Memorial Lectures

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Lionel Murphy Memorial Lectures

 

Lionel Murphy Memorial Lectures are held each year. Copies of lectures (1987-1998) are available in print from the Foundation, upon request.    It is proposed to put Lectures from 2000 onwards onto  this site, or make them available as email attachments.  

 If you would like to attend the Lectures, please email your contact details to us.

1987

The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

‘Murphy—Bold Spirit of the Living Law’ (Transcript available online --- click here)

1988

Professor Tony Blackshield

‘The Perils of a Written Constitution’ 

(no transcript available)

1989

The Hon Justice Mary Gaudron

Third Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1990

George Negus

Fourth Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1991

Malcolm Turnbull

‘The Queen and Colonialism: A Republic   Address’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1992

The Hon Barry O Jones AO MP

‘Setting a New Radical Agenda for the 21st Century’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1993

Professor Paul Wilson

‘Beyond the Witchhunt: Decriminalising Illegal Drugs'  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1994

Noel Pearson

‘After Mabo’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1995

The Hon Peter Baume AO

‘Voluntary Euthanasia and the Liberal Tradition’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1996

Mr Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

‘Lionel Murphy – Ten Years On’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

Special

Mr Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

‘Lionel Murphy and the Power of Ideas: The dissenter’s views begin to prevail’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1997

Ms Cheryl Kernot

‘The Failure of Conservatism; Meeting the Challenges of New Politics’  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1998

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja

'Towards 2000: Politics, the Law and Technology'  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1998

Dr Paul Dietze PhD
Address on his term as a Lionel Murphy Scholar,  (Transcript available online --- click here)

1999

Professor Henry Reynolds MA Dlitt

'Murphy, Coe and the Problem of Aboriginal Sovereignty'    (EDITED COPY NOT YET AVAILABLE)

2000

The Hon J J Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of NSW

'Economic Rationalism and the Law'  (Transcript available online --- click here)

2001

Ms Pat Turner AM

'Reconciliation - Moving Beyond Broad Support and Goodwill' (Transcript available online --- click here)

2002

Mr Julian Burnside QC

'Who's Afraid of Human Rights?' (Transcript available online --- click here)

2003

Dr Tim Flannery

'Humanism & the environment:  Addressing need in a world of environmental limits'
(Only partial transcript available on line.)

2004

Dr Inga Clendinnen
'Making Stories, Telling Tales:  Life, Literature, Law'
(Transcript available online --- click here)

2005

The Hon R J L Hawke AC

'From Deakin to Howard  -  A Tarnished Vision'

(Transcript available online -- click here)

2006

The Hon Neville Wran AC QC (Hon)LLD(Syd), (Hon)LLD(NSW)

'Civil Liberties:  An Endangered Species'

(Transcript available online -- click here)

Audio Recording at http://law.anu.edu.au/nissl/murphy.htm

2007

The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO, RFD, QC

'Australia's Children: Does the Law Offer Them Sufficient Protection?

(Transcript available online -- click here)

 

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