EVENTS - Leslie Cannold

6:00pm - 9:30pm, 14 May 2012: Leslie to MC the Lord Mayor's Commendations Ceremony

Rock up to the Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate the commitment small and family-run businesses ma... more

9:30am - 1:30pm, 07 May 2012: Re-imaging Australian Values - Leslie and Michael Kirby at Uni Melb

Come along to a forum to mark the 75th Anniversary of University College, University of Melbourne... more

2:13pm - 2:50pm, 04 May 2012: Having it all without Doing it all - Oz Women's Leadership Conference

Leslie will talk about work/life balance at the Australian Regional Women Leaders Convention in S... more

11:00am - 11:45am, 18 Apr 2012: Leslie to help NSW Taxi Council Manage the Media

Managing the Media is Leslie's keynote address to the Annual Conference of the NSW Taxi Council ... more

6:00pm - 7:30pm, 17 Apr 2012: Have some questions about Drugs, but are too afraid to ask?

[Melbourne Conversations](http://www.facebook.com/melbourneconversations) - an initiative of the ... more

6:30pm - 7:45pm, 16 Apr 2012: Atheists and the Interfaith Movement - Preferable? Possible?

The Rationalists Society, Humanist Society and InterAction - with support from Embiggen Books and... more

13 Apr 2012 - 15 Apr 2012: Leslie joins Dawkins, Singer & Hirsi Ali at 2012 Global Atheist Conference

To get G'd up, and find out who else will be speaking, watch the video. Or for more details and t... more

11:00am - 1:30pm, 18 Mar 2012: Leslie joins Premier Baillieu at Launch of Jewish Library

Come along at 11:00 to see Ted Baillieu launch the new LAMM Jewish Library of Australia. Stick ar... more

3:00pm - 5:00pm, 08 Mar 2012: Leslie at Monash Uni for IWD

Come along to the Future of Feminism in an Uncertain World, a roundtable discussion with Leslie a... more

7:30pm - 8:30pm, 07 Mar 2012: On the Road to Mildura with the Wheeler Centre

Hear Leslie chatting with Anthony Gerace on ABC Local breakfast radio, then come along to Stefano... more

25 Feb 2012 - 26 Feb 2012: Leslie's Off to the Perth Writer's Festival!

Check out the author of [The Book of Rachael](http://cannold.com/articles/article/the-book-of-rac... more

24 Feb 2012, 1:45pm - 24 Feb 2011, 2:45pm: Back to the Future at the LGPro State Conference

Leslie to be part of a debating panel at a conference of over 700 professionals working in the lo... more

7:00pm - 8:30pm, 31 Jan 2012: Leslie presents at The Melbourne Free University at City Square

Come and here Leslie talk about why Governing in the Public Interest in 21st Century Australia is... more

6:45am - 9:00am, 08 Dec 2011: Brimbank City Council Business Breakfast

Leslie gives the keynote at the Brimbank Council's Business Networking Breakfast. Her message: It... more

2:45pm - 3:45pm, 04 Dec 2011: Education for an Ethical Society at AATE National Conference

Leslie will participate in a panel with Barney Zwartz and Lenny Robinson looking at the practical... more

12:00pm - 1:00pm, 02 Dec 2011: The role of Geoffrey Robertson will be played by Leslie

The 14th World Congress hypothetical will be a high-point of the four day event, hosted by the Fe... more

5:30pm - 7:30pm, 23 Nov 2011: 50th Anniversary of the Pill - An incomplete revolution?

In 1961, ‘the pill’ was approved for use by married women in Australia. To mark 50 years since th... more

12:00pm - 2:00pm, 18 Nov 2011: Gender Equity in the Workplace

Leslie to speak to local government leaders about violence against women and gender equity in the... more

6:30pm - 8:30pm, 10 Nov 2011: Dinner then Q & A on A Very Jewish Christmas Story in Essendon

Book Bonding's Book of Rachael event is booking out. Come share dinner and take part in a Q & A a... more

5:00pm - 6:30pm, 06 Nov 2011: Melbourne Jewish Book Festival

Leslie will be In conversation with Michelle Prawer at the Blake Street Hebrew Congregation, Glen... more

24 Oct 2011: Leslie’s Public Lecture “Ethics, Moral Conscience & Medicine” at Newington College

What: A public lecture at the Centre for Ethics. The Centre is a forum for students, teachers, pa... more

