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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 provide opportunities for women staff and interested community members to meet , network, learn and develop their careers. When: Thursday 7 August 2008, 12:00pm–2:00pm

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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 about music, work and life with Libby Anderson.

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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, 2 April 2008 For more information: For further details, please contact President Susie Ivany on 9523 0535.

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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-choice women-centered strategies pose to safe legal abortion and how the pro-choice movement can fight back" on day one of the conference [http://www.globalsafeabortion.org/] as part of the plenary agenda on day one of the conference on Opposition.

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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 session with Dr Jo Wainer. When: Saturday 13 October Where: The Treacy Centre, Parkville For more information: Ruth McNair at [r.mcnair@bigpond.net.au](mailto:r.mcnair@bigpond.net.au) [r.mcnair@bigpond.net.au] This event

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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 profession. Past speakers have included the Federal Attorney General and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Anne Summers AO, author and journalist Virginia Hausseger, the Victorian Ombudsman

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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 abortion” When Tuesday 18 September at 1:00 – 2:00pm Where: BPS, 549 Centre Road, Bentleigh The talk is open to the public. For more information contact Myra Mendelson on 9555 3061.

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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 australian women.” She’ll also share a panel with Julian Burnside QC, Alan Attwood, Cecilia Reibel and Professor Kate Darian-Smith. Leslie at MGGS with Julian Burnside, Alan Attwood, Cecilia Riebl, Dr Darian-Smith, event

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

Other panelists include Peter Singer, Dennis Altman, Brian Ellis and Dick Gross What: Australian Humanist Societies Council When: 22 April at 1:30 to 4:00pm Where: Jika International Hotel and Conference Centre, 551 Heidelberg Rd. Fairfield For more information: Contact Mary Bergin [MLBerg@optusnet.com.au](mailto:MLBerg@optusnet.

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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 of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER [http://www.achper.vic.edu.au/]). When: 18th April. Dinner at 6:45, talk commences at 8:15 Where: The Yarra Park Room at the MCG For more

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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 of Marie Stopes Suzanne Dvorjak When: Saturday 14 April 2007, 2:30 to 4:00pm Where: The function hall of the Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne For more information: Contact

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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 protection from misleading and deceptive advertising, regardless of whether they have paid a fee for the falsely advertised service, or not. When: Tuesday 20 March, 10:30am Where: Rattigan Room, Level 28, 35 Collins Street

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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

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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 March 2007, 12:30 to 2pm, for lunch Where: University of Melbourne Postgraduate Centre For more information, contact Tammi Jonas on [tammois@gmail.com](mailto:tammois@gmail.com) [tammois@gmail.com]

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02 Mar 2007: Catch Leslie on the Catch-Up

The Catch-Up is a weekday talk show premiering early in 2007. Covering news, entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, fashion and gossip, the show is pitched at Australian women. Leslie will be talking about reproductive rights with hosts Libby Gore, Mary Moody, Lise Oldfield and Zoe Sheridan. Deputy Opposition Leader Julia Gillard is

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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 a month, Leslie will be there, fighting it out with the likes of Herald columnist Andrew Bolt, 3AW’s Ross Stevenson, the Age’s Matthew Ricketson and comic Catherine Deveny. When:

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15 Nov 2006: Discrepant Paternity Talk at The University of Sydney's Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine

Leslie to talk about discrepant paternity to staff, postgraduates and medicos at the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine. The event is open to the public. When: Wednesday 15^th^ November between 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Where: University of Sydney Inquires: Ian Kerridge via email [kerridge@

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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 donation is requested. When: 1^st^ November, 7pm for 7:30. Where: Hodgkin Hall, The Friend’s School, North Hobart RSVP: Jane Dunsford at the Hobart Women’s Health Centre on [jane.dunsford@justice.

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12 Sep 2006: Women in Engineering Lunch

Leslie to speak to the Women in Engineering Lunch at the University of Melbourne When: 12^th^ September between 12pm – 2pm. Where: Ian Potter Room, Graduate House, Leicester Street, University of Melbourne. Inquires: [l.muir@ee.unimelb.edu.au](mailto:l.muir@ee.unimelb.edu.au) [l.muir@ee.unimelb.

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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 the Melbourne University Political Interest Society. When: 30^th^ August 2006, informal dinner from 6:30 pm, event from 7:30 pm Where: Prince Alfred Hotel, Carlton, VIC (corner of Grattan and Bouverie

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

Lucky you, because much better things are in store for Melbourne-based music lovers on the evening of August 26, 2006. Sassy versions of covers from the 1960s to 1990s, with a few original Fascinators tunes (of the funky blues, rock and jazz variety) thrown in. Dance the night away for

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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 education (prior to marriage), parenting education and couple counselling about the importance of equity in a marriage in terms of opportunities to care and to participate in the “public sphere”. More information about the conference on

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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 Trade Fair [http://www.agha.com.au/trade/]. When: Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th of August, 9:30~~10~~30 Where: Suite 4 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 2 Clarendon Street, Southbank Melbourne. For more information, contact

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

Leslie to speak to academics and students at the Politics Department at the University of Melbourne. Not open to the public.

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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: Wednesday the 19th July