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NOVEMBER

2021

THE GRADUATE UNION NEWSLETTER

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NOVEMBER BRIDGE NIGHT Wednesday, 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th November 7:15pm – 9:30pm Do you enjoy a sociable game of duplicate bridge? Register at reception. All levels of bridge players welcome. Player fees: Members $2, non-members $5. Food and beverages at bar prices.

SPECIAL MORNING BREAKFAST

Tuesday, 9th November 7:30am - 8:30am Non-resident Members are welcome to join Resident Members for a hearty breakfast at Graduate House. Free for Resident Members, Non-resident Members $20.

NOVEMBER MONTHLY LUNCHEON Wednesday, 10th November 12:00pm – 2:00pm with Dr Ross McMullin. Dine In: Members $35, non-members $40 Virtual attendance; Members $10, non-members $15

ITALIAN CONVERSATION LUNCH

Tuesday, 16th November 12:00pm – 2:00pm Dine while learning to speak Italian with an experienced teacher. Members $12.00, non-members $20.00

WOMEN’S FORUM

Wednesday, 17th November 10:00am for 10:30am start with the topic: Are we taking sufficiently into account the destruction of trees and vegetation in the context of development? The Women’s Forum group extends invitation to new members and welcomes new ideas. Discussions are held in an informal and friendly atmosphere. The group then adjourns for lunch in the dining room. The forum is free. All are welcome.

DECEMBER MEMBERS CHRISTMAS PARTY Friday, 10th December 6:00pm for 6:30pm start

Join members and their guests for a traditional Christmas dinner and entertainment. Non-resident Members $59.50, non-members $70.00, non-member Concession $61.50. Free for Resident Members. Details and menu on page 25.

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CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN 4 Appointment of General Manager INTERNATIONAL DAYS 5 November FEATURES 10 Ursula Soulsby’s Graduate Pathway Story 13 We cannot achieve diversity by replacing white men with white women 16 Essential Cybersecurity Practices for Secure Remote Working VALETE 18 Frank Alfred Moorman Lees AM MBE FRSA NEWS FROM GRADUATE HOUSE 20 Old Corkman pub site transformed into community park 21 Congratulations to Lisa Hasker 21 New Bus Services for Parkville 22 The University of Melbourne November events MEMBERS’ CONTRIBUTION 23 Paintings of Marg Nicoll GU COLLEGIATE 24 Monthly Luncheon with Dr Ross McMullin 25 Members’ Christmas Party PROMOTIONS 26 Function Menu 2021 - Traditional Christmas 27 Function Menu 2021 - Christmas Summer Barbeque 28 Accommodation for patients, hospital visitors and medical staff 30 Undergraduate and graduate student college accommodation

MES SAGE F R OM PRE SI DE N T A N D CH A I R MAN

Message from President and Chairman Dear Members, As you know Dr Bennett’s resignation as CEO and Head of College took effect from Friday 8th October. We are pleased to be able to advise that the Council of The Graduate Union have resolved to appoint Daniel Clark as General Manager of The Graduate Union on an ongoing basis. We are happy to report that Daniel has accepted the position and will commence in the new role from Monday 11th October. We are confident that the organisation is in good hands and Daniel will have the full support of Council. We look forward to what will hopefully be the opening up of Graduate House in the next few weeks and we will all be able to get together before the end of the year. The Hon Diana Bryant AO QC President of The Graduate Union Council

Cr Vincent Mirabelli Chairman of The Graduate Union Council

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2nd November – Melbourne Cup Day Melbourne Cup Day has been observed in Australia since the first race was held at the Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne in 1861. It is now officially gazetted a full public holiday throughout the state of Victoria on the 1st Tuesday in November. Encompassing the famous Melbourne Cup Day, along with three other key racedays — Victoria Derby Day, Oaks Day and Stakes Day — , the Melbourne Cup Carnival holds a unique position in world racing as there is no comparable week where crowds of such magnitude gather to celebrate thoroughbred racing. Also called the race that ‘stops a nation’, the Melbourne Cup runs over 3,200 metres at Flemington Racecourse and is for no more than 24 horses that are over three years old. The full-day event has also become known as an urban fashion parade for its celebration of the season’s latest trends.

2nd November – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2nd November as the ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ in a general assembly resolution. The date was chosen in commemoration of the assassination of two French journalists in Mali on 2nd November 2013. This landmark resolution condemns all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers. It also urges Member States to do their utmost to prevent violence against journalists and media workers, ensure accountability, bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against journalists and media workers, and ensure that victims have access to appropriate remedies and promote a safe and enabling environment for journalists to perform their work. independently and without undue interference.