10:00am - 12:30pm, 23 Oct 2011: The Book of Rachael at St Michael's

Leslie chats with Dr Francis McNab about her new novel, life the universe & everything at St Mich... more

6:00pm - 8:00pm, 20 Oct 2011: Susan Mitchell and Leslie talk Tony Abbott

Come to Readings in Hawthorn to hear [Book of Rachael](http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-aut... more

6:15pm - 7:30pm, 13 Oct 2011: The Courage to Make History: Transforming The Law on Abortion in Australia

Leslie to speak at Queensland Parliament at an event open to the public designed to provoke and i... more

1:00pm - 3:30pm, 16 Sep 2011: The Voice of Women in Future Decision-Making

Leslie joins panelists Rabbi Aviva Kippen, Professor Judith Sloan and the Hon Fran Bailey in a Vi... more

09 Sep 2011 - 10 Sep 2011: Leslie heads to Brisbane for the Writer's Festival

Catch Leslie performing at The Moth, and chatting away about The Book of Rachael, feminism and th... more

02 Sep 2011 - 04 Sep 2011: Leslie takes to the stage at the Melbourne Writer's Festival

Catch Leslie performing at Stories Unbound (the MWF's version of The Moth), in conversation with ... more

11:03am - 11:50am, 31 Aug 2011: Words that Shape Us - Leslie at Melbourne Girls Grammar

This presentation to the senior school, about the relationship between words and women's rights, ... more

12:32pm - 2:32pm, 30 Aug 2011: Women in Front at the Hume City Council

Come here Leslie speak at the Hume Global Learning Centre at 1093 Pascoe Value Rd Broadmeadows ab... more

7:00pm - 7:00pm, 29 Aug 2011: Moonee Ponds Welcomes Leslie & Rachael

Many stories have been told of the charismatic young preacher from Nazareth and his followers. In... more

12:50pm - 1:20pm, 23 Aug 2011: Are all abortions justified? Leslie speaks to young women at MLC

This event, a keynote presentation followed by Q & A at the Methodist Ladies College Senior Schoo... more

9:00am - 12:30pm, 22 Aug 2011: Writing for Twitter - Leslie talks to Year 9's at MHS

This event, in which Leslie spoke to all the year 9s at Melbourne High School as part of a specia... more

6:00pm - 8:00pm, 18 Aug 2011: Mornington Welcomes Rachael

Come and meet Leslie at MBantua Fine Art Gallery, 161 Main St Mornington to discuss [The Book of ... more

10 Aug 2011: Leslie joins Barry Cassidy, Senators Mark Arbib & Mitch Fifield for NESA Annual Conference

How should Australia meet the challenges of Social Inclusion through Employment? Host Barrie Cass... more

06 Aug 2011, 10:45am - 07 Aug 2011, 10:45am: Leslie at The Byron Bay Writer's Festival

Here's details of the events where you'll find Leslie. For more information on the full program, ... more

7:00pm - 8:30pm, 28 Jul 2011: Grab your Reason & Head Down to Embiggen Books - in Melbourne!

Leslie will be chatting about why we've stopped trusting science at Embiggen's new Melbourne loca... more

6:30pm - 8:30am, 26 Jul 2011: Last Tuesday Bookclub at Sunflower Bookshop

Michelle Prawer will be hosting a session discussing The Book of Rachael. The book will be discus... more

7:00pm - 9:30pm, 03 Jul 2011: Q & A The Jewish Way

It's a fundraiser and a night of laughs. Come join Leslie, Debbie Wiener, Rabbi Dovid Rubinfeld, ... more

5:30pm - 7:00pm, 28 Jun 2011: Juanita Neilson Memorial Lecture 2011

Leslie is honoured to give the annual oration on the subject of Separating Church and State - Out... more

10:00am - 11:30am, 20 Jun 2011: Catch Leslie & Ita Buttrose at Noosa

Leslie talks to Ita Buttrose about why she wrote "Rachael” in the J Foyer at SeaHaven Resort, Noo... more

18 Jun 2011, 9:30am: Keynote for Monash University Civil Celebrants

Members of the Monash University Civil Celebrants Graduate Association will hold their Tenth Annu... more

6:00pm - 8:00pm, 31 May 2011: Meet Leslie Cannold at Brisbane's Avid Reader Bookshop

Leslie discusses [The Book of Rachae](http://cannold.com/articles/article/the-book-of-rachael/)l ... more

7:30pm - 9:00pm, 30 May 2011: The Great Debate - Has Feminism Failed

This National Council of Jewish Women of Australia’s (NCJWA) debate is a fundraiser, with Leslie ... more

2:45pm - 5:00pm, 29 May 2011: Women of Letters - Dear Mum, I never told you....

