Aug 21, 2019 | Annual Luncheon Speaker
Speaker: Deborah Cheetham AO Title: Woven Song, the journey from knowing to understanding Date and place: Monday 16 September, 11.45 am for 12.20 pm, NSW Parliament House Deborah Cheetham AO, Yorta Yorta woman, opera singer, composer and educator has been a leader and...
May 22, 2019 | Annual Luncheon Speaker
Annual Luncheon 2019 Speaker: Deborah Cheetham AO Topic: Woven Song, the journey from knowing to understanding Date: Monday 16 September, 11.45 am for 12.30 pm Venue: Strangers’ Dining Room, NSW Parliament Deborah Cheetham AO, Yorta Yorta woman, opera singer,...
Dec 1, 2018 | Annual Luncheon Speaker, Article
Topic: The narcissists, the nefarious and the ne’er do wells: tales of an investigative journalist Kate McClymont gave a fascinating talk about the tales of an investigative journalist. She told us that investigative journalism looks beyond the daily news in an...
Nov 28, 2017 | Annual Luncheon Speaker
Topic: Peace — Who Cares? Dr Gill Hicks told the audience about her experiences both when and after suffering the loss of both legs in the London 7 July 2005 terrorist bombings. Gill has dedicated her life to building peace. In 2012 she returned to Australia where she...
Nov 28, 2016 | Annual Luncheon Speaker
Topic: RECOGNISE Tanya Hosch, who was Joint Campaign Director and the public face of RECOGNISE and is now General Manager, Inclusion and Social Policy at the AFL was the guest speaker at the 2016 Annual Luncheon. RECOGNISE is the movement to raise community...
Nov 28, 2015 | Annual Luncheon Speaker
Topic: The Scourge of Domestic Violence Quentin Bryce reminisced on the history of the Library (she was Library Chair from September 1996 to September 1998) and then talked about the scourge of domestic violence in Australia and the work of the Special Taskforce on...