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4th November – Diwali

6th November – International Day Diwali (Deepavli; Divali) — the festival of lights — for Preventing the Exploitation of is a celebration for Hindus, Jain and Sikhs. Usually the Environment in War and Armed lasting five days, the festival is held during the Hindu Conflict lunisolar month Kartika Diwali and it symbolizes the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict and knowledge over ignorance. Various gods and is to recognise the role of healthy ecosystems goddesses are associated with this festival, including and sustainably managed resources in conflict Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity, Sita and Rama (the prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding latter having returned from a 14-year exile after strategies. Damage to the environment through war defeating the evil Ravana), Vishnu, Krishna, Yama, includes the pollution of water wells, the torching of Yami, Durga, Kali, Hanuman, Ganesha, Kubera, crops, deforestation, soil poisoning and the killing Dhanvantari or Vishvakarman. of animals. There is no durable peace if the natural resources that sustain livelihoods and ecosystems are destroyed.

5th November – World Tsunami Awareness Day In December 2015, the United Nations (UN) general assembly designated 5th November as World Tsunami Awareness Day, calling on countries, international bodies and civil society to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction. World Tsunami Awareness Day was the brainchild of Japan, which due to its repeated, bitter experience has over the years built up major expertise in areas such as tsunami early warning, public action and building back better after a disaster to reduce future impacts. UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) facilitates the observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day in collaboration with the rest of the United Nations system.

10th November – World Science Day for Peace and Development First celebrated in 2002, World Science Day for Peace and Development is to highlight the significant role of science in society and to: • strengthen public awareness of the role of science for peaceful and sustainable societies; • promote national and international solidarity for shared science between countries; • renew national and international commitment for the use of science for the benefit of societies; • draw attention to the challenges faced by science in raising support for the scientific endeavour.

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11th November – Remembrance Day

14th November – World Diabetes Day

At 11.00AM of the 11th day of the 11th month of each year, a minute’s silence is observed in Australia and some other Commonwealth countries to commemorate the 1918 silence on the Western Front after more than four years of continuous warfare in World War I (WWI). The day marks the unconditional surrender by the Germans and their calling for an armistice to secure a peace settlement. Remembrance Day is to honour the memories of armed forces members who died during WWI.

World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on 14th November of each year. Led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), each World Diabetes Day focuses on a theme related to diabetes. Type-2 diabetes is a largely preventable and treatable non-communicable disease that is rapidly increasing in numbers worldwide. Type-1 diabetes is not preventable but can be managed with insulin injections. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, and diabetes in children and adolescents.

The poppy is the enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War. It is strongly linked with Armistice Day (11th November), but the poppy’s origin as a popular symbol of remembrance lies in the landscapes of the First World War. Poppies were a common sight, especially on the Western Front.

16th November – International Day for Tolerance 13 November – World Kindness Day th

Introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, World Kindness Day is observed in many countries, including Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Nigeria, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The funders are David Jamilly and Louise Burfitt-Dons. Suggested activities for the day include the giving of flowers, random hugs, kindness cards and gifts, as well as concerts and flashmob dances, songs and music. World Kindness Day is to highlight good deeds in the community and to bridge the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.

In 1996, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly invited UN Member States to observe the International Day for Tolerance on 16th November. In 1995, to mark the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO created a prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. The UNESCOMadanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields that are aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence.

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18th November – World Philosophy Day

20th November – World Children’s Day

Celebrated each year on the 3rd Thursday of November, UNESCO underlines the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual.

Established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, the now-named World Children’s Day is to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children’s welfare. World Children’s Day offers an opportunity to advocate, promote and celebrate children’s rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children. Generations come together to reimagine the type of world we want to create.

UNESCO leads World Philosophy Day – but does not own it. It belongs to everyone, everywhere, who cares about philosophy. On this day of collective exercise in free, reasoned and informed thinking on the major challenges of our time, all of UNESCO’s partners are encouraged to organize various types of activities - philosophical dialogues, debates, conferences, workshops, cultural events and presentations around the general theme of the day, with the participation of philosophers and scientists from all branches of natural and social sciences, educators, teachers, students, press journalists and other mass media representatives, and the general public.

