Community Announcements 21 September 2011
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Wednesday 21 September
INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY - SHARING OUR ENVIRONMENT
Centre of Melbourne MultiFaith & Others Network proudly presents: A FUN & FREE family evening with a vegetarian meal provided for all to mark UN International peace day. Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick – 5pm to 8:30pm. www.common.org.au. Please RSVP, Project Manager, Jamel Kaur Tel: 0413 425 912, info@common.org.au
Wednesday 21 September
IT'S TIME TO END THE MANDATORY DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
Public meeting: speakers: Louise Newman & Robyn Samson. 6:30pm. The Multicultural Hub, cnr Elizabeth & Victoria Sts, City (near Victoria Markets). Organised by the Refugee Advocacy Network. For more info visit http://www.justlikeus.org.au/ or ph Marie 0409 252 673.
Wednesday 21 September
CHILD WISE CHARITY CONCERT
Child Wise, Australia’s leading international child protection charity committed to the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation in Australia and across the globe is hosting a Charity Fundraiser from 7pm @ Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. The line-up so far... Louis Tillett (ex-Wet Taxis), The Spoils, James Black (Rockwiz Orchestra), Brian Henry Hooper (Beasts of Bourbon), Cold Harbour, Tanya Lee Davies + band, Firebird, Nomadic Funk, Bailey Judd & Brian Nankervis. Tickets ON SALE NOW from www.espy.com.au OR www.oztix.com.au. To find out more, please visit www.childwise.net
Wednesday 21 September
BZE FILM NIGHT – FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER
Beyond Zero Emissions film nights continue this month at our new time of 6.30pm on every third Wednesday. Flow: For Love of Water is a 2008 documentary film directed by Irena Salina which focuses on the frightening absence of social justice surrounding water security and water supply. Water is big business and this film exposes countless examples of corporate disregard for communities. This engaging documentary features contributions from Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky and Maude Barlow, amongst others. At the end of the night we will open the floor to discussion. 6 pm for 6.30 start - 8.30pm, Kindness House, 288 Brunswick Street ,Fitzroy GOLD COIN donation appreciated, but anyone is welcome regardless of their ability to pay. More info: http://www.flowthefilm.com/
Wednesday 21 September
QUARTERLY ESSAY: BAD NEWS - MURDOCH'S 'AUSTRALIAN' AND THE SHAPING OF THE NATION
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch’s empire in Britain. There’s even been talk of the end of the empire. Some of that has spilled over as far as our shores – where it all began for the Murdochs. In Australia, News Limited market dominance is impressive: by its own admission, News Limited controls 70 per cent of Australia’s newspaper readership market. The empire’s flagship publication is The Australian, our only national masthead and – though a perennial loss-maker – a key weapon in News Limited’s arsenal of influence. In Bad News, Robert Manne, one of Australia’s leading essayists, investigates how The Australian shapes debate in this country. This is a free event. Bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14665
Thursday 22 September
TABLOID: FILM FUNDRAISER
Join Women on the Line for an evening of love gone wild. Come along to see Tabloid - a documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary. Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go to the object of our obsession - 3CR. The film starts at approximately 7pm at Cinema Nova, Lygon Street, Carlton. Please RSVP your love and attendance to womenontheline@hotmail.com. You can buy tickets online now: http://www.3cr.org.au/fundraisers
Thursday 22 September
LUNCHBOX / SOAPBOX: ANNE MANNE ON DISABILITY: THE NEW FRONTIER OF JUSTICE
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 12:45PM - 1:15PM. Lunchbox/Soapbox is a simple idea: an old-fashioned Speakers’ Corner in the middle of the city, in the middle of the day. At the Wheeler Centre we’re keen to showcase our writers as thinkers and as artists, as people with passions and peccadilloes. So we’ve come up with Lunchbox/Soapbox: a weekly space for them to sound off on a topic of their choice. Think of it as a 20-minute piece of polemic to give lunching CBD folk something to chew on. This is a free event. No bookings required.
