On 23 August 2017, Melbourne University honoured and recognised new inductees to the Wilson Society at a dinner hosted by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Glyn Davis AC. The Wilson Society recognises exceptional philanthropic support from donors to the University. The Society was established in 2015 and is named in honour of Sir Samuel Wilson who made [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, together with my mother, Jeanne and brother, Ian we have been privileged to visit two very inspiring Centres that are fostering the next generation of business development, including the Wade Institute and the Melbourne Accelerator Program. The Wade Institute located in Ormond College was established in 2015 by Peter Wade [...]
Last week I spent time in Timor-Leste to observe the election. It was a peaceful and orderly event, with the current power-sharing arrangements between Fretilin and CNRT likely to continue post election. This is an interesting article written about the election and current political state of play in Timor Leste written by Michael Leach. [...]
During my recent visit to Timor-Leste, a highlight was visiting the newly operational Balibo Dental Clinic. Balibo is a place that holds particular sentiment for me. When the opportunity arose to assist with the Funding to build this Balibó Dental Clinic, Ruth and I thought it was a great opportunity to support the region [...]
ICC—Australia Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition Final Presentation: 9 July 2017 Excerpt from the presentation speech made by His Honour Justice Clyde Croft. “It is a great pleasure to be with you this afternoon to award the first placed team in the International Chamber of Commerce—Australia’s Asia Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition which is the first [...]
As a current Judge of the Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition, I am pleased to be able to share this information with you. The winning team, the National University of Singapore, with His Honour Justice Clyde Croft presenting the prize. The runner up team, the University of Auckland, with James Pearson, CEO Australian Chamber, [...]
Over 10 million people are stateless, leaving them vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation, and legal argument is a critical battleground for finally tackling the problem. A key objective of The Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness will be to provide research and expertise to support efforts in lobbying governments around the world to better protect [...]
Peter and Ruth McMullin intend to make one of the most significant gifts in the history of the University of Melbourne Law School to establish the world’s only academic centre devoted to the problem of statelessness. “Ruth and I congratulate the Melbourne Law School on its global leadership in establishing the Centre and it [...]
