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| 11 Jul 4:00 pm | A lateral idea to deal with illegal immigrants Briefly unlike the current policy which is punitive and breaches Australia's treaty obligations, it is to accept them here but not willy nilly. (And none of that Julia Gillard nonsense of trying to push them to developing countries like East Timor or PNG either). The idea is to impose a "cost" for "queue jumping" (which I acknowledge they may feel driven to do). That cost is not monetary since these people would largely not have any. The "cost" is to serve in a labour camp on Australian soil. Not any old labour camp. The labour camp would be for the purpose of building real needed infra-structure such as "seeding" the development of some regional centres. The idea is to compel illegal immigrants to contribute to building Australia in some way to "earn their right" to settle here. They would still be held in detention, perhaps for a similar period to the current policies, but instead of their time being wasted like at present and which has caused psychological damage, their implicit labour power is put to productive use. More at the talk... |
Victor Bien |
| 8 Aug | AGM (no HuVAT) | |
| 12 Sep 4:00 pm | TBA |
TBA |
The HuVAT program was started in February 2001 as a means for members and friends to meet regularly to talk about issues of direct interest to the Society to help the formation and development of Society policy.
They are held on
Affie
Adiago, Founder/Convenor of HuVAT!
(Note while this meeting series is sponsored by us its program is often not representative of the views of the Humanist Society at all. In fact it may run topics contrary to our interests! David Duffy's interest is to provide a regular venue to air matters of contemporary interest. If you are interested in what the Society as a body is concerned about consider the HuVAT program above).
| 14 Jul | Reincarnation? - the body is recycled every seven years, the mind lasts a lifetime but our consciousness accumulates over many lifetime. |
Mr Glynn Curran Cosmologist. |
| 21 July | Refugees, innocent victims, illegal migrants or political pawns | Dr Eileen Pittaway Director of the University of NSW Centre for refugee research & accredited UN lobbyist. |
| Ring 9212 2122 for details for dates not covered here | |
They are held
PLEASE NOTE:
David
Duffy the long-time convener!
The Society also runs the HuVAT
(Humanist Viewpoints Afternoon talk) series usually on the second Sunday
of each month 4 pm. These meetings are more orientated to the Humanist
position as such.
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