Law Student Gazette

1. 2011 Costello Lecture – Enlarging Our Vision of Rights

Speaker Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977) Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act. Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge. Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia? Or do we in fact ask too little? With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect. Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding ‘Wild’ – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.

Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Date: Thursday 15 September, 2011
Time: 6.00pm – 7.15pm
RSVP: Tuesday 13 September, 2011 law-marketing@monash.edu or (03) 9905 2630

2. The High Court and Refugee Policy: Implications and International Comparisons

Date: Wednesday 14 September, 2011
Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Venue: Monash University, Faculty of Law, Lecture Theatre L1 (Basement level), Wellington Road, Clayton Campus
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or (03) 9905 3327
Full details: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/refugee-policy.html

Public Seminar – All Welcome

This seminar will discuss the recent decision of the High Court of Australia on the so-called ‘Malaysian solution’ (‘M70’). The speakers, from the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Political Science at Monash University will address both the legal and political implications of that judgement. In particular, the seminar will discuss the importance of Australia’s international obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention, comparisons with regional arrangements in the European Union and the political ramifications of the judgement.

Speakers

Dr Susan Kneebone is a Professor and a member of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law, Monash University.  Her teaching and research interests are International Refugee Law, Forced Migration and Citizenship and Migration Law. She has published a number of books and articles on refugee law, forced migration and human trafficking.

Maria O’Sullivan is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Monash University and an Associate member of the Castan Centre for Human Rights. She teaches Administrative Law and International Refugee Law. Maria is the author of a number of international and national publications on refugee law, including European asylum law and policy.

Professor James Walter is Professor of Political Science in the School of Political and Social Inquiry. He has broad interests in Australian politics and history. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and of the Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures (UK). Professor Walter has published widely on Australian politics, history, biography and culture.

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

3. The Success and Challenges of Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone

Date: Monday 26 September, 2011
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: castan.centre@monash.edu or (03) 9905 3327
Full details: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/sierra-leone.html

Sierra Leone, a country that experienced ten years of one of the most brutish civil wars between 1991 and 2002, can offer answers at least to some of the myriad of accountability questions raised in transitional justice arena.   Sierra Leone essentially established two institutions: a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SLTRC) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). The SLTRC assembled together under single roofs many perpetrators of atrocities during the war and victims of the same war, as well as those who could have created the sociological, political and economic environment that led to the war in the first place. The SCSL is a unique hybrid tribunal of local and international law, established to indict, prosecute, and convict those who bear ‘greatest responsibility for war crimes’ committed within the country during the period of the Sierra Leonean civil war.  This presentation will look at the political, sociological as well as legal successes and challenges of the SLTRC and SCSL, discussing the ramifications of setting up those two mechanisms simultaneously and the financial implication of setting up the court.

Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is a lawyer by profession, whose only brother was abducted and killed by rebel forces when Sierra Leone exploded into civil law. In 2003, he established The Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) in Sierra Leone, a non-government organization working to entrench democratic governance and to protect and promote human rights. SDI plays a critical role towards democratic development in Sierra Leone given issues arising in the wake of a one-party governing system and a decade long civil war. Although the war officially ended in February 2002, socio-economic progress remains extraordinarily difficult to achieve in a political climate of corruption, harassment, violence and intimidation. Good governance by leaders with the interests of the common people at heart is the key to progress, and SDI’s unflinching commitment to this goal increases the prospect that history does not ever repeat itself.

During Sierra Leone’s transition, Emmanuel worked at both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

The Victorian Bar kindly acknowledge Travel Bar who have sponsored Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai’s travel to Australia

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

1. 2011 Costello Lecture – Enlarging Our Vision of Rights

Speaker Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977) Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act. Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge. Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia? Or do we in fact ask too little? With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect. Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding ‘Wild’ – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.

2. Monash Law School’s 18th Lucinda Lecture

“Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change” The Honourable Robert French AC Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia

For further information please see Lucinda lecture

3. Registration for the workshop “Rights and Realities: Children and the Australian State” is Now Open

This multidisciplinary one day proposes to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners working on Children’s Rights in Australia to exchange ideas and promote collaboration. It is necessary to examine how collaboration across disciplines can bring Australian children’s rights from the realm of theory into reality. The motivation behind the workshop is the belief that shared knowledge, concentrated academic research and excellence can help bring about social policy change. While the workshop is concerned with children’s rights as a whole, it will particularly focus on the child’s relationship with the Australian State–that is, their legal and political rights. The workshop will be held at the Crawford School, ANU, Canberra on 18^th November 2011. More information about the workshop is available at www.rightsandrealities.com. Registration can be completed online. For further information please see (5.9.11-Children and the Australian State Workshop.pdf) For queries about the workshop, please contact Mhairi.cowden@anu.edu.au or joanne.c.lau@anu.edu.au

