The Graduate Union October 2021 Newsletter

OCTOBER

2021

THE GRADUATE UNION NEWSLETTER

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WHAT’S ON

ITALIAN CONVERSATION LUNCH - RESUMING AFTER LOCKDOWN

Tuesday, 5th, 19th October 12:00pm – 2:00pm Dine while learning to speak Italian with an experienced teacher. Members $12.00, non-members $20.

OCTOBER MONTHLY LUNCHEON - ONLINE EVENT Wednesday, 6th October 1:00pm – 2:00pm with Cheryl Lacey DSJ. Virtual attendance: Members $10, non-members $15.

BRIDGE NIGHT - RESUMING AFTER LOCKDOWN Wednesday, 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th October 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 - - RESUMING AFTER LOCKDOWN

Tuesday, 12th October 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.

COLLEGE TABLE - ONLINE EVENT Friday, 15th October 1:00pm – 2:00pm with Professor Milé Terziovski. Virtual attendance: Members $10, non-members $15.

WOMEN’S FORUM - RESUMING AFTER LOCKDOWN

Wednesday, 20th October 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.

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CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM CEO/HEAD OF COLLEGE 5 Farewell and Thank You INTERNATIONAL DAYS 6 October FEATURES 12 Laura Burge - Graduate Pathway Story 16 Dr Jason Thompson - A pep talk for Victorians GRADUATE HOUSE NEWS 18 The inaugural Jim Cross Award Presentation night 22 The 110th Anniversary of The Graduate Union MEMBERS’ CONTRIBUTION 23 Paintings of Marg Nicoll 24 Lockdown by Life Member, Louis A Coutts INNOVATION 26 Aussie App Launches with an I’m Not OK button NEWS AROUND GRADUATE HOUSE 28 Vaccination required to attend The University of Melbourne campuses in person 32 The General Sir John Monash Foundation Free Public Lecture 33 3MBS Dante 700 Festival 38 Lincoln Square Playground renewal GU COLLEGIATE 39 Monthly Luncheon (Online event) - Cheryl Lacey DSJ 40 College Table (Online event) - Professor Milé Terziovski 41 Members’ Christmas Party PROMOTIONS 42 Function Menu 2021 - Traditional Christmas 43 Function Menu 2021 - Christmas Summer Barbeque Menu 44 Accommodation for patients, hospital visitors and medical staff 46 Undergraduate and graduate student college accommodation

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MES SAGE F R OM CEO/ H E A D OF COL L EGE

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M E S S AG E FR O M C EO/H E A D O F CO LLEGE

Farewell and Thank You from Dr Kerry Bennett

Members and supporters of our Association will have read in last month’s newsletter the announcement by the President and Chairperson of Council of my resignation. I concluded my term as CEO/Head of College at the end of September. This is thus a message to say thank you. My deepest gratitude goes to past and current staff over my ten-year tenure. Particularly over the last eighteen months we have seen loyalty, hard work and dedication like no other and it has been an honour to work alongside and learn from such ethical and kind people. I extend my thanks to the many people who have contributed to the governance of this Association, beginning with the Presidents who I have been very lucky to work with – John Cain, Jeffrey Rosenfeld AC OBE KStJ, Ken Loughnan AO and now Diana Bryant AO QC – the incredibly hardworking Chairpersons of Council – David Sparks, Cheryl Kidston, Tony Pagone, Rhys Watson and now Vincent Mirabelli – and all of the many Council and subcommittee members (past and current). I acknowledge the support and contributions (including donations and bequests) of our very learned and active members who established this Association in 1911, who purchased the terraces in 1957 and set up a residential college in 1962, and who have ridden the various ups and downs of our Association over more than a century. Each - no matter their life stage, discipline, ethnicity or perspective - has taught me much, has provided support, counsel, friendship and guidance, and has contributed so much to this incredible Association. I have been overwhelmed by the hundreds of beautiful messages from you – our members – since the announcement of my resignation.

