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NOTE: Due to the situation with the Corona virus, we are now holding the English Conversation Club in mixed mode, both in-person and online using Microsoft Teams. The in-person location is sometimes 1C100 and sometimes another location.If you are interested in joining the activity please contact the organiser, Craig Johnson, to confirm the location etc.The English Conversation Club is a free activity organized by one of the UC Chaplains – Craig Johnson. Especially for international students or visiting scholars from overseas. But anyone who wants to practice their English is welcome.

The English Conversation Club is a free activity organized by one of the UC Chaplains – Craig Johnson. Especially for international students or visiting scholars from overseas. But anyone who wants to practice their English is welcome!

Show your support for Women and join the UC community for our International Women's Day celebration morning tea. Enjoy cupcakes, live music and speakers including Virginia Haussegger (ACT Australian of the Year) and Hannah Wandel (ACT Young Australian of the Year). Everyone is welcome.

This seminar will explore how radio broadcasting provided Australians with a new medium through which local, national, and global identities could be negotiated. In Australian radio, sport programs proved a particularly illuminating locus of tension, as sport broadcasts embodied the conflict between popular amusement and cultural uplift that marked the earliest discussions of broadcast responsibility.  As production formats and modes of address became more formalized with the emergence of the Australian Broadcast Company (A.B.C.) in 1932, sport broadcasts stood out for the informality of their rhetoric, their spontaneity, and their participatory characteristics.  Whether represented by cricket, horse racing, wrestling, football, rowing, or other athletic contests, sport had long resided at the nexus of national identity and Australian culture.  What made radio sport unique was the electricity of participation – the way in which listening audiences could transcend global distances and be linked live to athletes contesting events on the other side of the continent or the opposite side of the globe.  News reports, industry periodicals, oral histories, and other primary sources reveal the ways in which Australian radio listeners engaged sport radio to consider their place in the nation, the Empire, and the world.

Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity.It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

Got a burning question? Know nothing about trans identities? Want to meet some of the LGBTQIA+ people and allies on campus? Come along to Rainbow UC's first panel event of the year, with an all-star trans panel to answer all your questions. This event will be in the project space 1C105 above the RefectoryOur panellists are Dr Dia Andrews, Jess Walsh, Oliver Peppermint and Gary Mark O’Connor, and the discussion will be moderated by Rainbow UC President Jace Reh. Profiles of the amazing people will be released as we get closer to the event. 

Come along to the Loft at Duxton in O’Connor on 28 March at 6:30pm for drinks and a casual conversation about our bush capital and its rapid growth to be a Lonely Planet favourite, restaurant mecca and on the most liveable cities lists worldwide.Test your knowledge with a ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ quiz, throw your opinion or question into the hat, and join Emma Macdonald of Her ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ and three of our own UC experts in debating whether the rapid rise of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ is a blessing or curse.Registration is essential for this free event.

In her first public lecture in ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥, world-renowned feminist development economist Professor Naila Kabeer will discuss policies and programs seeking to promote women’s empowerment.Professor Kabeer's lecture brings together key findings from evaluations of policies and programs that seek to promote women's empowerment and livelihood capabilities in rural development in the Global South, with specific attention to their role in agriculture. Efforts to address the immediate and larger constraints that impact on women's livelihood capabilities will be assessed: what has worked, what has failed, and why? Bringing together lessons from both sets of interventions can deepen our understanding of how gendered constraints work in different circumstances. This in turn can help us to craft more effective policy measures to empower rural women and improve their livelihoods, which we know generates flow on benefits for their families, their communities and societal food and nutrition security.

Have you noticed the new space on campus? The Ngunnawal Plant Use Education Space will officially be opened and you're invited to come along and learn about the native plants from the region, and how Traditional Owners, the Ngunnawal peoples, use them.

CEaster is almost here. Come and celebrate with a Hot Cross Bun in the Contemplation Space, 1C100. 

Reading About Jesus University is a great place for reading and learning! How about putting aside some time for learning about Jesus?  'Reading about Jesus' is an opportunity to join with others and read through the Bible’s accounts of Jesus, to discuss and learn together. On Thursdays, 12:30pm to 1:30pm, in room 1C100 (the Multifaith Centre room). Feel free to bring lunch with you :) Anyone is welcome, you may be a long-time Christian, or just someone (of other faith or no faith) who would like to read about Jesus with others.

