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The Disability Discrimination Act: Rights, Realities and the Road Ahead
Oct
20
3:00pm - 5:15pm
Conference or Symposium
About the event
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was passed into legislation more than 30 years ago, and it’s been 15 years since any major amendments have been made. A lot has changed in the past 15 years – but the DDA has not. The current review of the DDA is a unique opportunity to tell the Australian Government exactly what needs to change so the DDA addresses discrimination and helps drive greater inclusion.
To say there is a lot riding on the outcome of the DDA review is an understatement. Will a refreshed DDA be enough to drive meaningful change? What else needs to be done to advance a rights-based agenda? Where does disability justice fit in?
At this event, a panel of experts will discuss the DDA and what more needs to be done to ensure people with disability enjoy the same rights and opportunities as others in the Australian community.
Speaker details
Video message:
Rosemary Kayess, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Panellists:
Professor Alastair McEwin AM, Senior Fellow, Grattan Institute
Natalie Wade, Associate Commissioner, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Chair:
Associate Professor Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Director, Disability Inclusive Law and Policy Hub Director, Student Experience, Melbourne Law School
Event timing:
3:00 - 4:00pm: Seminar
4:00 - 4:15pm: Audience Q&A
4:15 - 5:15pm: Reception with refreshments at the Kenneth Myer Building
Venue and accessibility information:
The Ian Potter Auditorium is on the ground level of the Kenneth Myer Building. This venue has a hearing loop and we have arranged for Auslan interpreters and live captioning.
Graphic storytelling from Down Under: visualising Vietnamese memories in Australia
Oct
21
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Public Lecture
This public seminar by acclaimed French graphic novelist Clément Baloup explores the unique potential of comics biography in representing lived experience. Drawing on his Viet Kieu Memories series, in particular, his latest volume Down Under, Baloup examines themes of migration, memory, and identity, and reflects on the role of the comics artist as both reporter and storyteller. Grounded in personal narratives and broader socio-cultural histories, his work offers insight into how comics can map family, place, and collective memory onto the page.
A Q&A session and book signing will follow the public seminar.
Please contact Dr Tess Do at dot@unimelb.edu.au or alternatively, the School of Languages and Linguistics at soll-info@unimelb.edu.au for any queries regarding this event.