Thursday 22 September
SISTERS IN CRIME
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. Ahead of SheKilda 2011, the Australian Women Crime Writers’ Convention, the Wheeler Centre welcomes some of Australia’s leading crime writers. They discuss why there’s such an appetite for women’s crime writing. Honey Brown, Lindy Cameron, Kerry Greenwood and Angela Savage – four writers at different stages of their careers – discuss all things criminally ladylike. This is a free event. Bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14518
Thursday 22 September
JUST ADD WATER
Water covers three quarters of our planet and makes up 70% of our bodies, but how much do we really know about it? Speaker: Dr Peter Wothers, Director of Studies in Chemistry, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University. Dr Wothers is the UK’s answer to Dr Karl and has spent the past ten years passing on his knowledge and enthusiasm for science. He will present a thought-provoking, energetic and action-packed show. Info: Mick Moylan 8344 6465 or mmoylan@unimelb.edu.au. 5 -6 pm, Masson Theatre, Ground Floor, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne. All welcome, free.
Friday 23 September
FUNDRAISER: DINNER FOR THE 'BOYCOTT ISRAEL 19'
Defend the right to protest and support the campaign against Israeli apartheid. Solidarity needed to help pay legal costs. 6pm. Student Union Members' Lounge, Melbourne University. For bookings ph 0405 578 500.
Friday 23 September
WHY MORE PRISONS ARE NOT THE ANSWER TO REDUCING CRIME AND DISADVANTAGE
Public meeting: speakers - Hugh de Kretser (Federation of Community Legal Centres), Michelle McDonnell (Smart Justice), Don Specter (Prison Law Office (USA) via Skype), John Walsh (Bridge of Hope Foundation), Charandev Singh (Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People), Annie Nash (Flat Out), Laurie Nowell (media consultant). 9am-1pm. Lionel Murphy Centre, 360 Queen Street, Melbourne.
Saturday 24 September
PUBLIC MEETING: WALMADAN COUNTRY IS CALLING
No gas plant at Walmadan (James Price Point). Walmadan awareness day. 2:30pm. Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High St, Northcote. For more info ph 9402 1171 or email walmadan@gmail.com
Saturday 24 September
350.Org's MOVING PLANET DAY - HUMAN SIGN
Moving Planet will be a worldwide day to move beyond fossil fuels. Come on bike, on skates, on a board, or on foot. Come with your neighbours and your friends, your family and your co-workers. Come be part of something huge. It's time to get moving on the climate crisis. Come and join a giant human sign for a transition to 100% renewable energy! To arrive by public transport take a train to Southern Cross Station or either the #70 or #86 tram to Docklands. 2pm. Waterfront City, Docklands, Melbourne. Questions? call Rufus on 0432 995 855 or rufus@youthclimatecoalition.org, or go to http://www.moving-planet.org
Saturday 24 September
FINDING HOME, REFUGEES SHARE STORIES OF STRUGGLE, FRIENDSHIP & HOPE
Closing night of the Just Like Us community welcome project. Celebrating welcoming responses to refugees and asylum seekers during the past decade. 2pm. Multicultural Hub, cnr Elizabeth & Victoria Sts, City (near Victoria Markets). For more info visit http://www.justlikeus.org.au/ or ph Marie 0409 252 673.
Saturday 24 September
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Abby Dobson from Leonardo’s Bride headlines a fundraiser for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation. With guests: Bernadette Carroll, Mandy Wragg, Amanda Grafanakis, Sally Chatfield, Ben Jackson and NEVA2L8. Doors 6:30 @ The Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. Tickets from www.thethornburytheatre.com
Monday 26 September
MALAYSIA - SAFE FOR REFUGEES?
Q&A with Malaysian refugee rights campaigner, Angeline Loh. Loh's writings played a critical role in exposing the horrible plight of nearly 100,000 refugees trapped in Malaysia, the country to which Australia wants to deport desperate asylum seekers. 6pm. Multicultural Hub, cnr Elizabeth & Victoria Sts, City (opposite Victoria Markets). Organised by Refugee Action Collective. (Loh will also be speaking at the Climate Change Social Change Conference.) For more info ph 0413 377 978.
