| Sunday
17 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day |
Vic:
Day one: FCRC Conference: Poverty in
the Lucky Country: "Reflecting and Creating a New Agenda"
Speakers include: Mary Crooks,
Victorian Women's Trust; Andrea Sharam, author of 'Social Protections
in Deregulated Essential Services Markets; and Phil Lynch, Public
Interest Law Clearing House[The Cumberland, Marysville] |
Denise Budge
Financial and Consumer Rights Council of Victoria
p:
03 9663 2000
e: fcrc@vicnet.net.au
|
| All-day |
National:
Micah
Challenge Anti-Poverty Sunday - 'Take up the Poverty Challenge'
Actions and resources available for Christian groups and churches
throughout Australia around the Millennium Development Goals -
see website for more details. |
Amanda
Jackson,
Micah Challenge
p: 02 9453 1586,
e: info@micahchallenge.org.au
w: www.micahchallenge.org.au |
| All-day |
Vic:
Camcare Stall on Poverty issues in
Boroondara
To be held at the Camberwell Market, a combined clothing and Anti-Poverty
Week information stall. [Camberwell Market, Station Street (Opposite
Target carpark)] |
Beth Jones
Camcare Ashburton
p: 03
9882 2216 |
| 11.30am – 3.30pm |
NSW:
Parramatta and Holroyd Anti-Poverty
Week Awareness and Information Stall
[Carnivale Festival, Central Gardens Merrylands] |
Parramatta and Holroyd
Interagency Anti-Poverty Week Working Party
Claire Edmonds
e: edmoclaire@yahoo.com.au
|
| 2.30pm |
Vic:
Will Thomas Anti-Poverty Oration and
Prize Presentation Recognising young Victorians working
towards the eradication of poverty - see website for details.
Speaker: Dr Stephen Ziguras,
Brotherhood of St Laurence[St David’s Uniting Church, Cnr
Burke Rd and Mont Albert Rd, Canterbury] |
Adrian Pyle
St David's Uniting Church, Canterbury
p:
03 9817 2720
e: info@sdc.unitingchurch.org.au
w: www.stdavids.websyte.com.au |
| 7.30pm |
Vic:
Lifting the Lid on Jewish Poverty: A Forum on Jewish Poverty in
Melbourne
Speakers include: Prof. Paul Smyth, Brotherhood of St Laurence;
Robyne Schwarz, Jewish Care; Rabbi Ralph Genende, Mount Scopus
College and Prof. Allan Borowski, La Trobe University. Chair:
Dr Philip Mendes, Dept. of Social Work, Monash University. Students
of King David School will also present a play on the theme of
poverty.[B’Nai B’Rith House, 99 Hotham St St Kilda]
|
Lorraine Levy,
Social Justice Committee, Jewish Community Council of Victoria
p: 03 9527 4866 |
| Monday
18 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day |
Vic:
Day
1, National Forum - Healthy Women, Healthy Communities [Rydges
Hotel, Melbourne] |
Judy
Swann
National Rural Women's Coalition
p: 02 6162 0430
register: www.ruralwomen.org.au |
| All-day |
SA:
Day One: Poverty Display
[Tea Tree Plaza Mall, Modbury] |
Margaret Galdies
Lutheran Community Care
p:
08 8269 9300 |
| 8.45am |
WA:
Media Launch of Anti-Poverty Week in
WA
Speaker: Janet Holmes a Court [Foodbank,
Welshpool]
|
Mission Australia
Contact David Tasker,
p:
08 9388 0944 / 0433 112 936 |
| 9.30am – 1pm |
WA:
Poverty Seminar Dept of Govt and Regional
Development
Speakers include: Ian Fletcher, CEO City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Other presentations TBA. [City of Gosnells] |
Virginia Scott
Dept of Government and Regional Development
p:
08 9217 1500 |
| 10.00am
– 12.30pm |
Qld:
Anti-Poverty Week Opening event: Indigenous
Housing Forum
Speakers: Pat Cora, Tenants Union Queensland; University
of Queensland Aboriginal Environments Unit; Ian Appo, Chair NQ
Regional Housing Council; Bob Sands Cowanyama Community Council.
