Annual Whistleblower's Conference, Sydney Australia
Conference Information:
Date: Saturday 23 November 2013 - Conference
Sunday 24 November 2013 - AGM in AM and 'further issues' in PM.
Venue: Uniting Church Ministry Convention Centre on Masons Drive, North Parramatta, Sydney NSW.
Accommodation: Book directly with and pay the venue. Call 1300 138 125 or email service@unitingvenues.org
Conference costs (non-members): $65 per day, which includes lunch & morning and afternoon tea. Optional $25 extra for dinner on-site 6pm Saturday night.
Conference costs (members): $45 per day or $80 for two days. Note that the members' discount also applies to students & concession cardholders. Become a member on the day $25.
*Interstate waiver: Apply to J Berger, Secretary, at jayjellybean@aol.com for the conference costs to be waived.
Optional dinner: $20 extra for dinner on-site 6pm Saturday night.
Bookings: Email treasurer Feliks Perera at feliksfrommarcoola@gmail.com or president Cynthia Kardell ckardell@iprimus.com.au .
Payment options: Mail cheque made payable to Whistleblowers Australia Inc. to Treasurer, Feliks Perera at 1/5 Wayne Ave, Marcoola Qld 4564, or pay Whistleblowers Australia Inc by deposit to NAB Coolum Beach BSB 084 620 Account Number 69841 4626 or by credit card using PayPal to account namewba@whistleblowers.org.au. Or pay on the day.
Date: Saturday 23 November 2013 - Conference
Sunday 24 November 2013 - AGM in AM and 'further issues' in PM.
Venue: Uniting Church Ministry Convention Centre on Masons Drive, North Parramatta, Sydney NSW.
Accommodation: Book directly with and pay the venue. Call 1300 138 125 or email service@unitingvenues.org
Conference costs (non-members): $65 per day, which includes lunch & morning and afternoon tea. Optional $25 extra for dinner on-site 6pm Saturday night.
Conference costs (members): $45 per day or $80 for two days. Note that the members' discount also applies to students & concession cardholders. Become a member on the day $25.
*Interstate waiver: Apply to J Berger, Secretary, at jayjellybean@aol.com for the conference costs to be waived.
Optional dinner: $20 extra for dinner on-site 6pm Saturday night.
Bookings: Email treasurer Feliks Perera at feliksfrommarcoola@gmail.com or president Cynthia Kardell ckardell@iprimus.com.au .
Payment options: Mail cheque made payable to Whistleblowers Australia Inc. to Treasurer, Feliks Perera at 1/5 Wayne Ave, Marcoola Qld 4564, or pay Whistleblowers Australia Inc by deposit to NAB Coolum Beach BSB 084 620 Account Number 69841 4626 or by credit card using PayPal to account namewba@whistleblowers.org.au. Or pay on the day.
2013 National Conference
Saturday 23 November 2013
9.00–9.15 Welcome, Cynthia Kardell, president, Whistleblowers Australia
9.15-9.55 Brendan Thomson, former federal police officer.
Topic: AFP riot squad cuts, in lead up to Christmas Island riot.
9.55-10.35 Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox.
Topic: NSW police cover-up, child sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
10.35-11.05 MORNING TEA
11.05–11.45 Brian Hood, former company secretary of Reserve Bank subsidiary.
Topic: Reserve Bank subsidiaries paid bribes for business.
11.45-12.25 Ms Jo Barber, former CIB detective & medical board investigator.
Topic: QLD Medical Board allowed dodgy doctors to work.
12.25 –1.45 LUNCH
1.45 – 2.25 Prof. David Vaux, molecular biologist & Deputy Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne.
Topic: Researchers behaving badly
2.25 –3.05 Dr Ying Morgan, former scientist, University of NSW, Sydney.
Topic: University cover-up of skin cancer research fraud.
3.05-3.35 AFTERNOON TEA
3.35-4.15 Mr George Masri, Assistant Ombudsman, Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Topic: New federal whistleblower protection laws. Book launch:
4.15-5.00 Cynthia Kardell, president, Whistleblowers Australia.
Book launch: “Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide” by Dr Brian Martin, Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong & vice president of Whistleblowers Australia (Books on sale)
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