We have achieved so much over the last ten years. We have established a new constitution (and subsequent amendments), sound governance structures and practices, accountability and transparency with our policies and internal controls, strategic and master plans, internal systems and communications strategies, and we have purchased off-site (31 bedsits) and undertaken significant internal repairs and renovations (including the new reception desk, air conditioners, sound proofing, etc. Our Union is global, influential, vibrant and innovative. Our House is welcoming, safe and warm. Yes, the last eighteen months have been challenging. However, all the fundamentals are there for this Association to spring back once our city, domestic and international borders are open and we meet the targets of various ‘road-maps’. I feel confident that with these underpinnings, continued accountable and sound governance, our dedicated staff, our active and generous membership and ongoing open and transparent communications with our members and stakeholders, this organisation will return to the halcyon days of end-2019. I have been privileged and humbled to be a steward of - and to serve - this 110-year-old organisation in its eleventh decade. Farewell for now and thank you all so very much again for many wonderful and fulfilling years. Yours sincerely Dr Kerry M. B. Bennett PhD(Cantab), GAICD, BAppSc, DipTP, CertEd, CertBlockchainStrat, MAICD, MAAA, MFIA, MGWV, MGWA, MGWI, MHAAG

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1st October – World Smile Day In 1963, Harvey Ball created the smiley face symbol – a yellow circle with black eye dots and a smile curve. World Smile Day began in 1999 and is on the first Friday of October each year. It is a Day to smile and to make small acts of kindness. Harvey wanted to keep the smile connected to the human being and to reflect his original intent for the symbol to be used for goodwill and good cheer. His view was to reinforce the power of smiling to encourage someone else to smile and to brighten up their day. After his death, a foundation was created in his memory known as “Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation”. The motto of the Smile Foundation is “enhancing this world, one smile” – :)

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1st October – International Day of Older Persons International Day of Older Persons recognises the significance of this social transformation and to address the major implications of population ageing on labour and financial markets, the demand for goods and services (e.g., housing, transportation, social protection) and the value of family structures and inter-generational ties. 2021 marks the first year of the The Decade of Healthy Ageing (20212030) during which governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, academia, the media, and the private sector are coming together for concerted, catalytic and collaborative action to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live.

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1st October – International Music Day Initiated in 1975 by Lord Yehudi Menuhin, International Music Day (IMC) is to encourage the: • promotion of our musical art among all sections of society; • application of the UNESCO ideals of peace and friendship between peoples, of the evolution of their cultures, of the exchange of experience and of the mutual appreciation of their aesthetic values; and • promotion of the activities of IMC, its international member organizations and national committees, as well as its programme policy in general.

2nd October – International Day of NonViolence International Day of Non-Violence marks the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the famous and muchloved leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of nonviolence. The Day is to disseminate the message of non-violence, and to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence. In Gandhi’s words: Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man. A key tenet of non-violence is to undermine inappropriate power through withdrawal of the consent and cooperation of the populace. Three main non-violent action categories are: • protest and persuasion, including marches and vigils; • non-cooperation; and • non-violent intervention, such as blockades and occupations.

4th October – World Habitat Day In 1985 the United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of our habitats, on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all to adequate shelter. The Day is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. On this Day, the Habitat Scroll of Honour award is presented to acknowledge initiatives in shelter provision, highlighting the plight of the homeless, leadership in post conflict reconstruction, and developing and improving human settlements and urban life quality. The theme of World Habitat Day and World Cities Day 2021 will be linked to Climate Change and Climate Action, the focus of the Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor programme.

5th October – World Teachers’ Day Held annually on 5th October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. This Recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions. 7

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The Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel was adopted in 1997 to complement the 1966 Recommendation by covering teaching and research personnel in higher education. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, and the dedicated target (SDG 4.c) recognizing teachers as key to the achievement of the Education 2030 agenda, this day has become the occasion to mark progress and reflect on ways to counter the remaining challenges for the promotion of the teaching profession. World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with UNICEF, the International Labour Organization and Education International.

9th October – World Migratory Bird Day World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 as an annual awareness-raising campaign (aimed at people living in all the major flyways) that highlights the ecological importance of migratory birds and calls for their global conservation through international cooperation. It was established by the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (UNEP-AEWA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). In October 2017, CMS and AEWA announced an innovative partnership that Environment for the Americas (EFTA) joined to combine International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) with WMBD. WMBD is now celebrated twice a year, on the Second Saturday in May and in October. The 2021 theme of World Migratory Bird Day “Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!” reflects the invitation to people from all over the world to appreciate migratory birds and reflect on the relationship with nature by listening to and watching birds.

9th October – World Post Day World Post Day marks the 1874 establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. The postal network comprises more than 650,000 offices and 5.3 million staff and public service mandates to deliver services to anyone, anywhere. The Day is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in the everyday lives of people and businesses, and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries. In many countries, philatelic exhibitions are organised, and new stamps, date cancellation marks and special souvenirs, such as T-shirts and badges, are issued.