4. The Rule of Law

Proudly presented by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law To be delivered by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

5. “The Success and Challenges of Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the The Victorian Bar invite you to this public lecture with Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai,founder of The Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra Leone

Full details: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/sierra-leone.html

Sierra Leone, a country that experienced ten years of one of the most brutish civil wars between 1991 and 2002, can offer answers at least to some of the myriad of accountability questions raised in transitional justice arena.   Sierra Leone essentially established two institutions: a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (SLTRC) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). The SLTRC assembled together under single roofs many perpetrators of atrocities during the war and victims of the same war, as well as those who could have created the sociological, political and economic environment that led to the war in the first place. The SCSL is a unique hybrid tribunal of local and international law, established to indict, prosecute, and convict those who bear ‘greatest responsibility for war crimes’ committed within the country during the period of the Sierra Leonean civil war.  This presentation will look at the political, sociological as well as legal successes and challenges of the SLTRC and SCSL, discussing the ramifications of setting up those two mechanisms simultaneously and the financial implication of setting up the court.

Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is a lawyer by profession, whose only brother was abducted and killed by rebel forces when Sierra Leone exploded into civil law. In 2003, he established The Society for Democratic Initiatives (SDI) in Sierra Leone, a non-government organization working to entrench democratic governance and to protect and promote human rights. SDI plays a critical role towards democratic development in Sierra Leone given issues arising in the wake of a one-party governing system and a decade long civil war. Although the war officially ended in February 2002, socio-economic progress remains extraordinarily difficult to achieve in a political climate of corruption, harassment, violence and intimidation. Good governance by leaders with the interests of the common people at heart is the key to progress, and SDI’s unflinching commitment to this goal increases the prospect that history does not ever repeat itself. During Sierra Leone’s transition, Emmanuel worked at both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

The Victorian Bar kindly acknowledge Travel Bar who have sponsored Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai’s travel to Australia

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

6. Voice of Experience – Women in Law Cocktail Night

Gaining insight about what leading female professionals now know about success in the legal profession.

Keynote Speakers • Honourable Rosemary Anne Balmford – Victoria’s first female Supreme Court Judge • Honourable Felicity Hampel – Judge of County Court • Bronwyn Lincoln – Partner at Freehills Students will be able to ask any questions from the attending legal professionals as we aim to have a ratio of 1:3, legal professionals to students. The legal professionals will include judges, barristers and partners from major law firms (such as Baker and McKenzie, Minter Ellison, Norton Rose, Middletons, Arnold Bloch Leibler etc, just for a sneak peak!). For JD students who wish to attend, please email monashlawambassadors2011@gmail.com to arrange tickets.

1. 2011 Costello Lecture – Enlarging Our Vision of Rights

Speaker Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977)

Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia

Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act.

Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge.

Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia?

Or do we in fact ask too little?

With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect.

Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding ‘Wild’ – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.

2. Monash Law School’s 18th Lucinda Lecture

“Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change”

The Honourable Robert French AC

Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia

For further information please see Lucinda lecture

3. The Rule of Law

Proudly presented by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law

To be delivered by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

4. The Women in the Law Breakfast

Speakers: Judge Felicity Hampel of the County Court, and Jessie Taylor, human rights advocate.

Ticket sales close Wednesday August 31st 12pm. To purchase tickets simply head down to your Law Society office between 10am and 3pm and sign up on our guest list or buy tickets online at trybooking.com/uqx

Every year the Victorian Council of Law Students’ Societies in conjunction with Maurice Blackburn host the Women in the Law Breakfast. This breakfast brings together a number of prominent female speakers to present to students and professionals their experiences with the law. While this event is focused towards female law students it is an open event and anyone is entitled to attend. It also provides an ideal time to mingle and network with members of the profession in an informal setting.

This year our keynote speaker will be Judge Felicity Hampel of the County Court. Offering unparalleled insight into the legal profession, the learned Judge has extensive experience working in human rights, better access to justice and reform as well as confronting obstacles as a woman engaged in the law at a very high level.

As well we also have Monash Law Alumni and celebrated film writer and producer Jessie Taylor, known for her film exposing the plight of refugees, We Will Be Remembered For This. As an advocate for refugees as well as a federal court associate, at such a young age, Jessie has a lot to offer those keen on social justice and student advocacy.