A literary salon event in 12 parts, Leslie joins past luminaries like Myf Warhurst, Angie Hart, C... more

1:00pm - 3:00pm, 28 May 2011: Slutwalk!

Join SlutWalk, to make a unified statement about sexual assault and victims’ rights and to demand... more

7:30pm - 8:30pm, 26 May 2011: Q & A with Author Leslie Cannold in Williamstown

Feeling left out of the buzz around The Book of Rachael just cuz you live across the bridge? This... more

7:00pm - 8:25pm, 25 May 2011: Powerful, Passionate and Eloquent

That's what Yarra Plenty says about [The Book of Rachael](http://cannold.com/articles/article/the... more

20 May 2011 - 22 May 2011: Catch Leslie at this year's Sydney Writer's Festival

The 2011 Sydney Writers' Festival proudly presents some of the world's finest poets, novelists an... more

08 May 2011: The Bono Wiener Lecture

Leslie will be discussing Atheism, Secularism or Humanism” at this year's lecture. The late Bono ... more

07 May 2011, 3:29pm: Leslie 1st Name Released for Brisbane Writer's Festival

The Brisbane Writer's Festival has just released the first of our fabulous writer names coming to... more

6:30pm - 9:03pm, 06 May 2011: Keynote Address Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Awards

The Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence celebrate the achievements of Southern Cross Universi... more

6:30pm - 7:30pm, 05 May 2011: Meet Leslie at My Bookstore by Corrie Perkin

Read the Book of Rachael, or thinking about reading it? Want to ask a question or get your copy s... more

6:15pm - 7:15pm, 28 Apr 2011: Andrew Bolt Gagging for Freedom - Talking Point at Wheeler Centre

The Federal Court action against columnist Andrew Bolt has sparked a heated debate between those ... more

15 Apr 2011, 7:00pm: Charlie Pickering launches Book of Rachael at Eurotrash

What a great night. Click the link to see photos from the event. more

10 Apr 2011: Inaugural Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival

Leslie will be discussing her soon-to-be-published novel *The Book of Rachael* in two Sunday sess... more

7:30pm - 9:30pm, 07 Apr 2011: Leslie talks to The Friends of Emerald Hill

Join Leslie for a discussion hosted by the Friends of Emerald Hill at the South Melbourne Library... more

12:45am - 1:15pm, 07 Apr 2011: The Problem With Feminists at the Wheeler Centre

Should the aim of feminist writers and activists to show how great women are or just to show wome... more

26 Mar 2011: Book of Rachael discussion at Readings

Come along and hear Leslie talk about the writing of the Book of Rachael. She’ll give a reading a... more

07 Mar 2011: Pamela Denoon Lecture

Leslie to give Pamela Denoon Lecture as part of ANU Toyota Lecture Series When: Monday March 7, ... more

06 Mar 2011: Good and Bad Religion

Leslie is Centre Stage with Dr Peter Vardy and Assoc Prof Zeki Saritoprak in a St James Ethics Ce... more

23 Nov 2010: Leslie Leads Discussion About a Solitary Choice

Buy tickets for this wonderful one woman show at the Seymour Centre and stay for Q & A chat with ... more

15 Nov 2010: Leslie Talks Abortion, the Universe & Everything on 89.7FM Sydney

More info:`captaineagle on Twitter or "leslie`cannold.com"[mailto:leslie@cannold.com](mailto:lesl... more

15 Nov 2010: Leslie Returns to the Circle to Talk About That Qld Case & Women’s Abortion Rights

What: Interview with The Circle gals\ When: 15 November 2010, approx 10:40am on Network Ten more

27 Sep 2010: Leslie Discusses the Pros and Cons of Prescribing Infant Formula with @MadCowsDiary

When: September 27th 2010 at 1:15 PM Where: ABC Radio 1233 Newcastle & 666 Canberra more

20 Sep 2010: Leslie Returns to the Hot Seat on ABC TV’s Q & A

Tune in Monday 20 September to catch Leslie chat with Presenter Tony Jones, the Chaser’s Craig Re... more

