Video footage from our recent Symposium on Building a 21st Century Economy to Deliver a Fair Society is now available on our YouTube Channel
Speakers included the Hon. Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer and Mike Baird, NSW Shadow Treasurer
The Symposium was presented by the Whitlam Institute in partnership with the University of Western Sydney School of Economics and Finance
Thalia Penninkilampi from Penrith High School has been announced as the overall winner of the 2010 What Matters? Competition. Thalia, who is in Year 10, received the award on Tuesday 22 June at a ceremony attended by Ms Thérèse Rein and Mrs Margaret Whitlam AO. As overall winner of the Whitlam Institute 2010 What Matters Competition she received $250.00, a trophy and a brand new laptop and software package from the competition sponsor Officeworks.
Read Thalia's winning entry (PDF, 71Kb)
The Whitlam Institute and the University of Western Sydney School of Law were delighted to present a lecture on 25 February at Gilbert + Tobin's offices by The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG. The lecture 'International Law and Human Rights: Gough Whitlam’s transformative vision' is now available to watch online on the Whitlam Institute YouTube Channel.
Full text from the lecture is also available to download here.
Speakers included:
Dr Ken Henry, Secretary, Australian Treasury (pictured)
Gary Banks AO, Chair, Productivity Commission
Professor Warwick McKibbin, Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU; Board Member, Reserve Bank of Australia
Bernie Fraser, Former Treasury Secretary and Former Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia
