Birra News

Number 78, 5 June 2006

Note from Editor

Firstly, you should check out the Healing Dinner Gallery. We also have new jobs, scholarships, events and various other bits of useful info for you. As if that wasn't enough we have new books and websites. We also have a quote from Jackie Huggins (if all that just wont cut it you should check out the Pic of the Week where you can learn about my wonderful car). Remember, If you have an event, notice or photo (or anything else you think might be good) please feel free to send it to us here at Birra. Nathan.

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Pic of the Week

My Peugeot 504 by Nathan Woolford
One of the bets cars ever made. I mean it. I bought Bee (that is her name) nearly two years ago and I have slowly been getting her back to tip-top shape. The 504 was first produced in 1968 and is still produced to this day (but only in Africa). Millions have been made. The reason you don't see many on the roads in Australia any more is because for years now old 504s have been exported overseas to places like Africa and Papua New Guinea! They are very popular in these places as bush taxis because of their hardy design that can go almost anywhere and then bring you back! Seriously though, my 504 is the nicest car I have ever driven. The handling is great, the mechanics are awesome, the ride is phenomenal and as the old joke goes someone left these lounge chairs in it when it left the factory.
Later this year I plan to take Bee on a tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, perhaps Tasmania and a lot of places in between. Hurrah for the 504! Learn more about the phenomenal 504 here.

Quote of Note

"In reality, the practical and the symbolic sides of reconciliation are impossible to separate because that sense of who you are and how you feel about yourself is intrinsic to how you behave and how you shape solutions to problems that affect your community."

Jackie Huggins, Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia, Speech for the HREOC Overcoming Disadvantage Workshop, 16 September 2005

Student News

The special and supplementary examinations The special and supplementary examination period will be held from Wednesday 19 July to Friday 21 July inclusive. Students are advised that, in accordance with the University's General Award Rules, the following are set as the due dates for any application for special and supplementary examinations for Semester One 2006 to be received: Special examination applications - Monday 3 July, 5.00pm; Supplementary examinations - Wednesday 12 July, 5.00pm. No applications received after these dates will be considered. Please note that due to the close proximity to the commencement of second semester, no external examination applications will be granted for first semester special/supplementary examinations held in July. You are expected to be available to sit examinations held in this period at your home campus. Refer to application procedures on myAdvisor here.
Special Needs Arrangements for Examinations Students who require special arrangements for end-of-semester examinations on the basis of special need (disability), religious observance or timetable clashes are reminded to advise the Examinations Section (Email: examinations@admin.uq.edu.au) urgently. Under the University's General Award Rules (GAR 1A.3.2) students must advise of any requirement for special arrangements at least two weeks before the relevant examination date. Any students who do not provide Examinations Section with two weeks notice of requirements will need to sit for examinations under standard conditions. Students requesting special arrangements on the basis of disability who have not previously registered with Student Support Services must contact a disability/learning adviser (Ph: 3365 1704) as soon as possible. Recommendations must be finalised by Student Support Services so that the Examinations Section is authorised to make the special arrangements requested.
UQCareerHub The UQ CareerHub is an online careers and graduate employment service for UQ students. Employment vacancies are listed in real-time because information comes directly from the employer - so check UQ CareerHub regularly for the latest vacancies. Weekly emails will be sent to you featuring vacancies relevant to your discipline. UQ CareerHub is managed by Student Support Services with assistance from UQ faculty staff. Check out the site at http://www.careerhub.uq.edu.au/.
National Indigenous Cadetship Program (NICP) The National Indigenous Cadetship Program (NICP) provides opportunities for Indigenous Australians to gain the professional qualifications needed for a range of jobs in both the public and private sectors. It assists in matching students who intend studying full-time in an undergraduate degree, and in some circumstances postgraduate students, with employers who can give them work skills and professional employment experience. Here at the Unit Kym Kilroy, our Cadetship Officer, has been very successful in placing many of students. Kym can register you with the NICP and help find you a cadetship and she also does "graduate link-ups" for final year students. So call in to Room 607B of the Gordon Greenwood Building, call (07) 3365 7251 or email Kym Kilroy.
myAdvisor - Essential Information for Students Many of your questions about student issues can be answered on this webpage. myAdvisor provides essential information about the following topics: Designing your program Enrolment Changing or withdrawing Assessment Student rights & responsibilities Financial matters Graduation Forms online So check it out and if you want further advice or it doesn't tell you what you need to know then come and talk to the staff at the Unit.

