“We wholeheartedly support the Uluru Statement from the Heart (May 2017) , which calls for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the Australian Constitution and for recognition, reconciliation, truth-telling and treaty between governments, the people of Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples". (Grail members, Sydney) Join us for a SEMINAR on Saturday, 23 February 2019 to…
Join us for the first series of conversations...... Panelists: Phil Glendenning - Shukufa Tahiri - Martin Reusch - Farhad Arian
The coal corporation has announced that they are self financing the project, and want to start digging coal before Christmas. By Adani saying that they have the money to start work immediately, it looks like they are trying to pressure the government to wrap up the approvals process before the next federal election. Which means we need to put pressure…
Dear members and friends of Pax Christi On Sunday 9th December Pax Christi Victoria celebrates 45 years of working for peace at our final gathering for 2018. We have never been alone. We have been and remain players in a much wider peace movement, many peace movements old and new and many individuals. We are inviting all past and present…
ERC FILM SCREENING Title: 'Disaster Capitalism' Date: Wednesday 14th November 2018 Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start Venue: Edmund Rice Centre, 15 Henley Road, Homebush West. 2minutes from Flemington Station. Cost: Suggested donation of $10 (to pay for cost of showing film. RSVP: Phone ERC on 8762 4200 by 7th November. Disaster Capitalism is a recent, groundbreaking documentary film about Bougainville,…
The session will be in two parts 1. A brief presentation by the planning group: What is "peace education" in Australia to-day? what are the priorities given the challenges facing Australia (and its place in the world) at this time? This will be followed by Q&A and discussion 2 Small groups of 6 to 8 people discuss Pax Christi's contribution…
Singapore Forum - Leaflet These workers have very few labour rights and are paid around $2/hour a country where most forms of protest are illegal: a one person protest is an illegal assembly; the government has changed the constitution to keep human rights activists in jail; and the only recorded strike in recent decades resulted in jailing and deportation of multiple…