15 Sep 2010: Join Leslie for a Panel Discussion of Visionary Education: Ethics, Sustainability and Inspiration

Leslie joins Prof Julian Savelescu and former Victorian Labor Deputy Premier John Thwaites on a p... more

06 Sep 2010: Leslie to launch Sex, Lies, and Pharmaceuticals in Melbourne

Join Leslie in conversation with journalist and Harkness fellow RayMoynihan at the [launch of his... more

29 Jul 2010: Leslie, Barbara Pocock, Richard Denniss and the Green’s Candidate Adam Bandt Discuss the Work/Life Crisis

Where: ETU building, Level 1, 200 Arden Street, MelbourneWhen: Thursday 29 July, 6pm to about 8Mo... more

27 Jul 2010: Leslie, Karen Pickering, and Monica Dux Discuss Greer & The Female Eunich Forty Years On

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19 Jul 2010: Help Leslie Win Science Gong!

Leslie’s been nominated as the best science microblogger - aka Tweeter -for Australian Science We... more

06 Jul 2010: Leslie Teaching in Writing for Readers Program at University of Melbourne

Leslie to explain why writing for newspapers and magazines is a goodthingWhat: TalkWhere: Univers... more

05 Jul 2010: Leslie to Chat With Libbi Gorr About the Church, the Cops and Why Absolute Power Corrupts

What: Radio Interview\ Where: ABC Radio Melbourne 774\ When: 5 July 2010, 3:30pm more

28 Jun 2010: What Difference Will Julia Gillard Make for Women

Leslie chats to Libbi Gore on ABC Local Radio 774What: Radio Interview discussing what difference... more

23 Jun 2010: Leslie to launch NUS “Abbott’s Heaven, Your Hell” campaign

What: National Union of Students’ “Abbott’s Heaven, Your Hell” CampaignLaunch\When: Wednesday 23 ... more

10 May 2010: Leslie talks Virginity on 7PM Project

Is virginity past its use-by date? Catch Leslie chatting to the panel about a Melbourne documenta... more

04 May 2010: Leslie Talks with ABC NSW Statewide About Foul Language & Bad Behaviour

What: Radio interview Where: ABC NSW Statewide with Paul Turton When: 4 May 2010, 4:20pm. more

13 Apr 2010: Leslie and Catherine Deveny talk Atheism and the Media

If you missed this event, watch the (not particularly high quality)[video](http://vimeo.com/11198... more

03 Apr 2010: Australia’s Low Organ Donation Rate on Local ABC Radio 774

Tune into 774 to hear Leslie talk to Lindy about organ donation. more

12 Mar 2010: Leslie joins Lyn Alison, Tanya Levin and Jane Caro at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention

Gold tickets are already gone, but there are still seats left for the Rise of Atheism convention ... more

08 Mar 2010: Lara Bingle - A Question of Consent

Tune into A Current Affair on Channel 9 at 6:30 to get Leslie’s take on Binglegate. more

02 Feb 2010: 7PM Project Talking Xenotransplantation

Leslie talks to the 7pm Project panel about the problems and perils associated with using animals... more

27 Jan 2010: Leslie Tells ABC Listeners That Tony Abbott Will Make His Personal Religious Views About Women Political

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06 Nov 2009: Speedy Fish playing Live at “Don’t Chase the Shadows, Just Enjoy the Ride”

Speedy Fish, Leslie’s musical trio, will play from 7:00pm at the openingof the “Don’t Chase the S... more

30 Oct 2009: Stem Cells on The 7PM Project

Leslie talks to the panel on Network Ten's 7pm Project about the ethical implications of the late... more

26 Oct 2009: Recent Changes to Termination of Pregnancy Practice in Victoria

Leslie to discuss the implications for medical practitioners of theconscience clause in Victoria ... more

18 Oct 2009: Speedy Fish at the Grocery Bar, St Kilda

Leslie’s musical trio (Ray Boseley, guitar and Mark O’Hehir on bass andkeys) will be doing its cr... more

13 Oct 2009: Leslie on SBS Insight “In Your Genes”

Would you want to know if you were carrying a gene that could kill you?What if there’s a risk of ... more

12 Oct 2009: “The Grass is Always Greener” on Radio National's Life Matters

Every Monday, Radio National Life Matters deconstructs some old piece of wisdom with two guests. ... more

