[Aidwatch] AID/WATCH E-bulletin: Voices from Bangladesh Climate Change and Development Speaking tour on now!

Tue May 13 22:30:51 PDT 2008

Hello Aidwatchers,

Our Voices from Bangladesh speaking tour is now well underway and a second
Sydney event has just been announced for Sunday the 18th. Join us to fully
comprehend the scale of the disastrous Phulbari coal mine and get involved
with this international campaign.  

In other news, AID/WATCH is looking for a new staff member to help us manage
our office and our fundraising program. Please feel free to forward the
details to anyone who you think would be interested in this role. 

All the very best,

Flint Duxfield

Co-director

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Tuesday May 14th  2008 

1.	NOT TO BE MISSED: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour is under way NOW!
2.	NEW SYDNEY EVENT: Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace host
Dr Anu Muhammad for their Sunday Seminar

3.    POSITION VACANT: AID/WATCH Office and Fundraising Manager

4.	EVENT: Jubilee Australia Benefit Gig- Tonight! [Sydney] 
5.	EVENT: Australian Aid to Indonesia - A seminar organized by
Indonesian Solidarity

6.    GENERAL NOTICE: AID/WATCH AGM

7.    Donate to AID/WATCH

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1.	NOT TO BE MISSED: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour is under way NOW!

Dr Anu Muhammad is now here in Australian for AID/WATCH's Climate Change and
Development speaking tour. The tour is still to visit Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane, Canberra, Katoomba and the Hunter Valley. 

For full tour information:

http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1
<http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01184&display_item
=2> &display=aw01184&display_item=2

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2.	NEW SYDNEY EVENT: Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace host
Dr Anu Muhammed for their Sunday Seminar

Catholics in Coalition for Justice and Peace are hosting a Sunday seminar
this weekend to and will feature Dr Anu Muhammed. If you missed the Sydney
leg of the "Voices of Bangladesh" speaking tour here is another chance to
hear about the Phulbari project and how you can be involved in stopping this
catastrophic mine. 

Where: 9 Alexandra Avenue, Croydon NSW 

When: 10am

Topic: "Financing Climate Change: 'Voices from Bangladesh' Speaking Tour"

Speaker:  Professor Anu Muhammad

Come along and bring some interested people with you. Morning tea included.
Registration $10. 

For more information phone or fax CCJP Secretary, Margaret Keyes on 9745
0820.

                              Email: ccjp at bigpond.com   Web site:
www.ccjpoz.org

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3.    POSITION VACANT: Office and Fundraising Manager

AID/WATCH is seeking to employ a part-time office and fund-raising manager
to be based in our Sydney office. This role focuses on managing our small
office, implementing key elements of AID/WATCH's fund-raising program in
collaboration with other staff and includes some book-keeping and financial
management duties. 

Visit our website read more and download the full position description:
http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1
<http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01194&display_item
=2> &display=aw01194&display_item=2 

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4.    EVENT: Australian Aid to Indonesia - A seminar organized by Indonesian
Solidarity

Now the Labor government under Kevin Rudd has promised to be a world leader
in the fight against global poverty, how will Australian aid help human
rights, democracy and poverty eradication in Indonesia?

This seminar, organised by Indonesian Solidarity and supported by the
Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney, will feature
Keynote speaker, Binny Buchori, Executive Director of Perkumpulan PraKarsa,
member of The High Level Panel on IMF Board Accountability and the
Washington-based NGO's 'New Rules of Global Finance' Panel of Experts.

Where: Quadrangle Building, History Room S223, the University of Sydney

When: 10am to 3pm, 16 May 2008

Contact: Eko on (02) 92173874 or indonesian_solidarity at yahoo.com.au

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5.    EVENT: Jubilee Benefit Gig - Tonight!

Jubilee Australia wants you and your crew at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry
Hills tonight to dance your dissent against the continuing global injustice
of development debts. 

Join us on the eve of World Debt Day for a night of edgy Indie rock and be
part of the call to put an end to poor countries' forced neglect of their
citizens' health, education and quality of life in the name of paying back
dodgy loans to wealthy economies.

Bands include the Jezabels, current darlings of city's dingy underbelly,
Tokyo Blonde, Beau Monde - once described as a hybrid of the White Stripes
and No Doubt - and headline act The Shake Up who are crunching up the
airways daily on Triple J with their new single Home Ec.

Tickets $15 available on the door or online at Moshtix:

http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search
<http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search&Keywords=JUBI
L> &Keywords=JUBIL

6.    GENERAL NOTICE: AID/WATCH AGM

You are invited to join AID/WATCH for our Annual General Meeting for 2007.
The AGM will be a chance to hear about the year passed and to plan a bright
future for the organization. We would love to see you there.

Where: The AID/WATCH Office, 19 Eve St, Erskineville, 2043

When: Tuesday the 27th May

Time: 6pm

RSVP: 02 9557 8944 or email aid at aidwatch.org.au

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7.    Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organization and does not accept government
or

corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent
monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of
development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially
self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticize or applaud with
objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today:

 <http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6>
http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6

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