http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australian_labour_market_in_booms_slumps/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australian_labour_market_in_booms_slumps/#When:06:04:32Z Professor Gregory will look back and analyse employment, skill imbalances, hours worked and welfare interactions in each of the economic booms and slumps over the last four decades and ask is Australia making progress in overcoming what appear to be entrenched structural problems in the labour market? He will also look forward to the next economic upswing and conjecture whether labour market outcomes will be very different from past experiences? He will comment on the changing labour market outcomes for men and women. Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, University, Business and Economics 2009-10-23T06:04:32+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/beyond_guarding_ground/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/beyond_guarding_ground/#When:23:23:03Z In the past 20 years Indigenous Australians have called for greater recognition of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights. The intellectual property system doesn't acknowledge Indigenous communal ownership of cultural expressions and knowledge passed down through the generations, and nurtured by Indigenous cultural practice. Sacred knowledge is also at risk.This lecture sketched out the ground gathered by Indigenous copyright cases and examine international model laws and draft provisions. Ms Janke argued for greater infrastructure to support and defend Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights. Her vision is for a National Indigenous Cultural Authority to facilitating consent and payment of royalties; to develop standards of appropriate use to guard cultural integrity, and to enforce rights. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, University 2009-10-15T23:23:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/#When:01:50:42Z In this year's Fifteenth Annual Lions Oratory Competition, student representatives from the ANU Colleges competed for the perpetual Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The objective of the competition is to give an opportunity to students to master and excel in the art of oratory by reading widely on subjects dealing with human values. To create interest in the study of the lives of great women and men who, often at enormous personal sacrifice, realise outstanding achievements which generations to come will emulate. These are people, including saints and sages from the whole world, who through their outstanding contributions enhanced the quality of life of all humanity. To cultivate in students the need for the great human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core of all major religions. Podcast timings: 00:00:00          Welcome by master of ceremonies Connie Chong Winner of the 2008 Lions Oratory Contest 00:05:21          Introduction of Andaleeb Akhand, ANU College of Business and Economics  00:06:29          The Power of Truth, Andaleeb Akhand 00:14:21          Introduction of Arjuna Dibley, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 00:15:52          Confronting the costs of the ideal: Munir's story and truth as a great human value, Arjuna Dibley 00:24:22          Introduction of Brendan Moloney, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science 00:25:29          Great Human Values in Suburbia , Brendan Moloney 00:33:27          Introduction of Chelsea Mullavey, ANU College of Law 00:34:42          ‘Did you hear that?' Chelsea Mullavey 00:43:07          Introduction of Melanie Poole, ANU College of Arts and Social Science 00:44:11          Why Swamps Breed Bunyips (or: Why the Great Human Values Grow from Pain), Melanie Poole 00:52:45          Introduction of Harriet Riley, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment 00:54:09          Reasons to Love Climate Change, Harriet Riley 01:02:58          Introduction of Jennifer Zhu, ANU College of Physical Sciences 01:04:27          Does every solution have a problem? Jennifer Zhu 01:12:02          Conclusion of event,   Connie Chong     Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, The University, University, Campus Life 2009-09-30T01:50:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_classics_today/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_classics_today/#When:02:26:19Z This lecture was give at the official launch of the new ANU Bachelor of Classical Studies and the Classics Endowment. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-09-16T02:26:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rethinking_the_australian_legend/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rethinking_the_australian_legend/#When:02:39:42Z Fifty years after its publication Russel Ward's book The Australian Legend remains the classic account of our national origins. In tracing Australia's national ethos to the folksongs and ballads of the 'nomad tribe' of bush workers, Ward and his Leftist contemporaries were rejecting the high culture of international modernism and reviving an older, romantic paradigm of national origins. How did their responses to the events of their time, especially the popular front against fascism, the Second World War, and the beginning of the Cold War, influence their interest in folklore and their belief in the need for a binding national myth? Yearnings for an ancestral past rooted in the land remain a key feature of national culture. What can the story of The Australian Legend tell us about the continuing dilemmas of living in a 'new' country? Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-09-15T02:39:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2009_burgmann_college_annual_lecture/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2009_burgmann_college_annual_lecture/#When:05:18:23Z The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia, gave the 2009 Burgmann College Annual Lecture. Public Lecture, Humanities, University, Campus Life 2009-09-14T05:18:23+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/energy_security_climate_change_europe/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/energy_security_climate_change_europe/#When:04:39:44Z The world faces monumental challenges of ensuring energy supply can meet ever growing needs, while urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The current course we are on will see global energy demand rise 45% by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2008. The report also offers this sobering assessment: The world's energy systems are at a crossroads. Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable - environmentally, economically, socially. The EU's indigenous energy supplies fall well short of demand, with over 54% of primary energy consumption currently being imported. The European Union does not underestimate the scale of the task ahead. December 2008 saw the formal adoption of measures to put the EU on a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost energy efficiency and increase the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 20% by 2020. The objectives also include increasing renewables in transport, to encourage the uptake of biofuels and electric vehicles. Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, discussed the EU response to its energy security concerns and the threat of climate change. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, University 2009-06-01T04:39:44+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/campaigning_to_governing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/campaigning_to_governing/#When:06:44:40Z Thomas Mann examined President Obama's transition to governing and his first months in office. Particular attention was paid to the organization and staffing of his administration and the setting of policy and its passage through the Congress. Thomas Mann also discussed the various challenges domestic, economic and foreign policy related facing the new President. This Lecture was part of the ANU Public Lecture Series 2009, presented by The Australian National University and Embassy of the United States of America, Canberra. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University 2009-05-14T06:44:40+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/#When:02:29:29Z Many of us born after the success of the 1970s women's liberation movement were raised to think of ourselves as 'people not genders'. We grew up believing that being female would not affect our opportunities or choices. We rejected the idea that women were oppressed and if we thought about feminism at all it was as an historical movement with no relevance to our futures. Genuinely believing that sexism was dead we moved into the worlds of work, marriage and motherhood and got a hell of a shock. We realised that personal declarations of gender blindness are no defence against a world that insists on defining women by their sex. We realised that the ‘limitless' choices women have today are oddly less limitless than the choices of men. We realised that political, economic, sexual, professional, social and domestic equality is far from achieved and that post-feminism is a media myth. We realised that, quite accidentally, we had become feminists. This lecture was filmed and broadcast by Slow TV and A-PAC Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University 2009-04-02T02:29:29+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/installation_eleventh_chancellor_anu/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/installation_eleventh_chancellor_anu/#When:05:25:19Z Ceremony for the Installation of Professor the Hon Kim Beazley AC as the Eleventh Chancellor of The Australian National University.ProgramNational Anthem sung by Chloe Angel.Citation read by the Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University, Professor Ian Chubb AC.Installation by Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Govenor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.Response by the Chancellor, Professor the Hon Kim Beazley AC.Close of Ceremony by the Pro-Chancellor, the Hon Justice Annabelle Bennet AO. Concert, The University, University, Campus Life 2009-02-24T05:25:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/#When:02:06:30Z The 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight minute orations to convince the judges and the audience that they deserved to win the ANU Lions Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The event was hoseted by Esther Sainsbury, last years winner of the 2007 Lions Oratory Competition and judged by an esteemed panel of public-speaking experts. The oratory saw speakers addressing a range of subjects incorporating the Lions' messages of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core values of all major religions.Prizes included: First prize - The ManikKam Reddy Award: $1,500Second prize: $800Third prize: $500Donated by the Lions Club of Canberra Woden People's Choice Award: $400Donated by the Australian National University and the Lions Club of Canberra Woden Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Campus Life, Law, Medicine and Life Science 2008-09-24T02:06:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/alchemist_magpies_collecting_archivists_and_their_critics/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/alchemist_magpies_collecting_archivists_and_their_critics/#When:01:51:55Z Are archivists complicit in helping the victors write history, privileging some voices and silencing others? Are they alchemists transforming ‘turds and sticks' into the gold of societal heritage? Or are they just born collectors lucky enough to be paid to indulge their personal antiquarian passions? In this lecture, Michael Piggott reviews some recent criticisms of collecting archives and archivists, drawing on the theoretical literature, personal and professional experiences, and knowledge of Australia's two largest university collecting archives: the Noel Butlin Archives Centre at ANU and the University of Melbourne Archives. Public Lecture, Librarianship & Curatorship, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-09-24T01:51:55+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_higher_education_what_the_public_thinks/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_higher_education_what_the_public_thinks/#When:05:26:30Z The second ANU Poll measures public opinion towards higher education. With the Australian Government's promise of an ‘Education Revolution' and the current review of higher education in full swing, what does the Australian public really think about our university system? How does the public perceive the availability of access to universities and the role of universities in preparing young Australians for the world of work? Is there public support for more Government funding for universities and how is their performance rated in comparison to other educational institutions?  