19th November – World Toilet Day World Toilet Day is all about celebrating toilets for everything they do for us – from taking away our waste to protecting our health, safety and dignity. World Toilet Day is to raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

21st November – World Television Day Electronic television was first demonstrated successfully in San Francisco in 1927 by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who scanned images with a beam of electrons showing first a line and then a dollar sign on the screen. Today, television continues to be the single largest source of video consumption. Though different platforms are now being used to create, post, stream and consume content, the number of households with television sets around the world continues to rise. World Television Day is to celebrate both the tool and the importance of communication and globalisation. The date marks the first United Nations World Television Forum (in 1996) where leading media figures met to discuss the growing significance of television in today’s changing world, and acknowledged television as a major tool in informing, channelling and affecting public opinion.

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21st November – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims takes place on the 3rd Sunday in November every year as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families. It was started by the British road crash victim charity, RoadPeace, in 1993 and was adopted by the United Nations (UN) general assembly in 2005. World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is to remember the millions who have been killed and seriously injured on the world’s roads, and to acknowledge the cumulative toll on and suffering of all affected victims, families and communities. Tribute is paid also to the dedicated emergency crews, police and medical professionals who deal daily with the traumatic aftermath of road crashes. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.35 million people die each year on the road.

• human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation); • female genital mutilation; and • child marriage.

30th November – Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is to pay tribute to the victims of chemical warfare, and to reaffirm the commitment of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to eliminate the threat of chemical weapons and promote the goals of peace, security, and multilateralism. Chemical weapons used during World War I (WWI) resulted in more than 100,000 deaths and a million casualties. With the threat of nuclear war, many countries had come to realise the significant threat to all of humankind from chemical weapons.

25th November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Adopted in 1993, the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force on 29th April 1997 and determined, for the sake of all mankind, to exclude completely the possibility of the use of chemical weapons.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is to end violence against women. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today. It is largely unreported due to impunity, silence, stigma and shame. This violence manifests in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing: • intimate partner violence such as battering, psychological abuse, marital rape and femicide; • sexual violence and harassment such as rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment; 9

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Ursula Soulsby Business Analyst, The University of Melbourne

Graduate Pathway Story

Ursula Soulsby holds an Advanced Diploma, Professional Writing and Editing, RMIT; Graduate Diploma of Business (Computing), Deakin University; Graduate Diploma, Secretarial Studies, RMIT; and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Literature and Language, University of Melbourne. We recently interviewed Ursula via email and she has very kindly consented to sharing her graduate pathway story with our readers. What are your awards and recognitions? My awards have not come from external bodies or industry recognition. The awards have been given by the organizations I work for. I still have the pens and crystal ornaments and certificates that I’ve been given: employee of the month, chorister of the year, collective awards with colleagues for delivering major projects. They are valued mementos. Recognition is embodied in my reputation for good work and being asked back to work on new projects. What is your educational background? What did you study at university and why did you choose this course? I attended one large Catholic girls school for thirteen years from prep to HSC, now known as VCE. It gave a good standard of education and grounding in service and care for others but it was a narrow social experience. My year was one of those exceptional years with a good sprinkling of lawyers, doctors, journalists and 10

of course a few business analysts. Most of us are still alive. I went to University after completing HSC because it was expected. I studied what I already favoured namely English, a bit of Art and German. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature and Language, probably the equivalent now of a Masters. I learnt to collect and organize information but overall what I learnt academically was an extension of what I already knew. What did you learn during your tertiary education – not just academically, but what ideas did you form and what perceptions? Did any of your views change significantly when you went to university? University introduced me to Christians who were not Catholic, gay men and women, Nazis - yes, left over from World War II and not the neo kind; and to Jewish people. I had grown up in an ethnically diverse part of Melbourne but at University, I encountered new belief systems or non-belief systems and learnt the importance of sex and sexuality in society. The social on-campus life was for me the most valuable long term life experience of University life. What has been your pathway since graduating? What was your first job after graduation and how did that job prepare you for your later positions? Any lessons learnt? I did not want to be an academic. Bitter ideological disputes amongst the lecturers and the lack of a

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dominant self-starter gene in chromosomes put me off. My degree did not prepare me for any job except further studies to do teaching. Having been taught by a few teachers who did not want to teach, I in my turn did not want to become yet another sour and cynical source of disincentive. So I did a Graduate Diploma in Secretarial Studies and learnt how business worked. We did contract law, basic accounting and preparation of reports. It wasn’t just typing and shorthand. I became an Assistant Manager for a division of a chamber of commerce. I worked to travel and built on my administrative and business talents until I joined TAB Corp in their information technology (IT) area as an admin in 1987. One of my managers saw my analysis skills and advised me to do computing. I completed the Graduate Diploma in Computing. The course not only opened the door to technology skills, as I have very few, but to translating technology for users. I drew on my ability to collect and organize information, my care for others, and the constant learning demanded by IT to become an effective and in demand Business Analyst. What was your earliest memory and interest in following this career pathway? There is no particular memory. Financial business analysts already existed doing forecasting, profit and loss analysis and so forth. The IT business analyst role as a bridge between the solution supplier and the client evolved with the expanded use of IT. I started as

