Human Rights Watch, Environmental Justice Australia, Council to Homeless Persons, Roger Waters/ Australia Palestine Advocacy Network

Thursday, 8 February 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Presenters: Dean Shingange, Grace Bigby, Scheherazade Bloul.  Producer: Bernadette Jurik.  Guests: Elaine Pearson, Chris Atmore,Jenny Smith & Jessica Morrison


Roger Waters speaking in Melbourne! - TICKET GIVEAWAY 

February 9th, 2018 7:45 PM   through   9:30 PM

Location: Athenaeum Theatre - 188 Collinst St, Melbourne 

Event Fee - $20.00

Congratulations to the two winners of double passes to The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network's event this Friday.

 
 

Elaine Pearson (@pearsonElaine) - Director of Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch about a new report into experiences of people with disabilities in prison

Chris Atmore -(@chrisPolicy) - Lawyer with Environmental Justice Australia - Western suburbs residents will take the expansion of the Werribee landfill to VCAT after the tribunal refused to uphold Wyndham City Council’s attempt to have residents’ application dismissed. She will update us on the situation

Jenny Smith - CEO, Council to Homeless Persons - Victoria’s peak body for homelessness has welcomed the Victorian Government’s plans to revitalise the Markham public housing estate in Ashburton, turning vacant land into 200 units, two-thirds of which would be social and affordable housing. The most recent DHHS rent report showed that just 6% of all private rentals in metro Melbourne are affordable to someone on a low income. --- ALSO: Has warned that a flood of people will be turning to homelessness services for help, if a controversial Welfare Reform Bill passes through Parliament this week. Welfare Reform package includes a raft of measures designed to strip Centrelink payments from many people who are already on the brink of homelessness. The package includes proposals that will blow out the length of time people wait before receiving payments, and remove income protection measures for women trying to flee family violence


Jessica Morrison - Executive Officer - Australia Palestine Advocacy Network - TICKET GIVEAWAY- The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network is a civil society coalition advocating for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel based on UN resolutions and international/humanitarian law - Jessica will promote event on Friday Roger Waters in discussion with Palestinian-Australian author and activist Randa Abdel-Fattah and Jewish-Australian author and activist Antony Loewenstein.