Go8 Leaders' Statements

2013

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, opinion piece, 'Uni dividend is counter-productive', published in The Canberra Times on 24 April 2013
• Professor Iain Martin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), The University of New South Wales, opinion piece, 'Uni funding cuts short sighted', published in the Australian Financial Review on 18 April 2013
• Professor Ian Young, President and Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University and Director, Group of Eight, opinion piece, 'University education drives Canberra economy', published in The Canberra Times on 16 April 2013
• Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Chair, Group of Eight, opinion piece, 'Raiding tertiary to pay secondary makes no sense', published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 16 April 2013.

2012

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, transcript of interview on ABC PM regarding fee deregulation and structural diversity, 2 August 2012
• Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Chair, Group of Eight (Go8), Speech at National Press Club, 25 July 2012 (Canberra),  Let's Stop Pretending - A Realistic Vision for Australian Universities (PDF)
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director,  Speech at the Conference on Institutional Performance in Higher Education, Melbourne. 16 May 2012, Plot loss in Australian higher education policy?(PDF). Slides (PDF)

2011

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Presentation to the Financial Review Higher Education Conference, Sydney, 28 June 2011, Muddling through the labyrinth to a vision, or a wall, or a fall?(PDF). Slides (PDF)
• Professor Paul Greenfield, Vice Chancellor, The University of Queensland and Chair, Go8, Address at the National Press Club, Canberra, May 2011, Research, Innovation, and a Home-Grown Vaccine for the ‘Dutch Disease’ (PDF), 560Kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Address at the KCA Masterclass 2011, Sydney, April 2011, Australia's Knowledge Gateway (PPT) 477Kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Address at the Higher Education Congress, Sydney, March 2011, Putting proportionality into practice: a call for a more nuanced and mutual approach to university regulation (PDF)165Kb Presentation 1060Kb

2010  

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, 2010 CSHE/ L H Martin Tertiary Education Policy Seminars, Tertiary Education and university research after the 2010 election (PDF)134Kb Presentation 220Kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, 2010 Australian Higher Education Congress, The need for concentration as well as selectivity in Australian research policy (PDF) 166Kb Graphs 1650Kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, 2010 CSHE/L H Martin Workshop, Performance funding indicators and related reforms in Australian higher education (PDF) 131Kb presentation 417Kb

2009

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, 2009 Tertiary Education Policy Seminars, Australian higher education and university research: a post-2009 Budget appraisal (PDF) 184Kb presentation 760Kb
• Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University, Address to the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney, Research universities and Australia's place in world, July 2009 (PDF) 114kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Financial Review Higher Education Conference 2009, Australia's research universities and their position in the world, Mar 2009 (PDF) 414kb presentation 3Mb

2008  

• Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University, National Press Club Address, Investing Wisely for Australia's Future, Oct 2008 (PDF) 110kb
• Professor Alan Robson AM, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Western Australia and Chair, Group of Eight, Compact funding for diversity, April 2008 (PDF) 50kb
• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Compacts and Australian Higher Education, July 2008 (PDF) 116kb The place and potential of mission-based funding compacts (PowerPoint) 1483kb
• Professor Alan Robson AM, National Press Club Address as Go8 Chair, Compact funding for diversity, April 2008 (PDF) 51kb
• Professor Larkins, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University, Melbourne Press Club Address, Feb 2008 (PDF) 29kb
• Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University, ANZSOG speech, Feb 2008(PDF) 52kb

2007  

• Michael Gallagher, Go8 Executive Director, Confronting challenges for universities, July 2007 (PDF) 404kb
• Professor Glyn Davis, National Press Club Address as Go8 Chair, Seizing the Opportunities, June 2007 (PDF) 54kb
• Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor, The Australian National University, Putting Research on the Policy Agenda, August 2007 (PDF) 70kb
• Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne, Mind the Gap-how should we fund public universities? Nov 2006 (PDF) 45kb