2007, Mar 17, Sat, 9.30am, State Library, Conservation Council of Western Australia, Dr Paul Collins, keynote address.
UBD Map 2, E 4. Pay admission.
2007, Mar 18, Sun, 2-3pm, "An Unspeakable Truth – Population Growth." Dr Paul Collins, historian, broadcaster, and writer, former commentator on religion, and author, the latest being Burn: The Epic Story of Bushfire in Australia, 2006. Sustainable Population Australia, AND the Conservation Council of Western Australia, invite you to hear him at
Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Access: Wellington St, turn north at Colin St traffic lights, first turn right, the House is past the T-junction.
UBD Map 1, J 2.
Enquiries 08 9386 5268. Donations welcome.
2007, Jan 14, Sun, 2-3pm, Housing affordability; Principles for reform. Richard Giles, editor for years of Good Government, will speak. $7.50 admission. Tel. John Massam 08 9343 9532, or 0408 054 319, or write to 46 Cobine Way, Greenwood, 6024. Georgist Education Association Inc., 2 Plain St, East Perth, 6004
2007, Jan 16, Tue, 10am - 1pm, Imagine a world in which there was less Income Tax ! Social Justice principles for reform. Richard Giles, editor for years of Good Government, will speak. $7.50 admission. Tel. John Massam 08 9343 9532, or 0408 054 319, or write to 46 Cobine Way, Greenwood, WA, 6024.
Georgist Education Association Inc., 2 Plain St, East Perth, 6004
Imagine less
Income Tax!
Can the taxation burden
fall more fairly?
Richard Giles of Sydney
will lecture on housing affordability
Sunday January 14, 2pm - 3.30pm
and
Social Justice/Taxation,
Tuesday January 16, 10am - 1pm
$7.50 admission
Tel John Massam 08 9343 9532,
0408 054 319
Georgist Education Association Inc.,
2 Plain St, East Perth, WA, 6004
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2006, June 1, Thu, 9.45 - 1 pm, Student Strike against Workchoices policy of PM John Howard and the Liberal-National Coalition. "Here in Australia most young people need to work around their study commitments, ... and they work casual, low-paid jobs in industries with low levels of union membership. Australian Workplace Agreements [AWAs] will force young people ... to negotiate with their boss on an individual basis." -- Leaflet issued to support the strike.
Murray St Mall, Perth.
Contact Resistance Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, near McIvor Railway Station. Phone Trent on 0407 070 841 for more information.
2005 Feb 12, Sat, 9.45 - 11 am, Talk on Sudan, and promoting Project Compassion. John Ashworth, knowledgeable about Sudanese issues. Catholic hall, 40a Mary St, Highgate. Parking at rear off Harold St. Tel 08 9422 7900.
-- Discovery (Perth), p 9, Feb 2005.
2005 Feb 12, Sat, 6 pm, Talk on Sudan, and promoting Project Compassion. John Ashworth, knowledgeable about Sudanese issues. Bunbury. Mass, St Patrick's Cathedral. Sunday, 8.30am, Feb 13: Mass, Cathedral; 8.30am Mass, St Thomas's, Carey Park;9.30am, Mass, St Mary's, South Bunbury; 6pm St Patrick's Cathedral.
-- Discovery (Perth), p 9, Feb 2005.
2004 Sep 27, Mon, 5.30 for 6.00-8.30pm, Globalisation Roundtable #17 - US-FTA Debrief and Strategy Meeting,
Speakers:
Louise Southalan, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network;
Brian Ellis, Vice-President, CPSU/CSA;
Ross Hardwick, Executive Officer, WA Farmers Federation;
Sally Mansfield, State Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Where: For invitation, contact Bridget Blackford,
Secretariat,
Globalisation Roundtable (WA),
P.O. Box 1622,
West Perth WA 6872,
Tel: (08) 9322 1384
Fax: (08) 9322 5575
bridgetb@iinet.net.au
2004 Sep 10, Fri., 7.30pm, Nightmare of the Prophet, book launch with author Paul Gray of the Herald Sun.
8pm commentary by Mr Lee Cordne, AM, managing director, Future Directions International.
8.15pm commentary, Dr Samina Yasmeen, senior lecturer in political science, University of Western Australia.
8.30pm, question time.
