Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
The Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration grew out of a partnership between the late Don Dunstan and the then Australian NGO Community Aid Abroad (now Oxfam Australia). Late in 2002 the the Dunstan Foundation approached Oxfam Community Aid Abroad to make the idea of an Adelaide Human Right's Oration a reality and thus was born the Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration. The Oration was launched in 2003 with Julian Burnside QC passionately addressing the ethical issues surrounding Australia 's Refugee policies. 2004 saw the provocative and controversial ethicist Peter Singer address the ethical questions that Australia should be addressing as we move into a more globalised world scenario. The Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration is one of Adelaide's premier public events attracting sell out crowds in 2003 and 2004 proving once again that Adelaide is unique in it's standing as the city of ideas.
2007 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
“Can the end ever justify the means? Achieving equality for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples & the Northern Territory intervention"
Mr Tom Calma
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and
Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner
Dr Tamara Mackean (pdf 11kB) support speaker at the 2007 Human Rights Oration.
Tuesday 18th September 2007
In the spirit of Oxfam Australia’s Close the Gap report, Commissioner Calma shared his views about the health crisis facing Indigenous Australians and how we as a nation must take responsibility for overcoming the crisis.
To listen to the speeches delivered at the 2007 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration (we recommend that you save the files to your computer and open them from there). Select a link below to download the audio file:
To listen to radio interview follow the links below:
To download a transcript of the oration select the link below:
This is a joint initiative between the Don Dunstan Foundation and Oxfam Australia.
For further information on Close the Gap go to
http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/indigenous-health/
or
National Close the Gap Day activities http://www.oxfam.org.au/events/close-the-gap-day/
2006 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Reclaiming the Human Rights Vision: A Pathway for Reconciliation
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PROFESSOR LARISSA BEHRENDT
Professor of Law and and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney
Wednesday 20 September 2006
Download a copy of Professor Larissa Behrendt's speech (pdf 114kB)or listen to the speeches delivered at the 2006 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration (we recommend that you save the files to your computer and open them from there).
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2005 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Global justice and human development
PROFESSOR MARTHA NUSSBUAM
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, at the University of Chicago, Illinois.
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2004 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Ethics for one world: How ethical has Australia been, as a global citizen?
PROFESSOR PETER SINGER
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bio ethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, 1999-2004, part-time, 2005-
Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, part-time 2005-
Professor Singer's Oration is available on DVD for $15.00 from the Don Dunstan Foundation.
2003 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Squandering the Legacy (pdf 76kB)
JULIAN BURNSIDE QC
Queens Counsel
Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Human Rights Advocate
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