a Document Librarian, then Quality Officer, Process and Standards Analyst, Change controller, Business Process Analyst then Business Analyst. Now I have an excellent end to end understanding of the solution development lifecycle and what is needed to get a client from an idea to a sustainable service. What were your goals and what are you ultimately trying to achieve? Work wise I have had no specific objective. It would be fair to say that I have identified trends and have followed them for both intellectual and financial reward. Moving from administration to information technology was the best move. It has given me such intellectual satisfaction, personal and team achievements, great friendships with like minds and financial reward. Did you have any residencies, internships or anything else that ultimately led you to where you are today? None of these, but I have always sought training to keep up with IT trends. I believe in lifelong learning. I thought I could write, until I did the course in Professional Writing and Editing. It was a humbling and instructive experience. Who or what has been the biggest influence on your life and what lessons did that person/experience teach you? In my professional life, there have been two people. A manager at TABCorp who urged me to do IT, and a 11

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manager at Tattersall’s who supported me to become a fully fledged Business Analyst. What are some of the greatest challenges in your line of work and how did you overcome them? One of the greatest challenges is dealing with client expectations. There are so many aspects to managing expectations. Overreach in desired features – no, unfortunately that is not technically possible. Magic wand syndrome where senior stakeholders think a University-wide service implementation will just happen without spending on training or communication. The list goes on. Such challenges are only overcome by honesty wrapped in diplomacy. What did you develop during this time – professionally and personally – in terms of your ideas, and did they change? I have two ideas that formed as I worked in IT. One, that IT should always be viewed as a hammer. It is there to do a job. Exciting and novel as it can be, it should not be an end in itself. Second, that there is no IT supported process that hasn’t been done as an equivalent without it. Certainly with IT, the process will be done faster, with fewer errors, and reach more people in the virtual world, but it won’t be totally new. “I throw my mail order catalogue in your face, Oh Amazon.” These two ideas are still valid for me. What is the most important thing that can make you successful at your job? Listening to the people I interview and being able to imagine how they will and why they will use the solutions I’m helping to specify and create. What have you been most proud of in your career? There have been many successful initiatives, projects and analysis outcomes, but I am most proud of a recent project to migrate around 1800 virtual computers to a new data centre network at the University. At the same time, each computer was given a new internet address. Some of these computers had been commissioned 10 years ago. Their owners were gone, their use unknown. A colleague and I drew on our years of service at the University and our many contacts and managed to identify almost all of them and pass the details to engineers to have them safely migrated or 12

decommissioned. Major banks have failed in the same project because no-one had the corporate memory. The project exercised engagement, memory, analysis, empathy, record keeping, collegiality, and a bit of tech. It succeeded. What are you working on for the future? I am heading into retirement after a few more years! Until then, there are always interesting projects coming down the pipeline. Outside work, I am downsizing, propagating plants to take with me, distributing family records and taking art classes, COVID permitting, with the aim to exhibit with my amateur peers. What is your next goal? Do you have an ultimate goal that you are working towards? Retirement, helping others, and doing Art. What advice would you give graduates? Network, network, network, care for others and look after your own interests as well. Think carefully about your skills and approach to life and what will suit you. Academics, artists, farmers and entrepreneurs are sole traders and must be robust self starters and competitive. Be ready to constantly look ahead for opportunities to get an income, gain and demonstrate expertise, and grow your good reputation. If you intend to work within organisations, like I do, remember that you are not a ‘wage slave’. You have agency. Keep up skilling and moving on to better yourself. Don’t put up with being bullied. Even if you only work to pay for the life you want, make sure you want that work. What do you like doing when you are not working? In non-COVID times, singing in my church choir and visiting family and friends, gardening. Cooking has been very important during COVID. Anything else you would like to add? No. There have been ups and downs professionally but I found my career in my thirties and that I was born to do what I do. My career has been very satisfying.

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We cannot achieve diversity by replacing white men with white women

The following article was published September 2021 in Women’s Agenda – see https:// womensagenda.com.au – a publication run by Agenda Media – a women-only owned and run news agency which reports on politics, business, leadership, technology, innovation and life from the perspective of professional women and female entrepreneurs. Agenda Media has published more than 1,600 newsletters with over 9,500 stories!!

We are two women. Both women of colour, both lawyers, both who have collectively put in a couple of thousands of hours of volunteer work for our communities. Both have had to work hard to create a space for ourselves.

