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June 2019
Is Melbourne’s big build the best way to spend $40bn?
Members' Lunch with Craig Richards
Hosted by James Garriock
Melbourne's Big Build addresses one question - congestion. But to what extent have we squandered an opportunity to address some other really big challenges our society faces? The obesity epidemic, social dislocation, the mental health crisis, airborne pollution? Is the Big Build a Big Wasted…
Find out more »WHAT MAKES A PUBLIC SPACE GREAT?
Members' Lunch with Kate Brennan
Hosted by Chris Gallagher
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE PLACES WHERE WE GATHER ARE AUTHENTIC, WELCOMING, VIABLE AND ARE PROUDLY EMBRACED BY THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE? As social, environmental and physical demands on our cities extrapolate, the places where we gather have become increasingly important. What does it…
Find out more »Signature Dinner with the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Celebrating our 10 year Anniversary
Hosted by Prof Andrea Hull AO
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a Signature Dinner with the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG on Thursday 20th June 2019 as part of our 10th year anniversary program. When Michael Kirby accepted John Ridley’s invitation to join us for lunch…
Find out more »July 2019
Signature Dinner with the Premier of Victoria, The Hon Daniel Andrews MP
Hosted by Ian Dunn AM
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a Signature Dinner with the Premier of Victoria, the Hon Daniel Andrews MP on Tuesday 23rd July 2019. Dan was appointed to the Cabinet in 2006, before becoming Minister for Health in 2007 and going…
Find out more »Key challenges facing the City of Melbourne in the next decade
Members' Lunch with the Hon Lord Mayor Sally Capp
Hosted by Jason Kimberley
We welcome the return of the Hon Lord Mayor Sally Capp as part of our 10th year anniversary celebrations What are the key challenges for the future of Melbourne? And what is it like to lead the Council of a city with 170,000 residents, 2.9m…
Find out more »Conversations That Matter – Crime at Work
A Members' only event
Hosted by
Conversations That Matter is a members’ only, member led In-house event; exploring an issue in depth through members sharing ideas, experiences and expertise. Whistle-blowers often reveal the powerful levers of privilege, power, work cultures, hidden cartels, weak reporting and regulatory control failures that lead to…
Find out more »What makes for sustained (and guilt-free) executive success through disruptive and ambiguous times?
Members' Drinks with Dr Marianne Broadbent
Hosted by Susan Oliver AM
Members' Drinks with the author of The Agile Executive Today’s business leaders face the daunting task of leading others through turbulent times. Leadership and management expert, Dr Marianne Broadbent will lead a discussion about how today’s executives can develop the mental agility to do this by…
Find out more »August 2019
The Ghetto Cabaret
- A Cultural Life Series event
Hosted by Pamela Creed
Any night could be their last performance. Danger, disease and betrayal surround the Jewish musicians, singers, dancers, acrobats, opera and theatre performers thrown together and trapped in the Ghettos of WWII. But their fear is transformed into art as they try to create meaning out of the terror and…
Find out more »Cardinal – The rise and fall of George Pell
Members Lunch with Louise Milligan
Hosted by Dr Helen Sykes AM
George Pell is the most recognisable face of the Australian Catholic Church. He was the Ballarat boy with the film-star looks who studied at Oxford and rose through the ranks to become the Vatican's indispensable 'Treasurer'. As an outspoken defender of church orthodoxy, 'Big George's'…
Find out more »Signature Dinner with Sally McManus
Celebrating 10 years of Melbourne Forum
Hosted by Mary Delahunty
We are delighted to invite you to join us for a Signature Dinner with the secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Sally McManus, on Tuesday August 13, 2019. The ACTU executive elected Sally as its secretary in March 2017. The tenth elected…
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