Tuesday 27 September
MELBOURNE KEEP THE KIMBERLEY INFO NIGHT
6:00pm - 9:00pm, Kindness House 288 Brunswick St Fitzroy, Victoria. Hey all, We're hosting an info night at Kindness House in Fitzroy. We thought it would be great to clarify all the information surrounding James Price Point, the gas plant and the rest of the Kimberley, to make sure we're all on the same page. We will have presentations and discussions on the issue and present what has happened so far and what we intend to do over the coming months to years. Feel free to bring along anyone interested. Website: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236001969786042&ref=notif¬if_t=event_invite
Tuesday 27 September
COAL SEAM GAS MINING: WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS AND HOW SHOULD THE INDUSTRY BE REGULATED?
Environmental Defenders Office Seminar Series 2011. Coal seam gas (CSG) extraction, which has been the subject of recent controversy in Queensland and NSW, is on its way to Victoria. The seminar will explain how the process works and what the environmental impacts are. It will also look at the Queensland experience, to provide a basis for discussing how CSG developments should proceed in Victoria. Speakers: Peter Stone, CSIRO; Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth; Sean Ryan, EDO Queensland. 5.45pm–7.30pm, Green building, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton. All welcome, RSVPs are essential. No cost. RSVPs: EDO Victoria (03) 8341 3100 or edovic@edo.org.au
Wednesday 28 September
SPECIAL SUPPORTER BRIEFING ON THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP HRL
Hear from our Safe Climate Campaigners and our legal team about our campaign to stop the proposed new coal-fired power station for Victoria, called HRL. We’ll outline our strategy, the legal implications of our work, and give you an opportunity to ask questions. We’ll also outline the future of coal in Victoria. The briefing will be held immediately following EV’s AGM (AGM 5.30pm–6.30pm). 6.30pm drinks for a 7pm start. RSVP admin@environmentvictoria.org.au or 9341 8112. Ground Floor, 60 Leicester St, Carlton. All welcome, RSVP is essential
Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 September
PECAN SUMMER - DRAMATIC OPERA FROM SHORT BLACK OPERA
'Sixty thousand years of Yorta Yorta history. 70 years of dispossession. The summer of 1939 will change the lives of the people of Cummeragunja forever.' The Arts Centre Playhouse. For more info visit http://www.theartscentre.com.au/whats-on/event.aspx?id=2623
Wednesday 28 September
RALLY: ACTION AGAINST GILLARD: NO MALAYSIAN 'SOLUTION'! NO OFFSHORE PROCESSING!
Speaking at the Park Hyatt on July 22, the Refugee Action Collective want to make sure Gillard can’t show her face in public in Melbourne without vocal and angry opposition to her attacks on the basic human rights of asylum seekers and refugees. Come to the Park Hyatt and voice your outrage. 11:30am. Park Hyatt Hotel, 1 Parliament Square, off Parliament Place. Organised by Refugee Action Collective.
Wednesday 28 September
PUBLIC LECTURE: CLIMATE CHANGE: IT’S BEYOND SERIOUS! WE ALL NEED TO ACT NOW
Launch of Western Region Environment Centre Climate Action Campaign. Speaker: David Spratt. David Spratt is a Melbourne businessman, climate policy analyst, and co-founder of Carbon Equity, which advocates personal carbon allowances as the most fair and equitable means of rapidly reducing carbon emissions. He is co-author of the best-selling Penguin/Scribe publication Climate Code Red: the case for emergency action which was shortlisted for the 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and co-founder of the Victorian Climate Action Centre. 7.30 pm, Western Region Environment Centre, 28 Ridge Dr, Wyndham Vale. Enquiries: Bro bro@c031.aone.net.au, 8742 6752, 0412 303 718. All welcome, free event.
