Events
1. ‘Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate: Has Australia become a Nanny State?
When is it justifiable for the government to regulate our behaviour?
As the recent controversies over mandatory limits on poker machines, plain packaging of cigarettes and the internet filter have highlighted, there are significant ideological differences about the limits of state intervention.
Monash University, MAD and the City of Frankston are excited to bring you the 2011 Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate, on the topic: ‘Has Australia become a nanny state?’.
We are delighted to announce the speaking panel:
Affirmative:
- Catherine Deveny: Prominent social commentator
- Tim Wilson: Head of the Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs
- Chris Bisset: Australian Debating Champion 2011
Negative
- Sue Pennicuik: Greens MLC and Acting President
- Professor Shane Thomas: Director of the Problem Gambling Research & Treatment Centre
- Professor Jon Currie: Chair, Victorian Drug & Alcohol Prevention Council
| Venue: | Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston | |
| Date: | Wednesday 10 August, 2011 | |
| Time: | Arrive 6.30 pm for refreshments, then a 7.00 pm start | |
| Cost: | Free | |
| RSVP: | If you’d like to attend, please email rsvp.peninsula@monash.edu by Friday 5 August 2011 |
For further information about the debate, please see:
http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/peninsula/events/pvc-debate.html
2. International Advocacy Campaign on Child Health
Vision Generation and Ignite Monash, in conjunction with Monash University and World Vision Australia, would like to invite you to the launch World Vision’s first international advocacy campaign Child Health Now by attending a forum on:
‘How best to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5 by 2015’
- MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality d
- MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health
The panel guests:
- Reverand Tim Costello
- Sue England
- Dr. Chris Morgan
- Dr. Alison Morgan
- Rami Subhi
- Meg Howe
| Venue: | Monash University, Clayton Campus, South Lecture Theatre 1. | |
| Date: | Thursday 18 August, 2011 | |
| Time: | Arrive 5.30pm for drinks and nibbles Formal discussion begin at 6 pm start |
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| RSVP: | If you’d like to attend, please email kelsey.paske@vgen.org by August 14th for catering purposes. |
For further information please see:
Child Health Now Forum
3. The Victorian Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Case of Inappropriate Transplants?
The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law Centre invite you to a public lecture with Dr Angela Ward of The Bar Council, Law Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne |
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August, 2011 | |
| Time: | 6:00pm to 7:30pm | |
| RSVP: | castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327 |
For full details please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/ward-lecture.html
Dr Ward will address whether the Charter is suitable for Australian Constitutional conditions, including whether the declaration of incompatibility is appropriate for Australia, and whether suggestions in the Brennan report recommending a federal human rights act would lead to a smoother implantation of Australia’s international human rights obligations. Dr Ward will draw on comparative experiences from the United States and the European Union.
Angela Ward practises at the London Bar, specialising in European Union law and human rights law. She has appeared at all levels of the United Kingdom judiciary, from the House of Lords to magistrates courts, and has also petitioned the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. She was the founding editor of the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies and is a former Fellow of Magdalene College Cambridge, and Deputy Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies in the Cambridge Law Faculty. She holds a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the Australian National University. She is a fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and the author of over 25 books and articles on EU law and human rights law. She was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2007, and has advised and appeared as counsel in Ireland in cases concerning the Irish “European Convention of Human Rights” Act.
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