Tag: Magna Carta Lecture

1st May 2014

British Ambassador to Japan

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Magna Carta and the "Golden Thread for Economic Development"

“The authors of the Magna Carta clearly recognised the interdependence between personal freedom and economic freedom” said Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as she began her speech at the annual Magna Carta Lecture, which the British High Commission hosts. Before a packed audience at the Victoria State Parliament, she set out her new development paradigm, for […]

11th February 2013

by Paul Madden

British Ambassador to Japan

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Bob Carr talks about human rights at our Magna Carta Lecture

I was privileged to chair Foreign Minister Senator Bob Carr’s Magna Carta lecture, an annual event organised by the British High Commission here. Each year we ask a prominent figure to speak about a modern issue relevant to the values enshrined in the 1215 charter, often described as the greatest constitutional document of all time. […]