Wednesday 28 September
BEHIND BARBED WIRE - MANDATORY DETENTION AND THE MALAYSIAN DEAL
In June 2011 the Greens established a parliamentary inquiry into Australia's immigration detention system. The inquiry received over 100 submissions on Australia’s refugee policy and what needs to change. Now the High Court has ruled that the government's plan to expel refugees to Malaysia is unlawful. This public forum will report back on the Parliamentary inquiry and the recent High Court challenge to the Malaysia deal. Join Refugee advocates and experts and Greens MPs to discuss commonsense and compassionate alternatives to offshore processing and mandatory detention. 6:30pm. Melbourne Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, City. For more info ph 9642 0922.
Thursday 29 September
DON'T LET BAILLIEU PULL THE PLUG ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
Save wind and solar - rally for renewable energy, jobs and regional communities. 12.30pm, Parliament House Steps, Melbourne. Bring a placard or banner, bring your friends! In one black week for renewable energy, the state government recently brought in planning laws that will restrict wind farms from any new developments in the state, and then slashed the solar feed-in tariff. Come along to tell Ted Baillieu that this is the wrong way and that we want support for renewable energy in Victoria. There will be protests in other centres at the same time, including Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong. Contact Ben Courtice on 0413 580 706 for details. Organised by Friends of the Earth, Mount Alexander Sustainability Group, Geelong Sustainability Group, and Ballarat Renewable Energy and Zero Emissions.
Thursday 29 September
IS CAPITALISM DESTROYING THE PLANET?
Public meeting with guest speaker: Ian Angus (editor of Canadian online journal Climate and Capitalism). 1pm. RMIT, Student Union, Building 8, ground floor (opposite gym). Organised by Resistance & Socialist Alliance. For more info ph 9639 8622. (Ian Angus will also be speaking at the Climate Change Social Change Conference.)
Thursday 29 September
CHILE-COLOMBIA OPEN FORUM
Speakers: Ralph Newmark (Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Latrobe University) & Colombian and Chilean solidarity activists. 6:30pm (for 7pm start). Latrobe University City Campus, 215 Franklin St. City. Entry by donation.
Thursday 29 September
STOP.TRAFFICK BENEFIT
Angie Hart headlines a benefit @ East Brunswick Club, East Brunswick for stop.traffick to promote awareness of and raise funds for those affected by human trafficking. Hart will be joined by Blood Red Bird, Yelka and DJ Ladyfingers. All proceeds will be donated to the Healthcare Centre for Children, a non-government organisation in Cambodia that runs prevention and protection programs to combat human trafficking. Tickets from www.eastbrunswickclub.com. Info: http://www.stoptraffick.org.au/index.html
Thursday 29 September
MICHAEL KIRBY
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 6:15PM - 7:15PM. When he retired from the High Court of Australia in February 2009, Kirby was Australia’s longest serving judge. In addition to his judicial duties, he has served on many national and international bodies, including the World Health Organisation’s Global Commission on AIDS, the International Commission of Jurists, the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, and the UNDP Global Commission on HIV and the Law. Kirby’s new book, A Private Life, is a very personal memoir in which he reflects on his early life, about being gay, about his 42-year relationship with Johan van Vloten, about his religious beliefs and even about his youthful infatuation with James Dean. This is a free event. Bookings recommended: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=14542
Friday 30 September
SECURE & CIVIL SOCIETY?
The UK riots have been all over our media. Many have been saying that the 'welfare state' is to blame. We know that in Australia there are plenty of pundits who like to attack so-called 'dole bludgers'; and both sides of politics have been toughening their stance for a number of years now, arming themselves with plenty of 'sticks' but providing very few 'carrots'. The Federation of Community Legal Centres, the National Welfare Rights Network and the Justice and International Mission Unit (of the Uniting Church in Victoria and Tasmania) have endorsed a half day discussion on the future of social security which is being run by Social Security Rights Victoria (SSRV). 12-5pm. 'Red and Orange rooms', First Floor, Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne (between Therry & Victoria Streets) opposite the Queen Victoria Market. RSVP to info@ssrv.org.au or phone 9416 1111.
