Media Event Agenda
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The World's Greatest Shave @ Vision PT FiveDock, Sydney
4th February - Vision Personal Training, Five Dock. See trainer Jon Kok shave almost 2 foot of hair to raise $10,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation for The World's Greatest Shave. There'll be great food and drinks, outstanding raffle prizes all to raise much needed funds. Entry is free. Photo opportunities or more information:
Liana Lorenzato, LSquaredINK Ph. 0410 407 405
Susie O'Neill Launches the Smile for Change Campaign at Luna Park, Sydney
4th February, 8-10am - Luna Park, Sydney - Australian swimming legend Susie O'Neill launches the Smile for Change campaign at Luna Park to help raise money for The Smith Family. A fun event for kids, great photo opps - official ceremony at 9am. For more information, please contact
Sian Davis on (02) 9006 2964 or
Sophie Winton on Ph: (02) 9006 2944 / M: 0412 960 099.
Australian Academy of Science Public Lecture Series - Caring for the Australian Countryside
7 February, 6pm - Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Canberra. First lecture in the series starts with Adjunct Professor Bill Gammage describing Aboriginal land management through history. Free refreshments from 5.30 pm. For more information, please contact Mona Akbari on 0447 679 612.
Dealing With Past Wrongs
5.30-6.30 pm Tuesday, 14 February & 4.50-5.50 pm Wednesday, 15 February - ATC101 Swinburne University of Technology Burwood Road, Hawthorn. The Swinburne Institute will host two public lectures about how to deal with the wrongs of the past as part of the international Historical Justice and memory Conference. World Future Councillor Dr Rama Mani will talk about ‘The Aesthetics and Ethics of Repairing Historical Injustice’ and Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will give a lecture titled ‘Unfinished Business’. For more information, please contact Lea Kivivali on +61 3 9214 5428 or 0410 569 311.
Technology Choices: No Quick Fixes, No Easy Choices
15 February - Registration at 5:45 pm, Seminar 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Ernst & Young Centre, Level 33/680 George Street,Sydney. In early February, Grattan Institute will release the first of a two-part report on the technology choices that will frame Australia’s energy future. The report will be discussed by Andrew Charlton, a former senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Tony Wood, Grattan’s Energy Projects. The report explores in details the technologies that might enable Australia to achieve the targets set out in the Federal Government’s Clean Energy Legislation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For more info contact Grattan Institute reception on 03 8344 3637 or visit the
website.
VACC Scooter Awareness Rally
19th February - Starts 9.30am at Luna Park, St Kilda and finishes at Argyle Square, Lygon Street.
Media is invited to attend VACC’s Scooter Rally. Great images of hundreds of scooters, including Vespas and Lambrettas, riding through Melbourne to remind road users and governments that scooters are good for the roads and environment. Contact: Murray Collins, 0422 073 394 or
mcollins@vacc.com.au Visit vacc.com.au or
FaceBook VACC Scooter Rally
Happiness & Its Causes 2012
1 & 2 March- Sydney Town Hall. The 8th Annual Happiness & Its Causes Conference will be held at the Sydney Town Hall on 1-2 March 2012. The world's largest conference on human happiness brings together over 50 speakers, including Martin Seligman, Sogyal Rinpoche, Lillian Too, Peter Singer, Ellen Langer, David Williamson, Ita Buttore and many more. For further information, including media passes please contact
Sasha Kahan, Destination Communication on 0411 340 991.
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