Bennelong Society Eighth Annual Conference

"The NT Emergency Response: appraisal and future"

19-20 June 2008
The Windsor Hotel
Spring St, Melbourne

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For bookings and further details,
please contact Andy Poon at conference2008@bennelong.com.au



Final Programme

Thursday 19 June 2008 12.30pm

Luncheon and welcome by Maroochy Barambah of the Bennelong Society


The NT Emergency Response: appraisal
Gary Johns to chair; 2.00pm-3.30pm

Hon Mal Brough, former Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs
How it started

Dr Sue Gordon AM, Chair NT Emergency Response Taskforce
How it developed



Afternoon tea 3.30pm-4.00pm




Peter Howson to chair; 4.00pm-5.30pm

Ms Miriam Rose Baumann AM , Member NT Emergency Response Taskforce
and
Mavis Malbunka, Vice President NTARIA Council Hermannsburg
How it affected us

Simon Kearney, journalist formerly of The Australian
Reporting the intervention


Thursday 19 June 2008 7.00pm

Dinner and Bennelong Society medal presentation by

Keith Windschuttle to Hon Mal Brough


Friday 20 June 2008
The NT Emergency Response: future

Wesley Aird to chair; 9.00am-10.30am

Hon Dr Gary Johns, President of the Bennelong Society
Aboriginal migration and viability of remote communities

Warren Mundine AO, CEO NSW Native Title Services
Changing the mind-set of the Aboriginal industry



Morning tea 10.30am-11.00am




Des Moore to chair; 11.00am-12.30pm

John Stone, former secretary to the Commonwealth Treasury and Senator
CDEP: A failure by any other name

Professor Helen Hughes AO, Centre for Independent Studies
Location and jobs: the real story



Luncheon 12.30pm-1.30pm




Stephanie Jarrett to chair; 1.30pm-3.00pm

Joseph and Maria Lane, Aboriginal educators South Australia
Hard Grind: the Making of an Urban Indigenous Population

Stephen Iles, Formerly of the Cape York Institute, Cairns
Cape York: a mainstream perspective



Afternoon tea 3.00pm-3.15pm




Anthony Dillon to chair; 3.15pm-4.45pm

Alastair Milroy, CEO Australian Crime Commission
The National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force

Mike Lane, former Commonwealth public servant NT
Northern Territory "Areas Affected Moneys"---Regulation and Disclosure



Ray Evans to conduct the Annual General Meeting of the Bennelong Society; 5.00pm
Nominations to Ray Evans by 9 pm Thursday 19 June 2008



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