Thursday Night Live! June 13th - Refugees now and then - has Australia lost its compassion?

Australia has a long history in resettling refugees, viewed as a world leader in the years after World War II and yet, policies and attitudes towards people who come here to seek asylum have hardened over the last two decades. Principled solutions to the complex and difficult problems faced by refugees in the world would seem to be lacking in contemporary Australian politics. If this is a reflection on the character of the nation, is it now fair to ask, have we lost our compassion? How quickly have some of us forgotten our past?

Join Facilitator Dr Leticia Anderson, Lecturer in Humanities at Southern Cross University, in conversation with this months panel: Nathan Willis - PhD student and Solicitor, and Migration Consultant; Katka Adams - Visual artist and political refugee; and Angus McDonald - Visual artist and filmmaker advocating for more humanitarian approaches to managing the welfare of forcibly displaced people seeking asylum.

5.30pm there will be a film screening by Angus McDonald and Slate Cafe opens. The panel discussion begins at 6pm.

Presented by the Lismore Regional Gallery and Southern Cross University, Thursday Night Live! is a monthly talks program putting critical, thought-provoking topics in the spotlight.

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