| StopMAI (WA) --Calendar | MEETINGS: StopMAI's committee is informally
constituted and open to volunteers prepared to contribute
ideas, research and other work to the campaign. Observers
are always welcome at the alfresco gatherings with
refreshments. When: at 2pm on the last
Saturday of each calendar month; |
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| 1999 | |||
| 15 March, 6 pm | Roundtable Planning/network meeting at Dee Margetts Senate Office | Victoria Park | |
| Sat 20 March at Fremantle | StopMAI committee | ||
| Mon 12 April, 6pm, Perth | Roundtable Planning/network meeting | Contact JJ | |
| Sat 17 April, 2pm, Fremantle | Stop MAI
Open Meeting |
53 Wood St, Fremantle (anyone welcome to attend) |
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| Tue Apr 27, 5.30pm, Subiaco |
'June
18' Planning committee |
at Community Aid Abroad, 99 Hay Street Subiaco (Open invitation) | |
| Sat May 1 | Canberra | Closing date for citizens' submissions to DFaT. Emails to Mr Steve Moran, trade.consult@dfat.gov.au [NB this address is now defunct!] | |
| Sat 1 May, | Stop MAI Meeting | Fremantle | |
| Sat 15 May | Stop MAI Meeting | Fremantle | |
| Sat 29 May | Stop MAI Meeting | Fremantle | |
| 24 May - 10 Jun |
Canberra | Senate Estimates - Senator Margetts pursuing WTO, MAI/Investment issues through the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee. http://argo.net.au/GreensWA | |
| Sat 12 Jun, | Stop MAI Meeting | Fremantle | |
| Fri 18 June | International Day of Action | "ALIVE AND GLOBAL" Activists' party night at office of Dee Margetts, 4 Salford Street, Vic Park Contact Brenda Conochie brencon@cygnus.uwa.edu.au | |
| Sat 19 Jun | Stop MAI Mtg | Fremantle | |
| Sat 26 June | PUBLIC FORUM | at Sir Charles
Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands; 7th Floor Lecture Room with guest speakers Patricia Ranald and Tony Cooke |
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| Sat 3 Jul | Stop MAI Mtg | Fremantle | |
| Wed 14 Jul | NEWSLETTER #1 | Ready for posting. Contact Dion Giles | |
| Sat 24 Jul, 2 pm | StopMAI Meeting | Fremantle | |
| 30 Jul - 2 Aug | mv Global Mariner in port | Fremantle! (StopMAI coordinators visited on Sunday, 1 Aug) | |
| Sat Aug 14 | StopMAI meeting | 2.00, 53 Wood St, Fremantle [Cancelled] | |
| Sat Aug 28 | StopMAI Coordinators' meeting | 2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle | |
| Wed Sep 15 | International Day of Action | WA media announcement (dropped, owing to East Timor crisis priorities) | |
| Mon Sep 20 | DFAT public hearing in Perth | 10.00 am, 5th Flr, Sherwood Court | |
| Sat Sep 25 | StopMAI Coordinators' meeting | 2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle | |
| Sat Oct 23 | StopMAI Coordinators' meeting | 2.00pm, 53 Wood St, Fremantle | |
| Sun Oct 24 | United Nations Day | (UK launch of Charter 99) | |
| Mon Oct 25 | Aust launch Charter 99 | Media release | |
| Sat Nov 27 | StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm, | FREMANTLE | |
| Tue Nov 30 | SEATTLE & INTERNAT DAY OF ACTION AGAINST WTO | PERTH N30 Update Page | |
| Sat Dec 11 | StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm, | FREMANTLE | |
| 2000 | |||
| Sat Jan 29 | StopMAI Committee meeting, 2pm, | FREMANTLE | |
| Fri Feb 25 | Submission to Treasury on OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. No Perth hearing | ||
| Sat Feb 26, 2pm | StopMAI Committee Meeting and FORUM on AFTINET principles | Fremantle | |
| Sat Mar 25, | StopMAI Committee Meeting, 2pm | 53 Wood Street, Fremantle (near Stack Street) | |
| Wed Mar 29, 7.30 - 9.30pm | CAA Forum, Reflections on Seattle - The WTO , Loaded Against the Poor? with Jonathan Schultz, Prof Jim Ife (UWA) and Harold Clough | Phillimores (cnr of Mouat and Phillimore Streets) Fremantle) | |
| Sun Apr 16 | ACTIONS AGAINST IMF/WB | WASHINGTON DC | |
| Sat Apr 29, 2pm | StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome) | Fremantle | |
| Sun May 7 | May Day march and rally (with StopMAI information stall) | Fremantle Esplanade | |
| Tues 9 May 2 - 3.30 pm |
