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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As part of the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt"><a href="https://aclf-bigpictureseries.eventbritestudio.com/">ANU Crawford Leadership Forum Big Picture Series<span style="letter-spacing:0pt"> 2020</span></a><b><i>,
</i></b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the Pacific Institute and Crawford School of Public Policy have assembled a virtual panel to explore what our shared regional
 future will look like in a post-COVID world.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-pacific-and-australia-our-shared-future-registration-105343077982"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="517" height="270" style="width:5.3854in;height:2.8125in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D643BD.8BB4F320" alt="A picture containing outdoor, sign, man, snow

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The panel will comprise of the Australian </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Minister for International Development & the Pacific,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt">The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, the Samoan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, The Hon. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, and the Fijian
 Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, The Hon. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the TransPacific bubble as a pathway to economic recovery<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.4pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">recognition of the ongoing impacts to the region caused by climate change<br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy in the Resources, Environment and Development team,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Siobhan McDonnell and
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white">Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">James Batley, will chair the panel discussion.
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The virtual panel will take place on <b>Thursday 18 June </b>between <b>9.30am-10.30am</b>. It will be streamed live via Zoom, and posted on the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzvNYT-17mjYJMuDzGx7AA"><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ANU TV Youtube channel</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We encourage you to register for this event and join us for an important discussion about our shared regional future.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-pacific-and-australia-our-shared-future-registration-105343077982"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Event and registration details</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Miranda Forsyth</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
 | Associate Professor | RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance | ANU College of Asia & the Pacific | The Australian National University | Room 3.20, Coombs Extension Building | Building 8, Fellows Rd, Acton, ACT, 2601 Australia | T: +61 2 6125 1505
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