Dear friends of refugees In addition to earlier notifications about our Symposium "The Cost, the Carnage and The Bill", to be held at the University of Western Australia on 27 and 28 September, we're now also able to add another presenter to the panel on our Forum. Some additional details about session times are also included below, as well as a change of venue for the - free - post-Symposium training workshop for the DetentionWatch project.
We also have secured the presence of culinary hosts Govinda's Restaurant to make your lunch on Saturday available right outside our venue at the University. Further details below. Sincerely, Jack H Smit Project SafeCom Inc. P.O. Box 364 Narrogin WA 6312 phone: 041 70 90 130 http://www.safecom.org/symposium03.htm Project SafeCom Symposium: additional information +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Woomera teacher and author Tom Mann +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ In addition to the previously announced "star line-up", we also have secured the presence of Tom Mann, former teacher at the Woomera detention centre, at our Symposium. In addition to being a former employee of Australasian Correctional Management, Tom is also the author of "Desert Sorrow", a personal account of his time in Woomera. Tom will bring a limited number of copies of his book - available for sale as autographed copies. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Timing of Saturday am session +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ * 10:30 to 12:15 - Port Hedland - medical negligence, vanishing records Lunch available outside venue * 12:15 - 2:00 Lunch A Food stall will be set up for us by Govinda's Hare Krishna Restaurant outside our venue, the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre. Govinda's, who also provides food at major events such as the Perth Royal Show, will have fully prepared and cooked meals available at their usual rock-bottom prices. Timing of Saturday pm sessions * 2:00pm to 3:20pm - Baxter - squandering millions to control and hide * 3:40pm to 5:20pm - Woomera - cowering, collusion, corruption of public servants * 7:30pm to 9:00pm - Nauru - crimes against humanity Full outline of Saturday sessions http://www.safecom.org/symp03-saturday.htm *+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-FREE-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Post-Symposium Workshop: new venue +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-FREE-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The -FREE- DetentionWatch training workshop, announced as our Post-Symposium Workshop, will now also be held at the University of WA campus, within walking distance from The Octagon Theatre: in the GP3 Teaching lab, Ground Floor Third General Purpose building, Myers Street (map on our website). The DetentionWatch team writes: "Anyone who has an interest in actively supporting the DetentionWatch Network project in the role of a contributor or 'editor' is encouraged to attend. We particularly encourage people with journalistic or writing experience, and anyone who maintains regular contact with people in detention centres." MORE DETAILS: http://www.safecom.org/symp03d-watch.htm To REGISTER: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-reg-dwatch.htm -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
