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HARVESTING THE LEGACY - Monday 23 August at 6pm
Ronni Kahn – OzHarvest was founded in November 2004 when events organiser, Ronni Kahn, stunned by the amount of food wasted by the hospitality industry, decided to do something about it. Inspired by America Harvest, a charity that had successfully been operating for over 20 years, Ronni brought the food-rescue model back to Sydney. In its first month, OzHarvest delivered 4,000 meals to 14 shelters using one van, and now delivers over 100,000 meals each month to charities in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and Canberra.
In December 2008, Ronni was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Sydney by the (Sydney) magazine and most recently became a World of Difference Living Donor, nominated by the Vodafone Foundation. Ronni has been an Australia Day Ambassador for the last 3 years. On Australia Day, Ronni Kahn was awarded Australia’s Local Hero 2010
IS BIGGER BETTER? - Tuesday 31 August at 6pm
What Might Population Growth Mean For our Future In Australia And The Hunter
Bernard Salt is a compelling and entertaining speaker engaged by both the private and public sectors to present a perspective of how social, cultural and demographic change might shape the future. Bernard is a best-selling author of three popular books on demographic change. He is a columnist with The Australian and Melbourne Herald Sun newspapers. He is a Partner with KPMG and heads a group of researchers providing demographic advice to business. Bernard is also one of Australia’s most quoted social commentators. He is a regular on many radio and television programs including Sunrise, Today Tonight, A Current Affair and many others. He manages to combine an astute observation of human behaviour and change with hard data.
MENTAL HEALTH & CIVIL SOCIETY - Monday 6 September at 6pm
Professor Patrick McGorry is Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health (OYH), Australia’s largest youth mental health organisation, Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and founding member of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace) board. Prof. McGorry received his medical degree from the University of Sydney and his doctorate from Monash University. He is a world-leading researcher in the area of early psychosis and youth mental health and for 27 years he has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of young people with emerging serious mental illness, the world over.
Prof. McGorry has published over 300 papers and book chapters and edited five books. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including: Australian of the Year 2010, the Melbourne Award for contribution to community in 2009, the Castilla Del Pino Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the field of Psychiatry in Spanish-speaking countries in 2009, the Australian Government Centenary Medal in 2003 and the Founders’ Medal of the Australian Society for Psychiatric Research in 2001. Prof. McGorry has also played a major role in mental health reform in Australia and has interests in the homeless, refugees and torture survivors, youth suicide, youth substance use and the treatment of emerging personality disorder.
All Lectures are free. Bookings can be made via Ticketek website, over counters or by phoning 4929 1977.
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