[The Powerhouse Rooftop Terrace New Farm] |
The Brisbane
Institute and Queensland Shelter
Cost $10, RSVP to:
p: 07
3393 2433
e: info@qshelter.asn.au |
| 11.00am |
NSW:
Media Conference of National Welfare
Agencies Speakers TBC
[UnitingCare Level 5 Meeting Room, 222 Pitt St Sydney] |
Anouk Ride
Australian Council of Social Service
p:
02 9310 4844
e: anouk@acoss.org.au |
| 11am –
1pm |
Vic:
Free Anti-Poverty Sausage Sizzle
With information about local poverty issues [Cnr McCartin and
Bair St, Leongatha] |
Debbie Sachs
Salvation Army Gippscare
p:
03 5662 4502 |
| 11.30am |
SA:
Launch of Anti-Poverty Week in South
Australia
Speakers include: Joe Scalzi, Hartley MP on Teenagers and
Mobile Phone Debts; Astrine Ajiing, member of Sudanese community;
Barry W, Big Issue Vendor; Madelaine, Single Mother & Volunteer
at SPARK Resource Centre. Poverty information plus musical performances
and free BBQ for students. [Morphett St and Currie St, Adelaide]
|
Rosalyn Williams
South Australian Council of Social Service
p:
08 8226 4111
e: Rosalyn@sacoss.org.au |
| 12.30pm
– 2pm |
Vic:
Anti-Poverty Week Opening Event in
Victoria
Speakers:
Rev Tim Costello, Chief Executive World Vision Australia, Prof
Julian Disney, Chair of Anti-Poverty Week, Sandie de Wolf, CEO,
Berry St Victoria. [Yarra Room, Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston
St City] |
Assoc. Prof.
John Murphy
Director, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University
p: 03 9925 5067
e:
casr@rmit.edu.au
w:
www.rmit.edu.au/casr
Light lunch from 12.30pm, speakers will begin at 1pm. |
| 6.00pm |
NSW:
The Plight of the Poor in Australia
and Overseas
Speakers: Rev Bill Crews, Executive Chairman, Exodus Foundation;
Journalist Jeff McMullen [Council Chambers, Chancellory, UNSW]
|
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Social Justice Project, UNSW
e: sjp@unsw.edu.au |
| 7.00pm |
Vic:
Catholic Social Services Oration: Eradicating
Poverty for Healthier Communities
Speaker: Sir Gustav Nossal, with response by State Attorney
General the Hon. Rob Hulls [Lecture Theatre, Cardinal Knox Centre,
383 Albert St East Melbourne] |
Catholic
Social Services,
p: 03 9287 5566
e: office@css.org.au
$12 Supper included - bookings
essential
|
| 7.00pm |
Tas:
Dorothy
Pearce Address
Speaker:
Andrew McCallum, President, ACOSS, Poverty in Australia: Whose
Problem? Are there Solutions? Whose Responsibility?[Hobart Function
Centre, Elizabeth St Pier]
|
Tasmanian Council of Social Service
p: 03 6231 0755
$50, includes 3-course meal with wine and pre-dinner drinks.
