<<All of these events can be seen on the Leftlink Calendar at http://www.leftlink.net . Subscribers to the site will get emails informing them of the events on that week from the 19th of January.>>
Wednesday night at New International Bookshop January to March Program All meetings begin at 6.30 pm and feature a half hour talk, plus discussion. Entry $6/$5/$3 *Wednesday, 28 January: *LHS Event: Planning for the 8 Hour Day*. *In March - April 2006 the labour movement in Victoria celebrates the 150th anniversary of building workers' victory in winning the 8 hour working day. Speakers from the Labour History Society outline plans for a series of commemorative events in 2006, and invite feedback * * *Wednesday, 4 February: *NIB event: 'Did the Cars Eat Melbourne?' Acclaimed social historian Graeme Davison -- author of the new book/ Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts --/ talks about the impact of the automobile on Melbourne and ways of alleviating it. * * *Wednesday, 11 February:* AFS Event. ALP Shadow Minister for Superannuation Senator Nick Sherry talks about why superannuation reform is necessary and how it can be made to happen. * * *Wednesday, 18 February: *AFS Event: Victorian Minister for Housing and Local Government Candy Broad discusses housing problems and explores options for improvement. * * *Wednesday, 25 February: *AFS Event ALP Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations Craig Emmerson compares the Labor and Liberal approaches to workplace relations, and discusses Labor's plans for workplace relations reform. * * *Wednesday, 3 March*: NIBS event: 'Neutralising the NGOs: How the Right targets Non-Government Organisations'. Tim Thornton from the Department of Economics at Monash University uncovers the Right's new assault on NGOs and their role in advocacy and public policy consciousness-raising. * * *Wednesday, 10 March: *NIB Event: 'Australian Lessons for the Global AIDS Crisis'. Paul Sendzuik - Monash University researcher and author of/ Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS - /talks about the successes and failures of anti-AIDS efforts in Australia and what they might mean for the rest of the world. * * *Wednesday, 17 March: *AFS/Doctors' Reform Society Event: Australian Democrats spokesperson on Health Senator Lyn Allison explores options for Medicare and other key health policy issues with a DRS panel headed by DRS secretary Tim Woodruff. * * *Wednesday, 24 March: *LHS Event. 'The 1998 Maritime Dispute Six Years On'.* *Six years on from the 1998 Maritime Dispute, a new history of what was one of the most significant industrial battles of the 20th century is being written. Labour History Society researchers discuss the dispute and its implications for the labour movement and the Australian industrial relations system. * * *Wednesday, 31 March: *Overland Event. Acclaimed Australian author Thomas Kenneally talks about cultural and artistic relations of Australia and the United States, now and in the past. Admission - $10 or $6 for subscribers - includes copy of /Overland/ 174. To be confirmed. New International Bookshop Co-operative Trades Hall 54 Victoria St Carlton Sth 3053 10am - 6.30pm Mon-Fri 11am-5pm Sat [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9662 3744 -- Visit the proposed Leftlink web site at http://www.leftlink.net/ -- 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]