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10th October – World Mental Health Day World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. This day each October, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to mental illness and its major effects on peoples’ lives worldwide. WHO’s Mental Health Action Plan extended to 2030, has four key objectives:

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• more effective leadership and governance for mental health;

13th October – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

• the provision of comprehensive, integrated mental health and social care services in community-based settings;

Beginning in 1989, The United Nations General Assembly designated 13th October as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

• the implementation of strategies for promotion and prevention; and • strengthened information systems, evidence and research.

This day also celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face.

11th October – International Day of the Girl Child International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of the Girl. 11th October 2012, was the first Day of the Girl Child. The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence against women and forced child marriage. The celebration of the day also reflects the successful emergence of girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research.

15th October – International Day of Rural Women The United Nations’ International Day of Rural Women celebrates and honours women and girls living in rural areas on 15th October each year. First established in 2008, this day recognizes the huge role that rural mothers, daughters and grandmothers play in producing food, and building agricultural and rural development worldwide. Gender inequity plays a special role within agriculture, as women are often pivotal to ensure household food security. Yet they are often not given access to resources or have little decision-making power.

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15th October – Global Handwashing Day

17th October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Global Handwashing Day is to acknowledge the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. It is an opportunity to design, test and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times. Handwashing with soap contributes to better health, nutrition, education and equity. Visit the Global Handwashing Partnership website for good advice and a range of advocacy and learning resources from all over the world.

The observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can be traced back to 17th October 1987. On that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims of extreme poverty, violence and hunger. They proclaimed that poverty is a violation of human rights and affirmed the need to come together to ensure that these rights are respected. October 17th presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty.

16th October – World Food Day World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16th October. It is an International Day of Observance that aims to raise awareness of global hunger and the ongoing efforts to eliminate poverty, hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The observance highlights the need to ensure food security for everyone around the world, especially those in remote communities who are most vulnerable. The first World Food Day was held in 1979 and was established by FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) Member Countries at the organisation’s 20th General Conference.

24th October – World Development Information Day World Development Information Day is to propagate information and mobilise the public to cooperate internationally to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals — GlobalGoals: • No poverty • Zero hunger • Good health and well-being • Quality education • Gender equality • Clean water and sanitation • Affordable and clean energy • Decent work and economic growth

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• Industry, innovation and infrastructure • Reduced inequalities • Sustainable cities and communities • Responsible consumption and production • Climate action • Life below water • Life on land • Peace, justice and strong institutions • Partnerships for the goals

27th October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Audiovisual archives represent a priceless heritage that affirms our collective memory and reflects the cultural, social and linguistic diversity of our communities. Conserving this heritage and ensuring that these materials remain accessible to the public, increases our understanding of where we have all come from and what we can do for the future. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is to implement the 2015 Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage, Including in Digital Form and to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image as a representation of our shared heritage and memory. The Day highlights the role of heritage in building the defenses of peace in people’s minds.

24th October – United Nations Day United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. There is no other global organization with the legitimacy, convening power and normative impact of the United Nations. Today, the urgency for all countries to come together, to fulfil the promise of the nations united, has rarely been greater. 24th October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

31st October – World Cities Day The United Nations General Assembly has designated 31st October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. The Day is expected to promote greatly the international community’s interest in global urbanization, to push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and to contribute to sustainable urban development around the world.

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Laura Burge Laura Burge is the Manager of Respectful Behaviours at Deakin University, and the Chair of Professional Development of the Asia Pacific Student Accommodation Association (APSAA) Here Laura shares her ‘graduate pathway’ story. 12

Laura Burge Graduate Pathway Story Laura holds a Master of Education in Organisational Leadership from Monash and a Bachelor of International Relations (Honours) from La Trobe University. She has completed specialist studies in student development and support at Griffith University and has a number of peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Australia and New Zealand Student Services on the topics of university student engagement and wellbeing, support, transition and academic success. She also shares advice, opinions and expertise through online forums, most notably on LinkedIn, and is very happy for our readers to reach out and connect. What was your educational background? What did you study at university and why did you choose this course? I completed a subject called ‘Political Science and International Students’ in high school, and my teacher at the time suggested I consider studying a fairly new and exclusive International Relations course (accepting only 30 students per year at the time) at La Trobe University. I jumped at the chance and was fortunate to have been selected. I loved the program which involved studies in politics, international development, anthropology and history, and included a work experience placement which saw me travel to South Korea to organise a crosscultural program. In my fourth year I was offered the opportunity to complete my Honours and chose to research the Indian government’s response to the

