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Special Speaker: Dr David Wright Neville
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Monday May 17 at 6.30pm

--- analyst, lecturer and media consultant ---

David will be addressing the issue of the month:

‘Australia and the War on Terror’

at

La Notte Café - 140 Lygon St, Carlton


Until March 2002, Dr David Wright Neville was the Senior Terrorism Analyst with the Office of National Assessments (ONA), the body which sifts through all of Australia’s intelligence data and provides advice directly to the Prime Minister. Dr David Wright Neville rejoined Monash University’s School of Political and Social Inquiry in 2002. He is also a media consultant for 3AW and the ABC.

ALL WELCOME!!!

Enquiries – Sean Carroll, Carlton Branch Secretary – 0410 542 138

or

Alex White - 0403 694 397

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Chifley Lecture: Carmen Lawrence
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The Melbourne University ALP Club held the first Chifley Lecture in a decade, commemorating fifty years of the event. Carmen Lawrence, Federal ALP President addressed a crowd over around 100 people, including students, staff and the general public on the topic of "Education: A Public or Private Benefit?" Senior Vice-President Barry Jones introduced Carmen and the Chifley Lecture, and the motion of thanks was moved by Dr Race Matthews, the Secretary of the Australian Fabian Society. Paul Erickson, ALP Club president chaired the meeting. Also present was the Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Ms Fay Surtees Marles

The lecture was very well received by all present. Following the address, Carmen took questions from club members and others, after which the meeting was adjourned to Lambs on Lygon, a rather seedy kebab restaurant recommended by the esteemed Dr Matthews, where informal discussion took place with Carmen and others.

The evening was enjoyed by all. The hope was expressed that last night would see the reinvigouration of free and critical thought at Melbourne Uni, and that the Chifley Lectures would continue well into the future.

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Tour of Parliament
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The ALP Club Tour of Parliament has been unfortunately post-poned until second semester due to the inconvenient release of the State Budget.

While we mourne the fact that we will have to wait for another few months to get the Parliament House tour, we can also celebrate the budget that has kept us away.

The Bracks Government Budget has for the first time acted on the gross student poverty crisis that is gripping Victoria (and Australia) by increasing the tertiary student transport concession by $79. This means that instead of paying $87 for a tertiary transport card, tertiary students as of July 1st will only have to pay $8 to get concession transport. Over 39,000 tertiary students will benefit from this improvement.