Seminar by WA office of DFAT - "The WTO Legal System: Making it Work for Australian Exporters" | Duxton Hotel, 1 St Geo Tce | |
| Sat May 27 | StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome) | Fremantle | |
| Sat 3 Jun | Resistance Public Forum for World Environment Day, 2-4 pm. Rodney Vlais is a StopMAI guest speaker | Unit 5, 2-5 Short St, East Perth | |
| Wed Jun 7 | StopMAI Evening forum, 6.30 pm at 15 Bannister Street ($5 admission) | Fremantle Club | |
| Sat June 24 | StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome) | Fremantle | |
| 6 - 8 June | APEC Trade Ministers meeting | Darwin | |
| Mon 24 July | First meeting of N25 Convention group | CAA, 99 Hay St, Subiaco | |
| Sat July 29 | StopMAI Committee Meeting (all welcome) | Fremantle | |
| 26 Aug | StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome) | Fremantle | |
| 26 Aug | Resistance Globalis'n Forum at 5 Short Street (B Jenkins speaker) | Perth | |
| 11 Sep | Anti-WEF rally, Parliament House, 12 noon; march on Stock Exchange/DFAT | Perth | |
| 11 Sep | WEF Forum, ("Business Olympics") Major shut-down demonstration! | Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep | IMF and World Bank Prague Summit Major international protests | Prague | |
| 30 Sept | StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts | Fremantle | |
| 28 Oct | StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts | Fremantle | |
| 12 -13 Nov | APEC 12th Ministerial Summit | Brunei | |
| Sat 18 Nov | StopMAI campaign committee (all welcome). See venue and contacts | Fremantle | |
| Sat 25 Nov | N25 Convention on Globalisation (See ECWA website for more information) | Perth | |
| 30 Nov | Anniversary of the Turnaround Battle of Seattle, 1999 | World | |
| 5 Dec | DFAT seminar on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) --and earlier StopMAI interview | Perth | |
| Sun 10 Dec | BYO Picnic/Social, Children's Playground in King's Park | Perth | |
| 2001 | |||
| Jan 20 | StopMAI committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| Feb 24 | StopMAI special meeting to discuss antiglobalist campaign for 2001 federal election | Fremantle | |
| Feb 24 | StopMAI special meeting to discuss antiglobalist campaign for 2001 federal election | Fremantle | |
| Mar 22-26 | Treasury holding consultations on OECD MNE Guidelines implementation | Sydney, Melb, Canberra only | |
| Mar 31 | StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| Apr 20 | 11am StopMAI
evidence at JSCOT Perth hearing,
Conference Room Level 39, Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade. Public statements, 11.30 to 12 noon |
Perth | |
| Apr 28 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| May 1 | International May Day actions. For further information, see M1 website | International | |
| May 6 | Sunday May Day Rally at the Esplanade, Fremantle. All day, march off 12 noon | Fremantle | |
| May 26 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| Jun 2 | Saturday street stall, all day at Fremantle Town Hall. We are urging citizens to sign and submit representations to their Federal Member about the dangers of GATS. We need more volunteers to man the stall-- Phone Gwyneth on 9335 5939 or email Dion. | Fremantle | |
| Jun 7 |
7.30 pm Thur. Free Public Forum on GATS at UnionsWA 4th Floor Meeting Room, 79 Stirling Street, Perth. For further information, see press release, or email | Perth |
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| Jun 15-16 | Development
Network of Western Australia Conference: Fri 7.30pm-9.30pm, Wesley Centre Auditorium, 2nd Fl, William & Hay Sts, Perth Sat 9am -7pm, Noalimba Conference Centre, Mandala Cres, Bateman For further information, email organisers or phone 9388 2508 |
Perth and Bateman | |
| Jun 30 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| Jul 11 | DFAT Perth forum with WTO Aust Ambassador, Mr. David Spencer | Perth | |
| Jul 28 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting | Fremantle | |
| Aug 25 | (Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome) | Fremantle | |
