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July 2011
Gary John's Book Launch in Parliament House
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Thomas Martin, the Hon Dr Gary Johns and Andrew Robb, MP in the Main Committee Room of Parliament House for Gary John's book launch
Accountability Round Table
Scott Prasser has recently been admitted as a member of the Accountability Round Table.
The Accountability Round Table is a non-partisan group of citizens with diverse backgrounds (academics, lawyers, politicians, journalists, authors) who are gravely concerned with the current erosion of honesty and integrity of our democratic parliamentary and governmental process.
The Accountability Round Table is dedicated, in particular, to the resurrection and enlivening of the principle of ministerial accountability, that is the obligation of government ministers to be answerable and accountable the Parliament for the actions, inactions, defaults and carelessness, not only of the ministers themselves but also of all those in the minister’s office (such as advisers) and in the departments and agencies of which the ministers are head.
For more information please visit the website here.
Shaping the Future: Networking Jesuit Higher Education for a Globalizing World
The report of the 2010 Mexico Conference “Shaping the Future: Networking Jesuit Higher Education for a Globalizing World” is now available on line at:
http://www.ajcunet.edu/Shaping-the-Future-Mexico-City
This should be a useful resource for those reflecting on the intellectual and social dimensions of all ministries. The book is dedicated to Paul Locatelli SJ who had a bold vision for more co-operation amongst Jesuit institutions of higher learning.
Human rights and Christian lawyers
Fr. Frank Brennan recently gave a talk to the Queensland Christian Lawyers entitled 'Human rights and Christian lawyers'. To read it in full please follow this link.
Ethics in Government
On Thursday 21st July Professor Scott Prasser was a keynote speaker at the 2011 Queensland Police District Officers and Command Managers conference, presenting on the issue of 'Ethics in Government'. For a complete list of speakers and their topics please view the schedule here (PDF, 54KB).
The Role Played by Religious Groups in the Australian Bill of Rights Debate
On the 15th July Fr Frank Brennan addresses the Melbourne Law School conference dinner in Queens College on the topic “Law and Religion: Legal Regulation of Religious Groups, Organisations and Communities”. This was part of the Melbourne University Law School conference on The Role Played by Religious Groups in the Australian Bill of Rights Debate. To read the speech in full please view it here (PDF, 103KB)
Australian Conference of Economists 2011
On Monday 11th July the Hon Gary Johns chaired a Special Session, Social Justice: which policies help?, at the Australian Conference of Economists 2011. The speakers and their topics were:
- Andrew Leigh - Growth with equity: getting the policy mix right
- Peter Urban - Social Justice: Foreign aid policy
- Grace Collier - Unfair dismissal: no fault
- Jeremy Sammut - Over-Entitled and underinsured:healthcare access inequalities in Australia.
- Ben Jensen Education - Effectiveness of education expenditure
To view the entire conference program please download it here (PDF, 197KB)
At the end of the conference there was a one day Public Policy Symposium in Canberra around the question "Does Public Policy Get the Economics It Deserves?". The Hon Dr Gary Johns spoke with Jon Altman on the theme of Indigenous Policy – “Hand-outs, Hand-ups or Hands off?”. To view the program of other speakers and their topics please download it here (PDF, 211KB)
