Past events
Changing patterns of income support receipt among Indigenous Australians, 1994-2015
Seminar
Indigenous people receive a greater proportion of their income from government income support payments than non-Indigenous Australians. Among those on income support, Indigenous people are also more likely to receive working age payments than the non-Indigenous population. Many of the changes to…
HDR Performance Skills for Academic Presentations
Advisory session
Are you undertaking a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) program in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences? If so, this session will focus on developing skills and strategies that students can apply in their presentations in a range of different settings. Places are stricly limited to 25 people…
Using New Zealand trusts to escape other countries' taxes
Seminar
Until recently foreigners could use trusts set up in New Zealand to escape tax in their home country and perhaps also to conceal the proceeds of crime. Foreigners setting up trusts in New Zealand included some Australians and also a Malaysian playboy billionaire, a Maltese politician, and the…
Mimesis
Exhibition
Mimesis marks the halfway point of Robbie Karmel’s PhD being undertaken at UNSW School of Art and Design (formerly COFA) and includes new experimental and performative work that explores concepts of embodiment, perception, and representation through expanded drawing practices. Karmel’s PhD…
Re-claiming the Ocean: climate change, oceanic sovereignties and maritime contestations in the Pacific
Lecture
In the 21st century Pacific views of the ocean as generative and supportive of distinct ways of human existence are challenged: for many islanders of Oceania, global climate change is transforming the life-giving ocean into a threat. As the warming, acidification and rising of the sea erode reefs…
Gender responsive budgeting and breastfeeding policies: insights from the Asia-Pacific region
Seminar
Global progress in improving infant and young child feeding practices has been hindered by a lack of funding of national breastfeeding policies and there are renewed calls at the international level to address funding gaps. In parallel, some thirty countries in the Asia-Pacific region have taken…
NGA Public Lecture - In Conversation: Angelica Mesiti, Between European and Australia
Lecture
This is the next installment of our Art and Europe Lecture Series. Join Senior Curator Jaklyn Babington in conversation with Australian born, Paris-based video artist Angelica Mesiti for a discussion about her creative practice and work on view at the National Gallery of Australia. This event is…