Media Release
10 October 2007
RACV Club, 501 Bourke St., Melbourne 3000
Announcing the Australian Nursing Federation’s 8th Biennial National Conference
Thursday and Friday 11 and 12 October
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) invites media and interested parties to attend the ANF’s 8th Biennial National Conference. The conference agenda includes eminent speakers discussing Australia’s social justice, industrial relations and environmental future.
ANF Federal Secretary Jill Iliffe said, “As the conference will occur during a federal election year we felt it was important to explore the issues faced by all Australians. The topics to be considered during the sessions are of utmost importance to the future and health of the nation.”
The conference will be opened at 8:30 am on Thursday with a welcome to country by Professor Joy Murphy-Wandin, followed by the launch of the ANF Reconciliation Action Plan.
Phil Glendenning director of the Edmund Rice Centre and National President of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) is keynote speaker and will address delegates on the topical issue of Australian values and their relevance to WorkChoices, social justice, and the environment. Mr Glendenning will speak at 9:15am on Thursday 11 October.
Sharan Burrow, ACTU President will speak at 8:45am on Friday, 12 October.
The conference will include three panel sessions which are open to media:
Thursday 11 October
2.00-3:15 pm WorkChoices: Living the reality…
Moderator - Mordy Bromberg S.C. (President of the Australian Institute of Employment Rights; Vice-President, International Centre for Trade Union Rights)
Panel - The Hon. Vice President Michael Lawler (AIRC); Commissioner Anna Lee Cribb (AIRC); Jim Toohey (CEO, TriCare Ltd; Deputy President, Aged Care Queensland); Nick Blake (Senior Federal Industrial Officer, ANF)
Friday 12 October
9:30-10:45 am Australian Values: what the…
Moderator - Miriam Lyons (Centre for Policy Development)
Panel - Tim Costello, (CEO World Vision Australia); Francis Sullivan (CEO Catholic Health Australia); Sherene Hassan (Secretary Islamic Council of Victoria Executive Committee)
1:30-3:00 pm Global Warming: the heat is on…
Moderator - Fiona Armstrong (Senior Federal Professional Officer, ANF)Panel - Ian McAuley (Economist, University of Canberra); Dr.Steve Hatfield-Dodds (Senior Policy Economist, CSIRO Division of Land and Water); Tricia Phelan (National Coordinator, The Big Switch)
Media and interested parties are invited to attend any of the above listed sessions only.
For further information and comment please contact:
Libby Muir, Communications Officer 0413 834 979
The ANF, representing 150,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice for nurses and midwives in