| Sep 11 | 7 to 9 pm Free Public Forum: 'Whose Trade Organisation?' - First Floor, Fremantle Club, Bannister Street (go to Full details) | Fremantle | |
| Sept 28-Oct 4 IMF and World Bank protest actions in Washington D.C. (see website) | U.S.A. | ||
| Sep 29 | (Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome) | Fremantle | |
| early Oct | Proposed Activists-NGOs Roundtable (stay tuned for news) | Perth | |
| Oct 13 | Prominent GATS-Attack advertisement in West Australian | Statewide (CANCELLED - undersubscribed) | |
| Oct 27 | (Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome) | Fremantle | |
| Nov 8 | OCAA political public forum - Clancys Fish Pub, cnr Cantonment and Parry Sts | Fremantle | |
| Nov 1-13 | "November Magic" -- variety of NGO and grassroot protest initiatives (contact) | Perth | |
| Nov 6-8 | World Civil Society Forum on the World Trade Organisation | Beirut | |
| Nov 9 | Global Unions Action Day, ICFTU (see media release) | Worldwide | |
| Nov 9-13 | WTO ministerial summit at Doha | Qatar | |
| Nov 13 | Tues 12 noon: Rally in Sydney (?and other capital cities), coinciding with the WTO Ministerial meeting in Qatar. | Nationwide | |
| Nov 24 | (Saturday) 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting (All welcome) | Fremantle | |
| 2002 | Local events | Global events |
| Jan 31 to Feb 5 | 2nd
World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil (website) "In
place of the cold dictatorship of the market; the logic
of rights for all" [Parallel with WEF meeting, New York] |
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| Feb 4 | John Pilger forum and film screening at Curtin University, Bentley | |
| Feb 23 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome) | |
| Feb 23 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome) | |
| Feb 27 | 4.30 pm DFAT roundtable meeting with Mr Tim Yeend, 17th Floor, Exchange Plaza, Perth | |
| Mar 16 | Globalisation Roundtable Forum, ALGA conf.room | Mar 15-16, EU Summit Barcelona |
| Mar 21 | 6-8 pm Meet OCAA's Andrew Hewett, Clancy's Fish Pub, Fremantle. | |
| Mar 23 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle (All welcome). Note: Date brought forward to avoid Easter. | |
| Apr 20-21 | IMF/WB meetings. Washington D.C. | |
| Apr 27 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle | |
| Apr 30 | 7-9 pm knowledge forum with Prof Jane Kelsey in UnionsWA 4th Floor Meeting Room, 79 Stirling Street, Perth. See details. Email bookings. | |
| May 5 | May Day Rally, Fremantle Esplanade, 10 am - 3 pm (March off, 12 noon) | |
| May 10 | 9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 4th meeting, at WA Local Govt Assn | |
| May 23-24 | OECD Forum, Paris | |
| May 25 | 2 pm Public Forum: Privatisation of Water Supply, at 53 Wood St, Fremantle | |
| Jun 21-22 | EU Summit in Seville | |
| Jun 26-28 | G8 Kananaskis, Canada | |
| Jun 29 | 2 pm StopMAI/ Citizens' Voice committee meeting at Fremantle | |
| Jul 9 | 7 pm at UWA: "GM Seeds of Doubt" seminar with US/Canadian farmers. | |
| Jul 10 | 7 pm Sophia Murphy Forum: Markets, Farmers and International Trade organised by OxfamCAA at The Palms, Nicholson/Rokeby Rds, Subiaco. $8/$5. | |
| Jul 20 | 9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 5th meeting, at WA Local Govt Assn | |
| Jul 27 | 2 pm Public Forum on International Simultaneous Policy --Guest speaker, Hon Dr Doug Everingham, MUA Function Room, 2-4 Kwong Alley, North Fremantle. See the press release and download the SP leaflet | 26 Aug -
4 Sep, Rio+10 Conf, Johannesburg |
| Aug 31 | StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle | |
| Sep 28 | StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle | |
| Oct 26 | StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle | Oct 16 US Media Democracy Day - Try flash intro page |
| Nov 30 | StopMAI Campaign Committee meeting at Fremantle | |
| 2003 | Local events | Global events |
| 15 Feb | No War rally in Forrest Place. See media release. Download flyer (rtf) | Worldwide antiwar actions |
| 22 Feb | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 1 Mar | 9 am WA Roundtable on Globalisation, 8th meeting, on GATS and AUSFTA. Addressed by Pat Ranald (landline) and Ted Murphy. | |