9.15pm Closing remarks by Mr Denis O'Sullivan, chairman, Council for the National Interest (W. Australian Committee) , wacni@msn.com .
City West Function Centre, 45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth.
Nightmare of the Prophet will be available for purchase. $24.95
Organised by CNI and Freedom Publishing Australia.
2004 Jul 23, Fri., 6.30pm light meal for 7pm start. John Pilger documentaty film "Truth and Lies in the War on Terror". 5 / 15 Aberdeen St (RPH end), Perth. $7 ($5 concession).
2004 Jul 30, Fri., 7.00 pm, Michael Moore film "Fahrenheit 9/11" which won at Cannes 2004, Luna Theatres, 155 Oxford St, Leederville. The film examines what happened to the United States after September 11, and how the Bush Administration
used the tragic event to push its agenda. It's a documentary that has one point of view as to why the US has become a target for hatred and terrorism. It will depict alleged dealings between two generations of the Bush and Bin Laden clans, that led to George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden becoming mortal enemies.
Proceeds will go to Perth Social Forum. PSF voicemail: 0423 356 415, Marco 0401 324 084, Holly 0421 508 446, www.perthsocialforum.org ,
info@perthsocialforum.org .
Concession $11, Full price $13.50, Solidarity Price $15.
2004 Jul 31, Sat., 10am, protest against selling Australia out, outside Kim Beazley's office;
OR
2pm, Stop MAI WA Campaign Coalition monthly meeting, at Salter's Point. Contact Hon. [Secretary Brian Jenkins 9528 1864 or fax 9529 1321 or jenks@iinet.net.au for address and details. -- retired from secretaryship ~ 2005 - jcm 29 June 06.]
2004, July 7, Wed., 6.00pm for 6.30: Launch of the Perth Social Forum, at The Outback Centre, 315 Bagot Road, Subiaco. Refreshments provided. RSVP for catering perthsocialforum@riseup.net or ring 0423 356 415.
The Perth Social Forum follows the inspiring World Social Forums (WSFs) which have taken place over the past four years. The WSF was created to provide an open platform to discuss strategies of resistance to the model for globalisation formulated at the World Economic Form (WEF) by large multinational corporations, national governments, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Already Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane have held successful social forums, attracting international keynote speakers, and hundreds of participants.
Also visit www.nadir.org/nadir/initiative/agp/free/waf/
and
www.wsfindia.org
We envisage a world where the economy works for people, and not just vice-versa. (Information from World Social Forum Network.)
2004, Feb 11, Wed., 5.30 - 7 pm: "Whither the UN Security Council?" Dr David Malone, President of the International Peace Academy (located adjacent to the United Nations headquarters in New York); St Andrew's Church, St George's Ter, Perth. Sponsored by the Royal United Services Institute of WA, and Future Directions International Pty Ltd, www.futuredirections.org.au , Tel 08 9431 9200.
Information supplied by:
Council for the National Interest, WA Committee.
wacni@msn.com ,
www.cniwa.com.au
2004 Jan 12, Mon, 7-9pm, Power, Propaganda and Conscience in the War on Terror, JOHN PILGER (global journalist exposer of the power elites, mainly of the US and Western Europe, and unprovoked war). University of WA Summer Scool. $29. www.extension.uwa.edu.au , or with credit card by telephone 08 9380 2433, fax 9380 1066, post Reply Paid 61050, UWA Extension, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, quoting Course No 041275
John Pilger, Sydney born and educated, and now based in London, is renowned for his prolific and highly-acclaimed documentaries, books and investigative journalism.
A frequent critic of the modern-day mass media's power over public perception, he has won awards including: Journalist of the Year award (UK, twice), the UN Media Peace Prize (Australia, twice), an Emmy (USA), the BAFTA/Richard Dimbleby Award (UK), The Monismanien Prize (Sweden), and is the first journalist to receive the Sophie Prize for Human Rights (Norway). His latest book is The New Rulers of the World.
2003 Dec 22,23, Monday and Tuesday (22nd and 23rd of December) there will be a
protest for shared parenting outside the Perth Family Court. It will run
by the SPCA WA (Shared Parenting Council of Australia, Western Australia
Branch) and will have Santa Clause and Mrs Clause. Badges will be on
sale
for a donation and we have SPCA WA pamphlets and wish lists from Santa
to
hand out. The Monday and Tuesday protests, we hope, will be the
culmination
of two previous protests, which were held yesterday and today.
