Liberty Victoria 2007 Events
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The Inaugural Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
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Liberty Victoria was proud to be the Premier Partner of Australia's first ever Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. The event was a resounding success. For more information about the 2008 festival, visit www.hraff.org.au.
HRAFF Apropos - Human Rights in Arts Exhibition
Tuesday 27th Nov - 15th December
Bus Gallery, 117 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Free Entry
HRAFF Films Screening, Speakers program and Action Hubs
Thursday 29th November - Sunday 2nd December
RMIT Capitol Theatre, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne
For full program details, or to subscribe to HRAFF's newsletter, visit www.hraff.org.au.
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Download HRAFF's 2007 Program here
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Liberty Victoria AGM: Keynote Address by David Marr
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David Marr is an Australian journalist and author. He was a reporter on the ABC TV program Four Corners and a presenter of Radio National's Arts Today program during the nineties. He hosted the ABC TV program Media Watch. He currently works for The Sydney Morning Herald.
When: 6.30–8.00pm, Tuesday 20 November 2007
Where: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Admission: Gold coin donation.
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Listen to David Marr's speech here
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Annual Alan Missen Dinner with Guest Speaker Anna Funder
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Anna Funder is an Australian author who won one of Britain's top literary awards, the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction for her book, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall about East Germany's notorious Stasi secret service and how it infiltrated the lives of ordinary citizens
Saturday 11 August 2007 at 7pm for 7:30pm
Melbourne Town Hall Supper Room
Price: $75 Concession/Student e-members $45 Cash Bar
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Download Anna Funder's Speech here
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Public Forum on the Federal Government's Proposed ID Card
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Chair: Julian Burnside QC President, Liberty Victoria
Speakers: Robin Banks, CEO, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Tim Warner, Access Card No Way
Tanya Plibersek, Opposition Spokesperson for Human Services
Thursday 22 February 2007
5:30 - 7:00pm
fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne
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Listen to the Public Forum here
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Liberty Victoria Film Nights
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Liberty Victoria hosts a number of film nights every year to help raise money for our organisation.
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Michael Moore's Sicko
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The opening film of 2007 Melbourne International Film Festival, Sicko, the new documentary from Michael Moore is being heralded as his best so far.
Tuesday 7 August 6:45pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton
Tickets $10
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Michael Apted's Amazing Grace
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Michael Apted's historical epic about the life of anti-slavery pioneer William Wilberforce. Screening followed by panel discussion with Julian Burnside QC & Mordy Bromberg SC.
Tuesday 24th July, 6:45pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton
$18 Full, $15 Concession, $12 Liberty Victoria members
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The Lives of Others
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The Lives of Others is a thriller set in the former East Germany, which tells the story of a Stasi officer. The Lives of Others received an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. The screening will be introduced by Liberty Victoria President, Julian Burnside QC.
Tuesday 27 March, 7pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton
Tickets: $10
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