I'm copying hereunder and also including as an attachment the final program
for the AFS/Pluto Press "Unchain My Mind" conference, and I will be
grateful if this material can be passed on to anybody else who may be
interested. Best wishes, Race Mathews
About the Unchain My Mind Forum
When: Thursday, 27 July, 9:30am to 6.00pm
Where: Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon Streets,
Carlton, Melbourne - Council Chamber
Cost: Forum: $25 or $15 concession
Dinner: $30 or $25 concession.
On the eve of the national conference of the Australian Labor Party in
Hobart, many of Labor's foremost thinkers and activists are gathering in
Melbourne to present new ideas for Labor in power. Specifically, speakers
will be discussing new policy agendas for a twenty-first century Federal
Labor Government, and vital reforms to party structure to enhance
membership, internal democracy and policy-making. A strong emphasis is on a
younger generation of Labor men and women keen to promote new ways of
achieving social democracy in a time of rapid change. A critical
perspective unites the forum speakers. Topics to be discussed include
trade, globalisation, workplace democracy, education, managing cultural
diversity, the media and the new information economy, indigenous land
rights, unions, party structures, unemployment and foreign policy.
Expect a rigorous critique of orthodox economic ideas of both the right and
the left, and new left-of-centre perspectives on public institutions that
may no longer be meeting the objectives for which they were established.
Speakers will sketch alternative models of governance which might better
achieve traditional social democratic goals. The aim of the Unchain My Mind
Forum is to promote critical thinking, open dialogue and audience
participation.
A must-attend event for anyone interested in political reform, government,
social change and Labor's future.
Four easy ways to book:
1. Print out the registration form and fax to: (02) 9519 8940
2. Mail the form to: Tony Moore, Pluto Press Australia, Locked Bag 199,
Annandale NSW 2038
3. E-mail the form to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4. Telephone Pluto Press Australia on: (02) 9519 3299
Program
9:30 Opening - Mary Delahunty, Minister for Education and Minister for Arts
Session 1
9:45 Labor in a Globalising World: The Cultural Context (1)
Chair: Barry Jones
Speakers: Guy Rundle: 'The Next Cultural Revolution?'
Ken Wark: 'Healing the Cultural Divide'
Duncan Kerr: 'Building a National Cultural Policy for the 21st Century'
11:00 Morning Tea
Session 2
11:15 Reinvigorating Democracy and Civil Society
Chair: Barry Jones
Speakers: Lindsay Tanner: 'Party Reform'
Sharan Burrow: 'Putting People Back into Public Policy'
Race Mathews: 'Recovering Our Roots: Mutualism, Mutuals and the ALP'
Michael Gadiel: 'Unions in a Wired World'
12:45 Lunch
Session 3
1:30 Labor in a Globalising World: The Cultural Context (2)
Chair: Joan Kirner
Speakers: Larissa Behrendt: 'Loosening the Colonial Chains: Some Issues for
Aboriginal Policy Direction'
Rebecca Huntley: 'Who is Labor?: Feminism, Fraternity and the Future'
Mary Kalantzis: 'Managing Cultural Diversity: Directions for ALP Policy'
2:45 Afternoon Tea
Session 4
3:00 New Structures for a New Age
Chair: Joan Kirner
Speakers: Tony Moore: 'Reinvigorating Public Culture: Reinventing Public
Broadcasting'
Kate Lundy: 'Click Here to Reset Your Democracy'
Glenn Patmore: 'Industrial Democracy for Australia: Towards a New Form of
Employee Representation in the Workplace'
Paul Mees: 'Public Transport and Urban Planning'
Session 5
4.15pm Towards a New Economy
Chair: John Button
Speakers: Mark Latham: 'Policies for a Knowledge Nation'
Julia Gillard: 'Globalisation vs the People'
Andrew Scott: 'A Progressive Economic Policy for Labor in Government'
5:45 Closing Remarks: John Button
Conference Dinner and Debate
Cafe Firenze, 252 Lygon St, Carlton
7pm for 7:30pm
Chair: Kate Lundy
Topic: 'The Centre is Mine: Tony Blair, New Labour and the Future of
Electoral Politics'
Speakers: Jim Claven, Dennis Glover and Andrew Scott
Please book promptly, as the organisers need to decide which venue at the
Trades Hall is required, and how many places are wanted for the dinner.
Dr Race Mathews,
Senior Research Fellow,
International Centre for Management in Government,
Monash University/MountEliza School of Business and Government.
Postal Address:
123 Alexanda Avenue,
South Yarra, Vic, 3141,
Australia.
Phone/Fax: (03) 9826 0104.
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