English Conversation Club The English Conversation Club is a free activity organized by one of the UC Chaplains – Craig Johnson. Especially for international students or visiting scholars from overseas. But anyone who wants to practice their English is welcome.

This May 3, we invite you to learn more about Rheumatic Heart Disease and how we can stop it in Australia by attending a free lunch and screening of Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease. Most Australians have never heard of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD), which was largely eliminated from non-Indigenous communities in the 1960s, yet two Indigenous Australians die per week from it. In fact, Australia has some of the highest rates of RHD in the world and children as young as two have been diagnosed with severe RHD that requires open-heart surgery and decades of painful injections. This award-winning documentary reveals the incredible true-life stories of young people living with RHD, their families and the health workers caring for them. You will witness the issues that can contribute to RHD, the diagnosis, the treatment and the socio-political and economic challenges of living with RHD. It will also arm you with the information you need to help eliminate RHD in Australia.

What is IDAHOBIT Day? The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is observed on May 17 and aims to draw attention to violence and discrimination that LGBTIQ+ communities continue to experience around the world.   About the UC Ally Network An Ally Network has been established at UC. It is a visible network of people who are allies of staff and students who identify as being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+), and their friends and supporters. Any UC staff member or student can be an ally, whether or not they identify as LGBTIQ+.

This seminar will report on Dr Heba Batainah’s recent field work in Jordan, Lebanon and Australia. The field work involved interviewing over 80 Syrian refugee women living in and out of official refugee camps and 30 individuals working with Non-government Organisations (NGOs) and Community Based Organisations (CBOs). The fieldwork is part of a larger project funded by the Australian Civil-Military Centre with Dr de Percy and Professor Peter Leahy into the United Nations’ Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda and its impact on Syrian refugee women. From our research conducted to date with Syrian refugee women and drawing on the experiences of the NGOs and policy experts, there is a distinct lack of theorisation of the nature of forced migration and resettlement beyond humanitarian ‘triage’ efforts in the short term. As the conflict in Syria enters its ninth year, humanitarian triage efforts have largely run their course, with many refugees continuing to live in host countries under a variety of circumstances, some returning to Syria and a small percentage having been resettled in refugee receiving countries. As the conflict continues and as refugee numbers in host countries remain high, the policy aims of the host and receiving countries will continue to direct the lives of Syrian refugee women located outside of Syria. Dr Batainah will share some of the early findings from her field work while also discussing some of the challenges of conducting fieldwork in political sensitive environments. The seminar will also include the showing of two very short documentaries to add visual depth to the information shared in the seminar. 

Join with your ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ community a public screening of 'Gurrumul'. Screening includes Popcorn, choc top, bottle of water and a drink. 100% of the ticket purchase price goes to the Ngunnawal Elder’s Fund, which promotes the social and emotional health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ through the provision of financial assistance in the event of unexpected financial hardship and/or for one-off expenses relating to cultural requirements. The Fund aims to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students complete their studies and reach their full potential. You can donate directly to the Ngunnawal Elders Fund here.

Enjoy free performances, workshops and storytelling at the Reconciliation in the Park event this Reconciliation Day.  Acknowledging the Indigenous custodians of the ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ region and their contribution to the capital, it’s an opportunity to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and explore how we can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The day’s activities reflect the National Reconciliation Week 2019 theme Grounded in Truth, Walk Together With Courage, which encourages Australians to engage in meaningful conversations to develop a deeper understanding of our national story and our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Immerse yourself in a culturally rich day with activities including basketweaving, storytelling, live performaces, childrens amusements and food vans.

Put a hold in your diary and join your UC community in the Building 1 Theatrette for our Reconciliation Week lunch time documentary screenings. Sessions are FREE. Tuesday 28 May Footprints on our Land The life and legacy of Senior Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Agnes Shea. Footprints on Our Land is testament to a senior Elder whose tireless service welcoming people to Ngunnawal country, in the tradition of her people, has been a major force for Reconciliation in the ACT. Wednesday 29 May Fire of the Land Set at the time of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the film tells the story of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy's peace camp in Sydney's Victoria Park. At the centre of the film is Isabell Coe of the Wiradjuri Nation (in central New South Wales) who brought ashes to Sydney from the Sacred Fire for Peace and Justice at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥, to symbolise the role of the Embassy in promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians Thursday 30 May Take Heart Take Heart reveals the incredible true-life stories of young people living with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD), and the families and health workers caring for them. The stakes are high for these kids, RHD is life-threatening and they must comply to strict medication schedules to stay alive. Regular health checks, restricted activities and frequent hospital admissions are commonplace and they rely on the support of their family, friends and community health workers to keep them on track.