Is a university education worth it in the eyes of Australians and how do Australian attitudes to higher education compare with other countries? ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb AC addresses the key findings from the poll and identifies policy options that would enable effective Government responses to a number of public concerns. Statistics, The University, University, Business and Economics, Campus Life 2008-09-18T05:26:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/setting_the_scene_university_and_higher_education_systems/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/setting_the_scene_university_and_higher_education_systems/#When:01:14:04Z Mr Gallagher and Professor Chapman set the scene on the Higher Education sector and how it operates in both Australia and the US, highlighting the different historical settings, funding arrangements, participation rates and the ANU and Yale current roles and structures. The Alumni cultural differences will become apparent as a result of this early scene-setting.   Public Lecture, The University, University, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:14:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/#When:00:40:24Z This talk looks at discoveries made at the Yale Club of Pittsburgh of the best ways to engage alumni and to attract alumni of all ages and all backgrounds to become involved in the Yale Club and alumni activities. The speakers also discuss community service as a lifetime obligation and community service as a means of encouraging alumni activity and participation   Seminar, The University, University, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T00:40:24+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/messages_past_warm_earth/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/messages_past_warm_earth/#When:22:44:01Z As a pioneer in paleoceanography who has contributed to three generations of scientific ocean drilling programs, Ted Moore questions whether lessons learned from Earth's past will help us better appreciate the extensive changes that could be brought on by higher global temperatures, rising sea level, and more intense storms predicted for the future. He draws upon the 50-million-year-old climate records of the Eocene to offer insights into the impacts of increased global greenhouse gases and the expectations for Earth's future climate. Professor Moore's lecture is part of the inaugural DRILLS lecture series - a new scientific lecture series that features prominent, internationally known scientists describing scientific ocean drilling from first-hand experience. Public Lecture, Earth & Marine Sciences, Environment, University, Physical Science 2008-05-14T22:44:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/memories_lost_found/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/memories_lost_found/#When:01:00:01Z The talk looks back over the period of the Hawke, Keating and Howard governments and discusses what has been learned and what has been forgotten. It offers conjectures on likely economic outcomes during the first term of the Rudd government. Issues canvassed include monetary policy, inflation, labour market reforms and their outcomes and the changing overlap between the labour market and the welfare system. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-04-28T01:00:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/global_land_uses/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/global_land_uses/#When:01:27:00Z Human driven changes to the land surface have wide ranging influence on the functioning of the Earth System. The intensity of land cover change has increased rapidly over the last three hundred years, driven by population growth and increasing living standards. Expansion of agriculture and deforestation has significantly altered the environment. Recent development in land cover data sources enables us to obtain a reasonable overview of the global changes in land cover. Much less, however, is known about change in land use practices and agricultural and forest management that impact ecological services. In this lecture Professor Reenberg outlines the complexity of causes, processes and impacts of land change and call for a comprehensive framework to understand the human decisions that drive the global changes. Public Lecture, Environment, University, Medicine and Life Science 2008-04-02T01:27:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_pamela_denoon_lecture/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_pamela_denoon_lecture/#When:23:36:01Z Lecture One Recipes For Revolt: What Made the Women's Movement Move? In this lecture, Marian Sawer draws on her forthcoming history of Women's Electoral Lobby to explore what happened in the 1970s when women rebelled and ‘a cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down’ were no longer enough. Lecture Two ifeminism - Gen X, Gen Y And The Women's Movement. Roslyn Dundas explores what the future holds for feminism in an age of Myspace and Facebook, Paris Hilton and Pink. Marian Sawer AO is an internationally acclaimed expert on women, politics and policy. Her most recent books include Women's movements: Flourishing or in abeyance? and Out from the gilded cage: A history of Women’s Electoral Lobby . Marian is Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Sciences, ANU and Leader of the Democratic Audit of Australia. Roslyn Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to a Parliament in Australia, has been an active community campaigner in the ACT and plays a leading role in the Women’s Electoral Lobby – ACT. Roslyn currently works for the ACT Human Rights Commission as an adviser to the Commissioner for Children and Young People. