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Mental Health Reform - Why Victoria is the State to Watch

Victoria has the oldest mental health legislation in the country. In the wake of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and Australia’s ratification of the United Nation conventions on the Rights of the Child and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a rights-oriented revamp was plainly required.

Writings

Opting-Out? Off-Ramping? Why women are really leaving paid work

Words like “desire” and “choice” might be poor ways to describe circumscribed career moves that mothers make when trying to factor in childcare, writes Leslie Cannold. With a steady diet of redundancies in the news, and economists beginning to talk of jobless recoveries, and even recession, it may be time

Events

09 May 2014: Leslie Talks Business Ethics to School Managers & Administrators

What a treat! Leslie will be heading to the Yarra Valley to talk corporate social responsibility and the business of ethics in business – :) – to the Association of Schools Bursars & Administrators (ASBA) State Conference. This event is closed to the public

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09 Aug 2014 - 10 Aug 2014: Leslie Talks Gender & Science at Bendigo Writer's Festival

Leslie will be a guest at the following events at the Bendigo Writer’s Festival. Sat Aug 9, 1.45-2.45 A WOMAN’S PLACE: Jane Long leads Leslie Cannold, Jane McCredie and Jeff Sparrow in a discussion about gender roles and whether feminism has changed our expectations about the

Events

06 Mar 2014 08:10 AM - 07 Mar 2014 01:10 PM: Future Gazing at ATKearney Conference

Leslie’s off to Hamilton Island join a panel of futurists to talk about Australia’s next 20 years when it comes to women and cultural minorities. Her prognosis is upbeat… *This event is closed to the public *

In the media

Leslie Talks to ABC 720 Perth about Assisted Suicide

An older man with cancer kicked off a nation-wide debate in Perth about the right to die. Presenter Geoff Huchison followed up with Leslie the next day and the story of Lynda, whose young daughter struggles with bi-polar and also wants the freedom to access medical assistance to end her

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12:15 PM - 01:20 PM, 13 Apr 2014: Leslie talks refugees at St Michael's on Collins

Come on Sunday to hear Father Frank Brennan to give a public lecture at St Michael’s on refugees. Leslie will join Dr Francis McNab in a panel discussion with Father Frank afterwards. The panel is scheduled to finish at approximately 1:20pm to allow participation in the Refugee Action

Writings

Leslie in The Age: How to Smooth the Way for Australia's Next Female PM

This weekend marks six months since Julia Gillard stepped down from the highest office in the land. With International Women’s Day on the horizon, it is timely to reflect on Gillard’s rise and fall. What aspects of Gillard’s trajectory are emblematic of the challenges faced by female

Writings

Bonchek Adams Controversy a Tweeting Shame

Now is the time for informed debate on patient choices. The Lisa Bonchek Adams tweet story is a morality tale, but not one about patient choices at the end of life. Bonchek Adams is a blogger and tweeter living with metastatic breast cancer. Her condition can be treated but not

In the media

Leslie on the BBB Executives who turned a blind eye to Saville

Leslie speaks to ABC NSW Statewide Drive’s Chris Coleman on BBC Executives turning a blind eye to Saville.

Writings

Leslie's Advice to Australia's Next Female PM

Leslie joins Jane Caro and Natasha Stott-Despoja among others in considering the take-aways from Julia Gillard’s tenure as Australia’s first female PM and suggesting ways forward for the next generation of women leaders. Leslie’s contribution is here: > Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard said

In the media

Leslie, Paul Sheehan & Cassandra Wilkenson on ABC TV's The Drum

On this first episode back after the 2013-2014 holiday period, Leslie, Paul and Cassandra talk about alcohol-fuelled violence; another major security breach leaves American shoppers exposed and Christian conservative Senator Cory Bernardi’s book. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-13/the-drum/5198216

Writings

Leslie and her Labrador Learn about Judging & Being Judgemental

Many unsavoury items wash up along the foreshore. I know because my Labrador decided to sample some on a recent trip to the beach. She then proceeded to vomit and excrete them on what turned out to be a long walk home. The two bags I’d brought didn’t

In the media

Leslie on Gene Science: Society Must Regulate What Happens in Lab

Bioethicists have raised the red flag over an American patent for a method that could allow people to choose genetic traits like eye colour in children sired from donor eggs or sperm. The patent for what is called a “gamete (egg or sperm) donor selection” method, was granted by the

Events

11 Mar 2014: Leslie returns to The School of Life

Keen to balance work and life? Fill the god-shaped whole? Make a difference? Leslie is founding faculty at the School of Life and will show you how during Term 1 2014 of the Australian School of Life. Bookings are a must. Sign up for emails to appraise you when registrations

In the media

We will be able to reverse the ageing process, but should we?

It’s only a matter of time before we can reverse the ageing process. Question is – should we?Leslie talks to ABC Victoria about scientific boons and quandaries at 8:50am. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/cause-ageing-can-be-reversed Publication history > The Science of Reversing Ageing Marches OnABC Victoria,

In the media

If The Book of Rachael was a movie, who should play Rachael?

A speculative blog by Marshal Zeringue to coincide with the novel’s US debut http://cftmar.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/q-leslie-cannold.html

Events

31 Dec 2013 - 01 Jan 2014: Test

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Writings

Cosmos: Climate Science and Why Fear Didn't Work

With some exceptions, the strategy of the environment movement has been to provoke fear: fear for the quality of our own lives and over the survival of our grandchildren. It is questionable whether that is working. Some commentators, such as Guardian journalist Anne Kapf say the fear, or rather caring

Writings

Every Book Deserves a Soundtrack. Now, the Book of Rachael has one

This backing track feature appeared on the Large-Hearted Boy website. Leslie Cannold’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel, The Book of Rachael [http://cannold.com/articles/article/the-book-of-rachael/]: What a great idea! I loved concocting this play list, and even more so when my intuitive interpretation of

Writings

Prestigious US Publisher's Weekly raves about The Book of Rachael

If Jesus had a sister, what might have her story been? Australian Cannold (The Abortion Myth) turns her attention to an obscure corner of history: the role of women in patriarchal Roman society and Jewish culture during the early years of Christianity. Foreshadowing Jesus’s anti-establishment views, Cannold imagines that

Events

28 Jan 2014: Leslie to Provide Professional Learning for ACT School Psychologists

In the wake of Leslie’s successful presentation to the School Psychologists and Counsellors Conference [http://cannold.com/events/event/leslie-offers-school-psychologists-insight-into-moral-panics-digital-natives/] , Leslie will provide professional learning for School Psychologists in the ACT on the topic of young people, information and communications technology and identity and Gillick competence. *This event is

Writings

The Well: Will There Always Be Outcasts?

I’ve long been interested in why human societies have always had outcasts and why, even in modern times, we appear unable – or unwilling – to live without them. This wonder has seeped into my fiction. At the climax of The Book of Rachael, Rachael skulks on the edge of a

Events

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM, 19 Nov 2013: Blue-Sky with Local Govt

Building on the “why” aspirations of their business plan, Leslie assists a local government team to unlock their creativity and articulate the “what” phase of their 4 year strategic plan. This event is closed to the public

In the media

Leslie Co-hosts Conversation Hour with Jon Faine

Leslie helps Jon interview author and columnist Peter Fitzsimmons and utterly delightful Jordan Lang. http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/11/06/3885299.htm?site=melbourne Publication history > Leslie Cannold, Peter Fitzsimons, Jordie LaneABC Local Radio 774 Melbourne 2013-11-06 http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/