Community Announcements 6 March 2012
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Thursday 1 - Wednesday 14 March
HIDDEN HEROES: WEST PAPUAN WOMEN OF RESISTANCE
Exhibition at Chapel on Station Gallery, cnr Station St & Ellingworth Pde, Box Hill. Friday 11:30am-3pm; Saturday 1-4pm; Sunday 4:30-7pm. For more info ph 0400 589 208 or visit http://chapelonstationgallery.org.au/
Tuesday 6 March
LASNET MEETING AND INFO NIGHT ON THE TPPA AND LATIN AMERICA
Join us for our fortnightly meeting followed by a presentation and discussion on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, which is a free trade deal that will encompass nine or more countries from Latin America, North America and the Asia-Pacific. It will hamper governments' ability to create policies and pass laws and give new powers to corporations. If the negotiations succeed this agreement will remove the rights of Governments to legislate in the best interests of their people if it threatens the profitability of corporations. Corporations with interests as vast as mining, media, IP, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, food security, entertainment and much more. This is a secret deal that has not being discussed in the open by the media so come along and get informed. 7pm, LASNET Space, Trades Hall; Cnr of Lygon and Victoria Streets. http://www.facebook.com/events/create/?eid=399404350076120. More info: lasnet@latinlasnet.org, www.latinamericansolidaritynetwork.org
Tuesday 6 March
VIGIL AGAINST THE AFGHAN WAR
The UN has just announced that 2011 was the deadliest year for civilians so far in this war. While there is talk of a 'wind down', this does not mean the withdrawal of foreign troops. Meantime we are training and arming factions in Afghanistan to be more lethal fighters once we leave. 4:30pm. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City.
Wednesday 7 March
WORKERS GET READY - AUSTRALIA ASIA WORKER LINKS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012
Activities report & proposals for 2012. All AAWL members and affiliates are welcome. You can join or renew your membership at the door. 6pm. Evatt room, Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria sts, Carlton South. Email: aawl@aawl.org.au, Web: aawl.org.au
Wednesday 7 March
THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON NATIVE WILDLIFE
How does our increasingly sun-baked and storm-lashed wildlife cope with climate chaos? Wildlife and vegetation all around the planet will need to adapt, but will all be able to keep up with the fast pace of adaptation that is needed? Speaker: Monique Decortis (climate activist, wildlife rehabilitator and educator on wildlife issues). 7pm. Selby Community House Wombalana Rd (enter via Charles St), Belgrave. For more information ph 9754 2039 or email K Williams.
Wednesday 7 March
DO YOU WANT A POLLUTING COAL MINE FOR A NEIGHBOUR (OR SQUATTER)?
The Western Region Environment Centre “Coal Action” meeting. Key Speaker: Victoria Mckenzie-McHarg (Environment Victoria). Large areas of Wyndham and Hobsons Bay could become coal mining fields under a far-reaching exploration permit. A 76,000-hectare exploration licence held by Regal Resources spans farms and densely populated residential areas including Altona, Altona Meadows, Werribee South, Williams Landing, Tarneit and Truganina. The meeting will consider actions to stop the expansion in coal mining. 7.30-9pm. WYNDHAM Eco-living Centre, 28 Ridge Drive, Wyndham Vale. All welcome, no cost. Tea and coffee provided
Thursday 8 March
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: CHRISTINE GORDON ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: FEMINISM IS PERSONAL
Celebrating and acknowledging women’s stories, Christine Gordon – bookseller, booklover, and passionate advocate of women’s writings, muses on why the political is personal, and reasons that the conduit to feminism is an individual crossing of sorts. This is a free event; bookings are not required. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Thursday 8 March
THE BIG ISSUE ON OUR PLATE: CLIMATE CHANGE & FOOD SECURITY
At Zero Carbon Moreland's March pub night, Kirsten Larsen (Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, Cultivating Community, Eaterprises Australia) and Rasha Tayeh (Moreland Food Gardens Network, Merri Community Health Services) will paint a picture of how our current food systems are affecting the climate, how we can make our food systems more sustainable and resilient, and steps people are already taking to address this in Moreland. 6pm. Little dining room, Edinburgh Castle, cnr Sydney Rd & Albion St, Brunswick. Zero Carbon Moreland pub nights occur regularly on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
Thursday 8 March
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE IWD TOAST - CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
6:30pm (toasts from 6:45pm). Speakers: Sharon Firebrace, 3KND radio & long-term activist for Indigenous rights; Tamador Mahjoob, Sudanese Communist Party; Karen Fletcher, Socialist Alliance. Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston Street, City (opposite RMIT). $8/$5 (includes finger food & free glass champagne or juice). Hosted by Resistance & Socialist Alliance. For more info ph 9639 8622.
