Last week CCW hosted our 2022 Annual Lecture. We were delighted to have The Hon George Brandis QC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, speak on “Indo-Pacific Cohesion: AUKUS and Australian National Security Strategy in the 2020s.”
Mr Brandis, in the last week of his role as High Commissioner, reflected on key moments in his career and his view of the current international security situation. It was a very thoughtful and engaging talk - our thanks again to the High Commissioner.
It was great to see so many there and we enjoyed the occasion to gather together the wider CCW network.
Mr Brandis has had a distinguished career in law and politics in Australia. A barrister by profession, he served as a Senator in the Australian Parliament for 18 years. He was a Minister in the Governments of John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. His ministerial appointments included Minister for the Arts, Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate. As Attorney-General, he was responsible for the reform of Australia’s espionage and foreign interference laws, and played a leading role in the introduction of marriage equality in Australia in 2017.