| 22 Mar | NoWar rally, 11am Perth Esplanade, March 12.30pm | |
| 29 Mar | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 15 Apr | ALP Caucus Taskforce forum on GATS and AUSFTA, 9.30am Lathlain Oval | |
| 26 Apr | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 4 May | Annual May Day Rally, from 10 am, Fremantle Esplanade. March 12 noon | May Day |
| 10 May | WA Globalisation Roundtable, 9 am - 12.30 pm, City West Lotteries House | |
| 10 May | The Trade Invasion forum, 2 - 4 pm, Conf Room, City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street. Speakers Jeff Atkinson, Dee Margetts et al. (Download flyer.) | |
| 28 Jun | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 28 Jun | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 26 Jul | 9am-1pm
Globalisation Roundtable at 2 Delhi St, West Perth StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point |
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| 30 Aug | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 17-19 Sept | Regional
Governance for Sustainability Conference at Notre Dame University, Fremantle. Details |
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| 27 Sept | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 29 Nov | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 2004 | Local events | Global events |
| 10 Jan | StopMAI extraordinary meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 24 Feb | 6 pm-9 pm Globalisation Roundtable "After the decline of the American Empire: Global Democracy?" with Professor Johan Galtung. Also, Mumbai WSF report by Scott Ludlam.(Building 202, Room 122, Curtin University of Technology, Kent Street, Bentley) | |
| 28 Feb | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 20 Mar | 1st Anniversary of illegal invasion of Iraq. more | International Anti-war Day |
| 27 Mar | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 30 Mar | 6 pm, OCAA forum, Jane Hutchison on Sportswear manufacture, at Juicy Beetroot Café, Tum Tum Tree Lane, 132 High St Fremantle | |
| 3 Apr | 10a-12n Roundtable AUSFTA Submissions Workshop at Conservation Council Boardroom, 2 Delhi St West Perth | |
| 13-15 Apr | Afro-Asian Civil Society Seminar, New Delhi | |
| 23 Apr | 8.45 am Action against AUSFTA at State Parlt. Details -- 9 am JSCOT Perth hearing on AUSFTA commences. More | |
| 24 Apr | 50th StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 28-30 Apr | World Economic Forum
and Alternative Economic Summit, Warsaw |
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| 1 May | International May Day events | |
| 2 May | 10 am Fremantle Esplanade May Day Rally, UnionsWA | |
| 7-9 May | Brisbane Social Forum. Details | |
| 29 May | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 13-18 Jun | UNCTAD XI in Sâo Paulo, Brazil. More | |
| 26 Jun | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 29 Jun | Tariq Ali at UWA Octagon Theatre 7.30 pm | |
| 30 Jun | Tariq Ali in Roundtable forum, Delhi St. Bookings | |
| 7 Jul | Perth Social Forum Launch, 6 pm at 315 Bagot Road Subiaco. Book by email or phone 0423 356 415 | |
| Sat 31 July |
11 am Rally
Against AUSFTA outside electoral office of the
Hon. Kim Beazley, Cr Council Av/Hefron St, Rockingham. More 12.30 pm optional lunch at Ho Wan Restaurant, Malibu Shopping Centre, Malibu Road, Rockingham. (Around $10, BYO drinks.) 2.00 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at above restaurant |
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| 23-25 Jul | Boston Social Forum (more) | |
| 26-29 Jul | US Democrats Nat Convention | |
| 12 Aug | Date by which the Senate will determine the fate of the AUS Free Trade Agreement | US 'Democracy Uprising' 258km march from Boston to New York. Story and Journal |
| 19 Aug | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details | |
| 26 Aug | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details | |
| 28 Aug | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | 29 Aug Massive New York Rally and March against the Bush Agenda (Coincides with the Republican Convention) More |
