ACT Branch Past Events 2010

The Changing Face of Modern Brazil 24 June 2010 HE Fernando de Mello Barreto, Brazilian Ambassador to Australia
Politics in the US: Obama, Oil and the Midterms (co hosted with the US Embassy) 22 June 2010 Delegation of 6 Young US Political Leaders
The Australian Civilian Corps: A New Dimension in Australia's International Assistance 17 June 2010 Robert Jackson, Assistant Director General, Australian Civilian Corps, AusAID
A View From Perth: Australia on the Indian Ocean Rim 2 June 2010 The Hon Julie Bishop, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Foreign Minister
Inside Senate Estimates (Youth Event) 2 June 2010
Senator Russell Trood, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee

Tales from Copenhagen (Co hosted with AFTE)

18 May 2010  

Louise Hand, Australian Ambassador for Climate Change

Indonesian Embassy Visit (Youth Event) 12 May 2010 Indonesian Embassy

Nuclear Non-Proliferation: A New START

11 May 2010 

HE Jeffrey Bleich, US Ambassador to Australia

 Yemen: State, Tribes and Terror

29 Apr 2010 

Philip Eliason, Principal, Philip Eliason and Associates

Charting a Future for Australia in the World (co hosted with HCA)

20 Apr 2010  

Duncan Lewis, National Security Director, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Terrorism: Progress and Challenges

13 Apr 2010   

Bill Patterson, Australian Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism

Travelling with the President: The US Campaign Trail and the Media (Youth Event co hosted with US Embassy) 29 Mar 2010 Jim Loftus, US Democrat Party media advisor

Book Launch:
The Vulnerable Country: Australia and the Global Economy

25 Mar 2010

Dr Tom Conley, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, Griffith University

Obama's Foreign Policy: One Year On (co hosted with AFTE)

18 Mar 2010

Profesor Geoffrey Garrett
CEO of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

Interacting with Diversity: Australian Judges and Regional Courts (Youth Event)

12 Mar 2010  

The Hon Robert French 
Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

Progress and Prospects for Reform in Indonesia: An Update

9 Mar 2010

Mike Jones, Senior Advisor to the Indonesian Civil Service Agency; Marcus Mietzner, ANU and Stephen Sherlock, Consultant on Governance and Political Change

American Military Power in 2010 and Beyond

18 Feb 2010  

Celeste Ward Gventer 
Senior Defense Analyst, RAND Corporation
Pakistan Roundtable 22 Feb 2010 Ambassador Tariq Osman Hyder, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad
Youth Involvement in Foreign Affairs Today 24 Feb 2010 Oaktree Foundation, UNIC, Getup!, Oxfam, The Royal Commonwealth Society