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Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration

The Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration grew out of a partnership between the late Don Dunstan and the then Australian NGO Community Aid Abroad (now Oxfam Australia). Late in 2002 the the Dunstan Foundation approached Oxfam Community Aid Abroad to make the idea of an Adelaide Human Right's Oration a reality and thus was born the Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration. The Oration was launched in 2003 with Julian Burnside QC passionately addressing the ethical issues surrounding Australia 's Refugee policies. 2004 saw the provocative and controversial ethicist Peter Singer address the ethical questions that Australia should be addressing as we move into a more globalised world scenario. The Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration is one of Adelaide's premier public events attracting sell out crowds in 2003 and 2004 proving once again that Adelaide is unique in it's standing as the city of ideas.

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• 2003 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration

2008 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
 Envisaging a Fairer Australia:  Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday

On November 28, 2008 the newly appointed of the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Honourable Catherine Branson QC delivered an inspiring address at the Don Dunstan Foundation Human Rights Oration.  Her inspiring address, entitled "Envisaging a Fairer Australia:  Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday", outlined her vision for a fairer Australia and included a range of issues facing everyone, everywhere, everyday.

Ms Bree Willsmore passionately addressed the audience as the Youth Speaker for the evening.

To download a full text copy of Ms Branson's address please click here

2007 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
“Can the end ever justify the means? Achieving equality for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples & the Northern Territory intervention" 

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Mr Tom Calma
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, and
Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner

Dr Tamara Mackean support speaker at the 2007 Human Rights Oration.

Tuesday 18th September 2007

In the spirit of Oxfam Australia’s Close the Gap report, Commissioner Calma shared his views about the health crisis facing Indigenous Australians and how we as a nation must take responsibility for overcoming the crisis.

To listen to the speeches delivered at the 2007 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration (we recommend that you save the files to your computer and open them from there). Select a link below to download the audio file:

• Dr Tamara Mackean
• Tom Calma
• Questions
• Andrew Hewett

To listen to radio interview follow the links below:

• Close the Gap covered on The Wire - Tuesday September 18
• Excerpt from Tom Calma's Don Dunstan Oration on The Wire - Wednesday September 19

To download a transcript of the oration select the link below:

• 2007 Human Rights Oration Transcript

This is a joint initiative between the Don Dunstan Foundation and Oxfam Australia.

For further information on Close the Gap go to
http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/indigenous-health/
or
National Close the Gap Day activities http://www.oxfam.org.au/events/close-the-gap-day/

2006 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration Reclaiming the Human Rights Vision: A Pathway for Reconciliation

PROFESSOR LARISSA BEHRENDT Professor of Law and and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney Wednesday 20 September 2006 Download a copy of Professor Larissa Behrendt's speech or listen to the speeches delivered at the 2006 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration (we recommend that you save the files to your computer and open them from there). Professor Larissa Behrendt (MP3 audio file) The Hon Ted Mullighan QC Questions from the audience Youth Oration: Mr Ognjen Simic

2005 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration Global justice and human development PROFESSOR MARTHA NUSSBUAM Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, at the University of Chicago, Illinois.
Professor Nussbaum's CV Papers relevant to Professor Nussbaum's Oration Beyond the Social Contract: Capabilities and Global Justice Capabilities Across National Boundaries Mutual Advantage and Global Inequality: the Transnational Social Contract Oration delivered by the inaugural Youth Orator, Mr Josef Rafalowicz

2004 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Ethics for one world: How ethical has Australia been, as a global citizen?

PROFESSOR PETER SINGER
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bio ethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, 1999-2004, part-time, 2005-
Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, part-time 2005-

Professor Singer's Oration is available on DVD for $15.00 from the Don Dunstan Foundation.

2003 Don Dunstan Human Rights Oration
Squandering the Legacy

JULIAN BURNSIDE QC
Queens Counsel
Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Human Rights Advocate