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2004 Boxing Day tsunami. I was fortunate to spend time in Chennai conducting research, participating in a government forum on the topic – it was an eyeopening experience! 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? I learnt an incredible amount from my time at university – well beyond just academic knowledge in the space. So much of my work has benefited from the so-called ‘soft skills’ I gained and developed during my time – in particular research, critical analysis, written and oral communication. I lived on-campus in student residences throughout my studies, so had the added benefit of a truly immersive university experience, taking on student leadership roles from my second year onwards. These leadership positions – varying from providing academic mentoring to coordinating our student leadership program – led to being offered employment within the university post-graduation. 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? As I neared the completion of my Honours program I was quite torn about my future career path. I had intended to explore options in disaster management/ 13

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In 2016, I took a short career break to get married and to travel overseas before successfully applying for a newly created position as the Experience and Engagement Manager at Residential Services, Deakin University. This was really a life defining moment, making the conscious decision to step away from the direct face-to-face, and on-theground contact I’d had with students, transitioning towards a focused strategic development, reporting and research-based role.

Laura (right) presenting at the ACUHO-I and APSAA Global Housing Institute as a member of the Faculty.

recovery or a role in government, but my work in student experience and engagement as a student leader had led me to reassess my priorities. Towards the conclusion of the year, the Head of College of my student accommodation highlighted the intention to create a fixed term Project Officer position within the college that would undertake project work in managing student leadership and developing short term international cross-cultural outreach programs. I jumped at the chance to have some more time to consider my options and successfully applied for the role! A year in, the individual colleges and housing entities were amalgamated, and my role was extended to canvas all students living within our on-campus community (approximately 2,100 at the time). Years passed (at frightening speeds, as they do), and I added management of our academic programs to my responsibilities, followed by taking over welfare, discipline and the entire residential experience portfolio across multiple campuses as the Manager, Residential Experience. 14

After four years in this position, including a brief period of maternity leave, an opportunity arose this year to apply for a secondment position within the Diversity and Inclusion team at Deakin, undertaking the role of Manager, Respectful Behaviours. I now have responsibility for the strategic leadership, development, coordination and delivery of education, awareness and engagement initiatives aimed at preventing and addressing drivers of gender-based violence, sexual assault and gender inequality. This includes leading Deakin’s policy, strategies, campaigns, education and training to address sexism, sexual assault and sexual harassment. I look forward to having an impact and making a difference in this space! Did you have any residencies, internships or anything else that ultimately led you to where you are today? I consider myself incredibly fortunate that my time as a student and my early years of work (preCOVID) involved plenty of overseas travel to places like the US, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Cambodia for conferences, study and research trips, and as part of accompanying student groups in community outreach programs. It provided me with practical skill development opportunities in every moment and plenty of perspective (even more so in light of current restrictions). What advice would you give graduates? I’ve always adopted the mantra of getting involved and actively contributing in as many ways as I can, and I’m a passionate advocate for collaboration and knowledge sharing through presentations, conferences, blogs and articles both within Australia and on a global scale. It can be daunting

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putting yourself ‘out there’ but I’d love to see more people take this leap of faith and become ‘content creators.’ I’m also a firm believer in what I call the ‘opportunity snowball’ or the idea that volunteering, speaking at a conference, sharing an opinion through an article, or taking on leadership roles, can act like a snowball, growing as it gains momentum through forward motion, leading to more and more opportunities, new challenges, new connections and truly rewarding personal and professional growth. By taking this approach, I will always argue that I’ve gained so much more than the time, energy or resources I’ve given - in particular, forming connections with passionate, knowledgeable and experienced colleagues who’ve provided me with incredibly valued advice, guidance and mentorship over the years (and the odd job opportunity!).

(a coach or mentor), those who can help introduce them to others (a ‘connector’), those who can always provide an honest opinion (a critical friend) and someone who can offer confidential and nonjudgemental support (confidant). Of course, when you’re then in a position to do so, return the favour, and mentor someone who could benefit from your experiences! What do you like doing when you are not working? Away from work, I’m a lover of fitness (part of the F45 ‘cult’), photography, travel (desperately missing this part of my life!), and getting out and about in the great outdoors, using every spare moment to plan future adventures! I’m also usually kept very occupied on weekends and after-hours by my husband, Troy, and twoyear-old son, Harry.

