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The University of Western Australia has retained its title as one of the most inclusive workplaces for LGBTIQ+ people. The 2018 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Employee Survey canvassed employees from around Australia on their organisation’s LGBTI inclusion efforts, to determine views on current initiatives, the impact within their workplaces and the overall message of […]
Tags: Quentin Van Meter, University of Western Australia
27 Aug 2018 /
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Patrick Byrne, from the Australian Family Association (AFA) says the University of Western Australia unfairly cancelled an event on Friday where he was scheduled to launch a book alongside a talk from controversial US doctor Quentin Van Meter. Byrne appeared on the Sky News program Outsiders on Sunday morning to discuss the controversy surrounding the AFA’s tour […]
Tags: Australian Family Association, Outsiders, Patrick Byrne, Quentin Van Meter, Ross Cameron, Rowan Dean, SKY News, University of Western Australia
19 Aug 2018 |
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A scheduled protest of an Australian Family Association event at the University of Western Australia featuring anti-transgender Dr Quentin Van Meter will go ahead, despite the event’s cancellation earlier today. Over 9,000 people had signed a petition for the event to be cancelled, due to Dr Van Meter’s links to the American College of Pediatricians […]
Tags: Quentin Van Meter, University of Western Australia, UWA
17 Aug 2018 |
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Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education has spoken out against the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) decision to provide space for a presentation from the Australian Family Association and visiting US doctor Quentin Van Meter. Dr Van Peter is the President of the American College of Pediatricians, a small group who represent doctors whose […]
Tags: Australian Family Association, Megan Lee, Quentin Van Meter, University of Western Australia
16 Aug 2018 |
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The President of the dubious American College of Pediatricians is set to appear at the University of Western Australia (UWA) on Friday. Dr Quentin Van Meter is touring Australia as a guest of the Australian Families Association speaking about his belief that transgender people are mentally ill, and that the worldwide push to recognise transgender […]
Tags: 20 Twenty, American Academy of Pediatricians, American College of Pediatricians, Australian Family Association, Dr Quentin Van Meter, Megan Lee, Neil Johnson, Patrick Byrne, Pride In Diversity, Thomas Drake-Brockman, transfolk, transgender, University of Western Australia, UWA, Vision Radio
13 Aug 2018 |
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ANZ has been awarded 2017 Employer of the Year at the Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, a special event held in Sydney by the AIDS Council of New South Wales’ (ACON) national not-for-profit program, Pride in Diversity. The top award takes prime position on an annual list of Australia’s best employers as assessed by the Australian Workplace Equality […]
Tags: ACON, ANZ, AWEI, Bankwest, lgbti inclusion awards, Pride In Diversity, University of Western Australia, UWA
25 May 2017 |
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Ben Rawlence spent four years in Dadaab Refugee Camp which has been in Northern Kenya for 25 years. At the University of WA’s Octagon Theatre on Thursday 25 February, he will talk about his book City of Thorns and open the 2017 Perth Writers Festival. The PIAF Writers Festival brings over 100 celebrated writers from […]
Tags: ben rawlence, Chinelo Okparanta, city of thorns, dadaab, dark mirror, katherine dorrington, marwa al-sabouni, northern kenya, out of the ruins, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth Writer's Festival, PIAF, under the udala tree, University of Western Australia, UWA
16 Jan 2017 |
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The Teacher (M) | Directed by Jan Hrebejk The teacher in this Slovak language film by Czech director Jan Hrebejk is Comrade Drazdechova (Zuzana Maurey) who is also the head of the local communist party. At the beginning of the 1983 school year, she asks her students to introduce themselves and notes down in her […]
Tags: cinema, Film, jan hrebejk, joondalup, little men, Perth International Arts Festival, PIAF, Review, the teacher, University of Western Australia, UWA
29 Nov 2016 |
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Bestselling author David Sedaris is bringing his lightning wit to Australia for his third comedy tour in January 2016. Sedaris is renowned for his insightful social critiques and sardonic tone. He has written a number of best-sellers including ‘Naked’, ‘When You Are Engulfed in Flames’ and his latest ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls’, a compilation […]
Tags: comedy, David Sedaris, Octagon Theatre, University of Western Australia
10 Aug 2015 |
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The Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre has partnered with the University of Western Sydney and Twenty10 to release a study entitled ‘Growing Up Queer: Issues Facing Young Australians Who Are Gender Variant and Sexuality Diverse’. The study has involved more than 1000 people aged between 16 and 27 across the country. It found that […]
Tags: Growing Up Queer, Magda Szubanski, Michael Kirby, The Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Tom Ballard, Twenty10, University of Western Australia
10 Feb 2014 |
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