27 Sep 2009: Speedy Fish at Cafe Umalicioius

Leslie left-of-centre rock and contemporary trio is playing au deau -just Mark on keys and Leslie... more

20 Sep 2009: Speedy Fish at Cafe Umalicioius

Leslie left-of-centre rock and contemporary trio is playing au deau -just Mark on keys and Leslie... more

17 Sep 2009: Leslie and Adam the Classic Couple

Leslie and her partner Adam were just named the first “Classic Couple”for the Elsternwick Classic... more

03 Sep 2009: Leslie at 7pm

Tune in to Network Ten’s new current events format [The 7pm Project](http://7pmproject.com.au/we-... more

30 Aug 2009: Leslie and Catherine Deveny Talk Manners

Listen in to ABC local radio 744 this Sunday 30 August 2009 at 11:00amfor an irreverent look at t... more

23 Aug 2009: Speedy Fish Rock St Kilda

If you’re free Sunday arvo, come on down and have a listen to Leslie’sleft of centre rock and con... more

09 Aug 2009: Leslie to Speak to NSW Dying with Dignity

Come hear Leslie speak to a general meeting of NSW Dying with Dignityabout doctor’s conscience ri... more

06 May 2009: Co-Hosting Coping with Pandemics-Is Australia Ready? on ABC Radio

As H1N1 influenza continues to spread across the world, ABC local radio around Australia asks: ho... more

03 May 2009: Leslie to Speak at Melbourne High School About What Elite Sportsmen Are Teaching Our Boys

The charge of sexual assault against rugby-league poster boy Brett Stewart is just the latest of ... more

01 May 2009: Leslie to Participate in NSW Abortion Law Reform Forum

The NSW Greens have decided to start the debate on reforming abortion law in New South Wales. NSW... more

21 Apr 2009: Leslie to speak at Steve Guest Rally on the Victorian Parliament House Steps

Come along and support the right to die with dignity.What: Rally in memory of Steve Guest, sponso... more

27 Mar 2009: Leslie to at National Public Education Forum in Canberra

Leslie to synthesise and respond to participants in an afternoon session chaired by Jane Caro on ... more

22 Mar 2009: Leslie to Speak About Women and The New Faith

A forum hosted by Dr Francis Macnab at St Michael’s Uniting church Where: St Michael’s Uniting c... more

14 Mar 2009: Leslie to Speak to Young Activists About Campaigning for the Right to Choose

In the wake of Pro Choice Victoria’s successful campaign to give Victorian women the right to cho... more

26 Feb 2009: Leslie Appears on ABC TV’s Q & A

Watch her chat with program host Tony Jones and fellow panelists,including politicians Bill Short... more

30 Aug 2008: Speedy Fish playing at the St Kilda Bowling Club

Speedy Fish, the latest incarnation of Leslie’s band, is playing at the St Kilda Bowling Club. Sp... more

13 Aug 2008: Leslie to give evidence for Cain legal team

Michael Cain is a young gay man who claims he was unfairly discriminated against by the Australia... more

07 Aug 2008: Leslie to Speak about Work/Life Balance at the University Western Sydney Women’s Network Seminar

Professor Janice Reid, the UWS Vice Chancellor launched the UWS Women’s Network in 2007 to provid... more

20 Jul 2008: Leslie interviewed on Tropic Island Discs, 3MBS Classically Melbourne

Tune into 3MBS, 103.5FM on Sunday 20th of July to hear her talk aboutmusic, work and life with Li... more

02 Apr 2008: Leslie Keynote Speaker at National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Victoria) Annual Luncheon

The title of her talk is “No more talkfests! Solving the work/life crisis now!” When: Wednesday,... more

23 Oct 2007: Leslie to Speak at MSI Global Safe Abortion Conference 2007 in London

Leslie to speak on [Breaking the silence]() The threat anti-choicewomen-centered strategies pose ... more

13 Oct 2007: Leslie invited to speak at Australian Lesbian Medical Conference “Four Seasons - Challenges of Contemporary Health Care in a Changing Climate”

Her topic? “Ethical Leadership: Obligations, Opportunities and Pitfalls”. She will share a sessio... more

19 Sep 2007: Leslie Keynote Speaker at the Law Institute of Victoria President’s Luncheon

Leslie to explore whether work/life balance is really a possibility for Victoria’s legal professi... more

