1. The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law presents a fundraising film event – Prison Songs
Date: Thursday, 24 November 2016
Time: 6.40pm to 8.00pm
Venue: The Classic Cinema, 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick
RSVP: Click here for tickets
Full details: http://www.monash.edu/law/research/centres/castancentre/public-events/events/2016/prison-songs
Prison Songs is a ground breaking documentary that gives voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are impacted by the criminal justice system.
Shot entirely behind bars, this funny yet achingly sad account of eventful lives is delivered via the musical performances of real people imprisoned in a Darwin jail.
The film features a number of male and female protagonists, each with their own story. Common themes emerge linking the tales – disadvantage, family violence, drugs and alcohol. While the music was written by Shellie Morris and Casey Bennetto – the award-winning composer of Keating: The Musical – the lyrics are the participants’ own words.
The stories portrayed in the film expose the real tragedy behind the lives of the people who are locked away from our view – the underlying poverty, disadvantage and discrimination faced by many Aboriginal communities and the lack of basic services and support systems available to them. The stories convey the inter-generational nature of trauma, grief and poverty. They give a human and vulnerable face to the problems that so many of us ignore – or are simply not aware of.
Prison Songs presents a unique opportunity to shift the conversation about reducing the over-imprisonment of Aboriginal people, through focusing on providing better supports and services that address the underlying reasons why people come into contact with the criminal justice system in the first place.
Join us for this special screening and fundraising event. All proceeds will go to the Castan Centre’s policy and public education programs.
Watch the trailer here
2. Mediation Saving Your Small Business
Monash Law School’s Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) has partnered with Monash Business School to host a panel discussion with leading experts: Professor Anne Lytle, (Monash Business School), Ms Anne Sutherland-Kelly, (ACJI/Monash Law School) and special guests from the Office of the Victorian Small Business Commissioner, Ms Anna McRae-Anderson and Mr Mark Schramm. The event will be chaired by ACJI’s Dr Paula Gerber, Co-Director.
Disputes for small businesses can be costly, stressful and time consuming. Mediation can be the ‘life saver’ because:
- It enables parties to focus on what is important to them
- It can retain and even enhance business relationships
- The parties are the decision makers and retain control of the outcome
- The process is faster, less costly, and more flexible compared to litigation
This dynamic panel will discuss how using Mediation can achieve these outcomes for your small business.
No small business can afford to miss this priceless opportunity.
Date: Tuesday 15 November 2016
Time: 5.30pm Arrival & Refreshments, 6.00 – 7.00pm Panel Discussion
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
RSVP: Here. Places are limited.
Join us at this free public event to learn more about how mediation can save your small business. Further information here.
3. Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority’s ‘2016 Louis Waller Lecture’
Join us at this year’s Louis Waller lecture where His Honour Chief Judge John Pascoe will discuss
The Child’s right to know and family law orders
This annual lecture commemorates the significant contribution Emeritus Professor Louis Waller has made to the field of assisted reproductive treatment. It is an occasion to discuss and reflect on contentious issues in the field today.
Knowledge of one’s family and genetic heritage is essential to any concept of identity, and to know one’s parents is a fundamental human right. This year’s lecturer, his Honour Chief Judge Pascoe AC CVO, will discuss the right of the child to know his or her parentage, how this right is threatened by advances in technology, and is limited by the slow pace of the law to adequately respond.
Date: Wednesday 9 November
Time: 5.45pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne (on the corner of La Trobe Street)
Price: Student $10 / Non Student $30
Registration here. Further information here.