Friday 30 September – Monday 3 October
CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGE CONFERENCE II - WORLD AT A CROSSROADS
Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Swanston St, Melbourne University. This is the second Climate Change-Social Change conference. It aims to contribute towards understanding and collective action, in Australia and internationally, to urgently address the climate and social emergencies that we must overcome if humanity and the planet are to not only survive, but thrive. The conference consists of three days of feature talks, panel discussions and more than 20 workshops to discuss solutions for a world in crisis. Special guest speakers: John Bellamy Foster (US economist and ecologist, editor of Monthly Review), Ian Angus (a founder of the Ecosocialist International Network, editor of Canadian online journal Climate and Capitalism), Derek Wall (by video link - author and activist with Green Left, an ecosocialist current within the UK Greens). The conference will open on Friday evening with a special public meeting featuring John Bellamy Foster. For agenda updates visit http://climatechangesocialchange2011.wordpress.com/. Tickets: whole conference: $100 solidarity, $60 waged, $20 unwaged; Friday public meeting: $15/$10/$5; per day: $55/$35/$15. To book online visit tickets. Sponsored by the Office of Environmental Programs, Melbourne University. Organised by Green Left Weekly and the Socialist Alliance. For further information phone (02) 9690 2508 or email climatechangesocialchange2011@gmail.com.
Monday 3 October
BEYOND ZERO EMISSIONS DISCUSSION: 100% RENEWABLES
Dr. Harry Lehmann is General Director - "Environmental Planning and Sustainability Strategies" at the Federal Environment Agency of Germany. He is a member of the World Council for Renewable Energies and has over 25 years of experience in sustainability issues, leading 100% renewables projects in Germany, Spain, Japan and more. He has also advocated how South Australia could go 100% renewables. Dr Lehmann will present insights into his modelling research via Skype. 6.30pm - 8pm, Fritz Loewe Theatre (entry via level 2) McCoy Building University of Melbourne Cnr Elgin & Swanston Sts. Info: pablo@beyonzeroemissions.org, ph 8383 2232. All welcome, Gold coin Donation
Monday 3 – Friday 7 October
CSG ROADSHOW – WESTERN & CENTRAL VICTORIA
This spring Friend of the Eath is hosting a series of forums to highlight the threat posed by Coal Seam Gas (CSG), coal, and shale gas across rural Victoria. They will feature Drew Hutton, a leading figure in the campaign against CSG in Queensland, the key spokesperson for Friends of the Earth on the issue, and the president of the Lock the Gate Alliance. We hope to use the roadshow to highlight the risks of new fossil fuel expansion to landscapes, ground water, communities and food security. New fossil fuel operations will also have a massive climate change impact. Each forum will also feature a speaker who will outline landholders rights when it comes to CSG and coal exploration and mining. We hope to build on our call for the state government to ban all new fossil fuel projects.
Monday 3 October: Warrnambool
Tuesday 4 October: Colac
Wednesday 5 October: Ballarat
Thursday 6 October: Geelong
Friday 7 October: Melbourne
Full details on the tour and venues are available here: http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=node/992
Tuesday 4 October
THE BIG PICTURE AT ROSS HOUSE PRESENTS: QUEEN OF THE SUN
Films for environmental and social justice - the first Tuesday of the month. Film screening, honey tasting and mulled wine. In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. His prediction has come true with Colony Collapse Disorder, where bees are disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. Featuring Michael Pollan, Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers from around the world, this engaging, alarming and ultimately uplifting film weaves together a dramatic story that uncovers the problems and solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature. 6pm - 9pm, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Info: 96501599, steph.donse@rosshouse.org.au, www.rosshouse.org.au. Entry by donation - All proceeds go to environment campaigns.
Wednesday 5 October
THE VICTORIAN ALP - WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR AND CAN IT WIN IN 2014!
