Premiering the Future of Public Policy

Established in 1993, the CIS Bert Kelly Lecture Series includes lectures, seminars and policy forums that will add to the process of public education on a wide range of subjects in economics and other social sciences. It was inaugurated to present and encourage debate on vital national issues to a wide audience.

The Bert Kelly Lecture Series is named after Charles Robert "Bert" Kelly, prominent member of the Australian Parliament and a Federal government Minister. He is possibly best known for his 'Modest Member' and 'Modest Farmer' articles published in newspapers and magazines nationally. For many years he was the lone parliamentary campaigner for free market ideas and against protectionism. Bert died in Adelaide on January 17, 1997.
 
 
 
 

CHASING OUR TAIL
On Tuesday, 12 September, Dr Peter Saunders, Research Manager at the Australian Institute of Family Studies, discussed whether governments should lead or follow social trends in his lecture Chasing our Tail: When should governments lead rather than follow social trends. The importance of the family structure was an important part of Dr Saunders lecture, which also examined the role of classical liberals and government in the changing social structure.
This lecture is available for viewing below.
To read the media release click HERE.

PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN AUSTRALIA
To launch its new Liberalising Learning programme on higher education reform (directed by Andrew Norton), CIS asked three Vice-Chancellors from three very different universities to explain what should be done about the future of higher education in Australia. these lectures are available for viewing below.
 

2000
No. 6: CHASING OUR TAIL  Dr Peter Saunders

No. 5: MUTUAL OBLIGATION AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC  The Hon. Tony Abbott MP

No. 4: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE WELL-MANAGED UNIVERSITY  Lauchlan Chipman

No. 3: THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY BEYOND 2000  Alan Gilbert

No. 2: CIS MEDIA FORUM 2000: Managing the Politics of Prosperity and Uncertainty(unavailable)

No. 1: AUSTRALIA'S UNIVERSITIES: LAST OF THE GREAT SOCIALIST ENTERPRISES?Steven Schwartz

1999
No. 6: A CELEBRATION OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL (unavailable) Mark Latham MP, Barry O'Farrell MP, Imre Salusinszky

No. 5: A CRITIQUE OF CULTURAL PROTECTIONISM Imre Salusinszky

No. 4a: HAYEK: MAN OF THE CENTURY? A Celebration of the Centenary of Hayek's Birth Samuel Gregg
No. 4b: HAYEK: MAN OF WHICH CENTURY? Wolfgang Kasper
No. 4c (unavailable) Max Hartwell

No. 3: BETTER THAN THE AIRC Des Moore

No. 2: THE BELIEF IN A FAIR GO: Do We Want to Live in a Meritocracy? Peter Saunders

No. 1: FULL EMPLOYMENT AND FREE TRADE IN AUSTRALIA: Achieving the Unachieveable?Ross Garnaut

1998
No. 3: SAVING AUSTRALIA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: Nostrums or Cures? Steven Schwartz

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