WelcomeDon Dunstan was Premier of South Australia from 1967-68 and 1970-1979 He is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's most progressive political leaders. Through his Government's legislative program and his national influence he led the adoption of a suite of comprehensive reforms that transformed Australia's social landscape during the 1960's and 1970's. The Don Dunstan Foundation is a non-profit, non-political organisation established in 1999 to further Don Dunstan's social reform legacy by promoting visionary leadership and progressive thinking within government and the private sector. The Foundation promotes social reform by furthering public debate and promoting action on key public policy issues. Upcoming events
 What is a YAP? A Young Awesome Person who is working towards a better world.
We'll be showcasing people working across areas such as advocacy, health, volunteering, community, sustainability, arts and more.
YAP will inspire students by providing real life examples of young people who have created opportunities for themselves and others to follow a direction that contributes to a positive future.
Why? Young people get a bad rap. They get called apathetic and we're told that they can't concentrate, that they are selfish and too focussed on their iPhones and facebook to care about the things that are important. We disagree because we know lots of young people who are doing amazing things and we want to spread the word about them and help students to develop and achieve their personal goals by exposing them to people not much older than them who are making a positive contribution to the community.
Where & when? YAP is part of the Adelaide Fringe's Youth Engagement Program. We'll be heading all over SA with the support of Country Arts SA, DECS and Northern Sound System to the areas listed below, throughout March.
Monday 5th March, Port Lincoln
Tuesday 6th March, Whyalla and Port Augusta
Wednesday 7th March, Port Pirie
Thursday 8th March, Kadina and Elizabeth
Friday 9th March, Norwood
Tuesday 13th March, Renmark
Wednesday 14th March, Bordertown
Thursday 15th March, Mount Gambier
Friday 16th March, Noarlunga
Schools bookings through Adelaide Fringe (08) 8100 2011 or yep@adelaidefringe.com.au
General public enquiries to jennifer.greerholmes@adelaide.edu.au
Recent eventsHealth Minister John Hill: Junk food advertising during children's TVPresented by The Don Dunstan Foundation and SA Health
Hear Health Minister John Hill share his thoughts and encourage debate about the role of government, communities, industry and individuals in bringing about behavioural change to reduce the growing rates of obesity in our community. Minister Hill will discuss the results of a study on the impact of the food industry’s voluntary approach to reducing advertising of unhealthy food during children’s television viewing times. When: Wednesday, 16 November at 12pm
Where: Napier Theatre 102, University of Adelaide, North Terrace A video of this event will be available for online viewing soon. Dr Clyde Hertzman: Investing in our children, investing in our futureProudly presented by The Don Dunstan Foundation and the Australian Institute for Social Research
Extensive research has demonstrated that social determinates make a difference to everyone's health. It can be difficult to understand how social conditions actually impact on biology.
Dr Hertzman has played a central role in creating a framework that links population health to human development, emphasizing the special role of early childhood development as a determinant of health. His research has contributed to international, national, and community initiatives for healthy child development. Dr Hertzman is a passionate advocate and enthusiastic presenter, and has recently been awarded the highest scientific honour in Canada as Health Researcher of the Year. Dr Hertzman is Director of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), College of Interdisciplinary Studies at UBC. HELP has recently been designated by the World Health Organization as the Knowledge Hub on Early Child Development. He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Harvard Center for Society and Health; the Steering Committee of the
Canadian Population Health Initiative; the Presidential Search Committee of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research; and is a member of the European Science Foundation's Program on Social Variation in Health Expectancy.
HELP: http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/
When: Tuesday 27th September at 10:30am
Where: The Banquet Room, Adelaide Festival Centre 
Financing the transformation to a zero carbon economy
Why we can afford more jobs and a better lifeAustralia is about to make its first important step towards a zero carbon economy by making the 500 most polluting companies pay for the carbon they put into the atmosphere, and supporting the development of clean energy sources. But a carbon price alone will not be enough to transform our economy and society into one that is ecologically sustainable. This public forum is an opportunity to find out how we can afford to make the cuts in emissions the world needs - and how in doing this we can take control of decisions that affect our lives, and secure good jobs for the future.
Join international guest speaker from the UK, Ann Pettifor, for this special forum in Adelaide.  Ann Pettifor is a British economist and campaigner for justice and ecological sustainability.
She is a member of the Green New Deal working group in the UK, a group focused on working out practical ways to make the global economic system fairer, give workers a better deal, win back the power of corporations and the big banks, and at the same time lead the necessary transformation to ecological sustainability.
 Mark Henley is an economist. He works for Uniting Care Australia on national level energy issues and for UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide to advocate on issues to assist in poverty alleviation. He has worked for NGOs for 33 years.
Mark is concerned about issues associated with poverty and addressing disadvantage. He is working on energy affordability, in the context of climate change imperatives.
When: Thursday 1 September, 6.30pm
Where: Napier Lecture Theatre 102, University of Adelaide
  The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG and Professor AJ Brown *'Don Dunstan is to blame!'
 Wednesday July 20, 2011 at 1pm
In conversation about A J Brown's biography, Michael Kirby: Paradoxes & Principles covering Justice Kirby's amazing life and career, from his humble beginnings to his work as Australia's most famous modern judge, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Human Rights, and Eminent Person on the future of the Commonwealth.
‘a very fine book... combines great scholarship and great elegance....
the best biography of its kind since David Marr's Garfield Barwick' --
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP.
'a must read' --
Alex Sloane, ABC Radio 666 Canberra
‘terrific... a compelling warts and all biography... fascinating... impressive' --
Richard Ackland, Sydney Morning Herald, former presenter ABC Media Watch.
* AJ Brown is the John F Kearney Professor of Public Law at Griffith University
2011 Migration Update Conference Designed to provide a comprehensive update to researchers, policy makers, service providers and the broader community about current research in South Australia on current refugee and migration matters. When: Thursday 23 June & Friday 24 June 2011
Where: State Library of South Australia - North Terrace
2011 Lowitja O'Donoghue Orationwith The Hon Paul Keating Lowitja O'Donoghue and Native Title:
Leadership pointing the way to identity, inclusion and justice * Read Mr Keating's unforgettable Redfern Speech from December 1992. Donate to the Don Dunstan Foundation's
2011 Annual Appeal 
Please click on the image below to download the
Dunstan Foundation's 2010-2012 Strategic Directions. 
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