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Like our namesake, we’re committed to supporting leadership initiatives that grapple with issues that are germane to Australia’s future and with that lays commitment to raising the profile and importance of support for Australian entrepreneurial science and technology start-ups. __________________________________________________________________________________________ The following story, written by Simon Thomsen, was published by Start Up Daily. The CSIRO’s […]

The Menzies Foundation focuses on raising the profile of ‘outstanding leadership’ and supports strategic leadership development platforms. One of the Foundation’s key strategic areas of focus is supporting Australia to grapple with complex legal challenges in a global context. Our focus for the next three years is cyber security. The Ninian Stephen Menzies Cyber Law

“A politician who was admired home and abroad although not always universally loved. A man of immense stature and authority…..his sartorial elegance augmented his gravitas and presence….He spoke in a honey voice with crisp expressiveness that was British in tone but was uniquely Australian in its inflection….He filled any room, was always imposing and always the

The Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) is set to expand, thanks to its success in empowering young Indigenous students from remote or regional communities to make the leap to attend big city schools. In 2020, MITS will open a new boarding house for 18 girls at Richmond Hill. The new boarding house will allow MITS

Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science, with 20 of Australia’s leading scientists and future superstars receiving prestigious 2019 honorific awards. NHMRC Menzies Fellow Professor Nick Huntington, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Monash University, has received the Jacques Miller Medal in recognition of

  Five prestigious Fellowships for leaders in education have been announced today by the Menzies Foundation in partnership with the Collier Charitable Fund, supported by the University of Melbourne. “We’re delighted to announce the first recipients of the Menzies School Leader Fellowship and the new Collier School Leader Fellowship to support leadership in schools,” said

We’re looking for a creative, can-do Communications and Operations Manager (part-time). Established in 1979 to perpetuate the memory of Sir Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, the Menzies Foundation has a track record in backing outstanding leaders. The Foundation is a non-political, national not-for-profit organisation.  The Foundation plays a catalytic philanthropic role in supporting leadership

With a strong calling to pave the way for the next generation of Indigenous young people, Edwina Green is excited about the opportunity to mentor students at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) next year. Edwina has been awarded the 2019 Sir Robert Menzies Indigenous Mentoring Fellowship, to spend 12 months as a mentor to

Menzies Foundation CEO Liz Gillies – in her capacity as Honorary Fellow, Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre, University of Melbourne – has led the development of the Philanthropy Impact Pioneers Program (PIPP) in collaboration with 10 other philanthropic funders. Over the next three years, this consortium of funders will explore the big social impact questions

The Menzies Foundation is delighted to welcome Professor Glyn Davis AC as the newest addition to its Board of Directors. Professor Davis was recently named recipient of the 2018 Australian Financial Review Higher Education Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to Australia’s higher education sector through the creation of the Melbourne Model curriculum reform