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Manning Clark House Inc. welcomes speakers from a wide range of backgrounds. Among those recent have been Stephen Moore, Justice Michael Kirby, Prue Acton and Bishop George Browning. Photographer: Peter Hislop

Manning Clark House Papers

Manning Clark House Inc sincerely thanks the speakers at its many events for sharing their time and thoughts with audiences on the day, and through this web site, the world.

Please note, while many speakers are kind enough to share their speaking notes or papers below, not all do. Likewise, those presentations under Chatham House rules, questions and ad-libs are often not recorded.

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Acton, Prue 2008. Is it beauty that asks the question?
Adams, Phillip Statement by participants in the Manning Clark House conference on ‘The Future of Homo sapiens’ 9 October, 2012
Adams, Phillip MCH Abstract on 'The Future of Homo Sapiens'.
Aitkin, Don 2011. The debate over Anthropogenic Global Warming
Allison, Lyn 2005. Science and Ethics: Can Homo sapiens Survive? ... or Good Planets Are Hard to Come By
Archer, Robyn 2009. The Price of Survival

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Bain, Simon 2009. Are Animals a Resource or a Responsibility?
Ball, Desmond 2005. The probabilities of 'On the Beach' Assessing 'Armageddon Scenarios' in the 21 st Century
Bearlin, Margaret 2005. Educating the Young for a World of Change
Behrendt, Larissa 2008. Do Indigenous Australians Enjoy Full Citizen Rights Today?
Berryman, Matthew 2006. Mathematic principles underlying genetic structures
Blakers, Andrew 2005. Solar energy in the built environment
Blaskow, Nikolai 2004. Can Humanism Survive A Cybernetic Society?
Boyden, Stephen 2005. Science, ethics and the natural environment
Brennan, Frank 2007. Ethics and Morality: What makes a civil society? Does Social Justice Stop at a Country's Borders? Responsibilities at Government, Public Institution, Academic and Individual Levels
Brennan, Frank 2006. 5 R's for the Enlargers: Race, Religion, Respect, Rights and the Republic
Brennan, Gerard 2006. The way to a Republic
Browning, George 2008. What's the future for Australian Citizenship?
Bryant, Chris 2003. 'Science Communication - Is Science too Hot to Handle?' Part 1.
Burns, Ron 2009. Fuelled by sport: getting everyone involved It's all about Participation.
Burnside, Julian 2008. Citizens' rights and the rule of law in a civil society: not just yet

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Carment, David 2004. History, Identity and Politics
Carnley, Peter 2004. After the Enlightenment - What?
Chalmers, David 2006. How Can We Construct a Science of Consciousness?
Chaney, Angela 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Chaney, Fred 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Clark, Andrew 2000. Judah Waten national story-writing competition
Clark, Andrew Living with the Clarks
Clark, Anna 2002. First Dymphna Clark Lecture
Clark, Anna 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Clark, Axel The Idea of a University: Enterprise or Academy
Clark, Dymphna A simple house
Clark, Katerina 2003. WOMEN, HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ETHICS: Identity in Diaspora a case study of the refugees from fascism in the 1930s
Clark, Manning To Moore Theological College, Newtown
Clark, Tom Grammatical socialism
Clelland Gray, Pamela 2003. Working in Canberra in the 21st Century: speaking notes
Collins, Paul 2006. Consciousness and theology: the creation of Gods and myths in the human mind
Connors, Lyndsay 2004. The public private balance:'setting the scene for change in education
Costello, Tim 2004. Daniel Mannix Lecture 2004
Cox, Eva People issues
Creed, Helen 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Cullen, Peter Mutual Obligations - Making Partnerships Work in Resource Management
Cullen, Peter 2005. Water Futures for Canberra: Moving Towards Sustainability?
Curnow, Ric 2006. Living in extremes

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Davidson, Iain 2006. In our own image
Davidson, Robyn 2006. The essence of northness
Davies, Geoff 2005. Playing with Superfire - Misapplication of Technology to Complex Natural Systems
Davies, Geoff 2006. New Science and Old Wisdom Minds In and Of the World
Davis, Judy 2003. FEAR: The Politics of Submission in Australian History
Davison, Graeme 2011. Suburbs - for and against
Denborough, Mike 2005. The nuclear arms race is madness: diagnosis and cure
Denniss, Richard 2005. People and population - the challenge for sustainability
Djerrkura, Gatjil 2004. This Country: a Reconciled Republic?
Donovan, Robert 2003. The Psychology of Fear
Douglas, Bob 2005. People, Health and Wellbeing: Will we make the necessary value shifts in time?

