Thailand: revolting peasants and oily oligarchs 23 September 2016On Tuesday 20 September former Australian ambassador to Thailand, Cavan Hogue, gave his assessment of the current situation in Thailand to around 50 […] Read More
The Challenges of Cyber security 14 September 2016Challenges of cyber-security stimulated a lively discussion at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 13 September. Our guest speaker was Dr Keith Suter, well-known Sydney-based […] Read More
Turkish Coup 07 September 2016Dr Murat Yurtbilir lectures on Turkish politics and history at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the ANU. On Tuesday 6 […] Read More
Can Australia make the most of the Asian century? 31 August 2016Our guest speaker at Glover Cottages on 30 August was former Secretary of the Treasury and current NAB chair Dr Ken Henry AC. […] Read More
The end of pacifist Japan? 25 August 2016On Tuesday 23 August our guest at Glover Cottages was Walter Hamilton, for 11 years the ABC’s North East Asia correspondent in Tokyo. […] Read More
South Africa 17 August 2016Our guest speakers at Glover Cottages on 16 August were Judy Sandison, an award-winning South African broadcast journalist, and Adam McCarthy, Australian High […] Read More
International Crime 11 August 2016Dr James Cockayne is a strategist, international lawyer and author, currently head of a global think tank created by the UN General Assembly. […] Read More
Rio Olympics 03 August 2016Our speaker at Glover Cottages on Tuesday 2 August was Dr Jorge Knijnik, a senior lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. A […] Read More
BREXIT 28 July 2016The British vote to leave the EU has caused a major upheaval across Europe. Immediate past president of AIIA NSW, Colin Chapman, was […] Read More
Chinese-Australian Relations - a Perspective from Guangdong 27 July 2016On Monday afternoon, 18 July, a Chinese delegation came to Glover Cottages to discuss current developments in Chinese-Australian relations. They were Vice Chancellor […] Read More
The Chilcot Report: what it means for Australia 14 July 2016Dr Judith Betts is an academic at the University of Sydney with a distinguished career in the Commonwealth public service. On 12 July […] Read More