What's On @ ANU

CONFERENCE

Ethics and Integrity in Parliament: Emerging Perspectives
Monday, 30 November 2009 at 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Parliament House, Parkes, Canberra

This free conference will examine the questions of how well does the Commonwealth Parliament regulate its members' official conduct, and are there mechanisms which might improve Parliament's capacity to regulate its own ethics and integrity? The conference is open to the public and guests are requested to RSVP.

	SYMPOSIUM
	Between the Past and the Future: A Special Symposium celebrating the ADB's 50th anniversary Tuesday, 1 December 2009 at 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre, ANU The Australian Dictionary of Biography, 'Between the Past and the Future: a special symposium celebrating the ADB's 50th birthday more»

OTHER

The Antarctic Treaty: Then and Now
Tuesday, 1 December 2009 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Old Parliament House

This event commemorates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty fifty years ago in Washington. A talk on the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 will be given by Professor Tom Griffiths, and Penny Richards, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will speak about the Antarctic Treaty System today.

PUBLIC LECTURE

New approaches to structuring government to close the implementation gap
Tuesday, 1 December 2009 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
H.C. Coombs Lecture Theatre, Building 8a, Fellows Road

The 85 per cent of Australia that is remote from the main centres of population is a place of recurrent crises leading to ad hoc special interventions. Broken up by state and territory boundaries it is the backyard for the governments of Australia. While it produces the bulk of our tradable wealth it suffers from inability to provide basic services, poverty is common, civil order is precarious, and government lacks legitimacy in the eyes of those who live there. Much of it meets the internationally accepted definition of a failed state and requires the sort of special intervention we associate with failed states.

PUBLIC LECTURE

Antidepressants: Friend or Foe
Tuesday, 1 December 2009 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Building 131, Garran Road

Join high profile Australian mental health professionals who will present and discuss different perspectives on anti-depressant prescribing, use and research. A panel will provide comments and question the speakers, and audience involvement will be encouraged in what promises to be a lively event.

WORKSHOP

Shared Care After Separation: Qualities & Quantities, History & Future
Wednesday, 2 December 2009 at 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
The Finkel Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Building 131, Garran Rd

This timely one-day workshop will look at a range of shared care issues arising after parental separation, including: shared care and high conflict families; parenting laws; family law reform; and care arrangements for children.

	EXHIBITION
	Graduating Exhibition 2009 OPENING EVENT Friday, 4 December 2009 at 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM ANU School of Art Join us for the the Grand Opening of the annual ANU School of Art Garduate Exhibition. more»

	EXHIBITION
	Graduating Exhibition 2009 Saturday, 5 December 2009 - Sunday, 13 December 2009 School of Art This year's ANU School of Art Graduate Exhibition features the works of students completing their studies in Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Bachelor of Digital Arts and the Diploma of Art. more»

SYMPOSIUM

Out from Underground: Censorship and the Arts
Saturday, 5 December 2009 at 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes

Liberalisation in the early 1970s, Australia witnessed decades of strict censorship and exactly what was targeted is still being uncovered. The impact of censorship on culture and the arts as well as on the country's relations with the rest of the world has remained relatively obscure.