President Tim was chairperson for this evening's club meeting at Cilantro where club members, partners and guests enjoyed a wonderful dinner prepared by students studying at the Cordon Bleu Cookery School. Tony Ryan performed Invocation and the Toast to Rotary and Australia. Guests included Leonie Ryan, Puja Mahajan, Gary Ramage, Kieran and Bronwyn Lynch, former club member Richard Wright, Marie Arendsen and Jenny Fox from the R.C. Hampton, Jenny Stone, Kirsten Oakley, Chris Burrows, Peter Cummins from the R.C. Box Hill, Ross Delahunty, Ian Crane, and of course our guest speaker Tim Wilson.
GUEST SPEAKER - Tim Wilson - former Human Rights Commissioner and MP for Bentleigh
Our guest speaker Tim Wilson provided a dynamic view of today's global economic times, and how this will have a bearing on all our lives in the future. We have been fortunate to have lived through peaceful times, but the future will be challenging, particularly for young people where the goal posts for life's major events have shifted to occur later in their lives - reflecting a change in lifestyles and economic times. Conflicts in the US, Europe and the Indo Pacific regions, coupled with the result of the US election later this year will set the tone for the next phase. The state of our economy is intricately linked to global events, and it will be important for everyone to work together. Tim finished by answering questions from the floor. Thank you Tim for your very interesting presentation where you covered a lot of ground providing much food for thought.
