Dear friends of refugees, Our apologies if you have already received this notice through an e-list.
At Project SafeCom we're proud to announce the next, and thus far most significant of the Project SafeCom events: Please forward this message through your networks! The Cost, the Carnage and The Bill a weekend symposium on asylum seeker policies, issues and implications Documentaries, movies, and a Forum with several distinguished Australians..... For full details see the (PDF format) flyer attached. If your network restrictions do not allow attachments, you can download the flyer (WORD or PDF format) from the pages about the Symposium on our website. Find the section here: http://www.safecom.org/symposium03.htm DETAILS * DATE: 27 and 28 September 2003 * VENUE: University of Western Australia * SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS: Senator Andrew Bartlett Mr Bruce Haigh Dr Carmen Lawrence Senator Kerry Nettle Mr Hassan Ghulan Julian Burnside QC Dr Louise Newman (RANZCP) Elizabeth Lacey http://www.safecom.org/symp03-speakers.htm * EVENT TIMES: SATURDAY 27/09 - Four sessions: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOCIAL SCIENCES LECTURE THEATRE - 10:30 to 12:15 - Exhibit ONE: Port Hedland - medical negligence, vanishing records - 2:00 to 3:30 - Exhibit TWO: Baxter - squandering millions to control and hide - 3:40 to 5:15 - Exhibit THREE: Woomera - cowering, collusion, corruption of public servants - 7:30 to 9:00 - Exhibit FOUR: Nauru - crimes against humanity More details: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-saturday.htm SUNDAY 27/09 - The Forum UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA OCTAGON THEATRE - 11:00 to 2:30 - The Bill: Restorative Justice post Howard. A forum= about restoring Australia More details: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-forum.htm EVENT PRICE The cost of the Symposium has been kept to an absolute minimum. Weekend tickets are $75.00 (concession and Project SafeCom members $50.00) Individual session bookings are accepted with the proviso that seats will be allocated from 15 September - $15.00 per session or $10.00 concession and members. See: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-tickets.htm ALWAYS A DISCOUNT: Annual Project SafeCom membership fees are set at $20.00. Those who do not qualify for concession rates, are invited to become a member of Project SafeCom, and even save money in this way! INTERSTATE and RURAL VISITORS We have set up a BILLETING SYSTEM in Perth for refugee advocates and friends who wish to attend the event in Perth. To REQUEST a place to stay in Perth: See: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-billeting.htm To OFFER a place for people to stay in Perth: See: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-billetoffer.htm BOOKINGS OPTION 1 - Print the second page of the attached document (and the third page?) and return it by mail to us, including your payment. OPTION 2 - Go online to our order form on the website and follow the instructions: See: http://www.safecom.org/symp03-order.htm DetentionWatch: a post-symposium workshop Sunday 28 September 2003, 4:00pm Murdoch University South Street Campus venue to be announced The success of the Baxterwatch website, and the need to create secure spaces for reporting of incidents, has recently led to the formation of the DetentionWatch Project. Project SafeCom's steering committee member Grant van Riessen, a key member of the National Anti-Deportation Alliance, the builder and maintainer of the Baxterwatch.net, will present DetentionWatch, and provide a training session for prospective contributors, editors and the public. This workshop presents an opportunity to introduce refugee advocates and representatives from human rights agencies to the role of the DetentionWatch Project in monitoring and documenting the conditions in detention centres. HELP US PAY OUR COSTS Perhaps you cannot attend our September Symposium. If this is the case, please consider supporting Project SafeCom. We are staunch allies of all refugee groups around Australia and we support them, often very effectively, in-kind through information dissemination, supporting their fundraisers and publishing their news throughout Australia. Project SafeCom survives from donations, gifts, the sale of some items through our website and our stalls, and from the proceeds of events like the September Symposium. We have found great support and assistance from our event sponsors. Sponsors include The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia, The WA Greens, The Australian Democrats of WA, and West Australians for Racial Equality. The Symposium is our biggest event thus far, and even with our sponsors the cost of organising it means a considerable outlay for us. Below are our details if you wish to support us. Project SafeCom, P.O. Box 364, Narrogin, Western Australia 6312. Cheques are payable to Project SafeCom, or you can transfer your funds directly into our account: Bendigo Community Bank Kulin BSB: 633-000 - Account name Project SafeCom Inc. - Account number: 11564 3900 Hope to see you on 27/28 September! best regards, Jack H Smit Project SafeCom Inc. P.O. 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