Thursday 8 March
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY STREET FESTIVAL
Celebrate IWD music, food, radio, and great women. Turn up or tune in. 6-9pm. Cnr 21 Smith & Little Victoria St, Fitzroy. Organised by 3CR.
Thursday 8 March
FAIR DEAL OR NO DEAL
Lunch Time Rally against The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement. 12:30 to 1:15pm, forecourt of the Melbourne Entertainment and Exhibition Centre, enter from the Convention Centre Place or from Clarendon Street. Sponsored by Victorian Trades Hall Council. Further details closer to the event. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) free trade agreement negotiations between Australia, the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam are continuing at the Melbourne Convention Centre on March 1-9. For more information see Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network Ltd www.aftinet.org.au
Thursday 8 March
THE MONTHLY ARGUMENT – THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT: AN INFANTILE DISORDER?
Melbourne University Graduate House, 220 Leicester St, Carlton. For more info visit http://themonthlyargument.wordpress.com/
Thursday 8 March
HALF THE SKY - THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CONCERT
Presented by the International Women’s Development Agency. Featuring: Natalie Pa’apa’a, Deborah Conway & Willie Zygier, Vika and Linda Bull, Tina Del Twist Flap!, Briony MacKenzie, She Said Zed, The Sunshine Sisters AND MC Rachel Berger. All proceeds go to International Women’s Development Agency to fund their work with women across Asia and the Pacific. Bookings: www.ticketmaster.com.au. For more information visit www.iwda.org.au
Friday 9 March
OCCUPY MELBOURNE: OCCUPY FRIDAYS!
10am-10pm. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City. For more info visit For more info visit http://occupymelbourne.org/.
Friday 9 March
IRAN SOLIDARITY MELBOURNE - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY PUBLIC MEETING
Discussion of book Scattered Pearls and screening of Divorce Iranian Style. Scattered Pearls is the story of three generations of women who are forced to accept the bitter truth of social discrimination. Divorce Iranian Style is made by the British independent film-maker Kim Longinotto and the Iranian Ziba Mir-Hosseini. The movie is about the Iranian courts and the implementation of Islamic laws in family issues. 6:30 pm. New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South.
Saturday 10 March
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2012: WOMEN UNITE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE
12 noon: Meet at State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City. 12.30pm: March to City Square (Swanston St & Collins St). From 1pm: Speakers, workshops, discussion and artistic performances at City Square. 5pm: Open women's jam session; bring your instruments! This International Women's Day we unite for: An end to violence against women; recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty; full reproductive rights for all women; full rights for refugees and asylum seekers; equal pay for women. Organised by the Occupy Melbourne Feminist Collective. For more info email om_iwd@yahoo.com.au.
Sunday 11 March
DAY OF ACTION TO END URANIUM MINING: FUKUSHIMA ONE YEAR ON
Australia is one of the largest suppliers of uranium to Japan, not to mention Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The Australian government confirmed that Australian uranium was actually used in the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. In spite of Australia's involvement in this ongoing nuclear disaster, it continues to expand its uranium mining activities and exports (such as the Federal government’s decision to allow uranium exports to India) and the expansion of BHP's Olympic Dam mine. 1pm. State Library, cnr Swanston & Latrobe Sts, City. Organised by MAPW, ICAN, Japanese for Peace and others. For more info visit http://www.11march.com/.
Tuesday 13 March
ANTIWAR DINNER - REPORT-BACK FROM YOKOHAMA & NUCLEAR INDUSTRY UPDATE
Medical Association for the Prevention of War hold a regular bi-monthly dinner with a guest speaker. Our March speaker will be Dr Margaret Beavis, who has just returned from the massive global conference on nuclear power in Japan who will update us on both Japan and the global movement. La Notte, 140 Lygon Street Carlton. $30fixed price menu, plus a voluntary donation to cover any student members who pay $15. All welcome. RSVP to secretary@mapw.org.au or ph 9439 7272.
