Melbourne

Ted Baillieu (the Victorian Premier) will be attending a gala dinner with the Israeli ambassador to Australia to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel.

For Palestinians this anniversary is something to mourn as the "Nakba" ("the catastrophe") as it saw the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their home and land.

Students for Palestine invites you to join us outside this event to demonstrate our outrage at these individuals celebrating the ethnic cleansing of a population.

FREE EVENT: The Australian Sociological Association’s (TASA) Sociology of Religion Thematic Group presents its inaugural mid-year seminar, in partnership with the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation, featuring two world-renowned scholars in the field of 2012 Studies, Joseph Gelfer and Pete Lentini, followed by a response from a leading Australian sociologist of religion Douglas Ezzy.

Australasia 2012, Joseph Gelfer, Monash University

6:30pm (meal from 6pm).

Employers and their governments around the world want education and training to make workers more profitable but at the same time want public spending slashed and education to become a market. This forum will address the background to the TAFE cuts and how to campaign for public education.

Speakers: Colin Long (state secretary, National Tertiary Education Union);

Anne Duggan (head trainer, Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union);
Alex Nissan (TAFE teacher, course coordinator & Australian Education Union member);