In the same vein, I think it’s important that graduates seek to connect and surround themselves with people who can provide advice and guidance

Laura with husband, Troy and son, Harry

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Dr Jason Thompson Dr Jason Thompson (PhD (Medicine), MPsych (Clinical), BSc (Hons)) is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Design at The University of Melbourne. A complex systems and computational social scientist, Jason uses his background in psychology (he is a Registered Psychologist) and Medicine to inform research translation in such diverse sectors as transportation, public health, rehabilitation and system design.

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Dr Jason Thompson is one of the authors of the modelling that became our roadmap out of lockdown in 2020. A series of messages was sent through Twitter by Jason on the st 1 September 2021 on his being informed that the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Victoria had risen and that we would be continuing again in a state of lockdown and restrictions. He read these reflections of the last 18 months on Mornings with Virginia Trioli, ABC Radio Melbourne.

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A pep talk for Victorians from one of the modellers who mapped our route out of lockdown

Some of you may have heard the interview on Mornings with Virginia Trioli (broadcast on 3rd September, 8.30AM) while others may have read this on their Twitter feed. The following text is to repeat this experience in writing, and for the benefit of others in Victoria, around Australia and the world who missed the opportunity of hearing something so eloquently put. About this time last year we were working 20 hrs a day on trying to help Victoria come up with an escape plan that would see us able to rejoin the rest of the country. I don't know about you, but for me, it was 112 days of slog and coppings… - personally and professionally. 'You'll never get back to zero', they said. Well, cop that - we did. And we enjoyed those last 9 months while they lasted. We rejoined the world and held our heads high as the only jurisdiction that had beaten back such a huge COVID wave. We held onto both the joy of escape and dread of returning there. Meanwhile our economy boomed like the Big V. But we warned other states. Don't f… around! This is bad. Don't go all cavalier because you've been lucky once or twice. For your own sake - and for ours! But what did they care? - they hadn't been there. They hadn't been on the front pages. Hadn't experienced the condescension nor the desperation, isolation, and the anger at those who wanted to undermine our efforts to keep the community together and safe. So when Delta hit, they treated it like a sport. Dismissed its threat like a bottom of the ladder, wildcard entry they'd beaten before and could afford

to pay no mind. We looked on in horror - for them because they hadn't experienced those 112 days and for us because we had. So what was all that for, Victoria? Why didn't we just let it (the virus) run? The reason is because we - you - did the right thing; by one another, by our communities, by our businesses, by our families, our friends and our fellow Australians. We took it seriously. We took responsibility. That this effort and sacrifice has now been so easily wiped by a new variant, combined with an old complacency and disrespect is galling for many. To have that bridge to the other side drawn up right before our eyes is so, so frustrating today. There is no going back. Now, we have to accept life as it is - as it has been imposed - we're soaking in it. Vaccination was always going to be our ticket out, but now it's just that much more urgent. We have to find another (the only other) way. !!...GET VACCINATED!! So today is tough. But you did well, Victorians. You fought valiantly against a swarm of enemies. And in case you are reading this: You're a good person. Your future is bright The real world - with all its joy and wonder - will be back again soon. To listen to the audio recording of Dr Thompson’s interview with Virginia Trioli go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/ programs/mornings/jason-thompson-messagefor-victorians/13526180 17

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The late Dr Jim Cross , right and Professor Eberhard Knobloch

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Mrs Emilia Cross with the recipient of the inaugural Jim Cross Award, Mr Shaun Yeoh

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The Inaugural Jim Cross Award presentation night Dr James (Jim) Cross was very much a boy from the western suburbs of Melbourne. He excelled in academic pursuits thanks to a mixture of raw talent, hard work and a positive attitude and he built a remarkable career in mathematics spanning the globe. On the evening of 3rd of August, falling fortuitously between Melbourne lockdowns, friends, colleagues, students and, most importantly, the family of Dr Cross joined together at Graduate House to celebrate Jim’s life and to witness the presentation of the inaugural Jim Cross Award. The award was created in Jim’s name by his wife Emilia Cross in collaboration with the registered education charity, The Institute for Enquiring Minds. The Institute is proud to administer the award which is the highest honour we bestow annually on a young mathematician that has shown the sort of dedication to maths education that Jim was famous for. Dr Jim Cross personified the idea of a lifelong learner. He was a perpetual student and not just of mathematics. He was also an historian, a musician, a polyglot and a polymath. Jim trained in a seminary for many years and excelled at the classics and languages. It was clear to his teachers that he had the potential to go far, very far, and he was encouraged to follow an academic path. Throughout his years at The University of Melbourne, Johns Hopkins University and Delft University of Technology, it was Jim’s passion mixed with his attention to detail