Healing Dinner 2006 Gallery

Goorie Berrimpa Business

The primary role of the Goorie Berrimpa Student Collective is to provide union support to Indigenous students attending the University of Queensland. In addition to this responsibility, Goorie Berrimpa works to promote greater respect for Indigenous culture across all spectrums of the student community. For further information please contact Goorie Berrimpa on (07) 3377 2903 or email Goorie Berrimpa.

Grapevine

Dreaming Festival - Volunteers - Calling all willing! There are two ways to volunteer at The Dreaming: Trade volunteers, work pre-arranged, rostered shifts in designated departments in return for a full season camping registration; and Casual volunteers, pay for their own tickets, donate time, and do not work to a roster. You may apply to be a trade volunteer if you: are over 18 years of age; preferably have some experience relevant to the area you want to work in; and have a current email address. Volunteers staff almost every department of the festival. Almost any skill you have to offer, from bar work and customer service to plumbing and bus driving may be in demand. We try to match volunteers' skills and interests to available departments, which are listed on the application form. Some positions are also available for appropriately qualified tradespeople during the pre-festival construction phase from early June. The commitment required at the festival includes: working pre-arranged shifts of 5 hrs on each of the 3 days of the festival. Some departments roster shifts on the 8th or 9th June or post-festival. Many trade volunteers donate extra time; maintaining a time sheet; following the directions of their supervisor and observing workplace, health and safety procedures. The Festival does NOT provide catering, accommodation, travel costs, free tickets for non-volunteering children or partners, financial remuneration or reimbursement of pre-purchased tickets. If you are interested in volunteering and have already purchased a ticket, you may choose to sell it on to a friend, or volunteer as a non-rostered casual by visiting the volunteers lounge at the festival. Volunteers should come equipped for camping and working in a wide range of conditions. There are a large number of volunteers that apply for the festival, we are unfortunately not able to accept all applications and some people will be unsuccessful in their application. For more information go to: http://www.thedreamingfestival.com/.
Call for Papers: The Internationalism of Australian Art - 6 August 2006 The Australian Studies Centre and University Art Museum at the University of Queensland are holding a one-day symposium to coincide with the National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition An artist abroad: the prints of James McNeill Whistler (opening at the University Art Museum on Saturday 5 August). This major exhibition of Whistler’s prints provides a perfect occasion to reconsider the place of Australian art in international art networks, especially the networks of modernity which came into being at the end of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth century. The symposium will address such issues as ‘transnational’ cultural connections, modernity, and expatriatism, shifting the discussion beyond national frameworks. Papers addressing these issues across any time period are invited. Titles and brief abstracts of proposed papers should be sent to david.carter@uq.edu.au by Friday 23 June 2006.
Artwork required I am looking for female Aboriginal artists who might be interested in submitting artwork to go on the cover of a resource kit in relation to cancer screening education and training for Indigenous Health Workers which is being developed by Cancer Screening Services Unit. If you know of anyone in Queensland and preferably in Brisbane who might be interested in submitting a painting could you please ask them to contact me? Ms Sandra Angus BSSc, Acting Senior (Indigenous) Project Officer, Queensland Cervical Screening Program (QCSP), Cancer Screening Services Unit (CSSU), Population Health/Public Health Services, Queensland Health .