Spaces are limited so make sure you get in fast.

5. Voice of Experience – Women in Law Cocktail Night

Gaining insight about what leading female professionals now know about success in the legal profession.

Keynote Speakers

• Honourable Rosemary Anne Balmford – Victoria’s first female Supreme Court Judge
• Honourable Felicity Hampel – Judge of County Court
• Bronwyn Lincoln – Partner at Freehills

Students will be able to ask any questions from the attending legal professionals as we aim to have a ratio of 1:3, legal professionals to students. The legal professionals will include judges, barristers and partners from major law firms (such as Baker and McKenzie, Minter Ellison, Norton Rose, Middletons, Arnold Bloch Leibler etc, just for a sneak peak!).

For JD students who wish to attend, please email monashlawambassadors2011@gmail.com to arrange tickets.

1. 2011 Costello Lecture – Enlarging Our Vision of Rights

Speaker Monash Alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977)

Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia

Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act.

Not the Victorian Charter is under challenge.

Is it asking too much to have human rights protection in Australia?

Or do we in fact ask too little?

With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect.

Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding ‘Wild’ – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.

2. Monash Law School’s 18th Lucinda Lecture

“Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change”

The Honourable Robert French AC

Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia

For further information please see Lucinda lecture

3. The Rule of Law

Proudly presented by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law

To be delivered by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

1. 2011 Costello Lecture

Enlarging our vision of rights

Speaker: Monash alumnus, Mr Brian Walters SC, prominent barrister and human rights advocate (BA/LLB 1977).

Introduced by Tim Costello AO (BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia.

Last year the Rudd Government rejected the recommendation of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee for a Human Rights Act.
Now the Victorian Charter is under challenge.
Is it asking too much to have human rights protected in Australia?
Or do we in fact ask too little?
With dangerous climate change now a reality, perhaps it is not merely the rights of humans we should seek to recognise and protect.

Brian Walters SC is a Melbourne senior counsel. He is a former president of Liberty Victoria and has written and spoken widely on human rights issues. He has also had a long involvement in environmental issues, including co-founding “Wild” – Australia’s wilderness adventure magazine – and campaigning on numerous environmental issues from the Franklin River to the forests of East Gippsland.

Date: Thursday 15 September, 2011
Time: 6–7.15pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP: Friday 9 September, 2011
Email  law-marketing@monash.edu or Tel 03 9905 2630

2. Eighth Fiat Justitia Lecture

Common law statutes and judicial legislation

By Mr Stephen Gageler SC,
Solicitor-General of Australia

Patron: The Hon. Michael Black AC, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1991–2010

Convenors: Professor H P Lee, Sir John Latham Professor of Law, Monash University and Professor Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law, Monash University

Date: Wednesday 24th August, 2011
Time: 6– 7pm (followed by refreshments)
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Cost: Free
RSVP: Wednesday 17 August, 2011
Email  law-marketing@monash.edu or Tel 03 9905 2630

3. 18th Lucinda Lecture – On Campus

Interpreting the Constitution – Words, History and Change

By The Honourable Robert French AC,
Chief Justice of The High Court of Australia

Date: Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Time: 1–2pm
Venue: Monash University  Clayton Campus
Building 8 / R5
RSVP Friday 16 September, 2011
Email  law-marketing@monash.edu or Tel 03 9905 2630

4. Monash University Faculty of Law and The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration

are pleased to present

The Rule of Law

Presented by The Rt Hon the Lord Igor Judge Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Date: Monday 5 September, 2011
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
RSVP: Thursday 1 September, 2011
Email: law‐marketing@monash.edu or Tel 03 9905 3357

Further info http://www.law.monash.edu.au/about-us/events/index.html

5. Voice of Experience – Women in Law Cocktail Night

Gaining insight about what leading female professionals now know about success in the legal profession.

Date: Wednesday 21 September, 2011
Time: 6pm–9pm
Venue: Monash Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Price:$10, food, beer and wine provided.

Ticket Selling: Law Basement in week 4, 5, and 6 except Friday (from 1-2 pm)

Keynote Speakers

• Honourable Rosemary Anne Balmford – Victoria’s first Supreme Court Judge
• Honourable Felicity Hampel – Judge of County Court

Students will be able to ask any questions from the attending legal professionals as we aim to have a ratio of 1:3, legal professionals to students. The legal professionals will include judges, barristers and partners from major law firms  (such as Baker and McKenzie, Minterellison, Norton Rose, Middletons etc, just for a sneak peak!).