that formed the central narrative of the stories we were fortunate to hear on the presentation night. There were many speeches on the evening which spanned the years of Jim’s life and work. We were honoured to have Jim’s brother Gerry Cross and his wife Kate present. Gerry spoke of their early days, the influence of their parents and Jim’s influence on his own brothers helping them reach their own potential in maths and engineering. Dr John Stinson reminisced about his first meeting with Jim alighting from a steam train at Robertson Station and their high school years in the 50’s when Jim scooped up prizes and dazzled as a flautist. Dr Frank Barrington talked us through their time together as undergraduate and then research students in the 60’s. Jim was already very active training the next generation of high school teachers at the secondary teachers college. He was passionate in his belief that maths had to be taught by people well equipped to do so. Professor Kerry Landman took up the story from the 70’s initially from the perspective of a student and then into the 80’s as a colleague. She recounted how Jim was always interested in both the cultural and academic development of young mathematicians. Dr Christine Mangelsdorf met Jim in the 90s while teaching maths for engineering and their shared interest in education brought them together as teaching specialists. Jim would always find the time 19

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From left: Mrs Kate Cross, Mr Gerry Cross, Mrs Emilia Cross, Professor Barry Hughes, Dr Christine Mangelsdorf, Professor Arun Ram and Dr Rachel Wilson

to help any student with a problem and developed reams of teaching materials for “skills repair”. Jim would also find time for quite a lot of football banter. Professor Barry Hughes was asked to give the biggest speech of the night. Barry tied together the themes that were elucidated by each anecdote, themes that started very early in Jim’s life and continued into his retirement. Jim somehow managed to be a quiet achiever with missionary zeal. When he became engaged with a subject or involved in a project there was little that he would not do. His fascination with the teachings of Clifford Truesdell is a great example of this. When Jim ”found” Truesdell, he was not content to learn from afar and this was of course the reason why he set off for Johns Hopkins. It was after this pilgrimage that Jim returned to The University of Melbourne and met the love of his life, Emilia. The drive and attention to detail synonymous with Jim persisted throughout his career and, indeed, after retirement. In the 2000s when working on his opus on Dirichlet, no stone was unturned, no book was unread and no conversation was lacking, regardless of the language being spoken! Finally we were treated to the humour and 20

memories of Mrs Emilia Cross, the patron of the Jim Cross Award and Jim’s widow. “Lia” had the room laughing, reinforcing the sense of celebration that pervaded the entire evening. Jim is sorely missed but all of us reflected upon how lucky we are to have him in our lives. Emilia presented the Jim Cross Award to Mr Shaun Yeoh. Mr Shaun Yeoh was awarded the inaugural prize due to his commitment to helping the next generation of mathematicians. For three years he has donated his time, skills and positivity to a series of students through the Institute for Enquiring Minds Mentorship program. His approach was akin to the “skills repair” that Dr Cross and Dr Mangelsdorf developed years before. Through prolonged commitment to his students and impactful coaching he meticulously found the concepts and skills that his mentees were struggling with and carefully retaught them. The Institute works closely with other important organisations in the mathematics and education space. Time and again the Institute was contacted by representatives of our partner organisations, such as Western Chances, to compliment Shaun and thank us for all that he was doing. It is fantastically appropriate that for most of the last few years Shaun has been helping young people that happen to come from

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From left: Ms Jill Miles, Dr John Barrington, Professor Kerry Landman, Mr Shaun Yeoh and Dr Andrew Jacobs

the western suburbs. He has helped them solve problems in mathematics and overcome challenges in life. Shaun is a worthy recipient of the award. He is always available to help, meticulous in attention to detail and asks for nothing in return. It is as if Jim’s story has come full circle and returned to the west.

beauty and utility in mathematics. We want them to see it as a possible career and, if they do follow that path, we want them to feel that they belong to a community of people that appreciate mathematics and appreciate what mathematicians can do for Australia. We need to be able to solve our own problems. We need our own problem solvers.

Professor Barry Hughes recounted that a senior colleague of his in the sixties said of Jim; “He was always on the lookout for a soul in perdition that needed to be saved for a promising academic career”. What was said of a young James in the mid 1960’s could be said of Shaun today.

The Institute for Enquiring Minds does this by awarding intensive mentorships, at no cost to the student, to deserving people that demonstrate both the ability to apply themselves and the potential to improve. Our scholars make great leaps forward in their mathematics skills and perform far above expectation in their assessments.