Scholarships, Grants, Prizes & Cadetships

Commonwealth Learning Scholarships (CLS) The University of Queensland has opened applications for undergraduate scholarships for second semester, 2006. The University has a number of the Commonwealth Learning Scholarships (CLS) available: Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (CECS) valued at $2080/year; and Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (CAS) valued at $4161/year, both scholarships for a maximum of four years. To be eligible to apply for one of these scholarships, applicants must be an Australian citizen or holder of a permanent humanitarian visa; be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student in a Commonwealth-supported place; and be financially disadvantaged. Applicants for Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships must have lived in a rural/regional area for at least three years immediately prior to commencing university studies, and be able to provide evidence of this. For more information and to download the Application Form, go to: http://www.uq.edu.au/myadvisor/commonwealth-learning-scholarships-cls. Applications will close on Monday, August 7.
Young Indigenous Leaders Forum – Applications now open. This year’s Young Indigenous Leaders Forum applications are now open for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s between the ages of 18-25. The dates for the forum this year are 24th-27th July 2006. Applications close 7th June 2006. If any one has any questions, my contact details are below. Cheers, Melita Harris, A/Senior Program Officer, Office for Youth, Department of Communities, phone (07) 3008 8636. Download the brochure here.
CPA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Scholarship 2004 CPA Australia offers up to 10 scholarships annually for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist ATSI People to meet the education requirements for CPA status. The scholarship entitles recipients to exemption from all CPA Program segment fees and first year’s free membership of CPA Australia at Associate level. Applications close on 30 June 2006. For further information go to the scholarship webpage.
Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth offers $5,000 toward future potential. Creativity is an integral part of the futures of many Indigenous Australian Young people. Fostering the creative spark and future potential of talented young Indigenous artists is the newly established Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth. The award, open to individuals 30 years of age and under, bestows the recipient with $5,000 in recognition and aid of their creative future potential. This exciting new annual award auspiced by the Victorian College of the Arts' Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development will recognise past achievements. Each year the trustee of the Yvonne Cohen Award, Aboriginal Elder Aunty Joy Murphy, will bestow this significant financial encouragement to one individual enabling them to continue their artistic endeavours. The Selection Criteria are a growth of artistic and/or creative ability; artistic and/or community leadership; and evidence of positive achievements in the Arts. For further enquiries please contact Michelle Evans, Head of the Wilin Centre on (03) 9685 9345 or go to the website. Applications will be available online from 5 June 2006. Applications close 29 July 2006.
Red Ochre Award The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board established the Red Ochre Award in 1993 to pay tribute to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist who, throughout their lifetime, has made outstanding contributions to the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, at both national and international levels. This is an annual award. Nominations will be accepted from arts and community organisations and individuals. Individuals cannot nominate themselves and nominations may only be made for living artists (awards will not be given posthumously). In selecting a nominee to honour with this award, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board will take into account the artist's: lifetime contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts; lifetime contribution to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community; substantial personal achievement in arts practice; and artistic leadership. The award is valued at $50,000. Nominations close 15 July 2006. For further information go to the website.
Other Scholarships Other scholarships offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the University of Queensland can be found at www.uq.edu.au/study/index.html?id=1137.
Joint Academic Scholarship Online Network (JASON) JASON is a search engine that contains information about postgraduate scholarships. The scholarships in the database apply to Australian students wishing to study at home or abroad, and to international students wishing to study in Australia. http://www.jason.unimelb.edu.au/.

