Past news and events
Malcolm Fraser: A photographic memoir
A collection of photographs by Malcolm Fraser, dating from the 1970s to the present, will be on display at the newNorth Gallery in Fairfield until 29 June 2008. The money raised from this exhibition will go to CARE Australia.
1977 Cabinet records
A selection of 1977 Cabinet records held at the National Archives of Australia was released on 1 January 2008.
Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam on ministerial accountability
Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam have written a joint letter calling for the establishment of an 'independent and comprehensive review of the operation of ministerial accountability'. Read the letter in The Australian newspaper.
Malcolm Fraser calls for bill of rights
Malcolm Fraser has used his inaugural Professorial Lecture at the University of Melbourne to call for a bill of rights for Australia. Read the transcript of the lecture and reports in The Age and The Australian newspapers.
Inaugural professorial lecture: ‘Finding Security in Terrorism’s Shadow’
Malcolm Fraser presented his inaugural Professorial Lecture, ‘Finding Security in Terrorism’s Shadow: The importance of the rule of law’, at Melbourne Law School on Thursday, 25 October 2007.
Malcolm Fraser speaks out against whaling
Malcolm Fraser heads the list of signatories on an open letter to Prime Minister John Howard, calling for an end to commercial whaling by Japan. Read the report in The Australian.
‘Consult Aborgines and then plan how to help’
Read Malcolm Fraser’s response to the Federal Government’s plan for improving the wellbeing of Australia’s indigenous population in The Age.
Australian Prime Ministers Centre
Stage 1 of the new Australian Prime Ministers Centre at Old Parliament House in Canberra opened on 21 June 2007. The centre includes an exhibition showcasing more than a century of political leadership in Australia through multimedia and interactive technologies. There is a portrait, a short biography and a display of objects and documents for each prime minister from Edmund Barton to John Howard. The exhibition features material from the Malcolm Fraser Collection at the University of Melbourne including photographs taken by Malcolm Fraser in his role as Co-Chair of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group.
Malcolm Fraser joins fight to save Pilbara rock art
Malcolm Fraser has expressed his support for a global campaign against the destruction of Aboriginal rock art in the Pilbara. Read the article in The Age.
ANU lecture: ‘Australians: What are we? How do we see ourselves? How do others see us?’
Malcolm Fraser presented the 2007 Commonwealth Lecture, Australians: What are we? How do we see ourselves? How do others see us?, at the Australian National University on 30 April 2007.
10th anniversary of Bringing them Home
On the tenth anniversary of Bringing them Home, the report of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, Malcolm Fraser has called on the federal government to pay compensation to members of the stolen generation.
Melbourne launch of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
At the recent Melbourne launch of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Malcolm Fraser argued that Australia should pressure its international allies to abolish their nuclear weapons.