RSVP essential |
| Tuesday
19 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day |
Vic:
Day 2, National
Forum - Healthy Women, Healthy Communities
[Rydges Hotel, Melbourne] |
Judy
Swann
National Rural Women's Coalition
p: 02 6162 0430
register: www.ruralwomen.org.au |
| All-day |
SA: Day
Two: Poverty Display
[Tea Tree Plaza Mall, Modbury] |
Margaret Galdies
Lutheran Community Care
p:
08 8269 9300 |
| All-day
|
SA:
Poverty Display
[Seaford Shopping Centre, Seaford] |
Jo Ng
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide
p:
08 8329 1700 |
| 9.30am – 11.30am |
Vic: The
New Face of Poverty: Low Pay, Welfare and the Working Poor
Speakers include: Jeff Laurence, LHMU; Margarita Murray,
Low Paid Worker; May Lam, Jobs Australia; Peter Rigg, St Vincent
de Paul; Chaired by Prof. Paul Smyth, Brotherhood of St Laurence
[Father Tucker Room, Brotherhood of St Laurence, 67 Brunswick
St Fitzroy] |
Hosted by LHMU, St. Vincent de Paul,
Australian Catholic Commission on Employment Relations and the
Brotherhood of St. Laurence
Jess Walsh
LHMU
p: 03 9235 7777
e: jessw@lhmu.org.au |
| 9.30am –
1pm |
NSW:
Regional Forum on Poverty
Speakers include: Prof Julian Disney, Chair of Anti-Poverty
Week[Newcastle City Hall] |
Asha Ramzen
Hunter Council of Social Service
p:02
4926 3344
e:
hcoss@newtradeshall.com |
| 10.00am – 3pm |
WA:
Anti-Poverty Common (cents) Sense Strategies. Micro-financing
in WA: local initiatives and enterprises for building community
capacity: Speakers include: Prof. Peter Kenyon, Curtin
Institute of Technology; Suresh Rajan, Ethnic Communities Council
of WA; Ian Carter, Anglicare WA and Myra Cake, Community Initiatives.[DCD
Theatrette, 189 Royal Street, East Perth] |
Cindy Gorton,
WA Community Development Seminar Series
e:
cindy@learningcentrelink.asn.au
|
| 11am –
1pm |
SA:
Communities Building BBQ
Everyone welcome, family entertainment including activities for
children[Prospect Estate, cnr Prospect and Regency Road, Prospect]
|
Margaret Galdies
Lutheran Community Care
p:
08 8269 9300 |
| 12.00pm |
Vic:
St Kilda Community BBQ
BBQ and speakers including Jacques Boulet, Borderlands Cooperative.Everyone
welcome. [Port Phillip Community Centre, 161 Chapel St, St Kilda]
|
Sandy Joffe,
Port Phillip Community Group
p:
03 9534 0777
e: sandy@ppcg.org.au
|
| 12.30pm |
SA:
Lunch for Invited Dignitaries
The PAM’s Kitchen, Port Augusta Meal Service |
Hosted by Port
Augusta Inter-Agency Network and UnitingCare Wesley Port
Pirie
Bev Argent
p: 08 8633 8641
|
| 12.30pm |
NSW:
Launch of the Exodus Foundation Dental
Clinic
Speakers include:
Rev Bill Crews, Executive Chairman, Exodus Foundation [Exodus
Foundation, Uniting Church, 180 Liverpool Road Ashfield] |
Exodus Foundation
p:
02 9799 2811 |
| 12.30pm |
Qld:
Poverty and the Law Lunch
Speaker: Chief Justice Paul
de Jersey [Parliamentary Annexe, Parliament House, Cnr George
and Alice St, Brisbane.] |
John Rochester
QCOSS
p: 07 3832 1266
e: johnr@qcoss.org.au
RSVP essential |
| 1.00pm |
Vic:
'Meeting
the Challenge of World Poverty'
Speaker: Reverend
Tim Costello, Chief Executive, World Vision Australia
[Agora Theatre, La Trobe
University, Bundoora] |
School of Social
Work and Social Policy, La Trobe University
p: 03 9479 2570 |
| 6.00pm –
8pm |
NSW:
Launch of 'Literacy for Life' Study
and an exhibition of images of the NT Jawoyn communities
Speakers include: Irene Fisher,
Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation; Peter Holt, Fred
Hollows; and Jerry Schwab and Dale Sutherland, Centre for Aboriginal
Economic and Policy Research, ANU [Sotheby's, 118-122 Queen St,
Woollhara] |
Kelly Holcroft,