Employment Opportunities

Position: Casual Tutoring Description: If anyone is interested in doing casual tutoring in Indigenous Education at QUT please contact Jean Phillips Closing date: - More information: Jean Phillips
Position: Senior Indigenous Advisor: Child Protection Description: Churches of Christ Care (Care) is the temporary auspice of the Beenleigh Recognised Agency. The Recognised Agency function is the community-based provision of specific child protection cultural information and advice to the Department of Child Safety at all key decision making points within the Child Protection statutory process involving reception and intake, investigation and assessment, core membership of SCAN teams, court support, case planning and management, and placement. The position is responsible for the provision of human resource management, cultural information and advice at key decision making points within the child protection statutory process including intake, investigation and assessment, suspected child abuse and neglect (SCAN), court support, case planning and management and placement of children and young people. It is a genuine occupational requirement that an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person as permitted by and arguable under Section 25,104 and 105 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991), fills this position. Closing date: 16 June 2006 More Information: Jacque Coulter on (07) 3382 0988 or email
Position: Youth Workers Description: Indigenous Young Women's Service, Brisbane. Applications are sought for suitably qualified people for the above position. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply. Closing Date: 19 June 2006 More Information: Position description and selection criteria are available (07) 3391 2815 after 9am Monday
Position: Advanced Health Worker (Indigenous Health) Description: Advanced Health Worker (Indigenous Health) - Community Health Service, Various locations within the Community Services Program, Chermside, The Prince Charles Hospital Health Service District. Duties/Abilities: Deliver a high level of generalist care to meet health needs of indigenous clients. Provide health promotion activities to Indigenous community. Provide and coordinate access to Clinical and Community Services to identify, educate and coordinate services for individuals and community. Under s25 of the Anti-discrimination act 1991, there is genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Closing date: 19 June 2006 More information: Robyn Chilcott (07) 3350 8123

What's On

Diversity: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Works from the Collection - 9 May-26 June 2006
In recognition of the 10th anniversary of National Reconciliation Week QUT Art Museum is celebrating the work of Indigenous artists in this exhibition of works from QUT's Oodgeroo Collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. The exhibition showcases the breadth of indigenous culture and the diverse ways identity is expressed in modern indigenous artwork. With 27 works on show the exhibition encompasses a diverse array of media and ideas ranging from socio-political commentary, visions of city life, contemporary views of traditional tales and the investigation of spirits and myths. In this exhibition featured artists including Leah King-Smith, Gordon Bennett, Judith Warrie, Alick Tipoti and Louis Karadada reveal an insight into their identity as an artist and the wider indigenous community. The exhibition is being held at the QUT Museum. For more information of the exhibition and the QUT Art Museum go to the website.

Brothers in Art - 9 June-14 July 2006
Brothers in Art : Men's Exhibition will open Friday 9 June 2006, 6pm. There will be a live performance by Les Jupurrula Saxby. The exhibition features Walangari Karntawarra, Glen Evans, Ian Muir, Les Jupurrula Saxby, Eddie Nona, David Miller, Gavin Miller, Travis Mitchell, Roy Opie, Yondee, Andrew Wust and more. The exhibition is being held at Footsteps Gallery, 166 Ann Street (old School of Arts building). RSVP footsteps@firstaustralians.org or (07) 3229 1879.

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The Dreaming: Australia’s International Indigenous Festival - 9-12 June 2006
From the Spiritual to the Spectacular: be prepared for a new Indigenous experience on Dungidau country. The Dreaming will be a vibrant, exciting and a valuable destination where local, national and international audiences look forward to their annual ceremony time along with the most comprehensive showcase of Indigenous arts from across the country and around the world. This three day and four night festival will have performing arts venues, bars, Ceremony grounds, galleries, rituals, campfire story circles and a mass of stalls workshop, avenue & food outlets including a five star food and wine chef challenge. Presented by the QFF, and under the artistic direction of Rhoda Roberts, the program will also feature film & literature components, performing arts, New media and Digital technologies, food & wine fare, comedy, ceremony, exhibitions, performance artists, physical theatre, visual arts, craft workshops, music program, street performers, musicals and a youth program. Browse the website for more details.

Out of the Box Festival: QPAC's festival for 3-8 year olds - 13-18 June 2006
The 2006 Out of the Box Festival celebrates the transformative power of the imagination - through drama, circus, music theatre, puppet theatre, Indigenous theatre, storytelling, music and the visual arts. Transformations is an inherently dynamic idea that artistically animates all these festival activities. There is another meaning though, within Transformations. The festival is deliberately positioned within the changing artistic and social consciousness of our community, particularly in relation to one issue, the challenge of sustainability. Children are increasingly aware of this challenge, particularly as it impacts directly on them in water saving campaigns and news stories on drought, extreme weather events and global warming. We have tried to bring together a program of art forms that creatively explores, celebrates and plays within this emerging paradigm. Two beautiful events particularly advance this theme: Island - our outdoor performance space showcases mainland Indigenous, Torres Straight and Pacific Island songs, dances and performance rituals. Cherish - an exhibition presented in partnership with the State Library of Queensland in the Tony Gould Gallery, examines what is precious in children’s lives. For more information and bookings go to the website.

