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At this public lecture hear about the current state of children's rights and wellbeing in Australia. We will take stock of Australia's recent review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. You will find out how you can get involved in implementing the Committee's recommendations so that more children and young people can enjoy their human rights!

This lecture is part of the July Lectures in Physics series which provides insight into fundamental questions in physics.

Professor Fabiola Gianotti is the leader of the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN. In this lecture she will discuss the challenges and goals of the Large Hadron Collider, the ATLAS experiment and its latest results, and the impact of particle physics on society.

This lecture is part of the July Lectures in Physics series which provides insight into fundamental questions in physics 

The world’s leaders in high energy physics are meeting in Melbourne to unveil the latest results in particle physics. Where is the Higgs boson? Is supersymmetry dead? Do we need an even Larger Hadron Collider? What is dark energy and the new cosmology?

Speakers:

Anna Price

Rosemarie Boland

Carolyn Ee

Nicole la Gruta

Katherine Kedzierska

Saskia Polling

Speakers:

Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC

Professor Ruth Bishop AO

Professor Ingrid Scheffer

Professor Emeritus Judith Whitworth AC

Centre for Public Policy Forum Series 2012 

Speaker: Terry Moran AC, Former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Respondent: Yehudi Blacher, Former Victorian Secretary of the Department of Planning and Community Development

This lecture is part of the Wednesday Lectures, hosted by Raimond Gaita and held throughout June and July.

Speaker: Professor Gerry Simpson

2012 Peter Brett Memorial Lecture

Speaker:
Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor and Prosecutor Elect, International Criminal Court

In the midst of the current climate crisis somthing needs to change. That something is us. 

Speakers:

Dave Kerin, Earthworker Cooperative

Peter Christoff, Melbourne University

Robyn Eckersley, Melbourne University

Marianne Constable, University of Califonia, Berkeley

Facilitated by Helen Sullivan and Juliet Rogers

This lecture is part of the Wednesday Lectures, hosted by Raimond Gaita and held throughout June and July.

Speaker: Professor Larissa Behrendt