18 Sep 2007: Leslie Speaks to Bentleigh Progressive Synogogue (BPS) Seniors

What: lunch and a discussion of “The Abortion Myth: Towards a progressive Jewish position on abor... more

24 Aug 2007: Leslie to speak at Melbourne Girls Grammar School

Her topic? “To have or not to have children - and when? The choices and challenges facing young a... more

22 Apr 2007: Leslie to discuss “Being good without God”

Other panelists include Peter Singer, Dennis Altman, Brian Ellis andDick GrossWhat: Australian Hu... more

18 Apr 2007: Leslie to discuss Good Looks or Good Health: What’s really at stake in the childhood obesity debate?

What: The Annual General Meeting and Dinner of the Victorian Chapter ofthe Australian Council for... more

17 Apr 2007: Leslie to speak at the YWCA’s Changin’ It, Lovin’ It Conference

Her session is called “So you think it’s your body” and will include lawyer Lesley Vick and CEO o... more

20 Mar 2007: Leslie to give evidence to Productivity Commission Review of Australia’s Consumer Policy Framework

Along with Melbourne lawyer Lesley Vick, she will argue that Australian citizens are entitled to ... more

15 Mar 2007: Leslie talks Ministerial Ethics with Lindy Burn on 774 ABC Melbourne Drive

When: 15 March 2007, 4:45 Where: 774 ABC Melbourne Drive more

08 Mar 2007: Leslie to speak on “The spin or the reality (or why transparency matters in public debates)”

What: University of Melbourne Postgraduate Assocation International Women’s Day Lunch When: 8 Ma... more

02 Mar 2007: Catch Leslie on the Catch-Up

The Catch-Up is a weekday talk show premiering early in 2007. Coveringnews, entertainment, lifest... more

02 Feb 2007: Catch Leslie for the Weekly Watercooler Wrap on “9am with David and Kim”

Panelists debate the week’s events each Friday on the “9am with David & Kim” show, and about once... more

15 Nov 2006: University of Sydney: Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine “Paternity Fraud”

Leslie to talk about paternity fraud to staff, postgraduates and medicosat the Centre for Values,... more

01 Nov 2006: Hobart: “The current stem cell debate: science, politics and ethics”

Leslie to give 2006 Betty Pybus Memorial Lecture in Hobart. Please note that a gold coin donatio... more

12 Sep 2006: Women in Engineering Lunch

Leslie to speak to the Women in Engineering Lunch at the University ofMelbourneWhen: 12^th^ Septe... more

30 Aug 2006: Feminism and multi-culturalism: Do they mix?

Leslie will be attempting to answer this question at a “politics at the pub” evening organised by... more

26 Aug 2006: Missed out on tickets to the Veronicas?

Lucky you, because much better things are in store for Melbourne-basedmusic lovers on the evening... more

19 Aug 2006: Keynote to the Association of Marriage and Relationship Educators

Leslie will be speaking to professionals working mostly in the area of couple relationship educat... more

06 Aug 2006: Careers, Relationships and Children: How women and men can have it all?

Leslie to speak to delegates at the [Gift and Homewares August TradeFair](http://www.agha.com.au/... more

27 Jul 2006: How to Write an Opinion Piece that Will Get Published

Leslie to speak to academics and students at the Politics Department atthe University of Melbourn... more

19 Jul 2006: The Challenge of Achieving Work/Life Balance

Leslie to address the senior students of St Columba’s College. Not open to the public. When: Wed... more

18 Jul 2006: Melbourne Hearings of Senate Inquiry into Transparent Advertising and Notification of Pregnancy Counselling Services Bill 2005

Leslie to give evidence in her capacity of spokeswoman for ReproductiveChoice Australia at the Me... more

26 Apr 2006: What, No Baby? Young women and the challenges of career and family

Leslie will be speaking to the monthly women-only lunch meeting of the Association of Women on Ca... more

23 Apr 2006: Accusers, Abusers, Excusers: Dreyfus Revisited

A hypothethical relating to the “Alfred Dreyfus” exhibition be held at the Jewish Museum of Austr... more

10 Apr 2006: Balancing Work and Family inquiry

Leslie to give evidence to [The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Human S... more

03 Feb 2006: Inquiry into Therapeutic Goods Amendment

Leslie to give evidence to Senate Inquiry into Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial... more

