Conference 2001
Now We The People!
July 2001
There can be a better way!
Uniting against economic rationalism and corporate globalisation
July 15, 2001
Newtown Theatre, Sydney
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C o n t e n t s
Now We The People brochure
Opening Plenary speeches
‘Why have we ended up with economic rationalism and corporate globalisation?’
Bev Baker, NSW Parents and Citizens Federation
Kate Davison, National Union of Students, Education Officer
Stephen Jones, Community and Public Sector Union Organiser in One Tel
Quentin Dempster, Broadcaster ABC
Jenny Macklin MHR, Shadow Minister for Health
Sharan Burrow, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions
Workshops
Mission Possible? – Jobs and Environmental Sustainability, examining the forest debate
Kathy Ridge, Nature Conservation Council
Craig Smith, Divisional Branch Secretary, CFMEU Forestry Division - NSW Branch
Rural and regional protest and the Hanson backlash
Senator Jan McLucas, Labor, QLD
Ian Gray, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
Shaun Wilson, Lecturer UNSW
Human Rights vs the WTO - What trade policy for Australia?
Beyond the GST – making the rich pay
Prof Frank Stilwell, Political Economy, Sydney University
Michael Rafferty, Lecturer UWS
Elspeth McInnes, National Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Chris Dodds, Australian Council of Social Services
Parliaments – Pinnacles or Pathways?
Lee Rhiannon MLC, Greens NSW
Tanya Plibersek MHR, for Sydney Labor
Jane Corpuz-Brock, Migrante Philippines Australia
A women’s place is in the struggle – A women’s agenda against corporate globalisation
Patricia Farrar, Lecturer UTS
Meg Smith, Lecturer UWS
Visions in common: the future of activism
James Arvanatakis, AID/WATCH
Defending public education against corporate control
John Kaye, The Greens NSW Education Spokesperson
Bev Baker, NSW Parents and Citizens Federation
Sorry is overdue – Next steps after Corroboree 2000
David Cooper, ANTaR National Coordinator Since late 1999
Dr Pam Johnston, Community activist
Co-opted or Courageous? – Clarifying a labour agenda against corporate globalisation
Julia Murray, Fairwear Campaign
Rob Durbridge Australian Education Union, National Secretary
Dr Andrew Scott, Lecturer RMIT
Mass media – the public interest vs mega corporations
Bank Rage – The need for democratic control of the banking sector
Graham Hand, Former official at State Bank of NSW
Khaldoon Hajaj, Financial Services Consumer Network
Emma Brooks-Maher, Ashfield Council
What kind of Australian Republic? A Bill of Rights to empower citizens
Dorothy McRae McMahon, A Just Republic
Klass Woldring, Progressive Labour Party
Rupert’s Games – Commercialisation of sport
No glow, No Flash – Winning a nuclear-free Australia
Veronica Black, People for Nuclear Disarmament
Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation
Genevieve Rankin, Sydney People Against a New Nuclear Reactor
Quarry or advanced economy – Where do ecologically sustainable jobs come from?
Graham Larcombe, Economist
Mark Diesendorf, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Grass Roots – building a better future at the local government level
Paul Pearce, Mayor of Waverley
Mayor Maire Sheehan, Leichhardt Council
Mayor Julian Hill, Council of City of Port Philip
Globalising the struggle – International networking is more than email
Norman Uy Carnay, Ecumencial Mission to Migrant Filipinos
Pat Ranald, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET)
Australia, the ultimate gated country? – Refugees, the racist backlash and
multicultural Australia
Maqsood Alshams, Justice for Refugees
The Common Good – Stopping the privatisation agenda, new roles for the public sector
Frances Milne, Economic Reform Australia
Duncan Kerr MHR, for Denison, Labor
Closing Plenary speeches
Australia’s economic and political options to 2005
Graham Larcombe, Economist
A better way for Australia in a globalising world
Christine Milne, Greens Tasmania
Anthony Albanese MHR, Grayndler
Greg Barns, Australian Republican Movement
Chris Dodds, Australian Council of Social Service
John Maitland, National Secretary, Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union
Pat Thompson, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner
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