Time - 8:30 am to 2:30pm, Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd of December
Place - corner of Victoria Ave and Terrace Rd, outside the Perth Family Court.
2003 Nov 12, Wed, 7.30-9.00pm, Trading Australia Away? The Australia - US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). Free public forum with Tony Cooke and Dee Margetts MLC
at Tomkins on the Swan Convention Centre,
cnr Canning Highway and
Dunkley Avenue, Alfred Cove (along bus route 106 from
Perth & Fremantle). Contact Rodney Vlais at Global Trade Watch WA on 9322 1384 or
no_fta@planet-save.com for more information.
See www.aftinet.org.au and www.tradewatchoz.org for more
on the AUSFTA.
2003 Nov 19, Wed., 7.30pm,
NOTE CORRECTION from Nov 12, now 19th. Australia's Future Directions; Mr Alan Tough, engineer and businessman who has experience in the Middle East and South-East Asia. Royal Perth Yacht Club, Junior Training Room, Australia II Drive, Crawley;
Council for the National Interest, WA Committee.
wacni@msn.com ,
www.cniwa.com.au
2003 Nov 29, Sat., 2pm, Stop MAI WA Campaign Coalition monthly meeting, at Salter's Point. Contact Hon. Secretary Brian Jenkins 9528 1864 or fax 9529 1321 or jenks@iinet.net.au for address and details.
[Retired from secretaryship ~ 2005 - jcm 29 June 06.]
2003 Nov 29, Sat., National Conference of Unemployed and Underemployed groups, Duffy Theatre, Curtin University, Perth. Contact Mary Jenkins, 08 9418 2117
2003 July 26, Sat., 2pm, Stop MAI WA Campaign Coalition monthly meeting, at Salter's Point. Contact Hon. Secretary Brian Jenkins 9528 1864 or fax 9529 1321 or jenks@iinet.net.au for address and details.
[Retired from secretaryship ~ 2005 - jcm 29 June 06.]
2003 July 27, Sun., 2pm, Sustainable Population Australia, annual general meeting, Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St., West Perth. "Population pressures and 'planning' for Perth," Dr Paddy Weaver, Dr Harry Cohen.
2003 July 29, Tue., 6pm, "Sacrificing democracy for 4% growth," Clive Hamilton (Director, Australia Institute, author of Growth Fetish; Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Crawley.
2003 Feb 14, Fri., 12 noon, Mock Funeral, wear black (and ? lovehearts?) regarding the proposed war against Iraq, Perth Railway Station. To get leaflets for letterboxing BEFOREHAND, e-mailed as an Attachment, please e-mail john.massam@multiline.com.au with the Subject line "Peace leaflets". Or ring 08 9343 9532
2003 Feb 15, Sat., 11 a.m., PEACE RALLY, Forrest Place, Perth.
2003 Mar 20, Thu., IRAQ WAR BROKE OUT
2003 Mar 22, Sat., 12 noon, PEACE MARCH, Esplanade, Perth.
2001 Nov 28, Wed., 7.30pm, Salinity -- Does Australia Need a Coast Guard Service? Ms Julie Bishop, MHR, Federal member for Curtin; at Royal Perth Yacht Club, Junior Training Room, Australia II Drive, Crawley; Council for the National Interest (CNI).
2001 Nov 9-13, World-wide rallies against Globalism's excesses.
2001 Dec 20, Thurs; Schools close for summer holidays.
2001 July 23, Mon: Schools resume.
2001 July 24, Tue, 12.30pm: Georgist Education Association Inc., annual general meeting, members only.
2001 July 25, Wed., 7.30pm, Salinity -- The Scourge of Australia's Land and Rivers; Royal Perth Yacht Club, Junior Training Room, Australia II Drive, Crawley; Mr Wilson Tuckey, MHR, Federal Minister for Forestry and Conservation; Council for the National Interest (CNI).
