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The move comes amid increasing pressure from government on foreign interference in universities. April 20, 2021 The University of Sydney has engaged “China expert” John Garnaut, through consultancy firm McGrath Nicol, “as part of a range of initiatives…to manage the risks of foreign interference.”  Garnaut is a former Sydney Morning Herald China correspondent and aide to former PM Malcolm Turnbull. A University spokesperson described Garnaut as “a respected China expert with a deep understanding of Chinese institutions.” An article written by Garnaut in 2015 was the subject of...

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with David Brophy, conductor David Brophy conducts the world premieres of two new RTÉ NSO commissions by Anne-Marie O'Farrell and Irene Buckley. The programme will also include the Irish premiere of Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte. Irene Buckley's Awakening reflects the wondrous transition from the stasis of winter to the rebirth of spring. Humanity experienced a heightened sense of stasis during this past winter, where our daily lives became quite fixed and unchanging, almost suspended in time… We held our breath and waited. This work evokes the sense of t...

The universities of Sydney, New South Wales, Monash and Queensland have engaged former journalist and policy adviser John Garnaut to detect foreign interference risks.

Former Turnbull security adviser auditing academics’ links to China We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Some of Australia’s top universities have called in a Chinese Communist Party expert to detect foreign interference risks, including auditing academics from at least one institution to see if they have secret secondary jobs. The universities of Sydney, New South Wales, Monash and Queensland have all engaged former journalist and government adviser John Garnaut through consultancy firm McGrathN...

Paul Herriott presents from the stage of the National Concert Hall, Dublin, where the musicians of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and a host of Irish soloists present a season of live concert programmes - watch above, and download your digital programme here.  Just three days following the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky's death on 6 April 1971, David Brophy conducts his  Eight Instrumental Miniatures, his  Danses Concertantes, and his  Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks)  which Stravinsky himself described as 'a little concerto in the style of the Brandenburg concertos’...