One of the two authors is our very own Council member and Chairperson of the Governance and Nominations subcommittee, Molina Asthana. The other author is Tu Le who was in a Labor Party preselection contest in Sydney’s western suburbs Fowler seat with Kristina Keneally.

Yet we are struggling to shatter the double-glazed glass ceiling that women of colour face. Many women of diverse backgrounds like us are well qualified, hardworking, conscientious and community minded. But we have to work doubly hard to prove ourselves, our mistakes are picked up and scrutinised more so than others and our efforts are constantly undermined.

One is the first woman of South Asian background to be elected the Vice President of any Law Society and the other had the potential to be the first Federal parliamentarian of Vietnamese heritage.

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We are not often directly told to go back to where we came from. These kinds of racist attacks mostly happen on the street, by an unknown person, and not in the professional legal, board and political circles that we frequent through work. But what happened last week, without really saying that, meant exactly that. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating’s comments are a testimony to the devaluation of the talents of women of colour in discounting them as wellmeaning intentions that lack the ability to ‘ever get there’. So if we can never get there because we are not good enough compared to our more-privileged compatriots, where does that leave us? Should we just pack our bags and go back home to achieve our ambitions? But wait, this is home. Molina Asthana is the Co- founder and lead Victorian Convenor of the When we have such Asian Australian Alliance. rhetoric from a former Prime Minister, it validates, Achieving diversity targets means more than just albeit, unfound, sentiments of many who think we are incompetent, inferior replacing white men with white women. The and unworthy of leadership positions. This is not excessive focus on gender equality creates greater the first time it has happened. We are constantly inequity for women of diverse backgrounds. Whereas excluded from contributing to anything meaningful, quotas and targets are set for gender equality, there sometimes deliberately, sometime unconsciously. We are no such quotas for cultural diversity. Institutions are continually sidelined for leadership opportunities. may appear to have met their goals for diversity if If we raise issues, we are trouble-makers, if we bring they have appointed enough women in leadership a diverse viewpoint, we are not considered team positions, but that completely ignores the need for an players, if we seek a leadership position, we get intersectional approach to diversity. comments about spreading ourselves too thin and No matter how much you sympathise, you can’t our competence is constantly scrutinised. equate acquired experience with lived experiences.

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arrogance stemming from the belief that marginalised minority communities lack the evolution to understand what is best for them. But unfortunately, this is not the first time local voices have been stymied by so called faceless men, nor will it be the last (for any party). Till a commitment is made to move away from the monochromatic view of diversity, it is unlikely that we will see this doubleglazed glass ceiling for women shattered. We often hear, ‘You can’t be what you can’t see”. But we’ve been invisible for too long. We’ve been underrepresented, sidelined and underestimated. We may not feel a small ripple, but no one can miss a tsunami. The waves of change will continue to smash the hegemonic systems that have been stacked against us women, particularly women of colour, for Tu Le is the Program Director at Migrant Employment Legal Service, the Co-Founder of centuries. It will take all of us to keep fighting. Together, The Youth Co-Lab, and a Youth Leader at the Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Association we will ride the wave into It is similar to the distinctions made between ‘Asia a better and brighter future capable leaders’ and leaders of Asian background. for all women and girls from all walks of life. The former has acquired theoretical and perhaps We “are not free while any woman is unfree, even limited practical knowledge whereas the latter has when her shackles are very different from our own.” lived and breathed the experiences. To suggest that – a quote from Audre Lorde’s June 1981 keynote the level of understanding of issues facing the Asian presentation entitled “The Uses of Anger: Women communities is the same for both, is preposterous and Responding to Racism” at the National Women’s delusional, particularly for political representation Studies Association Conference, Storrs, Connecticut that also requires a certain level of connection with the community you represent. On the topic of Retrieved 27th September 2021 from https:// political representation, the imposition of an Anglo- womensagenda.com.au/latest/we-cannot-achieveCeltic candidate who does not reflect the community diversity-by-replacing-white-men-with-whitethey seek to represent and has little to no connection women/ to that community, is an added level of privileged 15

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5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices for Secure Remote Working Many small business owners had heard of remote working and were aware of its growing popularity a couple of years ago. However, for many, the need to plan for, implement and manage a remote working model seemed too difficult. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to switch to a remote working model. In some cases, this switch happened overnight. The sudden change left many small businesses vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches. While offices are generally equipped with secure measures to protect a business’s data, it is the home networks of employees that have become easy targets for cybercriminals. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to strengthen your barriers and protect your business data while you and your employees work remotely. It is critical that your entire team follows best practices to protect your business and client data from cybersecurity threats. Exposure to a cyber security breach can lead to significant business interruption, reputation damage, and costly litigation. 16

