Melbourne

Such is life (DIY Punk) Festival

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 8:30pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 09/03/2012 - 9:00am to Sun, 11/03/2012 - 5:30pm
Location: 
Goongerah, East Gippsland
Contact Email: 
suchislife(a)riseup.net
Website: 
suchislifefest.tumblr.com/

Such Is Life is a DIY punk festival organised on a not-for-profit basis. It first took place in 2004 and is the only festival of its kind happening in Australia.

Such Is Life Fest 2012 will take place in Goongerah from Friday 9th - Sunday 11th March. Camping space + limited amounts of food and beverages will be provided. Bands will play everyday. Much madness will take place. No dogs, no fires, no fancy lodgings, no sooks -camping only! More details soon.

Lineup so far:

Last Chaos (Bris)
Kromosom (Melb)
Thrall (Melb)
Vaginors (Adelaide)
The Bigots (Melb/Can)

Geography: 
Melbourne

Introduction to urban permaculture (Two day course)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 8:25pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 03/03/2012 - 9:30am to Sun, 04/03/2012 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Heathmont
Contact Phone: 
9005 6070
Contact Email: 
kate(at)veryediblegardens.com
Website: 
www.veryediblegardens.com

Permaculture is a broad design system for building sustainable human habitats, drawing inspiration from patterns in natural systems.

Topics covered in this course include context and an introduction to permaculture ethics and design principles, illustrated with topics relevant to home food production and frugal resource use, such as garden design, water catchment and use, urban animals, companion planting, caring for soil. Includes case studies and design examples. Hands-on activities include marking out contours on slopes and making a good compost pile.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Occupy Melbourne Christmas fun - BBQ, family photos, cricket

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 6:18pm
Date and Time: 
Fri, 23/12/2011 -
4:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Flagstaff Gardens

BBQ Xmas Occup[art]y

4:00pm @ Flagstaff Gardens

Colin Mallett has graciously offered to provide us Occupiers with a Xmas BBQ feast! All food will be cooked off-site and provided around 5pm. Plates are provided, but BYO cutlery and good conversation pieces!

OM Family Portrait

6:00pm @ Flagstaff Gardens

Come down to be a part of the family in a series of mass photo shoots!

OM v THC Cricket Match

7:00pm @ Flagstaff Gardens

Geography: 
Melbourne

Exercise Free Speech: Defend the Fertility Control Clinic

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 6:13pm
Date and Time: 
Sat, 24/12/2011 -
10:00am to 11:00am
Location: 
118 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne (between Powlett & Simpson Sts)

Christmas Eve is no rest for the Fertility Control clinic or its defenders. Join pro choice activists in defending women’s right to choose in the face of ongoing harassment from anti abortionists. Including free speech carols.

Geography: 
Melbourne

WGAR News: Sovereignty never ceded: A key theme of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy's 40th anniversary

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 21/12/2011 - 1:56pm

Newsletter date: 21 December 2011

Contents:
* Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention
* Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley
* Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
* Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?
* 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012
* Congress Peoples' Forum: Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
Northern Territory Intervention
Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention
Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley
Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?
40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012
Congress Peoples' Forum - Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012
Have your say on the Extension of Key NT Intervention Measures for another Decade - Submissions due 1 Feb 2012
GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stop the Racist NT Intervention
GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stopping Proposed Gas Refinery
Inga Ting - Aboriginal crime and punishment - incarceration rates rise under neoliberalism
What's Working - Alternative to NT Intervention
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 11 events from 21 December 2011

Candle-lit vigil and performance for refugees in detention over Christmas

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 8:05pm

On Thursday, December 15, the Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) held a vigil and performative action to remember over 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees that will languish in immigration detention over Christmas. Supporters and activists, and passers-by helped to light the 4,000 candles and keep them alight over a few hours as musicians performed and passers-by stopped to talk to us about the issue, and sign petitions to stop the deportation of a Hazara asylum seeker, Ismail.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
refugees
asylum seekers

WGAR News: Euahlayi tribal leader Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 December 2011

Contents:
* Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London
* Gerry Georgatos: Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra, January 26 2012
* Recordings from the Forum: Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia
* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: Leaders meet in Canberra
* ANTaR: Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people
* Greens Penny Wright: Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Brisbane
Darwin
New South Wales
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
Townsville
Victoria
Keywords: 
NT intervention
Northern Territory Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Gerry Georgatos - Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra January 26 2012
Recordings from the Forum - Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples - Leaders meet in Canberra
ANTaR - Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people
Greens Penny Wright - Native Title Wins Few and Far Between
Mandingalbay Yidinji Country - Indigenous Protected Area agreement
Susan Allan - Australia - Labor to extend NT intervention for a decade
Greens Rachel Siewert - Another Intervention Is Not The Answer
Emma Murphy - Darwin launch of Walk With Us
What's Working - Our Generation film
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 14 events from 15 December 2011

Melbourne Free University in City Square in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 6:50pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 20/12/2011 -
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
City Square, cnr Swanston St and Collins St, Melbourne, Exact location: Under the tree on the Collins St side of City Square
Website: 
www.melbournefreeuniversity.org

The Melbourne Free University is launching a series of seminars at City Square on Tuesday evenings in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne. This series will explore questions of how our economy, society and politics can be organised differently, which have again taken cen...tre stage in the context of the global Occupy movement.

Geography: 
Melbourne

Melbourne Free University at City Square in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 6:47pm
Date and Time: 
Tue, 13/12/2011 -
7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
City Square, cnr Swanston St and Collins St, Melbourne, Exact location: Under the tree on the Collins St side of City Square
Website: 
www.melbournefreeuniversity.org

The Melbourne Free University is launching a series of seminars at City Square on Tuesday evenings in collaboration with Occupy Melbourne. This series will explore questions of how our economy, society and politics can be organised differently, which have again taken cen...tre stage in the context of the global Occupy movement.

Geography: 
Melbourne