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Eckersley, Richard 2003. Meanings and values: their significance for progress and sustainability
Eckersley, Richard 2003. Science and culture: changing how we see the world and our place in it
Eckersley, Richard Science, faith and values
Ellis, George 2006. From Stars to Brains: Conference Dinner Talk
Ellis, George 2006. The Emerging Nature of Mind: Intellect, emotion, values: Some speculations and provocations
Espeland, Brent 2009. Going for Gold .
Evans, Gareth 2011. Enlargers, Straiteners and the Making of Australian Foreign Policy

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Fairbairn, Anne Australian poet and bridge-builder: glimpses behind the anger
Fenner, Frank 2005. Scientific Principles, Scientific Ethics and the Dangers for Survival of Homo sapiens
Fenner, Frank 2005. Letter to the Editor of 'The Canberra Times' following the symposium 'Science and Ethics: Can Homo sapiens Survive?'
Flett, Penny 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Foran, Barney Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Australia's Population Options to 2050 and beyond
Furnass, Bryan 2007. Environmental and climate change refugees
Furnass, Bryan 2005. Micro- and macro-Science and Ethics: Can Homo sapiens survive?

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Garcia, John Andres The International Brigades and the Refugee Camps of the south of France
Gaynor, Andrea 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Georgiou, Petro 2008. The new Australian citizenship test - a template for national identity
Gillies, Malcom 2004. Graduation Address to Arts and Music graduates
Goldie, Jenny 2005. Canberra's population size in light of converging catastrophes
Gottschalk-Mazouz, Niels 2003. Sustainability: Are we short on science or on willpower?
Grandage, Iain 2003. Moving forward in a time of fear
Green, David 2005. The Role of Science in Societies, including Ethics in Science and Ethical Responsibilities of Scientists
Griffiths, Paul and Harris, Sue 2004. When two elephants fight, it is the grass which gets trampled
Guest, Charles 2005. Health status, the healthcare sector and sustainability

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Haire, James and Ledger, Christine 2005. Theology, science and technology
Hamilton, Clive 2005. Can humans survive automation?
Harris, Tony 2000. Health and Education: User Charges and Subsidies
Harris Rimmer, Susan 2008. Character as Destiny: The dangers of character tests in Commonwealth law
Headon, David Fortifying The Bunyip Aristocracy: Tocqueville, Wentworth and 1850s Australia
Headon, David 2009. Tomatoes, Melbourne Cups and Mark Twain: Sport and the Arts in Australia
Headon, David 2008. Wanted: Treasure-House of Nation's Heart - the Search for an Australian Capital City, 1891-1908
Hinde, Sarah 2005. Canberra: an attractive, safe and efficient environment...?
Holmes à Court, Janet 2000. Why is History Important?
Holt, Stephen From Manning to Manne: On Reading Robert Manne The Barren Years
Hughes, John 2006. Memory and Home

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Inglis, Amirah Australians and the Spanish Civil War
Irving, Helen 2008. Citizenship

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Jones, Barry 2008. Can humanism survive in the 21st Century?
Jones, Barry 2007. Restoring the Primacy of Reason ' 'Telling Truth to Power' in an Age of Fundamentalism
Jordens, Ann-Mari 2006. A Museum of Indigenous Australia?
Jordens, Ann-Mari 2003. Belonging and exclusion: national identity and citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism.
Julie Bishop MP, Hon 2003. The Psychology of Fear

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Keating, Paul 2002. A Time for Reflection: Political Values in the Age of Distraction
Kent, Bruce 1999. Tocqueville, Marx and the Revolution of 1848: the Quest for a Universal Class
Kevin, Tony 2007. Media and writing: agenda-setting and searching for the truth The role of the news reporter, the investigative journalist and the freelance writer. Demonizing language
Kevin, Tony 2005. The Origins of Hope
Kinnear, Pamela 2003. Our Population Our Future: Conference Summary

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Lasry, Lex 2005. Further thought
Leovic, Rad 2003. Citizenship and multiculturalism: a political refugee's view
Lidbury, Brett Papers for Associate Professor Brett Lidbury ~ Replacing Animals in Medical Research.
Lieutenant-General, Sanderson 2007. Redemption in Reconcilliation: the Connection Between Indigenous Health and National Sustainability
Lumby, Catherine 2004. The Role of Intellectuals in Public Debate.

