Ross Cameron

MC

We're delighted to have Ross Cameron joining us as emcee for this special event.

Ross is a former NSW politician and Sky News host.

Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thankur

Ph.D, LlD, (hc) Keynote Address: A Kaleidoscopic Review of the Covid Craziness

Ramesh Thakur, Ph.D., Ll.D. (hc) is emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, a Brownstone Institute Senior Scholar, a founder-member of Australians for Science and Freedom, and a director of Children’s Health Defense Australia. Born in India and educated in India and Canada, he has held fulltime academic appointments in Fiji, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia and been a consultant to the Australian, New Zealand and Norwegian governments on international security issues. He has served on the international advisory boards of policy-oriented research institutes in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. The most recent of his more than 50 authored and edited books is Our Enemy, the Government: How Covid Enabled the Expansion and Abuse of State Power (Brownstone Institute, 2023). He has also been a regular media contributor and op-ed writer for several decades.