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November 2021
Moments in time…
On November 22, 1963, an exchange student from Australia attended a breakfast given in honour of President Kennedy in Texas. It was from this event that the President and Mrs Kennedy flew to Dallas and the assassination. It is amazing how pivotal world events can…
Find out more »Why women in Australia’s parliament matter
Reading the book by former MP Kate Ellis will give you an idea of the good, the bad and the ugly of life as a woman in Australian politics. Sex, Lies and Question Time: Why the successes and struggles of women in Australia’s parliament matter to us…
Find out more »Giving effect to the Uluru Statement
Since the powerful Uluru Statement from the Heart was delivered in May 2017 there has been a debate about how to give effect to it. The debate has focused on whether it should be in the form of Constitutional recognition through an amendment, or whether…
Find out more »Arts Resurrection from “THE” Artists
Join us in a celebration of the revival of the Arts world in Australia. Rachael Beesley and Adrian Burnett will join forces to engage you in the Arts Resurrection that is happening now. While Rachael’s European performances were cancelled in the past 18 months she is now…
Find out more »Melbourne Forum 2021 AGM
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Melbourne Forum Limited will be held at 5.00pm sharp on Tuesday 30 November 2020 at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place Melbourne. The business of the AGM is attached. Links to access the meeting…
Find out more »February 2022
Australian politics has never been perfect, but…
The well known film producer, Bob Weis, and MF member, Noel Turnbull met at St Kilda Sea Baths. One day Bob suggested Australia needed something like the US Lincoln Project to campaign in Australia. As a result they set up the Truth and Integrity Project…
Find out more »An Ugly Truth
Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in a riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé that offers the definitive account of Facebook’s fall from grace in their book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination (Harper July 2021). Once…
Find out more »THE LUME
Have you wanted to wander through the Lume but have no one to go with? Join other members of the Melbourne Forum and their guests, as we step into The Lume, Melbourne is an epic adventure into art. Australia’s and the Southern Hemisphere’s first permanent…
Find out more »Christians: The Urgent Case For Jesus In Our World
In a time that Religion is rarely discussed, Greg Sheridan is uncovering Christians in today's world - among them political leaders and young activists offering the radical Christian interpretation of love to their generation; journey's of those who have been guided by faith; the dynamic…
Find out more »MONO: A three person one man show
Join other Melbourne Forum members when we go to see MONO: A Three-Person One-Man Show. A comedy tour de farce from three of Australia’s best loved performers. Noeline Brown (The Naked Vicar Show), Max Gillies (The Gillies Report) and John Wood (Blue Heelers) are the entire cast of “Mono”; the…
Find out more »Election 2022: What You Need to Know
"This year's election contest between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese is set to break the rules of politics" - Paul Kelly With both the State and Federal elections occurring in 2022, the Program Committee will be committing to the Political theme throughout the year -…
Find out more »What are we thinking??? How can political candidates capitalise on the mood of the electorate?
Kos Samaras is a Director of Redbridge Consulting, a firm specialising in social, political and communications research and strategies. As well as being currently engaged by a variety of political groups such as the 'Voices' movement and Simon Holmes à Court's 'Climate 200', he is…
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