<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Calibri Light";
panose-1:2 15 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Helvetica Neue";}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin-top:2.0pt;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
page-break-after:avoid;
font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;
font-weight:normal;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast
{mso-style-priority:34;
mso-style-type:export-only;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:515734413;
mso-list-template-ids:1765288412;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:36.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:72.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:108.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:144.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:180.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:216.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:252.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:288.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:324.0pt;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1671592710;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1344615630 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557 134807553 134807555 134807557;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-18.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0cm;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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
Description automatically generated"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
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.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Key topics of discussion will include: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<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>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<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>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.4pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">longer term and more flexible seasonal worker program opportunities.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</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.
<br>
<br>
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">
afterwards. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.1pt;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</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">
are available online. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="187" height="398" style="width:1.9479in;height:4.1458in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D643BD.8BB4F320" alt="A picture containing clock
Description automatically generated"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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
| M: 0429903094 | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="mailto:miranda.forsyth@anu.edu.au"><span style="color:blue">miranda.forsyth@anu.edu.au</span></a> | <a href="http://regnet.anu.edu.au/"><span style="color:purple">regnet.anu.edu.au</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>