 15MB | HTML |
20/06/2008 | Kenneth Feinberg | Compensating Victims of Disasters - the United States Experience | | MP3 14MB | HTML |
11/07/2008 | Dr Sally Young | Politics and the Media in Australia Today | | MP3 14MB | HTML |
08/08/2008 | Dr Peter Brain | Governing the Market: Threats to Australia's stability and security | | MP3 14MB | HTML |
12/09/2008 | Professor Geoffrey Garrett | McCain v Obama: What the 2008 US election means for Australia | | MP3 14MB | HTML |
17/10/2008 | Dr David Headon | Wanted: Treasure House of a Nation's Heart - The search for an Australian capital city, 1891 - 1908 | | MP3 15MB | HTML |