EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

The Lowy Institute provides one of the best stages from which to speak to Australia and the world. Over the past decade we have hosted Australian prime ministers, global media proprietors, leading intellectuals and writers, and the most influential world leaders of our generation. Below is a collection of some of the Lowy Institute's most memorable events.

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Ita Buttrose

Chair for the ABC

Ita Buttrose spoke about international broadcasting and the ABC's role in the Indo-Pacific.

Ita Buttrose
Lowy Lecture
Ita Buttrose
Chair for the ABC

Ita Buttrose spoke about international broadcasting and the ABC's role in the Indo-Pacific.

19 October 2019
Mark Rutte
Lecture
Mark Rutte
Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Mr Rutte spoke about the future of the global rules-based order, and took questions from the audience.

8 October 2019
Scott Morrison
Lowy Lecture
Scott Morrison
Prime Minister of Australia

Prime Minister Morrison's address was titled 'In Our Interest', and was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove

3 October 2019
Penny Wong
Lecture
Penny Wong
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs

Penny Wong lays out the Labor Party’s foreign policy agenda in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election.

1 May 2019
Jens Stoltenberg
Lecture
Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary-General

Mr Stoltenberg spoke to the Lowy Institute about great-power competition, terrorism and cyber security. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.

7 August 2018
Mike Burgess
Lecture
Mike Burgess
Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate

Mr Burgess addressed cyber security. His speech was followed by an audience Q&A session moderated by Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.

27 March 2019
International Women's Day
Panel discussion
International Women's Day

To mark International Women’s Day in 2019, the Lowy Institute in partnership with Telstra hosted a panel discussion on the impact of authoritarian regimes on women.

7 March 2019
Susan Glasser
Media lecture
Susan Glasser
The New Yorker

Susan Glasser, Washington columnist for The New Yorker, spoke about reporting on Trump's Washington. The speech was followed by audience Q&A which also featured New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker.

24 November 2018
Lionel Barber
Lowy Lecture
Lionel Barber
Editor, Financial Times

Barber examined the implications of Asia's rise and offered some prescriptions for accommodating rising Asian powers.

17 November 2011
Nick Warner
Lecture
Nick Warner
Director-General, Australian Secret Intelligence Service

The first ever public address by a Director-General of ASIS. A rare insight into this secretive service (ASIS) in the organisation’s 60-year history.

19 July 2012
Julia Gillard
Lecture
Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia

This lecture marked the launch of the Gillard Government’s Australia in the Asian Century White Paper.

25 November 2012
Rupert Murdoch
Lowy Lecture
Rupert Murdoch
News Corporation Founder

Mr Murdoch spoke on Australian competitiveness in the 21st century. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.

5 November 2013
Malcolm Turnbull
Media lecture
Malcolm Turnbull
Minister for Communications

Mr Turnbull spoke on the importance of foreign correspondents and coverage of world events.

12 August 2014
Angela Merkel
Lowy Lecture
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany

Chancellor Merkel's speech broke news for her blunt language on Russia. The Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove begins at 32:29.

18 November 2014
David Petraeus
Lowy Lecture
David Petraeus
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Petraeus spoke on 'A new grand strategy for (Greater) Asia'. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.

7 September 2015
Joe Biden
Special Event
Joe Biden
Vice President of the United States

Vice President Biden addressed the Lowy Institute and the United States Studies Centre on the Australia-US relationship.

22 July 2016
Paul Keating
In Conversation
Paul Keating
Former Prime Minister of Australia

Mr Keating spoke with former Lowy Institute Executive Director Allan Gyngell about Australia’s place in Asia.

26 April 2017
Jake Sullivan
Lecture
Jake Sullivan
National Security Adviser to Vice-President Biden

Sullivan spoke on US foreign policy in the Asia Pacific in the age of Donald Trump.

13 June 2017
Boris Johnson
Lowy Lecture
Boris Johnson
UK Foreign Secretary

Mr Johnson spoke about Brexit and the UK's relationship with Australia. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.

23 July 2017
Bret Stephens
Media lecture
Bret Stephens
New York Times columnist

Bret Stephens on 'The Dying Art of Disagreement.'

23 September 2017
Sir Frank Lowy
Lowy Lecture
Sir Frank Lowy
Lowy Institute Chairman

Sir Frank Lowy spoke about Australian immigration and nation-building.

13 September 2018
An address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern
Special Event
An address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister of New Zealand

An address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern.

1 August 2022