It is exciting to see Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula rapidly growing into a region renowned for its food and wine, with the area now featuring some of Australia’s most exceptional venues. The Peninsula’s landscape lends itself to spectacular views which have been taken advantage of by many of these restaurants, with outlooks that are both [...]
An article in today's edition of The Guardian gives an outstanding insight and account of the plight of a stateless person. Statelessness is a topic close to my heart, as many of you know, in 2017 Ruth and I made a donation to Melbourne Law School to support the development of the world’s only academic centre devoted to [...]
This is an interview that I undertook with the University of Melbourne regarding, amongst other things our philanthropic donation towards the development of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness. Currently, around the world more than 10 million people are stateless. This leaves them vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation. The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness [...]
As Vice President, I attended the most recent Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) meeting that was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal is an interesting country. Geographically located between the two continents of China and India, they are uniquely placed for an improving economic position as their neighbours global standing improves. It [...]
Dublin, Ireland really has positioned itself well to attract some impressive innovation hubs, two of which we were recently lucky enough to visit. The first of these was the Science Gallery Dublin. In their own words this is “a world first — a venue where today's white-hot scientific issues are thrashed out and you [...]
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has recently concluded their annual European tour of seven concerts in six cities. Ruth and I, as avid supporters of the ACO, were fortunate enough to be able to join them and their supporters for several of their concerts in Finland and then attend their finale, which was a [...]
MLS News's latest edition has been release and it features a story about our recent philanthropic donation to establish The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness.
Currently, I am in Europe where I have noticed that the development of the digital economy is progressing rapidly. Seeing the state of play over here has promoted the discussion of how Australia is handling this and what needs to happen or change in Australia to keep up. With this in mind, I strongly [...]
It has been announced by University of Melbourne Chancellor Allan Myers AC QC the appointment of Professor Duncan Maskell as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Professor Maskell will commence in the role in October 2018. Below is an excerpt from an announcement that I received from the University outlining his background and experience... "Professor [...]
Danny Gilbert, the Managing Partner at Gilbert + Tobin and Co-Chair of the Cape York Partnership Group has delivered a compelling speech that I wholeheartedly agree with. Speaking at the Sydney Institute he renews calls to grant Indigenous Australians recognition and a voice in our nation’s primary instrument of governance. Danny urged all Australians [...]
