07:31 am - Tamil refugee activist and SES volunteer Neil Para leaving Ballarat on 1 August to walk to Marrickville in Sydney to advocate for those refugees without citizenship and unable to live meaningful lives with the fear of being deported. Link to petition here.(link is external)

08:04 am -  An anti-sanctions campaign led by the Zimbabwe Information Centre(link is external) in Sydney to pressure the Australian government to drop the “smart sanctions” imposed on Zimbabwe in 2002 – President, Dr Meredith Burgmann

08:27 am-  Political economist Dr Tim Anderson(link is external) looking at the changing world in relation to the Middle East, the rise of the BRICS countries and the fall in the dollar