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MacKenzie, Andrew 2005. Sustainability is not really a local issue, but how we live is about sustainability?
Madrew, Romilly 2005. Making Canberra Sustainable - the construction and refurbishment of sustainable buildings
Malouf, David 2006. A Short History of Australia
Manne, David 2006. Boatloads of Extinguishment?
Manne, David 2007. Post-Palmer reform of the Department of Immigration
Manning Clark House, 2005. Booklet with conference program, abstracts of papers and information about speakers and chairpersons
Manning Clark House, 2005. Conference Program
Marsden, Alex 2003. A Fascinating Journey: Women and the Workforce in Canberra
Masters, Chris 2010. Journalism - a career post mortem
Matthews, Brian 2006. Brian Matthews on writing
McKay, Hugh Social Disengagement - breeding ground for fundamentalism
McKenna, Mark 2003. The Need for a Reconciled Republic
McKenna, Mark 2004. Launch of Mark McKenna's book This Country a Reconciled Republic?
McKenna, Mark 2006. Mark McKenna - our man in Copenhagen
McMichael, Tony 2003. Our Population, Our Future What Sort of Country Do We Aspire To Be?
McQueen, Humphrey On Fukuyama The End of History?
Michael Kirby, Justice 2001. Manning Clark, 'Bourgeois Democracy' and Strange Tales From Supreme Courts
Migliorino, Pino 2011. Multiculturalism or Not: Do we want Cabramattas and Lakembas?
Milburn, Gerard 2006. Is information processing a physical phenomenon
Milner, Anthony 2008. Citizenship, the global context.
Morton, Craddock 2008. The National Museum of Australia: have we got the Museum we deserve?
Moses, Ingrid 2008. Citizenship and 'Australian Values'
Moses, John 2010. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, ‘Reluctant Revolutionary’
Mulas, Robert 2011. Multiculturalism or Not: Do we want Cabramattas and Lakembas?

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Neilson, Heather 2003. That irresistible revolution: Democracy in America
Nossal, Gustav 2004. Towards a Fairer World: Historic Trends in Global Health Reform
Nugent, Maria Moving forward in a time of fear

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O'Connor, Mark 2003. A fascinating journey: Women's employment and professionalism in Australia.
O'Connor, Mark 2006. Was the Universe meant to be interesting? The 'Invisible Links' some poets report.
O'Sullivan, Siobhan Siobhan O'Sullivan, University of Melbourne ~Animals, Equality and Democracy Manning Clark House, September 2012
Odgers, Brett 2003. Our Population Our Future - Forward

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Pegrum, Roger 2011. The Australian quarter acre block
Poke, Robin 2009. Going for Gold: achieving excellence in sport.
Poore, Megan 2002. From the presentation "Being Ceduna"
Price, Keith 2005. Being Human, Computers and Science
Pryor, Geoff 2005. Manning Clark House - Geoff Pryor - A short perspective of sustainability - a conversation about communication Integration and caring for Canberra

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Reece, Bob 2005. "You would have loved her for her lore": the letters of Daisy Bates
Robinson, Peter 2006. Foundations of Visual Perception
Rolfe, Richard 2009. Putting a value on the Arts and sports
Rosalyn, Hunt 2005. ANU medical student group paper - Utilising peer groups: a road to action to enable sustainability and health
Rubbo, Anna 2006. Manning Clark House - Anna Rubbo - Make poverty history
Rubenstein, Kim 2008. From Suffrage to Citizenship: A Republic of Equals

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Sallis, Eva 2007. 'Australian dream; Australian nightmare: Some thoughts on Multiculturalism and Racism'
Sanderson, John 2003. Complexity and Opportunity: Overcoming Fear to Build a Sustainable Future
Sanderson, John 2008. Indigenous Rights: The Right to Negotiate
Schooneveldt, John 2005. Making Canberra sustainable: good ideas for future action
Schwan, Lyn 2006. Building houses in Cambodia
Southwood, Nicholas 2003. The Ethics of Science and A Science of Ethics
Stanhope, Jon 2003. Address to Making Canberra Sustainable Forum and Workshop
Stocklmayer, Sue 2003. 'Science Communication - Is Science too Hot to Handle?' Part 2

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Tatman, Lucy 2006. Religious Faith vs. Free Will and Biological Determinism
Truswell, Elizabeth 2006. Art and the Developing Consciousness: Reviewing the Speculations

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Unknown, To what extent should the Government subsidise the private sector, and what should users contribute?

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Vickers, Margaret Comprehensive Secondary Schools: A comparative perspective
Vickers, Margaret 2004. Education for all Australians: Comprehensiveness, segregation, and social responsibility

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Wareham, Sue 2005. Can Scientists Halt the Technological Race to Nowhere?
Warhurst, John 2007. Ethics and Morality in Parliamentary Democracy: But not in My Backyard?
Warhurst, John 2008. Second-Class Citizens: the Rights of Citizens in Small States and Territories
Watchirs, Helen 2008. Recent Challenges to Australian civil liberties and human rights
Waterhouse, Dawn Growing Up in Canberra
Watson, Louise 2004. The total operating resources of Australian private
Webster, Ian W 2004. Futures in Health
Wesley-Smith, Peter 2011. The Trial of Japanese War Criminals in Hong Kong 1946-49
White, Lyn 2011. Live Animal Exports
White, Terri-Ann 2003. Moving Forward in a Time of Fear
Williams, Clive 2008. Points on Security and Human Rights
Williams, John 1999. Bryce, Tocqueville, Clark and Australian Federation
Wiltshire, David 2006. Dark energy or cosmic complexity