Date
Thursday, 27 May, 2021 - 17:30 to 19:00
The Australian National University (ANU) College of Asia and the Pacific is proud to present the Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture 2021: How to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery from our 21st century world.
ANU Chancellor and former Foreign Minister of Australia, the Hon Julie Bishop will deliver the annual lecture, named in honour of former ANU Vice-Chancellor and Commonwealth of Nations scholar, the late Professor Anthony Low AO.
Ms Bishop will focus on ways and mechanisms available to the international community, and in particular the Commonwealth, to effectively address the elimination of modern slavery in our contemporary world.
How Chinaâs artists went from dissidents to organs of the state
The vibrancy of the art scene in some Chinese cities in the noughties was probably the closest a modern art historian will come to the chaos and glory of Weimar Germany.Â
Ray Hughes, left, with son Evan in 2008 with two of the Chinese works they acquired during buying trips.Â
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The immaculately dressed woman was in her late 20s, perhaps early 30s. She emerged like an apparition through the thick fog of greenery that fills the courtyard of the Bamboo Garden Hotel in northern Beijingâs warmer months.
Canberra bigwigs vie for plum post
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Foreign Affairs department secretary
Frances Adamson’s departure as the country’s top diplomatic mandarin became official on Wednesday. Foreign Minister
Marise Payne announced that Adamson, our former ambassador to China, would wrap up at DFAT’s Barton offices on June 25 and return to her hometown of Adelaide to become the Governor of South Australia.
Frances Adamson with Mike Pezzullo, Greg Moriarty, Michelle Chan.
Credit:John Shakespeare
Already, there’s a lengthy shopping list of senior mandarins in contention for her role. Frontrunners include Defence secretary