Moving in the open daylight

Moving in the open daylight

Moving in the open daylight: Doc Evatt, an Australian at the United Nations, by Ashley Hogan with a foreword by Michael Kirby. The year was 1945. The place was San Francisco. The topic was the world. Ashley Hogan tells the story of a moment in human history when...
The first casualty

The first casualty

The first casualty: the war correspondent as hero and myth-maker from the Crimea to Kosovo, by Phillip Knightley with an introduction by John Pilger. With war again disfiguring many parts of the world, Phillip Knightley’s classic could not be more relevant....
Tackling inequality

Tackling inequality

Tackling inequality: H.V. Evatt NSW Parliament lecture, edited by John Graham Introduction This publication marks the very first in an annual lecture series run by the Evatt Foundation at the NSW Parliament. It was held here in recognition of Doc Evatt’s role as a...
Q&A on productivity

Q&A on productivity

Evatt Q&A on productivity, edited by Christopher Sheil The public debate about ‘productivity’ has been a perennial in Australia for decades. Productivity is an interesting and ultimately a very important issue, but it’s also a complex issue and there...
Eleanor & Mary Alice

Eleanor & Mary Alice

Eleanor & Mary Alice, by Peta Tait In 1943 Eleanor Roosevelt made an epic war-time flight across Japanese patrolled sea to Australia and met up with Mary Alice Evatt, the artist and wife of Doc Evatt, Australia’s Minister for External Affairs. The two women...
The Tolpuddle Martyrs

The Tolpuddle Martyrs

The Tolpuddle Martyrs: injustice within the law, by Herbert Vere Evatt with a new introduction by Geoffrey Robertson. The legend of the six rural labourers who were transported to Australia in 1834 for swearing an oath of solidarity is celebrated as the foundation of...