Monthly lectures exploring current or historical Defence and Security issues.
Auditorium (Lower Ground Level)
The Royal United Services Institute of NSW (RUSI) holds monthly lunchtime-lectures covering either current or historical Defence and Security issues.
Lectures are the last Tuesday of the month from 1.00-2.00pm and are open to RUSI's members, their guests and visitors. The details of the upcoming lectures are below. More information is available here.
Recordings of previous lectures are available on RUSI's website.
Lectures take place in the Memorial’s Auditorium on Lower Ground level. Entry to the Anzac Memorial is free.
Program of Upcoming Lectures
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Speaker: Associate Professor Adam Lockyer, Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University.
Subject: Great Power Politics and The Defence Strategic Review
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Speaker: Gavin Henry, Thales Group.
Subject: Thales Group - Undersea Systems.
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Speaker: Professor Peter Dean - USSC.
Subject: The Defence Strategic Review - One Year On.
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Speaker: Mr James Gaynor CSC, Inspector General, Australian Defence Force
Subject: The Rules of War.
Tuesday 25 June 2024
Speaker: HE The Ukrainian Ambassador Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko.
Subject: The Ukrainian Conflict.
About RUSI NSW
RUSI NSW was established in 1888 as a learning centre for defence personnel.
Researchers and visitors are welcome to their home in the Anzac Memorial, via the Liverpool Street entrance.
As the oldest think tank in Australia, their resources include a Nationally Significant Library collection, a National Journal and monthly lectures, featuring renowned speakers from Australian defence and security organisations, universities, Defence Journalists and authors.