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Asylum Seekers and Unitarian Update
Sep. 26th, 2011 02:39 pmMany would already be aware that I made a submission to the Disputes Tribunal of the ALP concerning an alleged breach of the Party rules by the Prime Minister. I include the letter to the State Secretary and a media statement for your consideration, which were submitted just after attending (for the first time in years) a meeting of Labor for Refugees. The dispute was picked up by the ABC News on Saturday night with both a report and video and a report (referring to my position in Linux Users of Victoria) in IT Wire. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre provides a very blunt assessment of the Act, with Andrew McLeod having some strong words on the subject as well.
As mentioned in the last post, I had nominated for Deputy Chairperson of the local Unitarian church. The AGM was held on Sunday with turnout of around 55 people, but with 49 voting members with the result being 25 votes for the incumbent and 24 votes for myself. I give thanks to those who came and supported me, and wish the best for the successful candidate for the coming year. On a very related topic I have recently applied, and have been admitted, into The New Seminary of Interfaith Studies in New York; I'll be taking a two-year course by correspondence which includes ordination (recognised by the UUA) at the end of the study programme. Next Sunday I am giving an address at the Unitarians on "Difficult Moral Choices: The Morality and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention", which will then be followed with a Philosophy Forum discussion on "The Irrational Mind: Individual Desire and Mass Psychology".
As mentioned in the last post, I had nominated for Deputy Chairperson of the local Unitarian church. The AGM was held on Sunday with turnout of around 55 people, but with 49 voting members with the result being 25 votes for the incumbent and 24 votes for myself. I give thanks to those who came and supported me, and wish the best for the successful candidate for the coming year. On a very related topic I have recently applied, and have been admitted, into The New Seminary of Interfaith Studies in New York; I'll be taking a two-year course by correspondence which includes ordination (recognised by the UUA) at the end of the study programme. Next Sunday I am giving an address at the Unitarians on "Difficult Moral Choices: The Morality and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention", which will then be followed with a Philosophy Forum discussion on "The Irrational Mind: Individual Desire and Mass Psychology".