by Michael Kirby | Aug 4, 2008 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 9
H. V. Evatt Lecture 200An Australian achieverI can boast of several links with Herbert Vere Evatt. Like me, he attended Fort Street Boys’ High School in Sydney, the oldest public school in Australia. That school has long provided special educational...
by Elizabeth Evatt | Apr 17, 2008 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 8
Commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human RightsIt is an honour to be invited to this birthday party for Jessie. I did not know her personally, but her work in the United Nations, which connected her closely with my uncle, Bert Evatt, forms the basis of these...
by Paul Keating | Sep 9, 2007 | Issue 3, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Sitting down to a private dinner one night in Tokyo as a guest of my Treasury counterpart, the Japanese Minister of Finance, Kiichi Miyazawa, in a moment of candour, he asked me whether I thought ‘the Chinese would attack us’. Taken aback by the question,...
by Elizabeth Evatt | Aug 9, 2007 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Setting our hearts, minds and willsIntroductionI would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered. It is a privilege to be invited to give this address on the topic of reconciliation, and in doing so to mark...
by Marcia Langton | Aug 9, 2007 | Issue 2, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Dancing on our gravesI do not want to go back to the past. I am looking forward to the 40th anniversary of the referendum hosted by Reconciliation Australia. Jackie Huggins has already told you something about the preparations for that event and the...
by Glenn Withers., Anne Twomey | Apr 9, 2007 | Issue 1, Journal, Papers, Volume 7
Within Australia, federalism has been under attack. The Commonwealth has been using its financial powers and increased legislative power to intervene in areas of State responsibility. Centralism appears to be the order of the day.In the rest of the world, the...