Join the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ community for our annual reconciliation week breakfast with our special guest Shelley Cable. Learn about reconciliation at UC and hear from Shelley as she shares her experiences achievements. About Shelley Cable: Shelley Cable is a Nyoongar woman who is passionate about Indigenous business and financial inclusion. Currently undertaking CPA studies, Shelley was shortlisted to attend Stanford University at age 19, placing in the top 5% of 10,000 applicants globally. In 2017, Shelley presented to the United Nations on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and had her recommendations on financial literacy accepted and formally endorsed. She was also elected to attend the Uluru Convention on Constitutional Reform, which resulted in the formation of the historic Uluru Statement. Shelley has been widely recognised for her leadership, including as the winner of Curtin University's Young Alumna of the Year Award 2017, the winner of the WA Young Achiever Award - Leadership category 2018, and as a Finalist in the Western Australian of the Year Awards in both 2017 and 2018 (youth category).    

In this vibrant documentary, the inimitable Starlady takes us on a Queen of the Desert journey to Areyonga, an indigenous community in Central Australia, where she’ll work with a group of curious and cheeky young people to reveal the power for self-expression. Join A Gender Agenda for this special event, featuring a screening of this groundbreaking film followed by a QnA with the film's star. This is a fundraising event and all proceeds will be used to grow AGA's programs and services.

Come join us for a Reconciliation Week morning tea. We will reflect on reconciliation at UC, discuss ways forward and what reconciliation means to staff and students at UC. Morning tea is provided, please RSVP.

Social Enterprise offers an exciting model for harnessing the power of business as a force for good. Hybrid ventures such as Grameen Bank, KIVA, Thank You, STREAT and TOMS Shoes, for example, have fundamentally changed how we think about the purpose of business. Indigenous social ventures appear to be much less likely to seek commercial revenues, relying principally on Government grants and Philanthropy. In today’s contested funding environment, this places many small organisations that provide essential support to Indigenous communities at risk. Furthermore, Indigenous social ventures founders face many of the same barriers to mainstream economic participation as Indigenous entrepreneurs more generally Discussion to focus not just on barriers, but opportunities and examples of businesses (both for-profit and not-for-profit) that are trading successfully while having a measurable impact in the lives of Indigenous Australians and preservation of their enduring languages and culture.    

To celebrate National Reconciliation Week, the UC Discipline of Midwifery invites you to spend an evening with Karel Williams presenting Birthing on Country…the best start to life.  Karel is an Aboriginal midwife based in ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ with family connections to the Palawa and Western Arrernte Nations. Prior to becoming a midwife, Karel had a long career in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy and program areas in the Australian Public Service, including one year on an executive exchange program working in the then Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada. Karel completed her Bachelor of Midwifery at UC in 2014 and at her graduation ceremony was the inaugural recipient of the Tom Calma Medal. Karel has researched and published on racism as a determinant of health and is currently undertaking a higher degree by research at UC. Karel is an active member of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) and was its representative on the working group that recently revised the Code of Conduct for Midwives, where she successfully advocated for the inclusion of cultural safety. Karel currently represents CATSINaM on the National Birthing on Country Strategic Committee. Karel will present on Birthing on Country and Cultural Safety, and how these promote the best start in life and contribute to closing the gap in health outcomes.

University is a great place for reading and learning! How about putting aside some time for learning about Jesus? 'Reading about Jesus' is an opportunity to join with others and read through the Bible’s accounts of Jesus, to discuss and learn together. On Thursdays, 1:30pm to 2:30pm, via Microsoft Teams.Anyone is welcome, you may be a long-time Christian, or just someone (of other faith or no faith) who would like to read about Jesus with others.For this activity we using a mixed-mode format, with online and in-person at the same time. For online participation we are using Microsoft Teams. We will also meet in 1C100 (or sometimes another location) for those who would like to meet in-person. If you are interested in joining the activity please contact the organiser, Craig Johnson, to confirm the location or online details.

Servings of Creativity Come on down to PechaKucha ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Join the fun, learn something. Big Ideas Fast! PechaKucha ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ is a dynamic set of presentations. Presentations are informal and fun. They follow the 20x20 format, 20 slides 20 seconds each. Each presentation is around 6 minutes and includes diverse topics. Speakers Stephen Collins from ACIDLABS will be presenting on the intersection of leadership, culture and design. Dale Rogers from the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ will be presenting on delivering services, with style. Zoe Lewis from the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ will be presenting on future campus, technology culture and place We are still recruiting speakers for this PechaKucha night and future events. If you want to tell your story contact Dale Rogers on dale.rogers@canberra.edu.au See you at PechaKucha Night.

