Australia’s most successful businessman, News Corporation’s Chairman and Chief Executive officer, Rupert Murdoch AC, will deliver ABC Radio National’s 2008 Boyer Lecture series titled A Golden Age of Freedom.
Mr Murdoch will present the first of his six lectures at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 2 November 2008.
In his first lecture Mr Murdoch will reflect on this time as one of great transformation; predicting a golden age of freedom which will unleash a new global middle class bringing greater prosperity to billions around the world. But to reap the rewards Australia needs to tackle three areas with haste: the welfare state; failing state schools; and full reconciliation among all Australians.
Mr Murdoch’s address will be recorded in front of a live audience at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 2 November and heard first on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas at 5pm. The lecture will later be broadcast on ABC TV.
The lectures will also be available as audio on demand and podcasts at abc.net.au/rn/boyerlectures
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The Boyer Lectures is a series of talks by prominent Australians chosen by the ABC Board to present ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues. The lectures have been broadcast on ABC Radio National for nearly 50 years and have stimulated thought, discussion and debate in Australia on an astonishing range of subjects – great minds examining issues and values.
The annual Boyer Lectures began in 1959 and is named after the late Sir Richard Boyer, a former Chairman of the ABC. Over the years featured speakers have come from a very broad range of disciplines and interests. Previous Boyer Lecturers include; former Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane, Archbishop Dr Peter Jensen, international affairs expert Owen Harries, historian Professor Geoffrey Blainey, author David Malouf, former Prime Minister (then head of the ACTU) Bob Hawke, Aboriginal leader and lawyer Noel Pearson and Professor Graeme Clark AC.
Entry to the event is by invitation only. Ours must be lost in the mail.