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 April 2008

 March 2008

The Hon Peter Garrett MP announced today the six eminent Australians who will form the judging panel for the 2008 inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Academic and author Professor Hilary Charlesworth will chair the Non-Fiction panel. These new awards for Australian authors will be the nation's most prestigious and richest literary awards, recognising the central role of literature in Australian culture. The six panel members have each made a valuable contribution to Australian cultural life and I am delighted they will bring their experience and expertise to the judging process. The Prime Minister's Literary Awards will showcase the strength, breadth and depth of Australia's literary talent and help celebrate the cultural value of books and writing in Australian society.

 March 2008

Prof Glyn Davis, Chair of the Steering Committee, today announced the names of the 1000 participants that will take part in the forum. The Summit - to be held at Parliament House, Canberra on the 19 and 20 April 2008 - will bring together a diverse and talented range of people who are incredibly positive about gaining the opportunity to put forward their ideas. The Australia 2020 Summit will harness the best ideas across the nation, in a forum for free and open public discussion in which there are no wrong answers.

The Four members of RegNet chosen to participate are:

Professor Hilary Charlesworth - panel for the Future of Australian Governance

Professor John Braithwaite - panel for the Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation)

Dr Anna Hutchens - panel for Australia’s future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world

PhD Scholar Megan Davis - panel for the Options for the future of Indigenous Australia

 February 2008

On 4 February 2008, Professor John Braithawaite was presented with an Honorary Doctorate by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, at a ceremony in Belgium.

 December 2007

Anna was awarded her PhD with the Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development (CGKD) at the Australian National University (ANU) in December 2007. Her thesis, 'Entrepreneurship, Power and Defiance: The Globalisation of the Fair Trade Movement', will be published by Edward Elgar in 2008. The book examines the movement's pioneers and their innovations in commercial Fair Trade Organisations and brand companies, and the evolution of governance in the movement's international associations, IFAT and FLO. Her current research concerns themes of power, knowledge, the social psychology of 'defiance', economic evolution and entrepreneurship, institutional and networked governance, intellectual property (specifically trade marks and brands) and their impact on development.

 November 2007

 November 2007

Professor Peter Grabosky was elected to succeed Professor David Farrington of Cambridge University as Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Coordinating Group at its meeting in Atlanta in November 2007. The Campbell Collaboration was named after the eminent psychologist, the late Donald T Campbell, an advocate of evidence-based social policy and rigorous program evaluation. The Campbell Collaboration embraces four coordinating groups: Crime and Justice; Education; Welfare; and Methods.

 October 2007

Professor Peter Drahos and Dr Luigi Palombi have been awarded three-year funding through an ARC Discovery Grant for the project 'The Sustainable Use of Australia's Biodiversity: Transfer of Traditional Knowledge and IP'. The project will look at how patent regulation can be improved to assist Indigenous peoples to use traditional knowledge while maximising potential for Australian researchers and industry.

 September 2007

Professors Hilary Charlesworth and John Braithwaite together with Dr Jeremy Farrall were invited to present evidence to the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade's Inquiry into Australia's involvement into peacekeeping operations in September 2007. The inquiry is looking at the changing nature of Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations and the implications for the Australian Defence Force, AUSAid, DFAT, the AFP and other departments and agencies likely to be called onto assist in peacekeeping operations.

 May 2007