Njunjul the Sun - 21 June-5 July 2006
Kooemba Jdarra Indigenous Performing Arts in association with QPAC present the première of a new theatre work based on the book by Boori Monty Prior and Meme McDonald. Njunjul the Sun will be directed by Wayne Blair. Based on a third book in the series which follows the life of a young Indigenous boy. In Njunjul the Sun, the boy is now sixteen, and is leaving the security of his indigenous family in the north, to live with his Uncle Garth and his non-indigenous girlfriend in Sydney. The boy has some trouble with police and is at risk of severe depression. Despite the serious implications of the plot, the text is extremely humorous and uplifting. By Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor. Adapted and Directed by Wayne Blair. Njunjul the Sun will run from 21 June - 5 July 2006 at the Cremorne Theatre, QPAC. Form more information go to http://www.qpac.com.au/events/Njunjul%20the%20Sun.

Ten Canoes (Rating TBC) - 29 June 2006
It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen. The new Rolf de Heer film Ten Canoes (Rating TBC) will be released on 29 June 2006. Be sure to check it out.

NAIDOC Week 2006 - 2-9 July 2006
The theme for NAIDOC 2006 is Respect the Past - Believe in the Future. The national focus city hosting this year’s National NAIDOC Awards and Ball on 8 July will be Cairns. The theme we have chosen projects all that is best about NAIDOC Week – respecting, remembering, and celebrating our history, traditions and achievements; and looking forward with optimism and confidence to the future which is in our hands to shape. Above all, believing in the future is a statement of faith in our young Indigenous people and our responsibility to harness their capacities and provide opportunities. For more information on NAIDOC visit: www.naidoc.org.au. (From a Statement by National NAIDOC Week Chairperson, Aden Ridgeway.)

Indigenous Researchers Forum - 25-27 September 2006
The Indigenous College of Education and Research, Adelaide, South Australia will be hosting this event in 2006. Areas of Focus will include: Indigenous Methodologies; Lay-Knowledge in Research; Implications for Future Research. Further information contact Leanne Smith on (08) 8302 6784 or email.

AAS Annual Conference 2006 - 27-30 September 2006

The Australian Anthropological Association's annual conference will be hosted by the School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, James Cook University, Queensland, Further details and information on registration will be released in the March Newsletter. Until then, all enquiries should be sent to the School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology Office Administrator in Cairns.

4th National Indigenous Education Conference - 27-29 November 2006
Wollotuka, the School of Aboriginal Studies at the The University of Newcastle in partnership with the Indigenous Unit from the NSW Department of Education and Training is hosting the 4th National Indigenous Education Conference from 27 to 29 November 2006 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The conference will attract delegates predominantly from Australia and surrounding islands, New Zealand and Canada. Representatives are expected from Primary, Secondary and Tertiary education environments from areas such as policy, curriculum development & teaching and academics & public servants from State and Federal Government departments. The third national conference was held in Ballarat, VIC in 2004. The conference is Indigenous centred for the empowerment of Indigenous Australians to facilitate education and interaction through Indigenous-led engagement. In addition to a small number of visionary thought-provoking keynote addresses there will be interactive workshops and knowledge sharing with national and international Indigenous researchers, educators and community leaders. A special feature of the conference will be a Cultural Afternoon including tours and a Cultural Reception at Wollotuka (in the language of the Awabakal people, Wollotuka means "eating and meeting place"). For further details regarding registration and the call for abstracts & entertainment, please visit the conference website to express your interest in attending.