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-03-09T23:36:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/higher_education_its_time/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/higher_education_its_time/#When:00:12:00Z We now have an opportunity to reposition higher education for the future and to move away from tinkering and adjusting rather than coherently changing. While it will take some time to unstitch the knotted fabric of accumulated incremental policy shifts of the last decade and to build up the capacity for creative policy formulation, it is nevertheless important now to think radically and envisage the architecture that will best serve Australia over the longer term. Labor’s concept of mission-driven compacts, complemented by a strategic approach to the funding of research, based on rigorous evaluation of performance quality, offers a powerful vehicle for strengthening and diversifying the higher education sector. We have a responsibility within the sector to provide leadership to drive this agenda. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Education 2008-02-27T00:12:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_guarding_australia/#When:23:58:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. Join a diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. The Dr Mohamed Haneef case continues to be a thorn in the Federal Government’s side, as more questions are raised about the way in which his visa was removed. Now overseas doctors are said to be ‘boycotting’ Australia because of the incident. Are Australia’s anti-terror measures doing the nation good or harm? How do both major parties plan to keep Australian’s secure? And how do they differ on what it means to be Australian in the first place? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-13T23:58:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_the_states_nation/#When:00:06:01Z Part of a series of public debates hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. Debate 2 – The States of the Nation – is moderated by Andrew Fraser. What is the future of federation? What impact is the Federal Government’s foray into water, health, education and Indigenous Affairs having? And how will these shifts affect the outcome of the election? Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-11-08T00:06:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_work_choice/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/devils_advocate_work_choice/#When:01:43:00Z A series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election. Each debate is moderated by a senior journalist from The Canberra Times. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-10-31T01:43:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coercive_reconciliation/#When:02:52:00Z On 21 June 2007 Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough declared a ‘national emergency’ in relation to child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory. In an unprecedented set of actions, the Commonwealth has taken direct control of communities, overriding the authority of both the NT Government and local community organisations in the name of creating safe and healthy environments for children. In this public lecture, Dr Hinkson, Professor Behrendt, Ms Watson and Professor Altman contributors to the first book about the intervention Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia assess the intervention from the perspectives of human rights, welfare and land rights reforms, Indigenous representation and reconciliation, and the recognition of cultural diversity. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University, Law 2007-10-16T02:52:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_growth_of_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_growth_of_india/#When:01:57:00Z The Sixth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture Ranging over a period from the 19th century until today, this lecture examines various aspects of India’s ‘growth’ including its population, its economic output, its media, its middle class, its spread into a globalised world and its level of political participation. Professor Jeffrey will analyse the tensions between a huge population and hugely unequal, but expanding, wealth in a time when India speaks unceasingly to itself, and to the rest of the world, in ways unthinkable at the time of independence in 1947. How might such immense political activity and social change unfold? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Asia and the Pacific 2007-10-16T01:57:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/#When:03:10:00Z Fifteen years ago social researcher Hugh Mackay wrote the bestseller Reinventing Australia , which analysed with forensic skill what was happening within Australian society. In this public lecture he takes another long, hard look at us to see how far we’ve come. What will the next generation of Australian children be like? Why have we lost interest in politics? Why are our houses getting bigger while our households are shrinking? Can the decline of the public education system be reversed? Are we spending too much public money on the arts? Mackay maintains that while we enjoy unprecedented levels of prosperity and the promise of more to come, we are still battling an epidemic of depression, taking on record levels of debt, and yearning for a deeper sense of meaning in our lives. While many Australians complain about feeling powerless and isolated, Mackay sees some encouraging signs that we are learning how to absorb the impact of the revolutionary changes that have reshaped us. Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-09-28T03:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/harry_potter_holocaust/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/harry_potter_holocaust/#When:05:25:01Z In recent debates over truth and fiction in history, the Holocaust has loomed large. It is often seen to be a litmus test for historians, in terms of historical method, truth, questions of moral judgement in history, narrative form, the representability of the past, and much more. More generally, difficult pasts, such as Australia's frontier colonial past, pose such major challenges for historians that some have argued they are better dealt with through fiction than history. This lecture considers what historians can learn from novelists, and novelists from history, with special attention to the latest and last book in the Harry Potter series. This is the 6th Annual Lecture presented by the ANU Archives Program and the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-09-25T05:25:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_happened_at_apec/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_happened_at_apec/#When:05:16:00Z In this lecture, Ambassador Robert McCallum examines the results of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the bilateral meetings held on the margins of the forum including the prospects for enhanced regional economic integration, prosperity, and security, support for Doha, and the momentum on climate change. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Asia and the Pacific 2007-09-25T05:16:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2007_lions_oratory_competition/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2007_lions_oratory_competition/#When:03:18:00Z The 13th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight-minute orations and compete for a part of the $2,000 in prize money donated by Lions. Hosted by 2007 president of the ANU Student Association, Claudia Newman-Martin and judged by an esteemed panel of public-speaking experts, the oratory saw speakers addressing a range of subjects incorporating the Lions' messages of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence – the core values of all major religions. Exhibition, Student Life, University, Campus Life 2007-09-25T03:18:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/#When:05:31:00Z In this lecture, Lieutenant General John Sanderson argues that the national approach to Indigenous issues can broadly be described as ‘assimilationist’ – the belief that the only hope for Indigenous people is to become like mainstream Australia, taking on the trappings of a rationalist northern hemisphere culture that is increasingly at odds with the environment in which it finds itself. Recent initiatives are merely a market forces derived version of this paternalistic approach that has its origins almost from the time of the First Fleet. The cultural disempowerment associated with this approach has left Indigenous people in a state of trauma that is reflected in the appalling physical and mental health statistics and the increasing engagement with the justice and prison systems. The alienation of Indigenous people from the mainstream in Australia is paralleled by the alienation of Australians from the continent itself and portrays a latent danger to the young country as the world power balance shifts towards Asia. Reconciliation is not simply about overcoming Indigenous disadvantage – it is about national unity and the redemption of the entire nation. A commentary will be provided by Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-24T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/weapons_of_mass_destruction_maintaining_the_rage/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/weapons_of_mass_destruction_maintaining_the_rage/#When:05:56:00Z The lecture was a joint presentation between The Australian National University and The Lowy Institute for International Policy. Over the last decade there has been a serious, and dangerous, loss of momentum and direction in disarmament and non-proliferation efforts. The Chemical Weapons Convention – for whose conclusion and implementation John Gee worked so tirelessly and brilliantly - shows what is achievable. Nuclear weapons cannot be uninvented, but they can be outlawed - as chemical and biological weapons have been - and their use made unthinkable. But that will require from the world's decision-makers an intelligent understanding of present dangers, creative new policy thinking, and above all an end to hypocrisy and double standards. Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture Dr John Gee served with distinction as an Australian diplomat in a number of countries. His greatest contribution, however, was in the field of disarmament, where he had a particular interest in chemical weapons. After a period as a Commissioner on the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq following the first Gulf War, he became Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, serving there until 2003. In recognition of his achievements, Dr Gee was made a member of the Order of Australia in January 2007.   Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, University, Law 2007-08-23T05:56:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/#When:06:10:00Z Having informed citizens is important to the health of any democracy. Scholars and journalists frequently suppose that affluent countries have systems of public knowledge on which their citizens can draw. In this lecture, Professor Phillip Kitcher suggests that the functioning of these systems is more problematic that assumed and that there are serious issues about the direction of inquiry, about the certification of knowledge, and about the dissemination of information that arise from our commitments to democracy. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-21T06:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/#When:04:18:00Z To what extent have Australian feminist struggles achieved a substantive and lasting gender equality? The gender report for the Democratic Audit of Australia considered this question, investigating legislation, representation, policy machinery and the women’s non-government sector. The picture that emerges from this assessment is deeply worrying. Whereas Australia was once a world leader in the global struggle for gender equality, it is now clear that in recent decades the nation has resiled from this commitment and undone many earlier achievements. Was it all for nothing? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:18:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/#When:05:33:00Z Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), explores the unique role of AIATSIS in promoting scholarship that has been relevant and responsive to its national Indigenous constituency. The interaction between the Institute and ANU has resulted in many new initiatives and collaborations that have promoted the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In recognition of this the two institutions are about to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-23T05:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/#When:02:08:00Z Like Australia, Canada faces challenges in resolving the grievances of First Nation peoples harmed by past policies. Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, has been at the heart of negotiations which have resulted in the Canadian government offering C$2 billion in compensation to former students of Residential Schools. Phil was visiting Australia with Charlene Belleau, Director of the Residential Schools Unit of the Assembly of First Nations, and Professor Kathleen Mahoney, chief negotiator for the residential schools settlement. