Amanda Vanstone

About

Amanda Vanstone is a former senior Australian politician.

Amanda was also Australia’s ambassador to Italy from June 2007 to May 2010. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government, including Minister for Immigration and Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 1996 to 1997.

Past Events

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Intelligence Squared Debates

Public Funding of Private Education is Unconscionable

Chris Bonnor, Kevin Donnelly, Amanda Vanstone, Shane Maloney, Beatrice Duong, Andrew Elder

24 May

The Fifth Estate

The Ambassadors

Amanda Vanstone, Michael Wesley, Sally Warhaft

19 Mar

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