Dear colleagues, This is a short update for information of folk 'outside' N25, but including many in WA who have expressed an intention to participate in this broad-based community event. (See also www.ecwa.asn.au/n25 .) The N25 Convention will gather at 9 am on Saturday, 25 November 2000 in the 630-seat Elizabeth Jolley Lecture Theatre at Curtin University's Bentley Campus. The morning programme is a 2-hour "warm-up" debate with full audience participation, led by Tony Cooke (Secretary, Unions WA), Dr Patricia Ranald (Public Interest Advocacy Centre, NSW) and Peter Westmore (National President, National Civic Council). After lunch, participants will divide to engage 16 specialist topics in workshops totalling 28 hours of discussion, led by a galaxy of experts including Bob Phelps (Director, ACF GeneEthics Network), Caroline Wood (Amnesty International), Michael Beahan (United Nations Association WA), Sr Veronica Brady (University of WA) and a host of other distinguished parliamentarians and academics. The topics include environmental impacts, sustainable economics, agriculture and GMOs, labour standards and wage challenges, third-world development, women's concerns, social justice, health and therapeutic implications, democracy and sovereignty, the liability of multinational corporations for human-rights abuses, "Big Brother" trends, the nuclear industry, and the new protest movement exemplified by recent demonstrations in Seattle, Melbourne and Prague. Emphasis is being given to finding solutions which can be applied by civil society. A flood of earlybird bookings has already been received, guaranteeing success for the Convention, which is generously endorsed by many organisations representing a broad spectrum of social and political viewpoints. The conference fee is $43 (concession $33). The $10 concession is available to 'earlybirds' before 13 October and will apply thoughout to students, pensioners and other unwaged people. The organisers are preparing a detailed outline of the conference and speakers to be printed and/or forwarded as an RTF attachment to any who request it. Information is also available online by courtesy of the Environment Centre of WA at www.ecwa.asn.au/n25 Kind regards Brian Jenkins Hon Secretary StopMAI Coalition, Western Australia Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/ Phone 08 9246 3882, Fax 08 9246 4284 [Note redirection effective from 20 Oct 2000 to: Phone 08 9528 1864, Fax 08 9529 1321] -- 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 Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
