{"id":358,"date":"2017-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mckinnonprize.org.au\/prize-launched-in-canberra\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T02:57:18","slug":"prize-launched-in-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mckinnonprize.org.au\/2017\/10\/09\/prize-launched-in-canberra\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Prize launched in Canberra"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Professor Glyn Davis, and Co-Founder of the Susan McKinnon Foundation, Mr Grant Rule, launched the McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership in the Parliament of Australia today.<\/p>\n
The prize seeks to recognise courageous, visionary and collaborative political leadership across all tiers of Australian government. In a speech at the launch, Professor Davis said, \u201cWe believe these inspirational leaders exist, and that now is the time to shine a light on what they are doing. This what the McKinnon Prize will achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n