The following are 5 cyber security practices to help you and your team when working remotely. 1. Protect Your Networks • Allowing your employees to work remotely using their standard home network leaves your organisation vulnerable to a cybersecurity attack. Hackers are more likely to infiltrate home networks so you need to weigh up your access options. Access options include:• Virtual Private Network (VPN):- a VPN creates a secure ‘tunnel’ between your business network and an employee’s device. It offers an extra layer of protection, making it difficult for third parties to break through. • Portals:- a portal is a virtual desktop that your employees can log into to access company data and applications. A portal keeps your business’s information secure in one place. Furthermore, it allows you to restrict access to certain sites and software within the portal. • Direct application access:- this allows your employees to work remotely within certain

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applications only. It limits the amount of data at risk. Direct application access is a very low-risk option, however, it may also hinder team productivity. 2. Use Two-Factor Authentication Two-factor (2FA) authentication requires an employee to log into business accounts or portals by verifying their identity using a code sent to their mobile device or email address. Even if a cybercriminal gets hold of an employee’s password, they still won’t be able to log into any company accounts where 2FA is required. This extra layer of protection is simple yet very effective. 3. Separate Business and Personal Use

These devices can present a cybersecurity threat. Make sure your employees use a 2FA system to access these accounts from their mobile devices. Consider purchasing mobile device management software. Such software will allow you to locate a device and wipe it of any business data in the event the device is lost or stolen. 5. Provide Regular Training A study by IBM found that human error contributes to 95% of cybersecurity attacks, so employee education is the most powerful way to keep your business safe. Thorough cybersecurity training should not simply form part of the employee on-boarding process. Provide your team with regular cybersecurity training to ensure they have upto-date knowledge of the best practices to follow.

If your employees are using business-owned devices to work from home, it is prudent to restrict access to certain programs and data.

Summary

Many apps have tracking codes or malware that could present a risk to your business. Make sure your employees use business-owned devices for work purposes only.

Remote working certainly presents a new set of cybersecurity challenges for small businesses. However, this ‘new’ practice doesn’t have to render your business vulnerable.

4. Consider Mobile Devices

By providing staff with relevant and comprehensive training and protecting your networks, you can mitigate many of the cybersecurity risks that come with working from home.

Smartphones are ubiquitous these days. Most employees use their personal devices when working from home to check emails and use business communication platforms such as This article was retrieved 28th September 2021 from https://bonitas.tech.panalitix.com/. Slack, Google Chat and Microsoft Teams. 17

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Frank Alfred Moorman Lees AM MBE FRSA (1925- 2021)

We extend condolences to the family of Honorary Life member, Frank Lees AM MBE FRSA, who passed away on 5th October 2021.

In the last weeks of World War II, while stationed at Balikpapan in Southern Borneo, Frank wrote and received more than 700 letters. A letter dated 16th Frank was born in 1925 in Melbourne. He attended August 1945 from his father Alfred, which told of how Ivanhoe State Primary School and then went to he joined 350,000 people in the CBD to celebrate the Northcote High School. After completing four end of the war, with community singing and dancing years of high school, he was enlisted for World was chosen as the most interesting letter in Australia War II. Frank returned to Northcote High after the Post’s Top 200 Letters of a Nation competition in war to complete his matriculation and went on to 2009. study Mechanical Engineering at The University of Frank also helped develop the book, A Short History Melbourne. of The Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne, Frank joined The Graduate Union in 1958 and was published in 2002.

on The Graduate Union Council from the mid1950s; and became the 13th President of The Graduate Union from 1999 to 2005.

Frank maintained contact with The Graduate Union and visited Graduate House in February 2019 with wife Jeannine.

As a representative of the Faculty of Engineering graduates, Frank made major contributions to the University through his association with The Graduate Union.

Frank gifted two of his Shalford Press publications to the Graduate House Library - a book of poems, Haiku Earth Water Air and a personal history of his time in Occupied Japan, Tales of Post War Japan.

While stationed in Japan with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Frank developed a great love for that country’s culture, writing two books of Haiku in his later life. 18

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A tribute from Irene Jablonka: As a current member of the Committee of Convocation I received the sad news of Frank’s passing. I met Frank at Graduate House in 1996 at Graduate House. Frank had retired from the Committee of Convocaton by the time I became a member in 2008. Frank was a gentle, caring person. He found a role for everyone. I recall him walking me to my car in Leicester Street after an event in the Asia Centre, some distance away. I asked if it was out of his way. He said that he was going to Graduate House to sign some cheques. I went to my car and I saw him swipe his entry pass at the Graduate House front door. If I had not asked, I am sure he would not have told me he was going to do some work. I recall the homely atmosphere that he and Jeannine, created at Graduate House. Jeannine decorated many spots on the walls with her paintings. I believe that one of her paintings still hangs there.