Fred Hollows Foundation
p:
(02) 8741 1922
e: kholcroft@hollows.org |
| 7.00pm |
NSW:
The Great Debate: 'Law Has No
Role in Alleviating Poverty'
Students will take part in the debate, adjudicator TBC [Destiny's
Restaurant, Nowra TAFE] |
Hosted by Shoalcoast Community
Legal Centre and Nowra TAFE
p:
02 4422 9529
e: trish@shoalcoast.org.au |
| 7.00pm |
Vic:
Understanding Poverty in Australia:Goulburn
Valley Family Care AGM
Speaker: Bernie Geary, Manager,
Membership and Development, St Vincent de Paul [Shepparton RSL,
88 Wyndham St, Shepparton] |
Goulburn Valley
Family Care
p: 03 5831
1217 |
| Wednesday
20 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day |
SA:
Anti-Poverty Art Display and Information
Stall
A display of anti-poverty material and resources, as well as drawings
from primary school students on their perceptions of poverty in
Australia. [Village Shopping Centre Morphett Vale] |
Mandy Flint
Anglicare
e: MFlint@Anglicare-SA.org.au
p: 08 8329 0800 |
| All-day |
Qld: Anti-Poverty
Display and Information Stall
[The Plaza, Roma] |
Helen McLeod
Anglicare South-West
p:
07 4622 4876
e: helenmcleod@ripnet.aunz.com |
| 8.00am |
SA:
Re-launch of ‘Fred’s Van’
in the West
[Parks Community Centre, Cowan St, Angle Park] |
Tony Roach
St Vincent de Paul
p:
08 8212 6311 |
| 9.00am – 3.30pm |
SA: SACOSS
Conference: In or Out? Financial Services for Low Income Australians
The Hon Jay Weatherill, Minister for Families and Communities;
Genevieve Sheehan, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Pat Cavanagh,
Bendigo Bank. Other speakers from the Banking and Finance Sector
with industry perspectives. [Adelaide Riviera, 31 North Tce] |
Shane Dinnison
SACOSS
p: 08 8226 4111
e: shane@sacoss.org.au |
| 9.00am –
1pm |
SA:
North-East Anti-Poverty Forum
Speakers include: John Gray, Dept. of Human Services on
How Poverty Affects Us All. To be opened by Mayor Mrs Lesley Purdon[Tea
Tree Gully Council Chambers, Modbury] |
Margaret Galdies
Lutheran Community Care
p:
08 8269 9300
e: mgaldies@lccsa.org.au |
| 10.00am |
NSW: Official
Opening of Darcy House
Darcy House is a new support and health service for people on
the streets, sex workers, and other marginalised groups in the
Port Kembla area. Speakers will include: Liz Gale, Illawarra Health.
[Darcy House, Lot 1, Old Port Road Port Kembla] |
Sheryl Wiffen
Coordinator, Darcy House
p: (02)
4276 3900 |
| 11.30am
– 1pm |
NSW:
Raising Anti-Poverty Awareness Event
2004
Live bands, guest speakers and exhibits by Hastings Community
Development and Welfare Providers [Port Macquarie TAFE Campus
Block G, Widderson Street, Port Macquarie] |
Elica Nikolovska
Students Against Poverty
e: elinik@aapt.net.au
Gold coin donations to go towards Hastings Youth Services. |
| 12.00pm
- 2pm |
Vic:
Many
Faces of Poverty
Speaker: Father
Peter Norden, Policy Director, Jesuit Social Services
[Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat] |
Centre for Health
Research and Practice
p: 03 5327 9772 |
| 1.00pm |
NSW:
Poverty: Measurements and Discontents
Speaker: A/Prof Niyi Awofeso, Population Health Unit, Long
Bay Correctional Centre. [School of Public Health & Community
Medicine, Samuels Building, Level 2, Room241, UNSW Kensington
Campus] |
School of Public
Health & Community Medicine
UNSW
p: 2 9385 1925
e: jacqui.miller@unsw.edu.au |
| 1.00pm |
NSW:
Education and the Prevention
of Poverty
Speakers: Gillian Considine, ACIRRT, University of Sydney
and Prof Alison Elliot, Australian Council for Educational Research
[Room U215, University of Sydney] |
Hosted by Faculty of Education
and Social Work, University of Sydney.
