Image:Guest Speaker Professor Peter J. Dean

The MacArthur Foundation celebrates the arrival of General Douglas MacArthur’s arrival in Brisbane on 24 July 1942. The Guest Speaker for the 2023 Dinner was Professor Peter J. Dean, the Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. His address was MacArthur, AUKUS and coalition operations in Asia.VIP guest: • James Lister - Member for Southern Downs in the Queensland Legislative Assembly • General Jerry Singirok - Former Commander PNG Defence Force • Professor Peter J. Dean, the Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney • Commander Fiona Southwood, RAN - Commanding Officer HMAS Moreton and the Senior Naval Officer South East Queensland. • Brigadier Peter Rule AM, PSM, RFD (Retd) - Former Chairman of the General Douglas Macarthur Brisbane Memorial Foundation • Chris Johnson - Chairman, The General Douglas MacArthur Brisbane Memorial Foundation Limitedclick on a photo below to start gallery view