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Views of and from the Pacific Neighbourhood - A Joint Event with the Griffith Asia Institute and the AIIA Queensland
Join the Griffith Asia Institute and the AIIA Queensland either in-person or online with former Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, and award winning journalist, Stefan Armbruster, who will both speak on the collective need to address evolving issues that affect all communities in the Pacific.
If you are attending in-person, please arrive at Holding Redlich at 5.30pm for registration and drinks. This event will be available online. After registering, on August 1 you will receive a follow-up confirmation email containing further details on how to join the webinar which will commence at 6pm AEST. The event is free for AIIA Queensland members and AIIA members from all states. Non-members pay $10 and student non-members $5.
If you arrive after 6:00pm, the lifts may not be accessible. Please ring 0403 777 541 for assistance.
The Pacific islands region looms larger in the imagination of Australians than has been the case for many years. The place of Pacific countries and communities in big conversations, whether related to climate, pandemics, economic growth, cultural exchange, or security is becoming more and more mainstream. Increased and improved reporting by the Australian media has made a contribution to this, particularly as they engage more often with the respected voices of Pacific leaders.
Join Griffith Asia Institute and AIIA Queensland for an event that brings together Dame Meg Taylor, an esteemed member of the Pacific Elders Voice and former Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, and Stefan Armbruster, Griffith Pacific Hub industry fellow, award winning journalist and SBS correspondent for Queensland who has a longstanding record of Pacific coverage and reporting.
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- Dame Meg Taylor in Conversation with Stefan Armbruster
Dame Meg Taylor
Former Secretary General at Pacific Islands ForumDame Meg Taylor is a Papua New Guinean citizen of the Blue Pacific, who has served in many roles at national, regional and international level including as the first female Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum where she led collective action towards the articulation of the Blue Pacific narrative. She is currently based in Papua New Guinea where she serves on the Board of Nambawan Super and the PNG Sustainable Development Program. She is a member of the International Advisory Panel for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and an Advisor to Blue Ocean Law. Dame Meg has an LL.B. from Melbourne University and an LL.M. from Harvard University.
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Stefan Armbruster
JournalistStefan Armbruster is an award-winning correspondent with more than 30 years of reporting experience in Australia and overseas. His coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait, multicultural, and Pacific affairs has been recognised with numerous journalism awards including from the Australian Human Rights Commission, UNAA , Queensland Clarions. He is a Colombia University Dart Centre Asia-Pacific fellow and a Walkley Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism recipient in 2023.
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A delegate with Australian journalists’ union MEAA for more than a decade, he advocates for media freedom and media workers' rights. Stefan mentors and trains students and journalists, including in the Pacific with ABC Pacmas, and produces and delivers regional journalism workshops and forums.
He began as a broadcaster at Brisbane public radio 4ZZZ-FM in 1988. A DFAT -funded journalism attachment in 1994 at the Fiji Broadcasting Commission ( FBC ) established his ongoing connections with the Pacific region.
During almost a decade based in London he was a journalist and senior producer at BBC Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ current affairs program, the World Service and then ground-breaking News Online platform, as well as reporting and producing for Dow Jones and CNBC .
Returning to Australia in 2003, he was a senior producer at ABC News Online before becoming SBS World News’ Brisbane-based correspondent, covering Queensland and the Pacific region.
- Online and In-person Questions from the Audience
Dame Meg Taylor•Stefan ArmbrusterDame Meg Taylor
Former Secretary General at Pacific Islands ForumDame Meg Taylor is a Papua New Guinean citizen of the Blue Pacific, who has served in many roles at national, regional and international level including as the first female Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum where she led collective action towards the articulation of the Blue Pacific narrative. She is currently based in Papua New Guinea where she serves on the Board of Nambawan Super and the PNG Sustainable Development Program. She is a member of the International Advisory Panel for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and an Advisor to Blue Ocean Law. Dame Meg has an LL.B. from Melbourne University and an LL.M. from Harvard University.
More information about speakerStefan Armbruster
JournalistStefan Armbruster is an award-winning correspondent with more than 30 years of reporting experience in Australia and overseas. His coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait, multicultural, and Pacific affairs has been recognised with numerous journalism awards including from the Australian Human Rights Commission, UNAA , Queensland Clarions. He is a Colombia University Dart Centre Asia-Pacific fellow and a Walkley Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism recipient in 2023.
More information about speaker
A delegate with Australian journalists’ union MEAA for more than a decade, he advocates for media freedom and media workers' rights. Stefan mentors and trains students and journalists, including in the Pacific with ABC Pacmas, and produces and delivers regional journalism workshops and forums.
He began as a broadcaster at Brisbane public radio 4ZZZ-FM in 1988. A DFAT -funded journalism attachment in 1994 at the Fiji Broadcasting Commission ( FBC ) established his ongoing connections with the Pacific region.
During almost a decade based in London he was a journalist and senior producer at BBC Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ current affairs program, the World Service and then ground-breaking News Online platform, as well as reporting and producing for Dow Jones and CNBC .
Returning to Australia in 2003, he was a senior producer at ABC News Online before becoming SBS World News’ Brisbane-based correspondent, covering Queensland and the Pacific region.
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