BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://faithvictoria.org.au///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260714T155800UTC-3972Jspbbl@https://faithvictoria.org.au/ DTSTAMP:20260714T155800Z DESCRIPTION:Business\, Faith\, Law &\; Morality: The Asylum Seeker Debat e\n \;\nDate: Monday 29 June 2015 \; \; \; \; Time: 7: 30pm to 9:30pm (7:20 seated for prompt 7:30 start)\nLocation: 148 Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne 3000 (There is a Wilson car park adjacent to the venue at 150 Lonsdale Street ($9 flat charge after 4pm).\n \;\n\nThe Debate : Are Asylum Seekers an Economic opportunity or threat?\nHow can large and small Business contribute to the Asylum Seeker debate?\nWhat is the role of Faith and a United Faith Community in the asylum seeker debate?\nDo we have a Moral obligation to assist Asylum Seekers?\nIs Australia's policy t o discourage some Asylum Seekers Legal?\n\nThese question and more will be addressed by our panel of experts before the floor is open to a Q &\; A style debate. Have Your Say by joining us on the floor on the night.\nAb out the Speakers:\n\nAlana Elias: Alana\, her father and two children arri ved by boat in 2001\, the year of the Tampa. After release from detention they were dropped at Brisbane bus station with $200 between them. Since th en Alana has completed her Masters as a RMIT scholar\, and recently secure d a leading role in Beijing. This will probably be one of the last opportu nities to hear Alana before her departure. Prior Alana\, Aoham Al-Dujayli\ , was living in Iraq. \;\nJulian Burnside AO QC: Awarded a Sydney Peac e Prize and nominated a National Living Treasure\, Julian is a high profil e barrister\, committed to human rights\, language lover\, author\, patron of the arts and so much more. Please visit Julian on www.julianburnside.c om.au\nJarrod McKenna: \;A peace award winning nonviolence trainer and innovator. \; Jarrod was teaching pastor at Westcity church. His fami ly live with 17 newly settled refugees at the First Home Project\, an inno vative community welcoming\, housing project to empower refugees. He estab lished Love Makes a Way and is currently on secondment from World Vision t o Common Grace.\nIvor Ries: Media identity and business guru. \; Ivor worked as a journalist in Australia and overseas before writing the esteem ed AFR Chanticleer. \; Recently he has accepted senior and executive r oles in business. He regularly appears as a guest on business programs.\nR ev Prof Andrew Dutney: President of the Uniting Church in Australia. \ ; Singer\, song writer and author\, Andrew is widely published in ethics i n both religious and mainstream publications and is a regular media commen tator on ethics and on spirituality.\nPamela Curr: Victorian Women’s Honou r Roll. Pamela works at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. She is a regula r contributor to ABC Drum\, Crikey and other journals. She is one of Who’s Who Australian women.\nRuth Bungay: Multi disciplined business consultant and economist. With a background in finance as a company analyst\, pensio n fund management and venture capital\, Ruth has visited\, helped and anal ysed many companies across many industry sectors.\n\nHave Your Say by join ing us on the floor on the night. We hope you can attend.\nTickets and Don ations: As with any enclosed space\, tickets are limited\, hence admission will only be by ticket which will be scanned for entry. \; The ticket s will be available online until the start of the debate or until all seat s are allocated. (There will only be very limited resources dealing with e mergency registration on the night at the venue\, so please allow ample ti me if you have to choose this option.) \;Please bring your ticket to t he venue for entry.\nLentara has kindly offered their facilities to collec t the donation money for us\, which will be distributed between the variou s charities listed above after the close of the event. Lentara has DGR so all donations are tax deductible.\nContact:asylumseekerdebatebflm@gmail.co m \;(Please leave a phone number if you would prefer a text or wish to speak to someone and you will be contacted within 24 hours.) https://fait hvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/682-business-faith-law-morality-the -asylum-seeker-debate DTSTART:20150629T193000Z DTEND:20150629T213000Z LOCATION:148 Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne 3000 (148 Lonsdale Street\, Melbou rne VIC 3000\, Australia) SUMMARY:Business\, Faith\, Law & Morality: The Asylum Seeker Debate URL:https://faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/682-business-faith-l aw-morality-the-asylum-seeker-debate END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR