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SIEVX Advocate To Speak At Tampa Conference

8 August 2002

Tony Kevin, the man responsible for bringing the SIEVX Affair to public attention, will be speaking at The Tampa: One Year On Conference to be held at the University of Technology in Sydney on the weekend of 24-25 August.

The topic of his paper is 'The Pacific Solution: the story of the Community that drowned'.

Other speakers include:

  • Dr Eileen Pittaway, Director, Centre For Refugee Research, University of NSW
  • Mr Neville Roach, Chair of Fujitsu Australia, Deputy Chair of SBS
  • Ms Margaret Piper, Executive Director, Refugee Council of Australia
  • Sr Susan Connolly, Mary McKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies
  • Venerable Tejadhammo, Association of Engaged Buddhists
  • Dr Michael Dudley, Child Psychiatrist, Chair of Suicide Australia
  • Ms Moira Rayner, Barrister, A/Equal Opportunities Commissioner, WA
  • Mr Julian Burnside, QC, human rights advocate
  • Associate Professor Donald Rothwell, Law Department, Sydney University
  • Dr Mary Crock, Law Department, Sydney University
  • Mr Zachary Steel, Clinical Psychologist, medical researcher, refugee advocate
  • Former Detainees

Click here to download a conference flyer (PDF format)

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