For JD students who wish to attend, please email monashlawambassadors2011@gmail.com to arrange tickets.

6. Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate: Should Australia put a price on carbon?

The carbon tax is the defining issue of Australian politics in 2011.

With the Gillard government on the ropes and debate over climate change reaching fever pitch, now is the perfect time for a serious debate about the economic and environmental implications of a price on carbon.

The 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate will bring together an impressive list of speakers, including:

Adam Bandt, Federal Member for Melbourne (Greens)
John Brumby, Former Victorian Premier
Kelly O’Dwyer, Federal Member for Higgins (Liberal Party)
John Roskam, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs
Victor Finkel, 2011 World Debating Champion and Best Speaker

Refreshments will be served from 5.45 pm, with the debate to commence at 6.30 pm. The debate will be followed by a Q & A session, moderated by Monash University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ed Byrne.

Date: Wednesday 31 August, 2011
Time: 6.30pm-8 pm
Venue: South 1 Lecture Theatre, Building 64, Clayton Campus
Refreshments: Provided from 5.45pm
Cost: Free
RSVP: Please arrive early on the night to secure a seat

For further information, please contact Kiran Iyer at monash.debaters.sponsorshi​p@gmail.com or on 0408 389 580.’

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

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

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

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.

NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.

1. International Careers Conference

Discussing the practical issues and challenges experienced when looking to secure when looking to secure a career in the international arena

Keynote Speakers

• Julienne Hince – Deputy State Director of DFAT, Victoria
• Ian Howie – United Nations Representative
• Jane Munro – Head of International House, University of Melbourne

A full day conference program featuring discussions led by prominent industry figures, along with multiple interactive seminars. Gain vital insight into professional development, career opportunities and primary candidate criteria.

Network and speak directly with experienced career representatives from:

the corporate sector, international finance, government, security and intelligence, multilateral institutions, humanitarian assistance, development, NGO and the INGO sector.

For further information please see http://www.aiia.asn.au/vic-icc and  International Careers Conference

1. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

2. ‘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

For further information about the debate, please see:
http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/peninsula/events/pvc-debate.html

3. 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

For further information please see Child Health Now Forum

1. Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The Death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for Global Terrorism

For further information and registration details:
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/events/show/alumni-speaker-series-mission-accomplished-the-death-of-osama-bi

2. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

3. Human Rights Conference 2011

Date: Friday 22 July 2011
Venue: Spring Street Conference Centre, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne

The conference sells out more than a month in advance each year, so be sure to get your tickets early.

Please note Law Faculty Staff are eligible to purchase tickets at the NGO rate of $100, please contact Janice Hugo at janice.hugo@monash.edu for details on how to register.

Registration

Registration costs for the conference are:

• $200 registration fee after that date
• $100 NGOs/Concession (Multiple registrations $80)
• $50 Full-time students (If you are a full-time student and would like to be placed on the waiting list, please email castan.centre@monash.edu)

Registration for the conference is now available online at:
http://ecommerce.law.monash.edu.au/product.asp?pID=188&cID=4&e=1.

Alternatively, credit card registrations can be made by calling 9905 3327 (due to university policy, we can no longer accept registration by fax or email).

Full Details

For full details please visit the conference website at:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/conference-2011.html

4. Human Trafficking and Servitude Panel Discussion

The International law Association (Victorian Chapter) and Australian Lawyers for Human Rights invites you

We are delighted to announce the following speakers:

• Federal Agent James Cheshire, AFP – James is the Team Leader, Human Trafficking Team for Melbourne.
• Susan Kneebone, Monash University – Dr Susan Kneebone is a Professor and a Deputy-Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law, Monash University.
• Kristy Fleming, Child Wise – Kristy has a Masters in Development Practice in the field of Community Development and has lived and worked in South East Asia.
• Nick Goodfellow, SISHA – Nick is also an Expert Advisory Group Member of SISHA Anti-Human Trafficking and Exploitation.

For further information about the speakers please see Seminar flyer

1. Alumni Speaker Series: Mission Accomplished? The Death of Osama Bin Laden and what it means for Global Terrorism

For further information and registration details:
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/events/show/alumni-speaker-series-mission-accomplished-the-death-of-osama-bi

2. “Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique”

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law invites you to a book launch by Mr Tim Costello AO CEO of World Vision Australia.

by Professor Sarah Joseph, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law