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-25T02:08:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/david_suzuki/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/david_suzuki/#When:01:59:00Z In this last lecture tour of Australia, acclaimed environmentalist and scientist Dr David Suzuki tells the story of his passion for the planet – a passion that for several decades he has brought to the world through his research, his writings, his broadcasting, and above all his life story. Public Lecture, Environment, University, Physical Science 2006-10-25T01:59:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/#When:03:53:00Z As controversy continues to swirl around Australia’s national broadcaster, a long-awaited history of its last 20 years provides much-needed insight and background to the current debates. Distinguished historian Ken Inglis first chronicled the ABC in his 1983 book This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932–1983. In his new volume Whose ABC?, he covers intricate details of the reigns of David Hill and Jonathan Shier and the stormy politics of the broadcaster’s relations with the government over the last two decades. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:53:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/#When:03:44:00Z Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned, there has been much debate in the media and public spheres about the ethics and morality of genetic research. But little attention has been paid to how scientific communities accomplish this important area of 21st century research. In this lecture, Professor Peter Glasner considers some of the organisational and ethical issues that arise from debates about the selection, modification and engineering of human and other species, and their implications for improving health and extending human life. Examples range from the applications of stem cell technology in India and the UK, enabling the emergence of ‘cowboy cloners’, to analysis of proteomics and systems biology, and the issues surrounding the creation of ‘virtual’ life. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:44:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_qantas/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_qantas/#When:05:21:00Z Sir Roland Wilson Lecture 2006 The Australian public servant Sir Roland Wilson had a long and illustrious career. He was also a proud and active Chairman of Qantas from 1966–1973, during a time of extreme turbulence for the company. In Sir Roland's address on the airline’s fiftieth anniversary, he declared that it was a near miracle that the company had lasted so long, and done so well. In this lecture, Qantas Chairman Margaret Jackson considers the modern challenges faced by Qantas and describes how the company is drawing on its tradition of being bold, brave and innovative to survive and succeed in the 21st century. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, Management, University, Business and Economics 2006-08-17T05:21:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/iter_project/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/iter_project/#When:05:11:00Z Fusion energy powers the sun and the stars, but it is yet to be tapped by man. Countries representing over half the world’s population plan to construct and operate a large experimental device, ITER (Latin for ‘the way’), to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes. In this lecture, Dr Barry Green discusses the fusion process, its advantages as a source of energy, and ITER as the next, logical step on the path to developing a fusion power producing reactor. He discusses the status of the ITER project and outline the development of fusion power beyond ITER. Finally, he considers Australia’s historical role in this field and remark on its possible development. Public Lecture, Physics, University, Physical Science 2006-08-17T05:11:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/hobbess_leviathan/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/hobbess_leviathan/#When:05:45:00Z What is freedom? The philosopher Thomas Hobbes attempted to pin the concept down in his seminal work Leviathan, defining freedom as the absence of opposition, particularly the absence of external impediments to motion. In this talk, Professor Quentin Skinner argued that this ‘negative’ understanding of freedom as non-interference is now so widely accepted that it is easy to forget that Hobbes’ original argument was intensely polemical. Professor Skinner attempted to excavate the missing side of the dialogue, uncovering the polemical motivations underlying Hobbes’s revolutionary account. Public Lecture, Philosophy & Religion, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-08-16T05:45:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reason_for_hope/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reason_for_hope/#When:05:36:00Z Dr Jane Goodall is known worldwide as a passionate environmental advocate. At the heart of her mission is a 46-year research and conservation project studying humanity’s closest relative – the chimpanzee – at Gombe Stream in Tanzania. In this talk, Dr Goodall gives an update on the Gombe Stream project, and discusses how it is helping those people who live adjacent to the park to be more sustainable. She also discusses the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, including the ‘Roots & Shoots’ youth program which runs in 90 countries. Public Lecture, Botany & Zoology, Environment, University, Medicine and Life Science 2006-07-24T05:36:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/#When:06:09:01Z Pamela Denoon Lecture 2006 in association with International Women's Day Issues of sex and gender are rarely considered relevant to invasions, conflict or state-building. In this, the Pamela Dunoon Lecture for 2006, Professor Hilary Charlesworth argued that the roles of women and the values assigned to these roles shape our understanding of violence at the international level. She focused on the invasion of Iraq, its aftermath, and the ongoing attempts to rebuild that country. She also examined the way that ideas about femininity and masculinity have influenced the international community’s actions. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-03-17T06:09:01+10:00