Melbourne

Fair Play 8- Soccer fundraiser for Cambodia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/02/2011 - 12:23pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 12/03/2011 -
11:00am to 9:00pm
Location: 
Victoria Park, cnr Lulie & Abbot Sts, Abbotsford
Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73260376558

FP 7 was a huge success... the new venue allowing us more space and better facilities. Featuring 16 teams inc PBSFM, RRR, City of Yarra and whoever gets in... (could be you?!), we will be running a Melbourne Heart Junior Comp for the Under 12s, there will be DJs all day on the PBSFM stage, and there will be a 2nd stage featuring local community acts and a couple of headliners too.... foosball comp, bouncy castle, bar, food and r...affle... plenty to keep you entertained, and helping us raise funds for great causes!!!

Geography: 
Melbourne

Global Day of Mourning for the Martyrs of Freedom, Dignity and Justice in Egypt and the Middle East

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/02/2011 - 10:24am
Date and Time: 
Fri, 18/02/2011 -
5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Victorian State Library, Swanston Street

This Friday, 18 February, Melbourne residents, human rights activists and members of the Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan, Yemenis and Jordanian communities will gather at the Victorian State Library to send a powerful message to the families of those martyred during current protests: We stand with them in mourning and offer our prayers for the courageous brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers who paid with their lives to demand the Freedom, Dignity and Justice of their people.

*What:* *Global Day of Action for Mourning of Martyrs*

Geography: 
Melbourne

Latin American Doco Film Festival "Second Cycle"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/02/2011 - 4:56pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 04/03/2011 - 5:30pm to Sat, 05/03/2011 - 5:30pm
Location: 
RMIT University 350 Swanston Street, City - Student Union , Building 8, Level 3, Room 18 Melbourne, Australia

Latin American Doco Film Festival "Second Cycle"- March 4 & 5
Featuring DOCUMENTARIES OF STRUGGLES AND COMMITMENTS

From Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, First nations and others

...MARCH - FRIDAY 4 & SATURDAY 5
RMIT UNIVERSITY, CITY CAMPUS
350 Swanston Street, City
Student Union , Building 8, Level 3 Room 18

Friday, March 4, 6.30 pm

Films:
7pm MST Struggles - Brazil
7:30pm Coca-Cola No!(Premier)
8:10pm After the Revolution - Mexico(Premier)

Saturday, March 5, 12:30pm

Films:
1pm El CESARE - Human Rights in Colombia (Premier)

Geography: 
Melbourne

Yarra River, upstream of Sugarloaf Reservoir, contaminated with pesticides

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/02/2011 - 2:11pm

[Another story you won't hear from the corporate media in this city]. Friends of the Earth today expressed alarm at the widespread pollution of the Yarra River, upstream of Sugarloaf Reservoir with agricultural pesticides.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Pesticides
Yarra River
Melbourne Drinking Water

Animal Rights activist speaking in Mount Eliza

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/02/2011 - 9:34pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 22/02/2011 -
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Toorak College Mount Eliza
Contact Phone: 
0402 827782

Veteran Tasmanian animal rights activist Emma Haswell is delivering a public address at Toorak College Mount Eliza on the 22nd of February at 7pm. Bookings are essential. There is no charge.

Emma Haswell’s work has featured on 60 Minutes, ‘Australian Story’ and the 730 Report. She has appeared on many other current affairs programs and been reported widely by the national and state print media.

Geography: 
Melbourne

UNITE is launching the 'Respect Workers Rights' campaign

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/02/2011 - 1:54pm

UNITE is launching the 'Respect Workers Rights' campaign, focusing on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Many workers in the fast food, retail and hospitality industries do not receive their full legal entitlements at work. Recently, UNITE has recieved an increase in complaints on such basic issues as pay rates, workplace health and safety and bullying and discrimination.

In response, UNITE is launching the 'Respect Workers Rights' campaign to force employers to provide their workers with at least their minimum entitlements.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
UNITE
Workers rights

Emma Haswell puts a face to the food on your plate

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/02/2011 - 10:58am

Veteran Tasmanian animal rights activist Emma Haswell is delivering a public address at Toorak College Mount Eliza on the 22nd of February at 7pm. Bookings are essential. There is no charge.

Emma Haswell’s work has featured on 60 Minutes, ‘Australian Story’ and the 730 Report. She has appeared on many other current affairs programs and been reported widely by the national and state print media.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
animal rights
emma haswell
South eastern Centre for Suatainability

Art of the Ashes: the 2009 ‘Emergence’ Exhibition at Federation Square

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/02/2011 - 9:26pm

By Kristy Henderson

Inspired by the impacts of, and the recovery process that followed, the 2009 Victorian bushfires the exhibition ‘Emergence – art on the move’, currently on display in the Atrium at Federation Square, is both sobering and uplifting. It is a testament to the diverse challenges and emotions that confronted bushfire-affected communities in the wake of the fires.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
climate change
bushfires
art exhibition

Eyewitness report of Egyptian protests

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/02/2011 - 11:51am
Date and Time: 
Tue, 15/02/2011 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, city (opposite RMIT)
Contact Name: 
Sue
Contact Phone: 
0413-377-978
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Website: 
www.socialist-alliance.org

Public meeting

Eyewitness report of Egyptian protests

Tunisia, Egypt …

People’s power shakes US regimes

6pm (for 6.30pm start)

Speakers:

Ahmed Huwait, former student activist from Egypt and president of Federation of Australian Muslim Students and Youth. Ahmed recently returned from Egypt

Amelia Taylor, Socialist Alliance

Khalil el Rassi, Lebanese Communist Party

Geography: 
Melbourne

Debate: GM crops are good for us

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 7:37pm
Date and Time: 
Thu, 10/02/2011 -
6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning ST Carlton

NO:
*
Madeleine Love
* Jessica Harrison

both from Mothers are Demystifying Genetic Engineering (MADGE )

YES:
*
David Tribe

Senior Lecturer, at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne and blogger at GMO Pundit.

*
David McMullen

Author of Bright Future: Abundance and Progress in the 21st Century and a blogger at Strange Times)
Chaired by Annabelle Dureau

6.30pm for 7.00 pm start.

The Function Room, Dan O’Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street (corner of Princes Street) Carlton Melway 2B J4.

Geography: 
Melbourne