Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM served in Commonwealth Government leadership positions on all facets of economic, social, foreign, defence and national security policies for almost forty years. As the secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet between 2016 and 2019, Martin was Australia’s most senior public servant. He served as secretary to the Treasury between 2011 and 2014, and before that was secretary of Australia’s inaugural Department of Climate Change from 2007. During his tenure, Martin led our key public sector organisations through a period of considerable political uncertainty, serving under five different prime ministers.
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A Decade of Drift
Martin Parkinson
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A Decade of Drift
Martin Parkinson
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Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo
The Taproom
Dja Dja Wurrung Country, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine, VIC
Join us for a Books at the Brewery conversation with Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo and Robyn Annear My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of life on the Left during a time...
Book Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum
13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, Victoria
Please join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
$10
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre
153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Isabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall
Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo
The Taproom Dja Dja Wurrung Country, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine, VICJoin us for a Books at the Brewery conversation with Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo and Robyn Annear My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of life on the Left during a time...
Book Launch: Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond
Melbourne Holocaust Museum 13 – 15 Selwyn St, Elsternwick, VictoriaPlease join Freda Hodge and acclaimed scholar Professor Emeritus Paul Bartrop for the book launch of Survival and Sanctuary: Testimonies of the Holocaust and Life Beyond, at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM). ...
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACTIsabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne, VICJoin us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
