If cigarettes can go behind the counter, why not porn? Say No 4 Kids is working to remove pornography from children's view in places such as milk bars, service stations and newsagents. Names are being collected for a petition to go to the Standing Committee of Attorney General's Censorship Ministers. For more details and to sign the petition, visit the Say No 4 Kids website.
Spinifex poets Susan Hawthorne & Trish Sykes in the news & at Readings
Melbourne's The Age newspaper is running a commemorative edition for the bushfires this weekend which will feature poems by Susan Hawthorne on Friday 7 and Trish Sykes on Saturday 8. Trish and Sue are also taking part in a poetry night at Readings Carlton on Monday 10 August.
The Ngarrindjeri of the Lower Murray River and Coorong have told the South Australian state government that the construction of regulators will seriously damage Aboriginal sites. While the state government has acknowledged the pain and loss to Ngarrindjeri, they have determined to proceed, putting the Ngarrindjeri in a position where it must bear witness to the damage, loss and disturbance. For more details see: http://www.hurrysavethemurray.com & http://www.flickr.com/photos/dibell/ Or contact Tom Trevorrow, Chairperson, Ngarrindjeri Heritage Committee, Tel 08-8575 1557, 0447 032 448
ABC Radio National will broadcast an abridgement of Kick the Tin by Doris Kartinyeri as part of its First Person timeslot on the Book Show. The program will run from the 3rd to the 7th of August at 10.40am, and be rebroadcast at 8.40pm on the 3rd to the 6th, and at 7.40pm on the 7th.
Vandana Shiva talks about her latest book, Soil Not Oil , with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live. A podcast has been put up on the Radio National website. You can listen to the program here.
Australian Council on Children and the Media, in alliance with Kids Free 2B Kids, presents two Melbourne seminars:
Bratz, Britney and Bralettes: the sexualisation of childhood. Monday 3 August 2009.
Speakers are Steve Biddulph, author and family psychologist; Julie Gale, founding director of Kids Free 2B Kids; and Maggie Hamilton, author of What's Happening to Our Girls? The evening will be chaired by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.
Children and Sexualised Media: Risks, reviews and regulation. Tuesday 4 August 2009.
Speakers include Lyn Allison, former senator, key member of Senate Inquiry; Steve Biddulph, family psychologist and author; Julie Gale, Kids Free 2B Kids; Scott McClellan, Australian Association of National Advertisers; Dr Emma Rush, author and academic at Charles Sturt University; and Hon Alistair Nicholson AO, former Chief Justice of the Family Court.
Steve Biddulph, Julie Gale and Dr Emma Rush are all contributors to Spinifex Press's upcoming book Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls .
For further information on the seminars, or to make a booking, visit the Young Media website .
Songs for Stories: Indigenous Literacy Day Benefit Concert
Songs for Stories, the Indigenous Literacy Day Benefit Concert, is being held 7.30pm, Tuesday 25 August at the Melbourne Town Hall. It features The Cat Empire, Katie Noonan, Chenile Chandler, Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter, and Paul Kelly.
The Indigenous Literacy Project aims to address the current literacy crisis in remote Indigenous communities.
To book, head to http://www.indigenousliteracyproject.org.au/About/SongsforStories.aspx .
