Past Meetings

‘Challenges and opportunities in drug law reform: myths and misconceptions’   Prof Lubman will explore how drug regulation and stigma have shaped our current approach to drug consumption, and discuss the…

‘Why the cover up is worse than the Crime:  Recent Australian corporate governance scandals & what they tell us about corporate behaviours under the constant lens of social media.’ Helen…

‘The Humans are Dead: Rapid Rise of AI in Healthcare’ Location: General Meeting to be held at the Melbourne Club. Date: July 19, 2024 Time: 6.30 pm – 11.30 pm…

‘The Human Lie Detector’ Location: General Meeting to be held at the Melbourne Club. Date: June 1, 2024 Time: 6.30 pm – 11.30 pm Dress: Black tie As an international…

‘Keeping Abreast of the Breast’ Location: General Meeting to be held at the Melbourne Club. Date: April 12, 2024 Time: 6.30 pm – 11.30 pm Dress: Lounge suit Dr. Nicole…

Bernard Collaery is a lawyer and former politician.  He was a member of the Australian Capital Territory’s first Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992 and he served as Deputy Chief Minister and Attorney-General from 1989 to…

General Meeting to be held at the Melbourne Club.October 14, 20236.30 pm – 11.30 pmDress – Black tieDr Jenkins is a consultant psychiatrist whose subspecialties include consultation liaison psychiatry and…

‘A Voice to Parliament’General Meeting to be held at the Melbourne Club.July 28, 20236.30 pm – 11.30 pmDress – Lounge suitKenneth Hayne was a Justice of the High Court of…

General Meeting held at the Alexandra ClubMay 12, 20236.30 pm – 11.30 pmDress – Lounge suitAlexandra Club – 81 Collins St, MelbourneAndrea is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar on…

The Honourable Stephen Charles AO KC is a retired Australian judge who served on the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal between 1995 and 2006.  In 2017 he was…

Professor Freiberg was Dean of Monash Law School between 2004 and 2012. His expertise is in sentencing, regulation and non-adversarial justice.  He was the inaugural Chair of the Victorian Sentencing Advisory…

Dr Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. She lectures on everyday morality, the ethics of immigration, feminism, the metaphysics of ethics, and…