Australian Fabians event. A year ago Labor lost power in Victoria by a single seat. The margin might be small but the challenge of winning back government is great. To regain the public’s trust the party needs to be clear about what it stands for. Join an expert panel to discuss the Victorian Labor Party, what is it, what it could be and how to win in 2014. Speakers: Noah Carroll (Victorian ALP State Secretary), Hutch Hussein (National Co-Convenor of EMILY’s List). Trevor Dobbyn (Rail, Tram + Bus Union Victorian Secretary + Victorian ALP State President). 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm, Melbourne City Conference Centre, cnr Little Lonsdale & Swanston Street, Melbourne. Members/Students/Concession/Seniors $5, Non-members $10. RSVP: vicevents@fabian.org.au
Thursday 6 October
INAUGURAL NTEU ANNUAL LECTURE – “THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE IN AUSTRALIA”
Professor Ian Chubb AC, Australia’s Chief Scientist, will present the inaugural NTEU Annual Lecture. 6.30pm, Level 1, Law Building, University of Melbourne, cnr Pelham and Leicester Sts, Carlton. Refreshments from 6.30 – 7.15pm, Lecture from 7.15 – 8.30pm. Free entry, all welcome. The annual NTEU Lecture will provide a public forum for eminent Australians to present unique perspectives on aspects of higher education and its impact on the economic, social and cultural frameworks of Australian society. Please book a spot online at www.nteu.org.au/lecture by Friday 30 September. Further information available from Michael Evans at mevans@nteu.org.au or phone (03) 9254 1910.
Thursday 6 October
TALKING ABOUT AUSTRALIAN GENERATIONS: MAKING ORAL HISTORY
Learn about Australian Generations, an oral history project that involves interviewing 300 Australians born between 1930 and 1990 to explore changes in our everyday lives and the significance of generational memory and identity. A panel discussion featuring Al Thomson (Monash University), Kevin Bradley (National Library of Australia) and Michele Rayner (ABC Radio National). 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library, Entry 3, La Trobe St, Melbourne. Free. Bookings: 03 8664 7099, bookings@slv.vic.gov.au
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 October
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY – ANNOUNCING SHEKILDA 2011 – AUSTRALIAN WOMEN CRIME WRITERS’ CONVENTION
Sisters in Crime Australia celebrates its 20th anniversary with a giant criminal conspiracy – the Shekilda 2011 Australian Women Crime Writers’ Convention. Over the weekend, SheKilda 2011 will feature the talents of over 50 Australian women crime writers, three international authors Margie Orford (South Africa), Shamini Flint (Singapore) and Vanda Symon (New Zealand) as well as scholars, practitioners from the criminal justice system, screen producers, and publishers. Speakers include adult fiction writers Tara Moss, Kerry Greenwood, Kathryn Fox, Angela Savage, Katherine Howell, Marianne Delacourt, P D Martin, Leigh Redhead, Jaye Ford, Honey Brown and Malla Nunn, young adult fiction writers, Catherine Jinks and Nansi Kunze, and true crime authors Liz Porter, Colleen Egan and Rochelle Jackson. Also speaking are screen producers and writers Kris Wyld, Deb Cox, Karin Altmann, Deb Parsons and Kerry Lefever, former Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson and forensic specialists Mel Archer and Shelley Robertson. Rydges on Swanston (701 Swanston Street), Carlton. Men - or ‘brothers-in-law’ - welcome. Program and bookings: www.SheKilda.com.au. Ticketing enquiries: 0401 435 480. More info on Sisters in Crime: www.sistersincrime.org.au
Friday 7 – Saturday 15 October
ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS: FOLEY
Political agitator Gary Foley presents a swag of stories from a life lived in the spirit of resistance. From the frontlines of black activism to the halls of mainstream culture, he presents a colourful personal history and a dissident narrative of an Australian half-century. As activist, academic and actor, Gary’s been one of the key figures in ensuring that the Aboriginal experience is not written out of this land’s history. Entertaining and challenging, Foley is as much a personal narrative as it is an account of an untold Australian history. Presented by Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne Festival and Sydney Festival. Written, Performed & Co-devised by Gary Foley, directed by Rachael Maza Long. Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. More details: http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3860&idx=1&max=12
Friday 7 October
SLAM GENERATION: POETRY SLAM & VARIETY NIGHT
This night is a fundraiser for the Glenroy Indigenous School (Ballerrt Mooroop College) that is at this very moment threatened by bulldozers! This night will be a delight of spoken word from some of Melbourne's finest poets, along with circus and cabaret performers. 7:30pm. Bar 303, 303 High St, Northcote.
