Bob Carr
The Hon Bob Carr is the longest continuously serving Premier in the history of New South Wales. Since leaving politics Bob has led a distinguished career as a defacto diplomat,…
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Bob Carr
The Hon Bob Carr is the longest continuously serving Premier in the history of New South Wales. Bob entered the Senate in 2012 and served as Australia’s Foreign Minister for 18 months. Since leaving politics Bob has led a distinguished career as a defacto diplomat, author and academic. Bob received the Fulbright Distinguished Fellow Award Scholarship. He has served as Honorary Scholar of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. He is the author of: My Reading Life (2008), Thoughtlines (2002) and Diary of a Foreign Minister (2014), his political memoir Run for Your Life (2018) and Bring Back Yesterday (2026).
For five years he was the Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney. Between 2019 and 2022 he served as Professor of Industry in Climate and Business at the University of Technology Sydney helping shape the debate on climate and energy. In July 2024 he was appointed Chair of the Australian Heritage Council and Chair of the Museums of History NSW Board, in 2025 he was appointed a board member for Sydney Water.
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Bring Back Yesterday: Bob Carr in Conversation
DATE March 29 TIME 2:00 pm WHEREConcert Hall Newcastle City Hall Book nowBY THE ARTIST