Frank told me that when he was in London, he noticed that in some spaces between buildings, or in laneways, there were ramps that went into carparks. This gave him an idea and so Frank and the Graduate House Council of that time offered to sell the land behind Kidd’s Warehouse, for ground level access to and from the proposed University of Melbourne car park. It was proposed that the actual car park would be under the Bowling Club and the park between Leicester St and Berry St. The University agreed and Graduate House stayed at Leicester Street. So, it came to pass. We now have the University car park between Leicester St and Barry St with entry/exit via ramps in Church St. My sincere sympathy to Jeannine, his daughters and other family members.

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The iconic Corkman Pub Hotel in 2016, before demolition

Now a community park

Old Corkman pub site transformed into community park We now have a community park just 200 metres from Graduate House! The site of the iconic, heritage-listed Corkman Hotel which was demolished in October 2016 has been turned into a park for locals to enjoy. The park will remain until the site is redeveloped. Lord Mayor Sally Capp said the new playground would provide a new green space for the inner-city community. “A new park on the corner of Leicester and Pelham streets in Carlton is open for the community to enjoy, until redevelopment occurs on the former Corkman Hotel site,” the Lord Mayor said. “It is pleasing to see the block transformed into a new inner city green open space with grass and seating for people to exercise, relax and take their pets.” Built in 1857, the Corkman Hotel was one of the oldest pubs in Carlton. Melbourne University law student Henry Lindsay said the nearby pub served as the local haunt for students.“We loved that pub. 20

It was our pub. The cheap beer. The wedges. Its proximity to the law school. The glorious Irish folk band that coalesced on a Thursday evening,” Mr Lindsay wrote on the Change.org petition. Carlton resident Emily Corcoran said that the temporary park would be a great addition for locals with children.“While unfortunately this is only a very temporary addition of public open space, it’s a reminder of how valuable every little patch of green can be to families raising kids in the innercity,” Ms Corcoran said. “With playgrounds currently closed, small spaces like this have the opportunity to provide play experiences in nature for that improve mental health outcomes for kids and adults alike.” “Well-designed public open space can cater to the needs of all age groups, even without the excitement of large bits of playground equipment.” Photo and story source: September 2021, Issue 08, Inner City News

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Congratulations, Lisa Hasker In the April 2021 Newsletter, we featured Chief Executive Officer of Vicsport, Lisa Hasker who spoke to us via email interview on her career in sports and physical education. We congratulate Lisa Hasker for winning the GameDay Administrator of the Year 2020 – Eunice Gill Award, at the recent Victorian Sport Awards night on 6th October 2021. Presented by the Victorian Government and Vicsport, the Victorian Sport Awards acknowledges the fun, inclusive and innovative activities that individuals and clubs undertook during lockdown to remain connected with their clubs and community while also celebrating the state’s return to play. Entrants in the Awards were nominated by friends, family, teammates, club members or their local community in recognition of their outstanding contribution to sport and active recreation. Well done, Lisa!

New Bus Services for Parkville Travelling to and from work and education in Parkville will be quicker thanks to a new limitedstop bus connecting Victoria Park Station to The University of Melbourne. The new Route 202 bus service which commenced on 20th September, runs every 10 minutes between Yarra Bend to The University of Melbourne and Parkville’s medical and research precinct and allows commuters to board from Victoria Park Station. The high-frequency shuttle bus will also pick up passengers from stops connecting all the tram routes.

This is providing a more efficient and comfortable way for students and workers to reach the precinct. It also eliminates the need for commuters travelling from Melbourne’s northern and north-eastern suburbs to go into the CBD in order to get to the university or Parkville-bound services. For more details, go to: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/about-ptv/ improvements-and-projects/bus-and-coach/newbus-service-for-uni-melb-and-parkville-precinctand-changes-to-route-546/ 21

November Events

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

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M E M B E R S’ CO N T RIBUT IO N

Lemon Reflections

2002 — Marg Nicoll

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Whispering Trees and Rocks 2001 — Marg Nicoll

G U COL L EGI ATE

Members’ Christmas Party

G U COLLEGIAT E

Friday, 10th December 2021 6:00PM arrival for a 6:30PM start Graduate House 220 Leicester Street, Carlton

