National Press Club

Melbourne Cup Celebrations

Annual Melbourne Cup Luncheon and After Party

Join us at the NPC for our annual Melbourne Cup Celebrations on Tuesday, 1st November 2022.

Booking Essential: functions @npc.org.au | PH: 02 6121 2199 | www.npc.org.au

Your ticket covers food only from 11:30am-4pm | drinks are on consumption

Private rooms available for hire

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1 November 2022

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Freedom of the Press

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

THE TRIAL OF CHENG LEI STATEMENT

Australian, U.S. Press Leaders Condemn China’s Secretive Prosecution and Detention of TV Journalist.

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Friday, 11 March 2022

WITHDRAWAL OF INVITATION FOR THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA

The Board of the National Press Club of Australia has withdrawn the invitation to the Russian Ambassador to speak at the Club.

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Thursday, 12 August 2021

DETENTION OF CHENG LEI STATEMENT

The Board of the National Press Club of Australia calls for the release of Australian journalist Cheng Lei from detention in China so she can return home to her family.

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Upcoming Speakers

Wed

Oct

2022

Kieren Perkins OAM

CEO of the Australian Sports Commission

'Address to the National Press Club of Australia'

Kieren Perkins OAM, CEO of the Australian Sports Commission, will Address the National Press Club of Australia.

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Mon

Oct

2022

Lord Jonathan Sumption

Former Justice of the UK Supreme Court and Author

'What is going on in the United Kingdom?'

Lord Jonathan Sumption, Former Justice of the UK Supreme Court and Author, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on 'What is going on in the United Kingdom?'.

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Wed

Oct

2022

Jennifer Robinson

Australian Human Rights Lawyer and Barrister

'Julian Assange, Free Speech and Democracy'

Jennifer Robinson, Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London and adjunct lecturer in Law at the University of Sydney Law School, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on 'Julian Assange, free speech and democracy'.

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National Press
Club Events

Tue

Oct

2022

Over The Fence – In Conversation

Join us for the first in the National Rural Press Club’s Over The Fence – In Conversation series in partnership with the National Press Club of Australia featuring agricultural policy elder statesman, former Labor Minister and economist John Kerin in conversation with Sydney Morning Herald/The Age journalist, Mike Foley.

Location: Business Centre
Time: from 5:30pm

Tue

Nov

2022

National Foundation for Australian Women Annual Dinner

For more than 30 years, the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) has been dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women, across intellectual, cultural, political, social, economic, legal, industrial and domestic spheres. NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics and working in partnership with other women’s organisations.

Each year an Annual Dinner is held by the NFAW at the National Press Club to share the many and varied voices of Australian Women.

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