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John Curtin Anniversary Lecture is an annual event held to commemorate the anniversary of John Curtin’s death. Speakers of potential public interest are invited by the JCPML to present on a topic of their choice. Lecture recordings and transcripts can be found in the table below.
| Presentation title | Presenter | Lecture date | Transcript | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The world after John Curtin: Geopolitics and the planet | Professor Tom Griffiths | 2023 | X | X |
| Facing existential threats: Curtin to now | Hon. Kim Beazley | 2021 | X | X |
| What is the point of reconciliation? | Kerry O’Brien | 2019 | X | X |
| The return of history: can liberal democracy survive? | Stan Grant | 2018 | X | X |
| Great reform requires courage | Hon. Julia Gillard | 2017 | X | X |
| Curtin’s call: what our 14th prime minister would make of the federal election campaign | Sally Warhaft | 2016 | X | None |
| The legacy of John Curtin, Gallipoli and the Eureka Stockade | Peter FitzSimons | 2015 | None | None |
| Is constitutional freedom enough? | Geoff Gallop | 2014 | X | X |
| If they could see us now, what would the founders say? | Hon. Chief Justice Robert French | 2013 | X | None |
| John Curtin’s vision and leadership: lessons for today | Jeffrey L. Bleich | 2011 | X | None |
| Australian foreign policy under labor governments from John Curtin’s prime ministership to present | Stephen Smith | 2010 | X | None |
| Australia and Asia and the new order after the financial crisis | Hon. Paul Keating | 2009 | X | None |
| John Curtin – a tribute: strengthening the rule of law and Australian democracy | Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser | 2008 | X | None |
| Shaping a nation: visionary leadership in a time of fear and uncertainty | Professor Larissa Behrendt | 2007 | X | None |
| John Curtin: a Labor life | Senator John Faulkner | 2006 | X | None |
| A confident and distinctive foreign policy | Dr. Ashton Calvert | 2005 | X | None |
| An Australian vision: foreign policy challenges in the 21st century | Paul Kelly | 2004 | X | X |
| John Curtin’s world and ours | Hon. Paul Keating | 2002 | X | None |
| John Curtin’s abiding vision | Hon. Kim Beazley | 2001 | X | None |
| The politics of conscience | Senator Natasha Stott Despoja | 2000 | X | None |
| In search of the light on the hill | Hazel Hawke | 1999 | X | None |
| John Curtin: parliament, party, people | Hon. Gough Whitlam | 1998 | X | None |