The NT Intervention, now 2 years old, was supposedly a response to the Inquiry into the neglect and abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory chaired by Pat Anderson and Rex Wild.
Pat Anderson will be speaking about the Intervention at Melbourne Uni next week:
Date: Wednesday 24 June
6 – 7:15pm
Venue: Public Lecture Theatre
Old Arts Building
University [...]
In the wake of recent attacks on Indian students, a ‘Harmony Walk‘ will be held on Sunday 12 July, in the hope of promoting social tolerance and harmony.
Intended as a symbolic stand against racism and all forms of discrimination, the Walk is a way to express solidarity across differences of race, religion, sexual orientation and [...]
Pax Christi is hosting and ideas forum exploring how Christians and Muslims can work together for peace with justice. Among the distinguished speakers is our own Wes Campbell.
Click here for further details of this event to be held in Elsternwick on Sunday 21 June.
The ABC and CAN member Renate Howe have made an excellent radio programme aired this afternoon on Radio National.
Hindsight is Australia’s only feature radio programme dedicated to social history. It airs at 2pm on Sundays.
Today’s programme examined the compulsory acquisition and demolition of ’slum’ areas in inner Melbourne up to the 1960s, including Carlton and [...]
Liberty Victoria, one of Australia’s leading human rights organisations, is holding a film fundraiser at the Nova next month.
Set during World War II, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish [...]
22 October, 2008 – 8:22 pm
Walk Against Warming is a community event which aims to influence our politicians to take action on climate change. Last year record numbers of people took to the streets of Melbourne. The issue is, if anything, more urgent.
This year the Melbourne Walk Against Warming will be held on Saturday 15 November, commencing at Federation Square [...]
19 August, 2008 – 11:13 pm
This feature documentary about the impact of cluster munitions on Laos depicts Australian bomb disposal expert Laith Stevens training locals to deal with bombs leftover after the US ‘Secret War’ 35 years ago.
Meanwhile, local children are out hunting for scrap metal . . .
Timely and terrifying, yet filled with eccentric characters and moments of humour, [...]
15 August, 2008 – 4:26 pm
This International Peace Day, Melbourne’s faith communities are invited to take a step towards reconciliation and understanding with Indigenous Australians. All are welcomed to this free afternoon of ritual ceremony, music, panel discussions, dialogue workshops, celebration and food.
Sunday 21 September
1:30-4:30pm (with vegetarian feast to follow)
Aboriginal Advancement League
2 Watt St, Thornbury
This event is hosted by [...]
John Pace was Chief of the UN Human Rights Office in Iraq from 2004 to 2006, where he was responsible for monitoring the human rights situation and participating in the reconstruction of Iraq. He is in Melbourne next month to give a public lecture entitled, ‘The Great Enterprise After Iraq.’
He will speak about the [...]
This seminar, presented by Prof. Kevin Clements — a highly knowledgeable and interesting speaker — will compare ‘Old Wars’ with ‘New Wars’ and consider what has been happening to the ‘New Wars’ over the past 20 years. It will focus attention on individual and collective responses to these wars, arguing that most ‘Old War’ [...]