Tuesday 13 March
RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM
Speakers: Dave Kerin of the Earthworker Co-operative will talk about the solar hot water factory to be built at Morwell as a workers co-operative and how the community can become involved; Luke Whiteside will talk about the community micro hydro system soon to be installed in Warburton; Brian Lennon, Chairman of Ranges Energy Co-operative will talk about developments with its community solar farm. 7:30pm. Burrinja Gallery, Glenfern Rd, Upwey (Mel 75A12). Gold coin donation. Hosted by Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association. For more info ph 5968 2824.
Wednesday 14 March
THE HAZEL ROWLEY LEGACY
Novelist Alex Miller and historian Jim Davidson mark the first anniversary of the untimely passing of their friend Hazel Rowley. In the space of just four books, Rowley established herself as one of the world’s leading literary biographers. Miller and Davidson discuss her legacy and announce the winner of the inaugural Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship, established to further good practice and promote high standards in biography writing. In conversation with Fiona Gruber. This is a free event; bookings are recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=20127. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Wednesday 14 March
20 YEARS OF MANDATORY DETENTION: REVISITING AUSTRALIA'S SHAME
Speakers: Abdul Baig (political refugee from Pakistan detained in Maribyrnong Detention Centre in early 2000s) & a Vietnamese refugee. 1pm. Lyle Theatre, Redmond Barry Building, Melbourne University. Organised by Melbourne Uni Refugee Action Collective.
Friday 16 March
103 YEARS OF CELEBRATION – GEELONG TRADES HALL LABOUR DAY DINNER
Guest speaker: ACTU President Ged Kearney. $75.00 per head – 3 course meal, wine, beer, soft drink included. 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm, Buckley’s Entertainment Centre, Fellmongers Rd, Breakwater. RSVP (by 9 March) Telephone: (03) 5221 1712 Email: gthc@webaxs.net
Friday 16 March
OCCUPY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS VIGIL
6pm. City Square, Melbourne. Please come bring banners and candles show your support to Occupy arrestees, Lex Wotton, Aboriginal deaths in custody, political prisoners from Palestine, greenscare activists, Tibetan political prisoners worldwide. Organised by The Anarchist Black Cross, an international network of groups that gives practical support to prisoners of the class war.
Saturday 17 March
CLIMATE RALLY PLANNING MEETING
In a breakout at the recent Victorian Climate Action Convergence (and subsequently endorsed by the final assembly) a group of activists discussed a grassroots mobilisation organised loosely around the Rio+20 meeting on June 20. We proposed an action in Canberra on Tuesday June 19, a non-violent mass mobilisation, encircling Parliament House with the message: get the job done/bring down pollution, followed by a swarm of smaller actions by affinity groups in and around parliament. You are invited to attend the first organising meeting: 1-4pm, Friends of the Earth Melbourne, 312 Smith St, Collingwood. Please RSVP to Brett Hennig (FoE Melbourne Climate Justice Collective convenor) at brett@thesharehood.org or ph 0432 918 150.
Saturday 17 March
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: MELBOURNE SEXUALITY, SEX & GENDER COLLECTIVE
The collective has specifically been set up as a broad,inclusive group, with the goal of campaigning around issues which effect rainbow youth and young women. This campaign will target homophobia, transphobia and sexism, as well issues surrounding what is seen as the traditional notion of masculinity and how we can challenge what is seen as the traditional socially acceptable behaviours and attitudes of young men, through educationals and direct action campaigning. Come help us kick off a busy year of campaigning in 2012 with the campaign re-launch! Guest speakers include long time transgender rights activist Sally Goldner, Take Care (out there) co-ordinator Shane McMaster, and high school student and activist Carina Saunders talking about the relevance of feminism and the social pressures young women face. Level 10, 225 Bourke Street, City. For more info ph 9639 8622.
Saturday 17 March
SOLIDARITY ACTION IN SUPPORT OF CHILEAN STUDENTS - FOR FREE & QUALITY EDUCATION IN CHILE NOW!