17 Nov 2005: National Product Liability Association

Leslie will talk about Designer Children and the Regulation of AssistedReproduction and Genetic T... more

04 Nov 2005: Educating Girls, Catholic Secondary Principals AGM

Educating Girls will be the topic of Leslie’s presentation to the Catholic Secondary Principals A... more

25 Oct 2005: The National Diversity Think Tank

A new non-profit group of corporations working together to build thecapacity of Australian busine... more

03 Oct 2005: Leslie to Give Evidence to the Legislation Review Committee (the Lockhart Review)

On 17 June 2005, the Minister for Ageing, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, appointed a committee to condu... more

14 Sep 2005: Leslie panel Speaker on “Women and the State of Play”

An event co-hosted by Readings and the Victorian Women’s Trust with Moira Rayner, Judy Horacek an... more

07 Sep 2005: The Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment’s Inaugural Diversity Conference “Challenges and Advantages of integrating work, life, families and diversity”

Leslie will be a guest speaker at the conference celebrating the CEOE’s 20th Aniversery. \ The CE... more

23 Aug 2005: Leslie speaking at The Age Melbourne Writer’s Festival

Sushi Das talks to the author of ??What, No Baby? Why women are losing the freedom to mother, and... more

22 Aug 2005: In the Family Way @ The Age Melbourne Writer’s Festival

Kaz Cooke, Jill Singer, Leslie Cannold and, as participating chair, Martien Snellen discuss sex, ... more

16 Aug 2005: What is human? Biotechnology in sport and health

Panel Discussion “What is human? Biotechnology in sport and health”. Part of Science Week. When:... more

11 Aug 2005: Keynote Address to Staff at St Columbia’s College

Not open to public When: 9:00 AM Thursday 11^th^ August 2005 Where: St Michael’s Church, Melbou... more

26 Jul 2005: Leslie to speak at the State Library of Victoria

Oz Prospect, in partnership with The Age and the State Library of Victoria present an after-work ... more

24 Jun 2005: Federal Women’s Council of the Liberal Party: “Liberal Women Caring for Families” Conference

Leslie will be a “Coming up with Solutions Panel” participant at the conference to be opened by t... more

15 Jun 2005: “Daddy Dearest?” the ethics and politics of “paternity fraud”

Where: Philosophy Cafe, Murmur Bar, Warburton Lane, Melbourne, Victoria(Off Little Bourke, betwee... more

03 Jun 2005: Unions NSW - “Things Fall Apart: What work is doing to families and communities”

Leslie to give keynote address, other guest speakers include: The formerhead of the Australian In... more

11 May 2005: Melbourne University Debating Society Public Debate on Abortion

Dr Leslie Cannold, Professor Loane Skene, and Marcia Riordan (from the Archdiocese of Melbourne) ... more

28 Apr 2005: The Private World? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Gender

“The Personal is Political: Advocacy, Social Action and the Politics of Gender” Seminar Series more

22 Apr 2005: The Politics of Women’s Health

Leslie is speaking in the plenary session of the Women’s Health Conference. “The politics of wome... more

20 Apr 2005: Childless by Choice or Circumstance? Turbo-Charged Expectations of “Good” Mothers and the Irrationality of Choosing to Have Children in the Post-Modern World’

“Full Reproductive Freedom: Is abortion the only issue?” at the New International Bookshop Co-op.... more

31 Mar 2005: Readings Books: Carlton, Victoria

“In conversation with Leslie Cannold” at Readings Books. March 31st 2005, 6:30. 338 Lygon St, Car... more

22 Mar 2005: Gleebooks: Glebe, New South Wales

“Have Women Lost the Freedom to Mother, and Can they Get It Back?” at Gleebooks. March 22nd 2005,... more

17 Mar 2005: Avid Reader Bookshop: West End, Queensland

“In conversation with Leslie Cannold” at Avid Reader Bookshop. March 17th 2005. 193 Boundary Stre... more

11 Mar 2005: International Women’s Day Lunch Address

International Women’s Day Lunch Address, the Union of Australian Women When: 12:00- 1:30 PM 11th... more

10 Mar 2005: Career, Relationships and Children - Can Women Have it All

Keynote Speaker, International Women’s Day Event “Career, Relationships and Children - Can Women ... more

01 Jan 2005: What, No Baby? launch

*What no baby* launched by The Hon Joan Kirner AM, former Premier of Victoria and Co-Convener of ... more