2006 Annual Symposium, Cunningham Lecture and Annual General Meeting

Australians on the Move: Internal Migration in Australia

20 - 22 November 2006
Shine Dome & University House, Australian National University.

C A N B E R R A

20 November (7.30pm - 9.00pm): Sunday Evening Fellows' Colloquium.
21 November (9.15am - 7.00pm): Annual Symposium and Cunningham Lecture.
22 November (9.00am - 1.00pm): Annual General Meeting.

Monday Evening Fellows' Colloquium - 20th November
(For Academy Fellows Only)

Who Stole Australian History? Current debates and future directions.
Convened by Professor Ann McGrath, History Program, Australian National University & Professor Peter Spearritt, The Brisbane Institute.

7.30pm - 9.00pm: The Great Hall, University House, Australian National University.

Symposium 2006 - 21st November
(Open to the Public)

Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton

Debate on Australia’s future population usually focuses upon issues at the national level such as the nature and levels of international migration and the declining birth rate. Periodic Australian Government reports such as the Treasury’s Intergenerational Report also focus only upon the national level. These national level considerations are important but most economic, social and environmental planning requires population information at the local or regional level. For example, if Australia’s population were to grow by 10 million people in the next forty years, the most vital information that would be needed for planning purposes is where those additional people would be living. This is the information that is required for policies related to energy supply, housing, employment, industry location, education and health services, family and community services, environmental planning, leisure and recreation, the arts, indeed almost every planning purpose that we can imagine. Internal migration is the principal way in which local and regional populations change in Australia, yet much less attention has been given to measuring movements within the country and to understanding the causes and the dynamics of these movements. This has been recognised by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and by the Australian Research Council through their support of a major research project entitled Australians on the Move. During 2006, this project has brought together the leading specialists in this field from across Australia to apply the latest available information to address a wide range of issues related to population mobility. The consolidated results of this research will be presented for the first time at the Academy’s 2006 Symposium. The Symposium addresses such important issues as the continued growth of Australia’s largest cities, the depopulation of inland Australia, the rapid growth of coastal settlements, the movements of Indigenous people, the movements of the young and the old, of women and men, of international immigrants to Australia. New forms of movement are discussed as well as the implications of population mobility for labour supply, housing, social development and the environment. The Symposium will provide important information for all those engaged directly in planning at the local and regional level and, more generally, for those interested in the changing nature of Australian society.

Program

9.00 – 9.20	Welcome	Sue Richardson, President of ASSA
9.20 – 9.40	Historical overview & new forms	Martin Bell
9.40 – 10.00	Recent trends	Dominic Brown
10.00 – 10.20	Links to international	Graeme Hugo
10.20 – 10.40		Discussion Chair: Peter McDonald
10.40 – 11.15	Morning Tea
11.15 – 11.35	City	Ian Burnley
11.35 – 11.55	Coast	Jeromey Temple
11.55 – 12.15	Inland	Jim Walmsley
12.15 – 12.30		Discussion Chair: Ann Larson
12.30 – 1.30	Lunch
1.30 – 1.50	Labour force	Tom Wilson & Phil Rees
1.50 – 2.10	Housing	Maryann Wulff
2.10 – 2.30	Social	Ann Larson
2.30 - 2.50	Environment	Graeme Hugo
2.50 - 3.10		Discussion Chair: Martin Bell
3.10 – 3.30	Afternoon Tea
3.30 – 3.50	Indigenous	John Taylor
3.50 – 4.10	Youth	Dianne Rudd
4.10 – 4.30	Generational	Don Rowland
4.30 – 4.50		Discussion Chair: Sue Richardson
4.50– 5.15	Discussion & Policy Implications	Sue Richardson, Peter McDonald, Phil Rees & Martin Bell
5.15 – 6.00		President’s Drinks at the Dome

Cunningham Lecture
(Open to the Public)

Building Justice & Democracy after Conflict
Presented by Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australian National University

21 November (6.00pm - 7.00pm): Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University.

Annual General Meeting - 22nd November
(For Academy Fellows Only)

9.00 - 10.45: Panel Meetings (University House, Australian National University)

Panel A: Drawing Room
Panel B: Drawing Room
Panel C: Seminar Room
Panel D: Fellows Room

10.45- 1.00: Annual General Meeting (Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton)
1.00: Close. Complimentary lunch will be provided after the AGM.

 

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