12 Podcast Episodes
187. Australian Prime Ministers: Edmund Barton - Robert Menzies
187. Australian Prime Ministers: Edmund Barton - Robert Menzies
In the wake of Anthony Albanese's victory in this weekend's Australian election, Tom and Dominic have recorded a three p... Read more
23 May 2022
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57mins
David Kemp and Nick Cater: ‘Liberalism and the belief of the individual person as the way to civil politics’ The Robert Menzies Institute Exhibition
David Kemp and Nick Cater: ‘Liberalism and the belief of the individual person as the way to civil politics’ The Robert Menzies Institute Exhibition
On this week’s episode of the Afternoon Light podcast of the Robert Menzies Institute, CEO Georgina Downer talks to co-c... Read more
30 Mar 2022
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45mins
David Furse-Roberts ‘A Simple Presbyterian in Politics: Robert Menzies, Liberalism and Anti-Sectarianism’
David Furse-Roberts ‘A Simple Presbyterian in Politics: Robert Menzies, Liberalism and Anti-Sectarianism’
In this fourth episode of the Afternoon Light Summer Series you will hear from Dr David Furse-Roberts on ‘A Simple Presb... Read more
12 Jan 2022
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20mins
Robert Menzies: The forgotten people write back
Robert Menzies: The forgotten people write back
In a new 'history from below', Martyn Lyons examines 20,000 letters from ordinary Australians to Prime Minister Robert M... Read more
25 Oct 2021
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20mins
Laura Tingle's Canberra, a Syrian seed bank and letters to Robert Menzies
Laura Tingle's Canberra, a Syrian seed bank and letters to Robert Menzies
Laura Tingle has the latest from Canberra, Helen Sullivan discusses a Syrian seed bank and Martyn Lyons examines the tho... Read more
25 Oct 2021
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53mins
Sacred Heart Primary School, Renuga Inpakumar and Tamil Refugee Council, Stop the Robert Menzies Institute, Julie Kun the CEO of WIRE and Lucie Krahulcova of Digital Rights Watch
Sacred Heart Primary School, Renuga Inpakumar and Tamil Refugee Council, Stop the Robert Menzies Institute, Julie Kun the CEO of WIRE and Lucie Krahulcova of Digital Rights Watch
HeadlinesDomestic Violence in police (VIC and NSW)Women's Safety Summit (ScoMo's hot take)Phuong speaks with teachers an... Read more
6 Sep 2021
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Episode 14: Dr. Robert Menzies on R. A. Torrey
Episode 14: Dr. Robert Menzies on R. A. Torrey
R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He was the second President of Moody Bible Colleg... Read more
16 Apr 2021
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37mins
Great Australian Speeches: Sir Robert Menzies's The Forgotten People
Great Australian Speeches: Sir Robert Menzies's The Forgotten People
Sir Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia from both 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.In his career, he played a ce... Read more
16 Jul 2020
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22mins
Daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn’t always a “fort”
Daughters of Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell say parliament wasn’t always a “fort”
Last week, a very special event took place in Parliament House. The daughters of Sir Robert Menzies and Arthur Calwell -... Read more
24 Sep 2019
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57mins
In conversation: Troy Bramston on the foreign policy of Sir Robert Menzies
In conversation: Troy Bramston on the foreign policy of Sir Robert Menzies
The foreign policy of Sir Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, has often been judged as beholden ... Read more
5 Jun 2019
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53mins