Go8 Leaders' Statements

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