Saturday 8 October
HIT THE STREETS FOR ABORTION RIGHTS!
Abortion rights in Victoria are under threat. The Right to Life is organising a 'March for the Babies' on October 8, wanting to recriminalise abortion. This anti-choice mobilisation is to bolster reactionary efforts to establish the 'rights' of the foetus and wind back Victoria's 2008 reform, which decriminalised abortion. Pro-choicers will rally to make our message loud and clear: 'We won't go back! Full reproductive rights for all women now!' 12pm. Parliament House, Spring St, Melbourne.
Saturday 8 October
GEELONG RALLY: STOP OFFSHORE PROCESSING!
The High Court injunction has prevented the 'Malaysian solution' from going ahead, but where to next for asylum seekers? Offshore processing is still on the cards for the Labor Party. But not only is offshore processing completely inhumane in all the existing or proposed plans, offshore processing on Christmas Island will cost taxpayers $973.6 million dollars for the next 5 years, enough to fund 150 years of community based care for the refugees that are granted asylum. At the end of the protest, we will finish at Trades Hall for a fundraiser gig featuring The Underhanded, The Dead Peasants, Whiskey Dram, Lilac and Jones and more. BBQ and drinks available. 11am-2pm. Johnstone Park, Geelong. Organised by Refugee Advocacy Group.
Saturday 8 October
PEOPLES’ STRUGGLES AND MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
LASNET Seminar. 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Latrobe University - City Campus, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne. 12-4PM - Discussions, short films, lunch, speakers, activists, ideas, proposals and more. 4-6PM - Speakers, music, poety, open space/forum. Remembering our past, our memory and homage to all those that gave their life for others, our tribute to Che Guevara, who fell struggling so others can continue their lives. Contact Email: lasnet@lasnet.org. Info: http://www.latinlasnet.org/node/7
Saturday 8 October
SWITCH OFF COAL, SWITCH ON TRIVIA!
7:30pm - 10:00pm, Richmond Town Hall, 333 Bridge Road, Richmond. Come and share a night of trivia and music! Featuring the wonderful Rod Quantock as quizmaster, fun games, a great band and amazing prizes, this will be an event not to be missed. Plus, by coming along (and bringing all your friends!) and basking in the warm glow of a room filled with our wise and wonderful environmentally aware community, you will also be helping raise funds for our vital campaign to stop HRL and all new coal in Victoria! Early bird tickets are still available for the special price of $20/$15 concession, or you can book a table of 8 for $120 (price includes nibbles, drinks available at bar). To book, visit http://www.trybooking.com/UDA
Sunday 9 October
ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER
The Friends of the Earth Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy Collective (ACE) is holding its annual art auction. The auction is a fundraiser for the ACE campaign and to raise money for the keep Muckaty nuclear free campaign (BNI). We would also like to raise funds for the travel costs for International & Australian Indigenous people to attend the BHP AGM in Melbourne this year. Featured Artists Daniel Boyd, Kate Smith, Trevelyan Clay, Masato Takasaka, Christopher LG Hill, Jake Walker, Amber Wallis & more. Speaker: Dave Sweeney from Conservation Foundation Australia. Utopian Slumps, 33 Guildford Lane Melbourne. Viewing and drinks start 4pm, auction begins 5pm.