| 2 Sept | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details | |
| 9 Sept | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details | |
| 16 Sept | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details | |
| 25 Sept | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 7 Oct | Politics in the Club, 6-8 pm Details. Pre-election special with speakers Dr Carmen Lawrence MHR (ALP), Senator Brian Greig (AD), Rachel Siewert (Greens WA) and Ian Jamieson (Socialist Alliance) | |
| 9 Oct | Polling Day--Federal General Election | |
| 30 Oct | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 27 Nov | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 2005 | Local events | Global events |
| 26 Feb | WA State General Election | |
| 5 Mar | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 18-20 Mar | Perth Social Forum. Details | |
| 2 Apr | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 30 Apr | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 28 May | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 25 June | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 30 July | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 27 Aug | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 24 Sep | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 29 Oct | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| Tues 8 Nov | Philosophy Cafe of the Association for Philosophy in Schools (APIS) 7.30pm, Suite 5 Biscuit Factory, 330 South Terrace, Sth Fremantle | |
| 12-19 Nov | APEC Summit in
Busan, Korea. Schedule Activism report |
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| 26 Nov | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| Nov 7 to Dec 18 | Hong Kong Protest Actions | |
| 13-18 Dec | (There will be no StopMAI meeting in December) | WTO Hong Kong |
| 2006 | Local events | Global events |
| Jan | (There will be no StopMAI meeting in January) | |
| 25 Feb | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 25 Mar | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 29 Apr | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 27 May | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point: Presentation by Rowland Benjamin on Informaction | |
| 24 Jun | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 29 Jul | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | 24 Jul Failure of Doha Round discussions at Geneva "informal meeting" |
| 26 Aug | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 30 Sep | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 14 Oct | 10.30 am Globalisation
Roundtable Planning Meeting at Conservation Council Boardroom, 2 Delhi St West Perth |
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| 28 Oct | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 25 Nov | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 2007 | Local events | Global events |
| Jan 27 | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 18 Feb | 10 am Roundtable
Forum with Dee Margetts. Deregulation of the dairy industry [Report] At Conservation Ccil meeting room, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth |
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| Feb 24 | StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| Mar 31 | 2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 22 Apr | ||
| 28 Apr | 2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point (At which the quest for a suitable and permanent venue for WA Globalisation Roundtable meetings is an agenda item) |
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| 20 May | 10 am Roundtable Forum with Dr Max Whisson. Concerns about collection and distribution of blood and blood products. | |
| 27 May | 2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | |
| 30 Jun | 2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point | Pres. Bush's FastTrack authority expires |
| 24 July | Anniversary of the Failure and Suspension of WTO Doha Agenda Talks, 2006. Status now | |
| 28 July | 2 pm StopMAI campaign meeting at Salter's Point |
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