It was Jim’s remarkable decades long dedication to the creation of generation after generation of mathematicians, engineers and maths teachers that inspired Professor Arun Ram, a director at the Institute, to introduce Jim’s wife, Emilia Cross to the Co-Founders of the Institute for Enquiring Minds, Dr Andrew Jacobs and Dr Doug Lynch. The Institute for Enquiring Minds is a Melbourne based charity and benevolent public institution that is dedicated to changing the way young people experience maths. Across the nation engagement in and standards of mathematics are falling. We want young people, and society as a whole, to see

Our mentors are all volunteers who come to us from academia and maths intensive industries (pre or post-retirement). We are proud to be carrying forward Jim’s legacy. If you would like to know more or if you would like to help a young mathematician reach their potential, please visit their website at https://www. enquiringminds.org/

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via the Melbourne Writers Festival website at ery for a very evocative piece of writing about the work of write Cheng and Laura M Melbourne.” mwf.com.au/writing-melbourne. G RAD UATE HOMetro USE NTunnel EWS Project creative engagement The image features children in front of the sion for storytelling “I have always b manager Sarah Robins said each of the works National Gallery of Victoria’s water wall and is tionship between c told an important story and showed the diver- one of four illustrations from Marc Martin. The Vicesity Chairperson of the Council of The Graduate “I Union, Cr Keith Ryall, wrote about our Carlton have tried to respond to each piece of writ- she said. “They ha of our city and the diversity of experiences th formation of each our story’s association of gem (Graduate and completely tran ing in a way of thatthe takes into account within it.House) and pointed to the 110 anniversary magical unique voice and tone,” the artist said. “The illustrators were selected by the graduates (Graduate Union). This was published in Inner City News (September 2021, Issue 08). way. GRADUATE HOUSE

Glorious Melbourne University Graduate House is 110 years old At the corner of Grattan and Leicester streets is situated one of the oldest group of terrace houses in the Carlton/Parkville area. The main entry is at 220 Leicester St which leads to only a small glimpse of what Graduate House offers its diverse membership and guests. But first, some background on this superb Carlton icon … Graduate House has a long and proud history dating back to 1911 when Sir John Monash was the first chairman of the Melbourne University Graduate House. More recently, the current president of the association is the Hon Diana Bryant AO QC, formerly Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and the first woman to be appointed to this auspicious leadership role. The other “first” saw the election in 2020 of senior legal consultant Mr Vincent J. Mirabelli to the position of chairman; he is the first Italian-born person to take on this prestigious role. In 1957, the association purchased the beautiful old terrace houses located from 222 to 234 Leicester St. In 1962, postgraduate residential students were admitted to the college. During the past decade, the Council of the Graduate Union approved the purchase of additional student accommodation in nearby Barry St and Barkly Place to support the need for quality residential accommodation. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 180 people per night and 800 per year (mainly students) were accommodated. Effective soon, Graduate House will be able to offer accommodation to undergraduate students as well as those enrolled in postgraduate courses. Non-residential membership of the association will continue to be open to graduates from any university within Australia or overseas. New members are always extremely welcome. Once the lockdowns are over, it will again be a great place for local and interstate/ international residents and guests to have an

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enjoyable lunch, dinner or just a quiet Friday evening cocktail in a very pleasant environment. Located in the heart of the education precinct between The University of Melbourne and RMIT University, and only five minutes away from the campuses of other universities in Melbourne’s CBD, Graduate House is the perfect place to stay, for short- or long-term accommodation. Facilities range from fully furnished and equipped apartments, bedsits with ensuite and kitchen, and double rooms. Breakfast and weekday dinners are included in the modest tariff. Graduate House is ideal for students enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate coursework or research, visiting academics, speakers, clinicians or researchers or simply someone needing temporary accommodation prior to finding more permanent accommodation. Full details of accommodation rates are available on the website – graduatehouse.com.au To help celebrate the 110th anniversary since the founding of the association in 1911, a Jubilee Donors Gala Dinner is planned at the Park Hyatt Melbourne on December 10. Details are being finalised and will be available on the Graduate House website in due course. The Graduate Union of the University of Melbourne and Graduate House will continue to be part of the Carlton/Parkville university precinct for many years to come – a wonderful example of “commemorating the past and making a commitment to the future”, as our late Prime Minister Bob Hawke commented during Australia’s Bicentenary Celebrations in 1988

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Lockdown by Life Member Louis A Coutts