On World Refugee Day, held every year on June 20th, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This day marks a key moment for the public to show support for families forced to flee. Join us in 01C50 on the day to show you care and stand by them. 

Join us for a gardening bee at the UC SignPost Community Garden. We’ll be helping to maintain the garden with some light weeding and mulching. Everyone is welcome – it’s a great chance to catch up with fellow students and staff while getting your hands dirty and enjoying the fresh air and sunshine!Please wear sun protection, and bring a hat and some water for yourself. A small amount of tools are available, but do bring your own gardening gloves if you have them.

The Renewables Innovation Hub, Entry 29 and The ACT Government with the support of Energy Lab, RDA and SERREE will bring you the opportunity to learn, network, collaborate and enjoy a day of activities with Environmental and Renewable Leaders of the ACT community.Become a thought-leader and support the ACT efforts to fight climate change through innovation and community participation. Come as a volunteer, showcase your idea or just participate on the day!   

Keep clothing out of landfill and learn new skills. Bring your worn, torn and buttonless clothing to the UC Repair Cafe and we will help you to revitalise it. If you know your way around a needle and thread, come along and help others.

The UCSRC are inviting all students to attend our Student Town Hall on the 20th of August (Tuesday Week 3) to ask our panel of executives, including our own VC Deep Saini, questions on the student issues that matter!What is a town hall?A town hall is traditionally a meeting of the whole community to discuss important issues. It is a forum for questions, feedback and getting to know our leaders and decision makersHow is the UCSRC’s student town hall going to be different ?? We are doing away with microphones and instead will be asking you to submit your questions via your phone! – You can remain anonymous. These questions will then be projected onto a projector screen where we invite you to interact and upvote on the questions that intrigue you.Topics you may ask about, but are in no way limited to: - Food Service- Study Space- Course Materials- Course Offerings- ParkingA student town hall gives students a place to speak their mindsTalk about issues they find important And hopefully find solutions to any problems! ??

Meet Actor and Author M.J Dougherty and listen to his story of how he went from suicide survivor to walking the Red Carpet in Hollywood. Chronicled in his best selling novel, Life Lessons From a Total Failure, MJ will be candidly sharing his story and sharing what he has learned on his journey, including his experiences being a gay man in a small town in Pennsylvania, to working on some on Hollywood’s hottest shows. As an advocate for LGBTQ youth of America MJ is keen to meet and speak to UC’s LGBTQ community. Light refreshments will be provided.

UC Open Day is a once-a-year opportunity to see what it's like to live, study and work in the nation's capital. It's your chance to experience life at the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ first-hand. You'll get the chance to explore the campus and discover different courses, career opportunities, latest innovations, displays, clubs and so much more.UC staff will be available and stationed at info points throughout the campus to assist you if you need any help.

UC Open Day is a once-a-year opportunity to see what it’s like to live, study and work in the nation’s capital. Whether you consider yourself tech savvy, a creative thinker, a health and science enthusiast, an aspiring teacher or you are passionate about business, government and law – we’ve got you covered! UC Open Day is jam packed with fun activities and entertainment from the ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ community. We have several ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ attractions and employers in attendance, we will have giveaways on the day through Hit 104.7 and over 200+ Information sessions, hands-on workshops, and displays and demonstrations on offer throughout the day. This is YOUR chance to link in with the community and experience what ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ has to offer.

Join us for an evening of edutainment at the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Three Minute Thesis Competition Final What is the 3MT? 3MT is an international competition for research students where they compete against their peers to showcase their research in a compelling way to a lay* audience in just three minutes with a single PowerPoint Slide.Join us for the UC finals as our research students battle it out for the UC3MT Winner title and the $3500 in prize money up for grabs, a ticket to the 3MT Asia-Pacific Final and the People’s Choice award. After the competition you are invited to join us to mix mingle with the competitors and judges over drinks and canapés. #UC3MT #WeAreUC 