Federation Square, 12 Midday. After a year of mass mobilisations and university and school occupations across Chile by students fighting for free and quality education, the students have decided to start 2012 in style, setting March 15 as the first National Day of Action of the year. Thus we have called this action as a show of solidarity with their struggle and their day of action. We welcome all those who also stand in solidarity with our brothers & sisters in Chile (and/or Wallmapu) to join us. http://www.facebook.com/events/379904135370684/. More info: lasnet@latinlasnet.org, www.latinamericansolidaritynetwork.org
Sunday 18 March
RAW (RESPECT ALL WILDLIFE) FAMILY FESTIVAL
At the Morning Star Estate, Mornington. RAW 2012 highlights the local community’s commitment to the environment, conservation and animal rights. Raw 2012 will be a family focused event hosting an action packed day full of entertainment and interactive educational experiences. There will be bands, drumming groups, roaming entertainers, hands on animal experiences, face painting, rides, games, educational talks and much more. More information: www.raw.org.au
Sunday 18 March
LAUNCHING THE CLIMAMANIA PROJECT
Soul Theatre's Climamania Project highlights both the issues and some of the solutions in tackling climate change – but don’t expect any dry presentations, or many stats and facts. Performers will include Bob Sedergreen, Rod Quantock, Carl Pannuzzo, Penny Larkins, Brendan Gray, Julia Sutherland, Cameron Semmens, Lia Avene, Boori Monty Pryor and more. Yarra-based Beyond Zero Emissions are leaders in the national conversation around climate change solutions. They will present their plan for tackling Climate Change. 6-10pm. The Athol Gill Centre, 100 Hodgkinson St, Clifton Hill. $25/$15. Cash only at the door. RSVP to Alicia with subject line 'RSVP CLIMAMANIA'.
Sunday 18 March
SLOW AWAKENING WITH TRACEY RIGNEY: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY PEN EVENT
This year, PEN Melbourne’s annual International Women’s Day event features a conversation with the playwright Tracey Rigney, a Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman from Victoria and South Australia. Rigney is a storyteller, playwright, screenwriter and director. Join PEN for a broad exploration of Tracey Rigney’s work, including readings from her new play, Slow Awakening. This is a free event; bookings are recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=20134
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3:00PM - 4:00PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Monday 19 March
CLIMATE CHANGE & EXTREME EVENTS: UNDERSTANDING & MANAGING THE RISKS
A preview of the soon-to-be-released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. The report provides an assessment of the latest scientific knowledge on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events. It looks at how climatic, environmental and human factors combine to create disasters and other impacts on society, and what we can do to reduce their risks. The full report will be released in late March 2012. Speakers: Professor Neville Nicholls; Professor John Handmer; Dr Padma Narsey Lal. 6:30pm. Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Entry 3, 179 Latrobe St, City.
Tuesday 20 March
INTELLIGENCE SQUARED DEBATES: ANIMALS SHOULD BE OFF THE MENU
The Intelligence Squared series of debates kicks off with a look at the ethics of eating meat. Six speakers will divide into two teams to speak for and against the proposition, ‘Animals should be off the menu’. Join us as we debate the ethics of the flesh. Speaking for the proposition are Peter Singer and Philip Wollen; against it, Adrian Richardson and Fiona Chambers, with further speakers to be announced shortly. $20 and $12 concession. Make a booking: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=20137. Melbourne Town Hall, 6:30PM - 8:30PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Tuesday 20 March
MEMOIRS OF A YOUNG BASTARD
Victorians are invited to explore one of the most evocative Australian diaries of modern times, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents Memoirs of a Young Bastard: The diaries of Tim Burstall. Editor Hilary McPhee will provide a unique insight into 1950s bohemian life as she discusses the memoirs. 5:45pm. Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett St, City. $10 non members; free for members of the RHSV. For more info ph 9326 9288 or visit http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/.
Tuesday 20 March
RESISTING ISRAELI APARTHEID AND OCCUPATION FROM WITHIN
As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). 2pm. Monash University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.
Wednesday 21 March
RESISTING ISRAELI APARTHEID AND OCCUPATION FROM WITHIN
As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). 5:30pm. 2nd floor Union House, Melbourne University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.
