Communities in Control 2014

Communities in Control 2014: The Lucky Country Conference

Communities in Control 2014 took place at Moonee Valley on May 26 and 27, 2014. Audio, video, papers, transcripts* and PowerPoint presentations, where available, are provided below, posted in order of appearance at the conference.

This year the conference marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Donald Horne's seminal book, The Lucky Country.

You can download the presentations and transcripts below. Please note:

  • Clicking a TRANSCRIPT link will open a PDF file - note that some transcripts have been edited lightly to aid readability of the spoken word. Where a transcript is not available, a summary has been provided.
  • Clicking a POWERPOINT link will open a PDF file.
  • Left clicking an AUDIO link (depending on your set up) will allow you to listen to the speech immediately or download the file to be played by your media player
  • Right clicking an AUDIO link will allow you to download the audio to listen on your computer or a portable device such as an iPod/iPhone - note that these are large files
  • Clicking a VIDEO link will allow you to view the speech via our website (YouTube)

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SPEAKER TRANSCRIPT P'POINT AUDIO VIDEO
The Hon Tony Abbott MP
Prime Minister of Australia
Televised Welcome 		Click here
(PDF, 319kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Prof. Jon Altman
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
Whose Lucky Country? The Indigenous Land Titling 'Revolution' and Community-based Development 		Click here
(PDF, 672kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
The Great Debate: Bambi v Godzilla - Not-for-profit, charity and council mergers
  • Brett de Hoedt (facilitator),
    Mayor, Hootville Communications
  • Cr Stephen Mayne (the case for),
    City of Melbourne councillor, Crikey founder, shareholder activist
  • Roweena Doo (the case for),
    Executive Officer - Administration, Victorian AIDS Council
  • Maggie Maguire (the case against),
    Chief Executive, The Abbotsford Convent
  • Peter Kenyon (the case against),
    Social capitalist, founder and CEO, Bank of I.D.E.A.S.
N/A Peter Keynon's PowerPoint
(PDF, 264kb)		 Click here Click here
The Hon. Julia Gillard
Former Prime Minister of Australia; Chair, Global Partnership for Education
The 2014 Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration:
 		Click here
(PDF, 540kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Tanja Kovac
National Co-convenor, EMILY's List Australia
Response: The 2014 Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration 		Click here
(PDF, 439kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Dr Simon Longstaff AO
Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre
The Luck of Fools 		Click here
(PDF, 397kb)		 Click here
(PDF, 264kb)		 Click here Click here
Garry Muratore
Spokesperson, NMITDR (No McDonalds in the Dandenong Ranges)
Burger Off 		Click here
(PDF, 660kb)		 Click here
(PDF, 5mb)		 Click here Click here
Hugh Mackay
Psychologist, social researcher, multi-award-winning author
What Makes a Life Worth Living? 		Click here
(PDF, 500kb)		 N/A N/A N/A
Peter Hartcher
Political & international editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sweet Spot: How Australia made its own luck - and could now throw it all away 		Click here
(PDF, 570kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Linh Do
Co-founder, OurSay.org; founder, Change a Million Light Bulbs
Light Bulb Moments: Getting young people involved in community 		Click here
(PDF, 417kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Jane Caro
Author, lecturer, social commentator, columnist, broadcaster
From Bush Telegraph to Twitter: How communications changed Australia, and how communities can lead the next phase 		Click here
(PDF, 480kb)		 N/A N/A N/A
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG
Former High Court Justice; human rights activist
Leaders Walking Eight Abreast: How to distribute leadership to the grass roots 		Click here
(PDF, 607kb)		 N/A Click here Click here
Closing Remarks
Denis Moriarty
Group Managing Director, Our Community 		N/A N/A Click here N/A

*Please Note: Some of these papers have been edited from the spoken form to aid readability. All care has been taken to retain the voice and context of the paper as delivered. All presentations Copyright the author.

 

The Hon Tony Abbott MP - Prime Minister of Australia

 

Professor Jon Altman

 

The Great Debate

 

The Hon Julia Gillard - Joan Kirner Social Justice Oration

with an introduction by Carol Schwartz

 

Tanja Kovac

 

Dr Simon Longstaff AO

 

Gary Muratore

 

Peter Hartcher

 

Linh Do

 

The Hon Michael Kirby AC, CMG