This half day workshop utilises an interactive, experiential learning model to enhance understanding of Indigenous culture. About this EventThis workshop is presented by Corporate Culcha:'Developing an appreciation and respect for Indigenous culture, and understanding how this pertains to the workplace is fundamental to successful engagement with Indigenous communities. Our Cultural Awareness workshops provide participants with insights into how culture shapes our values, attitudes and behaviours, and demonstrates the benefits to personal and business growth. The sessions also explore the diversity of Indigenous communities and how their history relates to health and well-being, employment and social inclusion' Training facilitatorPaul Dodd is the CEO, Director and Principal Consultant of Corporate Culcha, who identifies as a Bundjalung man, with traditional kinship ties to Wirri and Birriah first Nations. He is part owner of a number of other successful Supply Nation certified businesses including Geared Up Culcha and Yaru Water. Training audienceThis workshop is for University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ staff. How to registerPlease register via Eventbrite.

Female elite athletes are still paid a fraction of their male counterparts despite winning championships, endorsements and dominating headlines. What role does the media play in changing the perception of women's sport? And how is the ACT leading this charge? Join host and veteran sports journalist, Tim Gavel and a panel for a conversation around the rise of women's sport on the national and international stage, and just how far we have to go until we can reach an even playing field. Grab a drink, some food and become part of the conversation. You can also engage with the conversation online through our social media channels. Host Tim Gavel (Sports Journalist, ABC/RiotACT/UC) Speakers Carrie Graf (UC Director of Sport, Former Opals and WNBL champion) Virginia Haussegger (Director, 50/50 by 2030) Chris Dutton (Sports Editor, AM and The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ Times, UC Alumnus) Kelsey Griffin (Co-captain, UC Capitals)

International conference on celebration of Indigenous Knowledge: contribution of their influence across disciplines.Hosted at University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ and presented by SIETAR AUSTRALASIA and the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership and Strategy at the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥. All Indigenous and non-Indigenous people welcome to register for the conference and join the conversation with an outstanding list of speakers it is two days not to be missed.

Donor Families Australia is incredibly proud to present its first ever conference — the first of its kind in the world — this year!  Breaking Boundaries: Building Relationships of Hope in Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation This unique independent two-day conference is organised by Donor Families for Donor Families and those directly affected by it, Recipients.  Attendees get to speak their mind, tell delegates about their experiences and share what's important to them. It's also a celebration of our loved ones, our Donor Heroes, who have saved and improved the lives of many of our fellow Australians.

In the past 5 years, China has experienced a neck-breaking development in its digitisation and platformisation. In this process of platformisation, millions of previous migrant workers have become flexible laborers. Based on one and a half years' ethnographic fieldwork and a survey of 1399 delivery workers in Beijing, this seminar will explore the labor conditions of courier workers at China's take-away platforms as well as their agency, subjectivity and empowerment. It demonstrates that digital labor in contemporary China is never a unified pattern, and couriers' work has become both more accessible and precarious within the process of platformisation and digitisation. Join us to hear more on platformatisation and flexible labor.

Please join us for the next presentation in the CCCR seminar series by Dr Affrica Taylor.Abstract: In this presentation I recount a series of river dialogues that emerged from a Canadian road trip I took earlier this year.  My colleagues from the Common Worlds Research Collective and I drove along the Athabasca River corridor, from the river’s source near Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, to the oil mining township of Fort McMurray, in far north Alberta. Here the river’s waters are used to extract crude oil from bitumen in open cut tarsands mines.  This field trip was part of a climate action pedagogies research project, designed to experiment with more-than-human feminist methods. As a way of materially figuring our journey, we crocheted shapes of the shifting riverine landscape as we drove through it. We also read aloud passages from Val Plumwood’s eco-feminist writings, particularly drawing inspiration from her articles ‘Shadow places’ and ‘Nature in the active voice’.  In honour of our destination and our feminist methods, we called this trip the BITCHumen salon.

Join UC for a family friendly mini festival and our 2019 Ngunnawal Lecture on the role Indigenous Knowledges in response to climate change.Starting with a mini festival at 4pm at the UC HUB with Indigenous catering, activities, music and chance to learn about Indigenous culture. Followed by our 2019 Ngunnawal lecture at 5:45pm from our special guest, Wakaya man, Professor Yin Paradies.About the lectureThis lecture locates Australia in a global landscape as a nation replete with natural resources, but lacking in key democratic elements, where citizens are increasingly disillusioned with both their government and broader life opportunities. Rising inequality in Australia is situated within broader debates about the nature of social equality and justice and the possible pathways for achieving these outcomes. The lecture concludes by considering ways forward for Australia as a liberal nation on a warming planet and the role of Indigenous knowledges in moving beyond hope to action for radical change.About Professor Yin ParadiesProfessor Yin Paradies is a Wakaya man who is Chair in Race Relations and Indigenous Knowledges and Culture Coordinator at Deakin University. He conducts interdisciplinary research on the health, social and economic effects of racism as well as anti-racism theory, policy and practice across diverse settings, including workplaces, schools, universities, housing, the arts, and health. He has authored almost 200 publications, is an invited reviewer for 100 journals, and has received more than 50 grants worth over $28 million. 