Contact: Maree Murray, Smith Family
e:
Maree.Murray@smithfamily.com.au |
| 1.00pm –
2pm |
NSW:
Volunteering Abroad
Stories and information from returned volunteers [Matthews D,
UNSW] |
Ramona Vijeyarasa
Social Justice Project, UNSW
e:
sjp@unsw.edu.au |
| 2.00pm – 5pm |
SA:
Shelter SA Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Dr Mark Peel, Monash
University, The Forgotten Lessons of the Past: Housing, Security
and Justice[The Balcony Room, Parliament House, North Terrace,
Adelaide] |
Janet Adkins
p:
08 8221 6488
e: sheltersa@sheletrsa.asn.au |
| 6.00pm |
NSW:
Rigged Rules and Double Standards:
A Forum on Poverty and the International Trade System
Speakers include: Natasha Lewis, Fair Trade Association
of Australia and New Zealand; Margaret Di Nicola, Oxfam Community
Aid Abroad[Esme’s, UNSW] |
Oxfam Community
Aid
Abroad UNSW
e: oxfam@guild.unsw.edu.au
|
| 6.00pm and overnight |
Qld:
Raising Awareness of Poverty event
‘Tent City’
Speakers include: Dr Mark Wenitong, Wuchopperen Health
Service. Other speakers from Amnesty International and the JCU
Student Association. BBQ, drumming and fire twirling. [James Cook
University Douglas Campus, near the library]
|
Hosted by the Welfare Committee,
James Cook University Student Association
Contact, Brendan Garner
p:
07 4781 4400
e: brendan.garner@jcu.edu.au
|
| 6.30pm |
NSW:
Quiz Night, School of Public Health
and Community Medicine, UNSW
[South Sydney Juniors Bowling Club, Chelmsford Avenue, Botany] |
$15 a head, proceeds towards local
charitable organisation (to be determined)
To RSVP or for information:
e:
v.traynor@unsw.edu.au /
michelle.davies@unsw.edu.au |
| 6.30pm |
Vic:
Brotherhood of St Laurence, Sambell
Oration:
‘… And where are we now? Post-Election thoughts’.
Speaker: Robert Manne [Central Hall, 20 Brunswick St Fitzroy] |
RSVP to
p:
03 9483 1122
e:
rsvp@bsl.org.au |
| 7.30pm |
Vic:
Debate: ‘Eradication of Poverty
is the Government’s Responsibility’
Camberwell Grammar School v Sienna College[St David's Uniting
Church, Cnr Burke Rd and Mont Albert Rd, Canterbury] |
Adrian Pyle,
St David's Uniting Church
p: 03
9817 2720
e: info@sdc.unitingchurch.org.au
w: www.stdavids.websyte.com.au
$5 entry to assist Connections Youth and Family Services, UnitingCare.