2001 Aug 9, Thurs, 6.30pm, "November Magic" launch, to protest at transnational corporation attempts to override populations and parliaments; Lotteries House, 2 Delhi St, West Perth
2001 Aug 11-12, Sat-Sun, reformers' weekend.
2001 Sep 8-15, Multicultural Week.
2001 Sep 11, Tues., Anti Globalism; Fremantle Club, 15 Bannister St., Fremantle; Stop-MAI Coalition (WA).
2001 Sep 21, Fri., Esperanto League street collection, Perth city; Esperanto League of WA Inc.
2001 Sep 28, Fri: School ends
2001 Oct 15, Mon: Schools resume.
2001 Nov 11, Sun; "November Magic" in Perth against Globalism's excesses.
2001 May 6, Sun., "May Day" Rally against world monopolisation and
degradation of workers and the general public, Fremantle Esplanade, Unions WA.
2001 May 2, Wed., 7.30pm, Electoral Fraud in Australia, Royal Perth Yacht Club, Junior Training Room, Australia II Drive, Crawley; Mr Charles Copeman, co-founder of the H. S. Chapman Society Inc.; Council for the National Interest (CNI).
2001 May 1, Tue., 7.30, May Day Rally against world monopolisation by corporations, and
degradation of workers and the general public, Sherwood Court, Perth, M1 group.
2000 Nov 25, Sat. 9.30am-5.30pm, GLOBALISATION -- TRASH OR TREASURE, Tony Cooke of Perth, Patricia Ranald of Sydney, Peter Westmore of Melbourne, and other interstate and W.A. speakers.$43 ($33 concession).
2000 May 7, Sun. 9am-3.30pm, May Day Rally against world monopolisation and
degradation of workers and the lower middle class, Fremantle Esplanade.
2000 Sep 11-13, Mon-Wed, Protest against bad effects
of the IMF and World Bank, and protest against the
forthcoming World Economic Forum, Melbourne Crown Casino
http://www.s11.org/
2000 Mar 22, Wednesday 7.30pm - 9.10pm, "Spirituality in the Pub,"
The Elephant and Wheelbarrow (Band Bar), hear Prof. Geoffrey Bolton and
ex-senator Jo Vallentine.
October 1999, Vote No campaign, Kerry Jones, national
director of the Monarchists, coming to Perth and Bunbury.
Oct 22 1999 Friday, Candle Day, Amnesty
International needs your support to keep the fight for human rights alive.
If you can spare some time or a few dollars, please call 1800 808 157
or go to www.amnesty.org.au or email waaia@ozemail.com.au. Small change
can make a difference. Perth Office, Suite 1, 115 Cambridge Street
or Post to: PO Box 1035, WEST LEEDERVILLE WA 6901, Ph: (08) 9381 3200, Fax:
9388 3428
Oct 24 1999 Sunday, Women for the Forests, 9335
3343
Oct 26 1999 Tuesday, Court day, Bill Meyer, assault (as
adjourned).
October 10 1999 Sunday 2pm, Australians for
an Ecologically-Sustainable Population (AESP), public lectures, Dr Harry
Cohen, Prof. Phil Jennings, another speaker, and Dr Sue Taylor. Venue
-- Agnes Walsh lecture theatre (next to KEMH, Bagot Rd ,Subiaco)
Dr Harry Cohen , on "The World Scene,"
Prof. Philip Jennings, Prof of
Physics, Murdoch University, on "Population Growth and Water Resources in
WA," Dr Sue Graham-Taylor , President,
ACF WA branch , on "Growth and Clean Air -- Can we have both?"
October 10 1999 Sunday 3pm, Georgist Education
Association Inc., re-convened annual general meeting, members only (was to
have been Oct 3).
October 13 1999 Wednesday 8pm, Dr Paul
Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb (1968), etc., of Stanford
University USA, will give a lecture "Population and Environment: Today
and in the Next Century." Discussion panel: Prof. Harry Recher, natural sciences;
Prof. Linda Kristjanson, nursing and public health; Mr Bob Pearce (ex ALP
State Minister) of Forest Industries Federation; and Dr Monique Gagnon,
environmental health. Government House Ballroom, St George's Ter,
Perth. Bookings must be made by 8 October to the Edith Cowan
University corporate affairs office, 9273 8083, fax 9273 8046, e-mail
h.shilkin@cowan.edu.au --
advert. in The West Australian, Sat Oct 2 99, p 18. His
academic homepage is at:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/faculty/ehrlich.html
To read both sides of the population discussion, click
http://aloha.net/~jhanson/page27.htm
To get an opponent's viewpoint, click:
http://www.overpopulation.com/paul_ehrlich.html