This interactive workshop hosted by the News & Media Research Centre will scrutinise media text analysis in a time of seismic change in the media industries.In this workshop, we will be challenging ourselves to consider the assumptions underlying textual analysis in contemporary media studies research. Rather than ‘training’ people in new methods for analysing media texts to understand how discourse circulates in the digital era, we need to question some of our underlying assumptions. 

An extra fun stall from Rainbow UC will be featured at the Stress Less Week Market Day on Wednesday 30th October. There'll be heaps of freebies, cool photo opportunities, a glitter station, face paint, hair chalk, and drag queens!! At 2pm a short campus march will commence, with local community groups coming along to support us. At the end of the march, local drag and musical acts will perform free shows on the Concourse and at The Well until 6pm. Find the event on Facebook for more info and updates at 

Melbourne group, PRESS CLUB release their second full-length album, Wasted Energyand head off around the country in November. Press Club’s sonic calling cards are all present on Wasted Energy; the fuzz-addled, kicked-in speaker bass of Iain MacRae, the razor sharp guitar tones of Greg Rietwyk, the merciless drumming of Frank Lees, not to forget the emotionally charged vocal deliverance of Natalie Foster. Two singles have been taken from the self-produced Wasted Energy so far.‘Get Better’, and â€˜Thinking About You’, in which Foster recounts her experience with a stalker. Never one to shy away from what is uncomfortable, the song embodies a freak’s tongue, cooing unbridled down the phone line; abrupt, uninvited, and out of the blue.Supported by Johnny Hunter and Slagatha Christie. ** This event is 18+ **

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth yet has been home to thousands of generations. Traditional knowledge of finding and re-finding water sites has always been integral to Australia’s First Peoples for survival in an arid landscape and protecting water remains a cultural obligation.The challenge for First Peoples is to ensure their relationship with water is celebrated by all Australians, not diminished by modern water planning or excluded from environmental flow management.Bradley Moggridge explores historical challenges and institutional responses in integrating First Peoples’ cultural values into water planning and management, coupled with on-the-ground applications of cultural value water for two Western NSW Rivers. Finally, Bradley investigates how integrating First People’s perspectives into water management has worked in New Zealand.Bradley Moggridge is currently a PhD Candidate and IAE Advisor at the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥. 

Drones provide a means of sensing the earth; witnessing human impact on the natural world, diminishing habitats, and disappearing wild animals. But drones also crash into everything: oceans, lakes, glaciers, trees, cars, people, buildings, temples, birds, power poles, bridges, prisons, oil refineries, oil pipelines, nuclear power plants, airplanes, helicopters, agricultural fields, stadiums, etc.And yet, even when the drone is crashing or has crashed it remains an important object through which to understand the emergent relationship between humans, technologies, and species. This presentation examines this relationship through the event of the crashing drone, exploiting a material link shared by crashing drones and collapsing species.

You're invited to attend the dedication ceremony of a recently gifted sculpture 'ONE' to the University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥.The University of ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ welcomes the significant gift that will transform our Western Concourse and provide a lasting legacy for our community. The Sculpture is the creation of Geoffrey Drake-Brockman who specialises in large-scale public installations. Geoffrey is a cybernetics artist whose autonomous robotic and optical artworks interact with audiences to bring about dynamic performances. Geoffrey has an international reputation having exhibited works in London, New York, Singapore, Aarhus (Denmark) as well as closer to home in Melbourne, Perth and ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥. â€˜One’ is intended to speak to the values for living: truth, right conduct, love, peace and non-violence; a direct association with our vision of building a safe and respectful campus community. More information on the installation is available here.   

In celebration of their upcoming ‘Ticker’ EP and first ever physical release, Pist Idiots be doing a lap around the country playing their biggest rock shows to date. The ‘Ticker’ tour will see us hit major cities as well as a handful of regional ZONES including UC Hub in ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥. Come to a show or else!** 18+ Event **