|
| Thursday
21 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day |
Vic:
Hastings market stall
Poverty Stall will be held in the main street. |
Susan Blackburn-Mitchell
Good Shepherd Peninsula
p:
03 5979 7600
e: gshcomhouse@infoxchange.net.au |
| All-day |
SA:
Anti-Poverty Services Expo
Information about agencies and services in the Bowden region [Arndale
Centro Shopping Centre, Centre Stage] |
Kathy McInerney
Uniting Care Wesley Bowden
p: 08 8245 7141 |
| All-day
|
SA:
Day One, South Australian Financial
Counsellors Conference
Children, Families and the Housing Crisis[The Lakes Resort Hotel,
West Lakes] |
Gerri Phillips
Anglicare
p: 08 8256 2170 |
| All-day |
Vic:
Day One of Expo: 'Poverty is Not Fun'
Staffed by welfare agencies in the Ballarat area, with giveaways
and information. [Stockland Wendouree, and Central Square shopping
centres, Ballarat] |
Iain Beggs
Ballarat Anti-Poverty Working Group
p:
03 5331 7677
e: Iain.Beggs@aus.salvationarmy.org |
| All-day |
Vic:
Anti-Poverty Week Market Stall:
Raising Community Voices
Street display with information about poverty issues in Australia
and overseas. [Hastings Township] |
Susan Blackburn
Mitchell Good Shepherd Peninsula
p:
03 5979 7600
e: gshcomhouse@infoxchange.net.au |
| 9.30am – 12 noon |
WA:
Poverty Forum: The Top 5 Priorities
for Action
Speakers: Dr Mark Peel, Monash University; John Wicks;
Prof. Belinda Probert, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Western
Australia (Chair) [University of Western Australia] |
Natalie Hunt,
Western Australian Council of Social Service
p:
08 9420 7219 |
| 10.30am
– 12pm |
SA:
Forum: How Poverty Affects Health Outcomes
Speakers: Dr David Scrimgeour, Save Medicare Alliance;
Dr David Entwistle, GP; Dr Anne Sanders, Adelaide University and
a consumer of dental services.[St Francis Xavier Catholic Cathedral
Hall, Cnr Wakefield St and Victoria Sq] |
Health Consumer
Alliance
Contact
Monika Baker
Disability Action
p: 08
8346 8288
e: monika@disabilityaction.asn.au |
| 10.45am |
Vic:
Launch of ‘Poverty and Education:
A Guide to Action’ 2004
Speaker: Jacinta Allen MP, Minister for Education Services
[St Albans Secondary College, Main Rd East St Albans] |
Good Shepherd Youth and Family
Services St Albans
p: 03
9364 3200
e: gsstalbans@infoxchange.net.au
RSVP to Emily Hughes for catering purposes |
| 1pm –
2pm |
Vic:
Health and Poverty Address
Speaker: Prof Fiona Stanley, Director of the Telethon Institute
for Child Health Research [Victoria University Conference Centre,
Level 12, Function Room 3, 300 Flinders St City] |
Hosted by the
Health Issues Centre and the Public Health Association
Panayiota Romios
p: 03 9479
5824
e: p.romios@healthissuescentre.org.au |
| 2.30pm – 5pm |
Vic:
Poverty in Australia: Unfinished Business
Forum discussion on poverty as part of Anti-Poverty Week. Sessions
led by Bernie Geary, St Vincent de Paul [St Thomas a Beckett Catholic
Church, Milner's Rd, Yarra Junction] |
Yarra Junction
St Vincent de Paul Opportunity Shop:
p:
03 5966 2036 |
| 3.00pm |
SA:
SACOSS Annual General Meeting
Speaker: Dr Sarah Maddison, School of Politics and International
Relations, University of NSW and Principal Author of “Silencing
Decent – Non-Government Organisations and Australian Democracy
[The Queen Adelaide Room, Adelaide Town Hall] |
Malcolm Downes
/ John Wishart
South Australian Council of Social Service
p:
08 8226 4111 |
| 6.30pm |
NSW:
Launch of Feast2Feed
A non-profit organisation dedicated to fighting hunger in both
Australia and abroad [Haris Restaurant, Sheraton on the Park,
161 Elizabeth St Sydney] |
Stephenie Zacharia
Feast2Feed
p: 02 9380 2490
e: admin@feast2feed.org
w: www.feast2feed.org.au
|
| 7.30pm
– 9.30pm |
ACT:
Launch of UnitingCare Australia Anti-Poverty
kit
Opened by Bill Wood MLA, Retiring Minister, Housing and Community
