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Traffic Forum
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Thurs 7 Feb at 6:00pm -Urban Design and changing cities into places for people: with Enrique Peñalosa the charismatic former Lord Mayor of Bogota, who transformed a
city of seven million from a third-world gridlock of congested streets to a poster child for sustainable cities.
Download flyer here.
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Redcap
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A forum on the famous Mt.Isa industrial dispute in 1964, with speakers Fred Thompson and
Bob Anderson (participants in the struggle), Karin Mayer (dramaturge for La Boite play
"Redcap"), and Andrew Dettmer. Music with GRiff Bignell and Combined Unions Choir.
1:45pm on Saturday 28 July, Paddington Workers Club, 2 Latrobe Tce., Paddington
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Last Post Seminar
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Last Post & the Humanities.
A one-day Seminar on Thursday 29 November at QUT Carseldine campus. An in-depth examination of the pressures on humanities and social sciences departments in universities...Pressures due to the commercial and corporate ethos of universities and demands by university executive managers for what they define as relevance. Open to all.
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Unions and Dissent
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In November 2006 the NTEU sponsored a seminar, "Heads above the Parapet", about the increasing attacks on public discourse and dissent in Australia. This paper entitled "Unions and Dissent" was presented by Howard Guille, from Humanities and Social Sciences at QUT, and former State Secretary of NTEU.
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Crossroads
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A major public meeting in Brisbane City Hall on August 8 - "Australia at the
Crossroads: A new Direction", with speakers Ian Lowe, Sharan Burrow, Helen Caldicott, Julian
Burnside & Jacqui Katona
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Labour Day 2007
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A must for your calendar! Join 10,000 other unionists to march in Brisbane streets and
feel that solidarity that can potentially move mountains!! Labour Day Monday May 7th at 9:30am -
see attached flyer.
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Women and IR Conference
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Our Work … Our Lives: National Women and IR Conference: Brisbane, 12-14
July 2006.
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Sedition Forum
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A public forum on the new Federal Government Sedition laws was held at QUT on 12th
December 2005. The forum was initiated by the Crux committee of the NTEU branch at QUT, and
supported by QUT Oodgeroo Unit, QUT Law faculty, and Just Rights Qld
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Energy Forum
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A forum on "Future Energy - Where Can we Go from Here?" was organised by the
Research sub-committee of the UQ Branch in September 2005.
The forum featured speakers from a wide range of background specialisations covering most types of
energy production. Included were some leading researchers in alternative energy at UQ.
Some of the presentations are available for download here.
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