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9 June 2000: The 'final' program update is below. 'Final' because we are still receiving expressions of interest in presenting and holding workshop meetings. So, if you read the program and decide that you do want to present in a workshop or convene a networking meeting - please contact us immediately!

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Pre conference networks day:
Note: if you need help to arrange meetings or to link up please contact Helen McGowan

Tuesday 13 June 2000

 

10am to 4pm	Review of legal services in regional and rural Victoria Consultation - Victorian Law Reform Committee Council Chambers, Level 2, City Offices, 110 Hovell Street, Wodonga Contact Helen McGowan
9.30 am-noon	Women's Strategic Development Workshop - Community Based Organisations National Women's Justice Coalition Room 4 St David’s Care, 593 Olive St, ALBURY Contact: Helen Leonard (Project Officer) This workshop will help participants analyse how their community based organisation identifies, chooses and actions issues.What kind of issues will you work on and why? What strategies will you use and who will you partner with? What skills and resources will you need? How will you measure your success? Open to participants who are involved with non-profit community based organisations which are striving to make a difference in their region. To book for this workshop contact Helen Leonard ph: 02 62472075, mobile: 0417499387 email: nwmc@ozemail.com.au
11am-4pm (to be confirmed)	Indigenous Women's Meeting Albury International English College College Rooms 3 & 4, QEII Square, Albury This is a meeting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, those working on or concerned to promote service legal service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women. Info and assistance: Jane Johnson, Indigenous women’s liaison officer ph: 0417253062 janeejohnson657@telstra.easymail.com.au
11am to 4pm (to be confirmed)	Rural, Regional and Remote Network,   Community Legal Centres Seminar Room, Albury Community Health Centre, Smollett St, Albury This is a meeting for workers in Community Legal Centres focusing on delivering services in or to rural, regional and remote Australia. Contact Helen McGowan mobile: 0417245710. Also see organising group contacts.
noon-4pm	National Women's Justice Coalition Board Women's Strategic Development Workshop Room 4 St David’s Care, 593 Olive St, ALBURY This is a Workshop for members of the NWJC Board and also Board members of organisations represented on the NWJC Board. The Workshop is similar to the community organisations workshop being held in the morning except that this Workshop focuses specifically on national women's organisations. For information contact Helen Leonard ph: 02 62472075, mobile: 0417499387 email: nwmc@ozemail.com.au   Helen can also provide information about the availability of NWJC Board members to meet with networks before and after this Workshop.
1pm-4pm Jury Assembly Room, Albury Local Court	Legal Aid Commission's Community Legal Education Workers meeting This is a private meeting. Contact: Jenny Hardy ph: 02 62433411 email: nlaact@canberra.net.au
7.00 pm Pre conference Networking Dinner	Pre conference Networking Dinner La Bruschetta, Greentree Inn 579 Olive St, ALBURY Contact Helen McGowan if you would like to attend. Speaker: Margaret Allison, Managing Director, NSW Legal Aid (to be confirmed)

 

Conference Day One - Convention Centre, Swift Street ALBURY Wednesday 14th June 2000
8 am	Registration, Displays, Tea & Coffee
9am	Welcome: (begins outside the venue with a smoking ceremony) Helen McGowan, Conference Co ordinator, Nancy Rooke Wirradjuri Elder and Judy Harrison Convenor, National Women’s Justice Coalition
9.30am	Through our eyes. Cathy McGowan National President Australian Women in Agriculture
9.50am	Official Opening Dominique Hogan Doran Australian Women Lawyers introducing Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP Attorney General Paper
10.20am	Setting the Scene Associate Professor Margaret Alston, Centre for Rural Social Research Charles Sturt University, Wagga Richard Coates Australian Legal Assistance Forum former Chair of National Legal Aid & Director NT Legal Aid Commission ATSIC Commissioner Brian Butler Social Justice Portfolio  April Pham Imigrant Women's Speakout Association, Domestic Violence Policy Officer
11.15	Morning Tea
11.45	What do we see? (Workshops 1) Older Women Celia Bevan Director Rural Aging and Lifestyle Group, Senior Lecturer Charles Sturt University. NESB women April Pham, Immigrant Women's Speakout Association, Domestic Violence Policy Officer Lulu Turner, Association of Non English Speaking Background Women of Australia Women with a disability Loretta Caunt, Advocacy Worker, Disabled Persons Regional Council Sue Gorman, Senior Information Officer, IDEAS, Tumut Rural women Kath McKay, Social Researcher, Change Unlimited Helen McGowan, Australian Women in Agriculture E. Indigenous Women Dianne Gray, Paralegal, Nyarlu Miyarnumalgu, WA Denise Griffin, Community Legal Education Worker, Pilbara Community Legal Service F. Young Women Natasha Dean, President Albury Wodonga YWCA Lou Schetzer National Children's and Youth Law Centre G. Sexual Preference Kate Lavender, Coalition of Activist Lesbians
12.45pm	Feedback in plenary session.
1.00pm	Lunch
2pm	What are the issues? (Workshops 2) Child Support and Family Law Angela Lynch Law Reform Coordinator, National Network of Women's Legal Services Alex Colquhoun Solicitor NSW Child Support Service Julie Versteegen Child Support Agency, Albury Relationships and money: The dollar and the heart Prof Reg Graycar Commissioner NSW Law Reform Commission Juliet Williams, Solicitor, The Legal Centre, Warrnambool Work Entitlements & Conditions Cath Rafferty, Manager, Queensland Working Women's Centre Domestic Violence & Police Issues Hayley Katzen, Associate Lecturer, School of Law and Justice Southern Cross University Veronica Wensing, Executive Officer, Women's Services Network Sexual Assault & Crimes Compensation Marg D’Arcy, Manager CASA House and National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence Margot Rawsthorne, Co-ordinator, Women's Legal Resources Centre, Sydney Women - Detention & Corrections Kaz Eaton, Co-ordinator, Women's Legal Service, South Australia Jenny Hardy, Executive Officer, National Legal Aid Kath McFarlane, Positive Justice Centre, No New Women's Prison Campaign
3.15pm	Afternoon Tea
3.45pm	Facilitated "Open Space" Plenary Session. Outcomes from workshops and chance to raise issues not addressed
5.00pm	Close for the day.
7.00pm	Conference Dinner Sky Lounge, SS & A Club Olive Street Entrance Entertainment to be advised Maria Dimopolous, Celebrating Diversity, Diversity Consultant from MyriaD Consultants Susan Brennan, Celebrating Our Achievements, Joint National President YWCA of Australia and Women's Rights Action Network Australia
Thursday 15th June 2000  Day Two Convention Centre, Swift Street ALBURY

