As there is a clash on the first Wednesday of the month of September with what looks like an excellent meeting of the T J Ryan Foundation, the 17 Group will be cancelling its Wed. 3rd September meeting in favour of this“Perspectives on Accountability” meeting in the Undumbi Room at Parliament House at 6 pm for 6.30 pm. See details below. (Note that there is mention below of an RSVP.) We urge all our faithful associates to attend. Nay more, we adopt it as our very own twin favourite event for the month, along with the Piketty discussion on the 11th of which more later.

Leon Davidovich, with the usual doubtfulness attending his deliberations, has spoken of it with approval as the sort of thing he himself would contemplate attending, though perhaps incognito.
The meeting we had planned for this month, on the effects of the Hockey Budget on the Vocational Education and Training sector (TAFE etc), will now occur instead on Wednesday the 1st of October. Leon has not yet made any comment about this.

INVITATION: Perspectives on Accountability The TJ Ryan Foundation invites you to a free public event, a night of discussion entitled “Perspectives on Accountability”. Wednesday 3 September 2014 6.00PM for 6.30PM Start Undumbi Room, Parliament House Refreshments provided Download a PDF of the invitation » Click here to RSVP by Friday 29 August 2014 » Chair Professor Paul Mazerolle Pro-Vice Chancellor (Arts, Education and Law) Griffith University Panel Members The Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Leader of the Queensland Opposition Greg Chamberlin Former Editor of The Courier-Mail Peter Davis QC Former President of the Bar Association of Queensland Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe AO School of Science, Griffith University Adjunct Professor Ann Scott PSM School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, UQ Research Coordinator, TJ Ryan Foundation Dr Paul Williams School of Humanities, Griffith University RSVP by Friday 29 August 2014 Via Email: info