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Program Three
THE EYE OF THE STORM: NORTHERN AUSTRALIA’S
LOCATION
IN AN ARC OF INSTABILITY
DAY ONE: Monday 29 September
| Arrival and seating | 8.00am-8.30am
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| Welcome Address | 8.30-8.50am |
| Professor Ken McKinnon | |
| Vice Chancellor, Northern Territory University |
| Introduction
by Symposium Host |
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| The Hon Bob Collins | 8.50-9.00am |
| Regional security: the strategic overview - Part one | 9.00-10.30am |
| KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
| The Hon Kim Beazley | 9.00-9.45am |
| Former Defence Minister and architect of policy of shifting defence personnel into North Australia | |
| Rethinking Australia’s security in the 21st Century: the role of the north | |
| Professor Paul Dibb | 9.45-10.15am
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| Professor, and Head of Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University | |
| The Arc of Instability and
the North of Australia: Are They Still Relevant to Australia's New Defence Posture? |
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| Morning tea | 10.00-10.30am |
| Regional security: the strategic overview - Part two | 10.30-12.45pm |
| Professor Des Ball | 10.30 – 11.00am
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| Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University | |
| Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region | |
| General Manager Mark Ney | 11.00-11.20am
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| Regional Manager, North, Australian Federal Police. | |
| On a law enforcement response
to terror attacks involving Australians on or offshore. |
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| Air Commodore Steven Walker | 11.20-11.50am
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| COMNORCOM | |
| The Australian Defence Force - helping secure the North | |
| QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR | 11.50-12.30pm
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| Lunch break | 12.30-1.30pm
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| The Geo-political realities | 1.30-2.30pm
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| Professor Joanne Wright | 1.30-2.00pm
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| Dean of the Faculty of History
and Social Sciences, Royal Holloway College, University of London |
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| How and why terrorist groups form | |
| Dr Ellie Wainright | 2.00-2.30pm
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| Program Director Australian Strategic Policy Institute | |
| State weakness in the Southwest Pacific, and Australia's policy options | |
| Dr Dennis Shoesmith | 2.30-2.50pm
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| Senior Lecturer, Politics | |
| East Timor and the North: The unsettled question | |
| QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR | 2.50-3.15pm
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| Afternoon Tea | 3.15-3.45pm
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| KEYNOTE ADDRESS | |
| Dr Rohan Gunaratna | 3.45-4.15pm
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| Visiting Fellow, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nayang Technological University, Singapore. | |
| Al Qaeda and its links to Southeast Asia | |
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION |
4.20-5.00pm
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DAY TWO: Tuesday 30 September 2003
THE EYE OF THE STORM: NORTHERN AUSTRALIA’S
LOCATION
IN AN ARC OF INSTABILITY
| Thinking through the local implications | 8.30am-1.00pm |
| Seating and arrival | 8.30am-9.00am
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| Professor Andrew MacIntyre | 9.00–9.30am |
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| Director, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, ANU | ||
| Indonesian Politics: Implications for North Australia | ||
| Assistant Commissioner Graham Kelly | 9.30-9.50am
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| Director, Police Fire and Emergency Services College, NT | ||
Safeguarding the community: Combating the vulnerability of our location |
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| The Hon Paul Henderson | 10.00-10.20am
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| Minister for Minister for Business, Industry and Resource Development, Minister for Asian Relations and Trade Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Minister for Defence Support | ||
| The Government’s vision
for a secure north: the need to restore our sense of friendship |
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| Morning tea | 10.20-10.50am
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| Dr Bill Wilson | 10.50-11.10am
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| Northern Territory University | ||
| Darwin: City in the Eye of the Storm – Resident challenges for the future | ||
| Professor Ian Buchanan | 11.10-11.40am
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| Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Charles Darwin University | ||
| August 26 2001: Two or Three Things Australians Don’t Seem to Want to Know About Asylum Seekers | ||
| QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR | 11.40-12.00pm
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| Lunch | 12.00-1.00pm |
| The Human Dimension: Moral politics and terror | 1.00pm-5.00pm
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| Dr Michael J. Toole | 1.00-1.30pm
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| Head, Centre for International Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne | ||
Political crises and public health |
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| Dr Andreas Schloenhardt | 1.30-2.00pm
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| University of Adelaide Law School | ||
Migrant Smuggling
in the Asia Pacific: Balancing Regional Security |
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| Robert Wesley-Smith | 2.00-2.20pm
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Long-time human rights activist |
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| The political and human reality of defending north Australia | ||
| QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR | 2.20-2.40pm
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| Afternoon Tea | 2.40-3.10pm
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| Andrew Wilkie | 3.10-3.40pm
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| Former ONA analyst, resigned March 2003 | ||
People Smuggling: National myths and realities |
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| ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – Drawing the threads together: The policy implications | 3.40-4.30pm
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| SYMPOSIUM CLOSE | 4.30pm-5.00pm
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| Symposium concluding remarks |
| All Enquiries: | Conference Convenors: |
Events Officer
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Dr Tess Lea |