Table service is 50/50

Entrée Prawn, mango and avocado salad (gf ) Herb crusted beef with dijon cream sauce (gf ) Pumpkin, feta and leek quiche (v) (vegetarian option)

Main Course Seasoned turkey breast with apricot and macadamia stuffing served with roasted root vegetables and gravy (gf ) (df ) Miso maple glazed salmon served with cauliflower mash and green beans (gf ) Butternut pumpkin lasagne with bechamel sauce (v) (vegetarian option)

Dessert Plum pudding with custard and brandy sauce (v) Mixed berry pavlova (gf ) (v) Summer fruit salad (v+) (gf ) (gf) gluten free (v) vegetarian (v+) vegan (df) dairy free

$59.50 non-resident Members RSVP: Tuesday, 7th December 2021 E: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au $70.00 non-members $61.50 non-member concession P: (03) 9347 3428 Free for Resident Members 25

PROMOTI O NS

FUNCTION MENU 2021

( G F ) G L U T E N F R E E ( V ) V E G E TA R I A N ( V+ ) V E G A N ( D F ) D A I RY F R E E

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MENU

Set menu for lunch or dinner Table service is 50/50 Entrée Smoked salmon with prawns, horseradish cream & lime viniagrette (gf) Peking duck salad (gf) (df) Braised mushroom with creamy polenta (gf) (v) (vegetarian option)

Main Course Seasoned turkey breast with apricot and macadamia stuffing served with roasted root vegetables and gravy (gf) (df) Rib eye fillet steak seasoned with rosemary and garlic served with roasted baby chat potatoes and red wine gravy (gf) Roasted vegetable stack with saganaki (v) (vegetarian option)

Dessert Plum pudding with custard brandy sauce (v) Mixed berry pavlova (gf) (v) Summer fruit salad (v+) (gf)

Two courses: $59.50 per person | Three courses: $70.00 per person Minimum 15 guests.

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FUNCTION MENU 2021

( G F ) G L U T E N F R E E ( V ) V E G E TA R I A N ( V+ ) V E G A N ( D F ) D A I RY F R E E

CHRISTMAS SUMMER BARBEQUE MENU Set menu for lunch or dinner in the Graduate House courtyard

Main Course Porterhouse steaks (gf) (df) Lamb chops (gf) (df) Gourmet sausages Tandoori chicken tikka thighs (gf) Vegetarian burgers (v) Grilled summer vegetable platter (v+) (gf) Onions (v+) (gf) Selection of summer salads (v) (gf)

Dessert Blueberry pavlova (v) (gf) Fruit salad and cream (v) (gf)

$62.50 per person. Minimum 15 guests.

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Graduate House Affordable and safe accommodation for patients, hospital visitors and medical staff — Melbourne CBD Need a place to stay while having, or recuperating from, specialist medical or surgical treatment? Visiting a loved one in hospital? Consider Graduate House. Graduate House:

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Victoria: Ph: 1300 737 073 https://bit.ly/3cgdEKp

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is clean, with quiet rooms, and comfortable communal areas;

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Tasmania: Ph: (03) 6222 8225 www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/hospital/ptas

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has car parking – secure and cheap with online booking/payment and contactless automatic car plate recognition; is within walking distance of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital, the Royal Women’s Hospital, the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and St. Vincent’s Hospital; and

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is a tram ride to the Epworth and Alfred Hospitals. Alison and Richard Harcourt sent thanks to Graduate House for the hospitality they received during a ‘respite’ stay. “We appreciate the courteous and helpful approach shown by all members of the staff. All the comfortable and well-equipped apartments that we occupied faced on to University Square. “Thank you, Graduate House.”

Visitors and Hospital Staff Graduate House is suitable for: •

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carers, allied health, medical and NDIS support staff.

To make a booking or for any enquiries, please go to: www.graduatehouse.com.au/medistays/ or contact us on +61 3 9347 3428 or admingh@graduatehouse.com.au.

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Pricing (per night) Single and double rooms (without kitchens) as well as self-contained apartments are available. Prices range from $125 to $185. *for Members, prices range from $105 to $155

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Royal Melbourne Hospital

The University of Melbourne

Comprehensive Cancer Centre Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Epworth Hospital

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PROMOTI O NS

Undergraduate and Graduate College The safest place to stay in Melbourne. Graduate House provides high quality college-like accommodation for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as for graduates of all universities, disciplines, backgrounds and life stages. We offer variable stay durations from just one night to weeks, months, semesters or years at a time

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• Long term accommodation – months, semesters, years

Barkly Place and Barry Street

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