[Greens-Media] 2006 Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture - guest speaker Dr Jocelynne Scutt

[Lee Rhiannon]

MEDIA ALERT
11 August 2006


2006 Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture
This year’s guest speaker Dr Jocelynne Scutt on 
Politics, Progress and Sedition *  Did Juanita Nielsen die for something?

When: 		6.15 for 6.30pm, Monday 14 August 2006
Where:		Mori Gallery 168 Day St Sydney

Dr Jocelynne Scutt is available for interviews.

About Jocelynne Scutt

Dr Jocelynne Scutt is a barrister & human rights lawyer, writer and filmmaker. Her books include The Incredible Woman - Power and Sexual Politics, The Sexual Gerrymander - Women and the Economics of Power, and Poor Nation of the Pacific - Australia's Future. Jocelynne has worked with the Australian Institute of Criminology, as associate to a High Court judge Lionel Murphy; as first Tasmanian Anti Discrimination Commissioner; and with the Australian Law Reform Commission.


The Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture Series

This is the sixth year of this lecture series, initiated by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon in memory of Juanita Nielsen. It is widely believed that Juanita, publisher of the independent paper "Now" and active participant in the Green Ban campaign against high-rise development in Kings Cross, was murdered. Police have reopened the investigation into Juanita’s disappearance 21 years ago.

 
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