Services. Speakers: Rev Gregor Henderson, NCCA; Lin Hatfield Dodds,
UnitingCare Australia. Chair: Ara Cresswell, ACTCOSS. [Johnson
Auditorium, Pilgrim House, 69 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra City]
|
Gillian Hunt
Canberra City UnitingCare Australia
p:
02 6257 4600
e: serviceoutreach@canberracityuca.org.au |
| Friday
22 October |
| Time |
Description
[venue] |
Contact |
| All-day
|
SA:
Day Two, South Australian Financial
Counsellors Conference
Children, Families and the Housing Crisis
[The Lakes Resort Hotel, West Lakes] |
Gerri Phillips
Anglicare
p: 08 8256 2170 |
| All-day |
Vic:
Day Two of Expo: 'Poverty is Not Fun'
Staffed by welfare agencies in the Ballarat area, with giveaways
and information. [Stockland Wendouree, and Central Square shopping
centres, Ballarat] |
Iain Beggs
Ballarat Anti-Poverty Working Group
p:
03 5331 7677
e: Iain.Beggs@aus.salvationarmy.org |
| 7.00am –
9am |
SA:
SA.FM and UnitingCare Bowden Anti-Poverty
Breakfast
Held as part of the current appeal by UnitingCare Wesley Bowden,
SA.FM will be cooking breakfast by gold donation for members of
the public who stop by. SA.FM Black Thunders will be on site.[Adelaide
Entertainment Centre, Port Rd] |
Sue Shepherd
UnitingCare Wesley Bowden
p:
08 8245 7100
e: sue.shepherd@ucwb.org.au |
| 9.30am |
WA:
Setting the Agenda
Speakers: Mark McGowan MP; The Hon Colin Barnett MP. [Theatrette,
Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge] |
Ian Carter,
Anglicare WA
p: 08 9325
7033
e: ian.carter@anglicarewa.org.au |
| 9.30am – 10.30am |
Vic:
Youth Futures Breakfast and Poverty
Awareness March
Speakers will include young people and community workers talking
about their experiences of poverty. Art by local artists on display.
Several organisations will march through Frankston to the ‘Dispelling
the Myths’ forum at Cube 37. [Corner of Ross Smith Ave and
Young St, Frankston] |
Darren Meddings
Salvation Army
Peninsula Youth and Family Services
p:
03 9784 5024 |
| 10.00am – 2pm |
Vic:
The Effects of Poverty on Our Community
Speakers: Fr Joe Caddy, Catholic Social Services; Educator
from Gamblers Help Southern; Carol Drummond, Dandenong CAB; Tracey
Rodoni, Financial Counsellor [Wellsprings for Women, 79 Langhorne
St Dandenong] |
Wellsprings for Women
p:
03 9701 3740
e: wells@satlink.com.au
Please RSVP for catering purposes |
| 10.45am – 12.30pm |
Vic:
Poverty - Dispelling the Myths: It's
not just about money!
Speakers: Leigh Snelling, Victorian Local Governance Association;
Basil Varghese, Brotherhood of St Laurence [Cube 37, Studios A
& B, 37 Davey St Frankston] |
Joanne Birkett
p:
03 9784 1938
e: Joanne.birkett@frankston.vic.gov.au
RSVP by Tues 19 |
| 12.30pm –
2pm |
NSW:
Public Address by Professor Marie Bashir,
NSW Governor
With other key speakers: Peter Sainsbury, President, Public
Health Association; David Rose, Administrator, Bingarra Shire;
Charles Davidson, Immediate Past President of NSW Aboriginal Education
Consultative Group and Prof. Julian Disney, Chair, Anti-Poverty
Week.[Jubilee Room, NSW Parliament House] |
Anne Hampshire
Mission Australia
p: 02
9217 1059
e: hampshirea@missionaustralia.com.au
RSVP Essential |
| 1.00pm |
Vic:
Launch of Charter of Housing Rights
for Victoria
The Housing is a Human Rights Project is jointly managed by VCOSS,
Shelter Victoria, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions and
Women's Housing Ltd. [Steps of Parliament House, Spring St Melbourne]
|
Rivkah Nissim
Victorian Council of Social Service
p:
03 9654 5050
e: rivkah.nissim@vcoss.org.au |
| 1.00pm – 2.15pm |
SA:
Public Address by the Hon. Jay Weatherill,
Minister for Families and Communities
MC: Rev Roger Bryson [Flinders St Baptist Church, Flinders
St City] |
Mark Henley
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide
p:
08 8202 5111
e: mark.henley@ucwesleyadelaide.org.au |