The National Young Writers’ Festival - 28 September 2006
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) is Australia's largest gathering of young and innovative writers who are working in traditional and contemporary forms of writing. The five day festival offers the young (and the young at heart) a place to meet, present their work, exchange ideas and be inspired in a dynamic embracing atmosphere. The NYWF is Australia's original emerging writers' festival. For 8 years, NYWF has provided support and inspiration to thousands of writers throughout Australia. In 2006, the National Young Writers Festival swings wide its doors and invites the curious, the passionate, and the adventurous. Join us as we celebrate, explore, and debate the diverse work of Australia's most outstanding young writing talent. The festival will be held in Newcastle (next best city in Australia after Brisbane). Learn more at the website.

Cultural Heritage and Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights Conference - 3-5 December 2006
This cross-disciplinary international conference will address the history of and contemporary developments in the intersections between cultural heritage and cultural and intellectual property rights in Indigenous customary and academic worlds. Key speakers include Julie Hollowell and George Nicholas, Canada; Maui Solomon, New Zealand; and Sven Ouzman, South Africa. The conference will be held in Burra, South Australia, in the traditional country of the Ngadjuri people. Burra is a significant location for discussion of this topic, since it was the site where the Burra Charter (the Australia ICOMOS charter for places of cultural significance) was developed. The significance of this charter is recognized internationally, and our planned conference also will be addressing issues of international significance. For more information go to the website.

UQ - What's on this Week
A UQ webpage that gives an overview of events around UQ on a weekly basis or search further ahead. Covering the academic calendar, student matters, seminars and workshops, sporting fixtures, concerts, exhibitions, courses and careers events, graduations, orientation, dinners, receptions and public lectures. Go to www.uq.edu.au/events/ to check it out.

Cool Websites

Click here to visit the The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website (image from http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/index.html)

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
"The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission was established in 1986 by an act of the Federal Parliament. Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups. We are an independent statutory organisation and report to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General. The Commission is a collegiate body made up of a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three people. The President is the chief executive officer. The Hon John von Doussa QC, President. Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner. Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner." (ref)

Click here to visit the IndigOz Web Directory website

IndigOz Web Directory Website
"This is a working document that attempts to maintain a catalogue of all current WWW sites by, for or about Australian Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander people." (ref) If you have never been to this site go now.

Recent Additions to UQ Library

The recent additions webpage is at library.uq.edu.au/screens/newttls.html.

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Black founders: the unknown story of Australia's first black settlers by Cassandra Pybus
"In this compelling new book, distinguished historian and writer Cassandra Pybus reveals that black convicts were among our first fleet settlers – a fact which profoundly complicates our understanding of race relations in early colonial Australia. Most of these black founders were originally slaves from America who had sought freedom with the British during the American Revolution only to find themselves abandoned and unemployed in England when the war was over. Pybus' stories include the notorious runaway ‘Black Caesar’, who became our first bushranger, and the wonderfully subversive Billie Blue, who was the first ferryman on Sydney Harbour, after whom Blues Point is named." (ref) Click here to find Black founders at the UQ Library.

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International law of human rights edited by Michael K. Addo
"International law is a social construct crafted by human endeavour to achieve or at least contribute to the achievement of goals perceived to be valuable or necessary to effective social relations. In effect, international law is no more than a facilitative process and so cannot have answers and conclusions of its own other than what lies within the ambitions of those who define the limits of the process. The essays collected together here reveal how international law facilitates the achievement of the long standing ambition of turning human rights ideals and rhetoric into reality." (ref). Click here to find International law of human rights at the UQ Library.