8am	Displays, Tea & Coffee
9am	Plenary. What more can be done? Welcome  Kaz Eaton National Network of Women's Legal Services Robert McClelland MP, Shadow Attorney General Senator Helen Coonan, Senator for NSW, Government Deputy Whip
9.40am	Showcasing. Examples of Innovation Facilitator, Kay Robertson, Acting Director, Victorian Legal Aid Federal Magistrates Service to be advised Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) Elizabeth McKibbin, LIAC, NSW State Library Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office Ruth Mackay Queensland Womens Justice Network (Videoconferencing) Louise Whittaker, QWJN, Legal Aid Queensland Deb Tokar, Rural Resource Worker, Women's Legal Service, Brisbane Outreach Programs: Top End Women's Legal Service Kate Halliday, Coordinator, TEWLS
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	What is being done? Third set of workshops A. Clinical Legal Education Programs Mary-Anne Noone, Director, Law Program School of Law and Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Latrobe University Judy Harrison, Student Internship Program (SIP) Supervising Solicitor, ANU Legal Workshop, Faculty of Law, ANU B. Court Support Katherine McKernan, NSW Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program Sohret Hussein,  Domestic Violence Advocacy Centre, Sydney with Jill Sumner, Albury Wodonga Women's Centre and Christine Foreman, Dubbo C. Counselling & Mediation To be advised D. Family Violence Leanne Colby, A/g Womens Access Officer,  Legal and Preventative Services, ATSIC, Canberra Margot Rawsthorne Women's Legal Resources Centre, Sydney E. New strategies for legal information, advice and assistance? Chris Gabelish, Convenor National Association of Community Legal Centres Regional, Rural and Remote Network Jenni Coady, Manager, Community Legal Education, Victoria Legal Aid Sue Scott, Online Legal Access Project, Law Foundation of NSW Janet Douglas, Law by Telecommunications Project, Family Law and Legal Assistance Division, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department F. Dealing with Problems with Government Departments Rosemary Kusuma Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office G. Innovative Outreach Louise Whittaker, Project Manager, Women’s Justice Network, Legal Aid Queensland. Deb Tokar Rural Resource Worker, Women's Legal Service, Brisbane Kate Lavendar, Researcher, Southern Cross University H. Supervised Contact Services Gillian Mason Johnson, Centrelink and Macleay Valley Community Legal Service Kempsey Lee-Anne Harvel, Child Contact Worker, Murray Mallee Family Care
1.00pm	Lunch Online Chat (1pm-2pm)- Farmwide http://www.farmwide.com.au/community/chat More information below
2.00pm	Plans for action. What can communities do? Facilitated discussion and outcomes
3.00pm	Close of conference
	Online chat 1-2pm If you can't make it to the conference, why not join us for a lunchtime chat on Thursday 15th June, between 1 and 2 pm? A range of conference participants will be available during the chat and we will post details to the conference update list during the conference. The Chat Room is being facilitated by the Farmwide. You access the Chat Room at http://www.farmwide.com.au/community/chat/ If this is the first time you are to participate in a chat please try to access the Chat Room business hours before the conference so if you need assistance Farmwide can help you. You may need to download some free software to enable you to access the Chat Room. If you can't participate in the chat but have any questions for the presenters, please feel free to email them to Ann Prunty during the chat aprunty@farmwide.com.au and they will be passed into the chat.