Wednesday 21 March
WHAT MEN REALLY THINK ABOUT... FATHERHOOD
What Men Really Think About …, a series of public discussions aimed at lifting the lid on issues close to the hearts of Australian men, comes to the Wheeler Centre for an investigation of fatherhood. What makes a good father? Who and what do we want our fathers to be? How do you protect your children and teach them resilience at the same time? And how and when do you let them go? What Men Really Think About … Fatherhood promises to be an honest, public, emotionally confronting, yet humorous look at this most central of men’s issues, in a society famous for male repression. Presenter: Kim Farrant writes and directs drama, documentaries and commercials for film and TV. This is a free event; bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=20138. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Thursday 22 March
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: VERITY BURGMANN ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EXTREME
Agitators, as Oscar Wilde observed, are essential to progress. Reforms are more likely to be achieved when sections of a social movement behave badly and demand more than reforms. The history of protest suggests that extremism in form and content shifts the spectrum of debate so moderate proponents of the same social movement emerge as the voice of compromise and reason; extremists strengthen the bargaining position of moderates, because authorities accede to moderate demands to weaken extremist challenges; and extremists keep the moderates more honest. This is a free event; bookings are not required. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. More information: http://wheelercentre.com/
Thursday 22 March
RESISTING ISRAELI APARTHEID AND OCCUPATION FROM WITHIN
As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, Students for Palestine presents a very special speaking tour. We are very excited to tour an Israeli activist who has participated in, amongst other things, the weekly demonstrations against the apartheid wall in the Occupied West Bank and the Boycott from Within movement (activists who advocate from inside of Israel for the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement). 1pm. Agora Theatre, La Trobe University. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.
Friday 23 March
OCCUPY FRIDAYS AND WSN PRESENT 'SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO ORGANISE AND STRIKE'
Unions are back on the agenda in a big way. In recent months airline workers, Victorian nurses, and a small group of poultry workers at Baiada in Melbourne have faced attacks on their working conditions and all have relied on their unions to defend their jobs. Come along to City Square to find out more about how to join a union and how to get active as a union member. This event will include: Union information stalls; special guest speakers; discussion on unionism today; BBQ (gold coin donation); entertainment. 5:30-7pm. City Square, cnr Collins & Swanston Sts, City. For more info visit http://www.workerssolidaritymelbourne.org/.
Friday 23 March
RED CINEMA PRESENTS: GROWING CHANGE - A JOURNEY INSIDE VENEZUELA'S FOOD REVOLUTION
A documentary by Simon Cunich. An inspirational story full of lively characters, thought provoking insights, stunning scenery and ideas to transform the food system. 7pm (meal available from 6:30pm). $15/$10. Downstairs, Trades Hall, 127 Myers St, Geelong. For more info or bookings ph 5222 6900.
Friday 23 March
FILM SCREENING: BIL'IN HABIBTI
Made in 2006, the film follows the story of Bil'in, a Palestinian village in a struggle to defend their land from being absorbed by the Israeli state. 6:30pm. Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton South. Organised by Victorian Students for Palestine.
Saturday 24 March
BIG GREEN FESTIVAL 2012
The 3rd BIG GREEN FESTIVAL aims to celebrate and create awareness of environmental issues. Featuring: environmental activists, green think ideas, enviro artwork and kids action PLUS performances from the Merri Creek Pickers, The Quarry Mountain Dad Rats, The Rich Family and July Days from 4-9pm on the green fields of Carrum Primary School,Carrum. More info at: www.biggreenfestival.com. The Big Green Festival is a non-profit, free entry, community sharing event
Tuesday 27 March
SMUGGLED TO FREEDOM. BEHIND THE ANTI-PEOPLE SMUGGLING RHETORIC
Refugee Action Collective is proud to host a public forum to challenge the anti-people smuggling rhetoric dominant in Australian politics. Speakers: Arnold Zable (award-winning writer and refugee advocate); Sarah Hanson Young (federal Greens senator); lawyer for Indonesian fishermen; Peter Farrago (Refugee Action Collective member and former people-smuggler); Nockie Le (Vietnamese refugee). 6:30pm. Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, City (opposite Victoria Markets). Small donation welcome. For more info visit www.rac-vic.org
Friday 30 March
ANTAR QUIZ NIGHT
ANTAR's big fundraiser to kick off our year and help to make our campaigning happen. 7pm (for 7:30pm start). Imperial Hotel, 2/8 Bourke Street, City. Book a table of ten for $250, or a single ticket for $25 (concession $20). To book ph 9419 3613 or email antar@antarvictoria.org.au
FREE PALESTINE! BOYCOTT ISRAELI APARTHEID!
Join Students for Palestine in an action/ protest to protest against the apartheid policies of the Israeli State. This day is significant for the Palestinian solidarity movement because: It is the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) Global Day of Action; It is the first day of the Palestinian March on Jerusalem; It is a day of cultural significance for Palestinian struggle Land Day. 6pm. Bourke St Mall, City.