Books

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Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins by Simon Blackburn
"A distinguished thinker offers an unabashed defense of everyone's favorite sin, part of Oxford's series on the seven deadlies. Blackburn (The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy; Being Good) defines lust as acute sexual desire, untrammeled by any other elements that might make it, well, sinfullike aggression, selfishness or (though he doesn't mention it) self-destructiveness. This premise, along with the unquestioned secularism of modern philosophy, leave him free to consider a broad historical range of ideas about lust-from Plato and the Stoics through Augustine and 'the Christian Panic' to Sartre and Martha Nussbaum-with care and discernment, but with no real vulnerability to their arguments. Because lust is broadly condoned in our culture, most readers will find that Blackburn's condescension comes across quite sympathetically. He is a witty writer and a canny reader, particularly adept at pitting temporally disparate thinkers (e.g., Hume and Stephen Pinker) against each other. A juicy group of illustrations, all works of fine art (including the torso of Mick Jagger), add to the book's allure. But Blackburn is so confident of being on the side of the angels that he creates devils that aren't really there, like the feminist concept of 'objectification,' which he conflates with lust itself. And since he insists that lust is a holiday from moral constraints, it turns out not subject to judgment. 'So everything is all right,' he concludes cheerily; it is only the inhibition of lust 'by bad philosophy or ideology, by falsity, by controls, by corruptions and perversions and suspicions' that we need fear. This book is not so much a defense of sexual desire as a comprehensive excuse for it, like a note from the doctor." (ref)

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On Beauty by Zadie Smith
"In an author's note at the end of On Beauty, Zadie Smith writes: 'My largest structural debt should be obvious to any E.M. Forster fan; suffice it to say he gave me a classy old frame, which I covered with new material as best I could.' If it is true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Forster, perched on a cloud somewhere, should be all puffed up with pride. His disciple has taken Howards End, that marvelous tale of class difference, and upped the ante by adding race, politics, and gender. The end result is a story for the 21st century, told with a perfect ear for everything: gangsta street talk; academic posturing, both British and American; down-home black Floridian straight talk; and sassy, profane kids, both black and white." (ref) Click here to find On Beauty at the UQ Library.

Media Guide

ABC Local Radio	QLD Country Hour Presented by Theresa Rockley-Hogan, the Country Hour explores the issues facing primary industries and rural communities across Regional Queensland and around Australia. Broadcast 12-1pm weekdays on ABC's Queensland Local Radio. A summary of the Country Hour program is available each day at www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/today.htm.	Weekdays	12:00pm
SBS	Living Black "Australia's only Indigenous current affairs show LIVING BLACK returns on Wednesday at 6.00pm, with repeats on Mondays at 5.30pm and Tuesdays at 3.30pm. " (ref) LIVING BLACK will return on the 2nd August 2006
Radio National	Awaye Indigenous art and culture on Radio National with Rhoda Roberts. To find out what is on the program this week or to listen to the last four programs go to the Awaye website at abc.net.au/message/radio/awaye.	9 June 16 June	1:00pm 1:00pm
ABC Local Radio	Speaking Out Cultural, lifestyle and political issues affecting Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia today. Visit the Speaking Out website to find out what is on this week. Listen to the show on ABC Local Radio or online. Now in summer series.	11 June 18 June	9:30pm 9:30pm
ABC	Landline "Landline is Australia's national rural issues program. The full hour of Landline can be seen on Sundays at noon and is repeated on the following Monday at 11:00am. Landline can also be seen on ABC2 on Mondays at 6:25am, 4:00pm, 7:00pm and 9:15 pm. The program is presented by Sally Sara and Kerry Lonergan." (ref).	11 June 18 June	12:00pm 12:00pm
ABC	Message Stick "Message Stick is a half hour magazine style TV program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles and issues. It features stories, interviews, archival footage, video clips and cooking segments and provides a slot where special half hour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander documentaries can be shown. It allows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to tell their stories in their own way and is the ABC's most recent series to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander's a voice on our television screens" (ref).	11 June 18 June	1:30pm 1:30pm
ABC	Four Corners "Four Corners is Australia's premier television current affairs program. It has been part of the national story since August 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures. Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of Walkleys, Logies and other national awards. The Four Corners website endeavours to offer supplementary content and additional resources of the same high standard reached by our programming." (ref)	12 June 19 June	8:30pm 8:30pm
ABC	Media Watch "Media Watch is Australia's leading forum for media analysis and comment. Conflicts of interest, bank backflips, deceit, misrepresentation, manipulation, plagiarism, abuse of power, technical lies and straight out fraud: Media Watch has built an unrivalled record of exposing media shenanigans since it first went to air in 1989." (ref).	12 June 19 June	9:15pm 9:15pm

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