Fwd: LL:DDV: Quantock hosts refugee (comedy) debate- OCT 25

[billbartlett at dodo.com.au]

>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:00:00 +1000 (EST)
>To: leftlink at vicnet.net.au
>Subject: LL:DDV: Quantock hosts refugee (comedy) debate- OCT 25
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>THE REFUGEE DEBATE:
>"Are All Aussies
>Heartless Bastards?"
>FEATURING ROD QUANTOCK
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>OCT 25, FRIDAY 7PM
>@ BRUNSWICK TOWN HALL,
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>crn Lygon & Glenlyon sts, Brunswick
>ph 9639 8622 for bookings
>$15 wkers/ $10 concession (food and drinks available)
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>The third annual Green Left Weekly comedy debate takes on Australia's
>response to refugees. Are we truly a nation of heartless bastards?
>Should Ruddock get to keep his amnesty badge? Do we deserve the likes of
>John Howard- because after all someone must have voted for him! Kept in
>line by the cutting wit of ROD QUANTOCK, participants will debate these
>and other such pressing issues in what promises to be an unforgettable
>evening.
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>This debate will cut to the heart of mandatory detention and Border
>Protection policies, will expose the soul of Australian society, will
>provide the answer to the refugee crisis... well ok,  at the very least
>it will provide a welcome night of comedy, politics, food and entertainment!
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>a green left weekly fundraiser- all door proceeds go to maintaining
>australia's best radical weekly newspaper : According to journalist JOHN
>PILGER: "Sarah Stephen's [Green Left Weekly journalist] work on the
>Howard government's attacks on asylum seekers comes to mind. No
>journalist in the mainstream equalled her incisive reporting... "
>proceeds from raffle on the night to go to refugee action collective
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