Members of the public are invited to attend the , presented by Emeritus Professor Tom Griffiths AO, on Tuesday, 24 October 2023. This year鈥檚 lecture is titled 鈥淭he world after John Curtin: Geopolitics and the planet鈥�.
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| Date | Tuesday, 24 October 2023 |
| Time | 4:30pm to 6:30pm |
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| Cost | Free |
| RSVP | Register by 17 October. |
Abstract
John Curtin鈥檚 famous declaration at the end of 1941, when he pivoted Australia towards America, is celebrated as a cool assessment of geopolitical realities at a moment of existential peril for the nation. Eighty years later, in the third decade of the twenty-first century, what would visionary Australian leadership see as the greatest threat to our national security? Recognising it requires planetary thinking, a whole new revolutionary consciousness that has developed in our own times. After Curtin died in office in 1945, the world 鈥� indeed, the planet 鈥� changed dramatically in ways that no-one could foresee or even imagine.