I love my Oxford dictionary. I know that today it is passé. All you have to do, so they tell me, is key the word into Google and up comes the word and its various meanings. I haven’t tried that yet because, as I said, I love my Oxford dictionary. There is something about it that suggests learning and the romance of scholarship. Let me hasten to add that I am not a scholar, but I think of scholarship as in the old days when Don’s wore their academic robes and worked hard to enrich their minds and those of their students. I remember a dear friend who was senior lecturer in classics at Adelaide University. I would visit Ron in his room of ill-shapen book shelves full of thousands of books. I would sit in an old leather 24

lounge chair with the springs penetrating the aged leather. He would put on the kettle and make tea in a China teapot. He always had shortbread English biscuits. He was a real romantic. On one occasion when his sabbatical came up, he went down to the P & O office to book his passage to England only to discover that it didn’t take passengers anymore and referred him to Qantas. There was something romantic about scholarship. There are times when I would have loved to be a scholar but now my scholarship is restricted to my Oxford dictionary. I have come across a new word “lockdown”. Now I would have to admit that my Oxford dictionary is a bit out of date. It is a bit like Ron’s aged leather

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chair. But for most of the time it is fine. But lo and behold, lockdown was not in my edition of the dictionary despite nearly a half a column devoted to the word “lock” being both a noun, like the lock of the door or a lock of hair and a verb like locking the door. The reason that I am so interested in the word is that I am said to be in “lockdown”. Perhaps a current version of the Oxford dictionary would have the word. I am not sure whether it means that I am locked down which is an interesting grammatical combination of what appears to be the past tense of the verb “to lock” and an adverb. I am not sure how the word “down” fits into the grammar. Perhaps, the modern Oxford dictionary would include a verb “to lockdown” and that would make things simpler. At least for me. Anyway, there is it, I am in lockdown or, put another twist on the word, I am locked down.

And that is where big brother comes into the picture. For most of the time, governments are accused of always doing the wrong thing. They levy taxes and according to some, spend the money on ridiculous enterprises such as health and education. I think it is OK by many, if government spends taxpayers money on weapons that kill people and employ people called soldiers to master those weapons. Anyway, come lockdown and many people are out of work and on their uppers, they turn to the government that has locked them down and ask for help. The government claims that it is broke. For heaven’s sake, we have a multi billion contract with the French to build submarines. Do you know, I think that people who have lost their jobs as a result of the lockdown couldn’t give twopence (there is another throw back to the old days. Microsoft word doesn’t recognise it) about submarines.

The problem is that there is this nasty invisible thing called a virus or more specifically, the COVID-19. It’s got the world by the throat. We had it under control until some guy driving some international air crew to what we call “quarantine” and who should have known better wasn’t wearing a mask. He was employed by some organisation that also should have know better. Before you could say Jack Robertson (that is the saying we used to use when people used dictionaries) this covid had spread through Sydney and more people, who should have known better and worked for someone who should have known better drove to Victoria without a mask and left us with the gift of COVID-19. Hence, I am in lock down. Strangely enough, that is fine by me. I live alone and am not completely broke so I can manage OK financially. I have learnt that there are a lot of people who are locked down who are broke and live from day to day. In a lockdown, many of these people lost their jobs or have to close their small business and then they don’t have any income. Some do silly things and get out in the street to demonstrate without a mask, and we know what happens when some people who should know better don’t wear a mask. But then the covid thing didn’t come with a user manual and being in lockdown must be a new and terrifying experience for those who are on the bread line. Until recently, like me, they had probably never heard the word or knew what it meant.

Then the real significance of a lock down occurred to me. I am OK. I have a roof over my head. I don’t have to pay rent. I can manage the occasional bottle of wine and cook a decent meal every night and turn on the heating on cold winter nights. I can sit and listen to the classical music radio station and read and sleep between clean sheets (I am a stickler for clean sheets). But people who can least afford it are the ones who have to suffer from the lockdown. It sickens me to see the irresponsible behaviour of people out in the street risking the spread of Covid 19 which is a sure way to continue the lockdown. But I wonder if the government called the French and the American arms manufactures and said “Look, we are short of quite a few billions at the moment to make sure that people in lockdown keep a roof over their head and have a square meal. I think we will have to have a rain check on some of our orders until we get this covid thing under control”. And by the way, perhaps governments will say to people like me who aren’t completely broke, that our tax bill will be higher next year so that we can cover the cost of the pain of people less fortunate than ourselves. In the meantime, I am in lockdown but I am not on my uppers.

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Aussie App Launches With An I’m Not OK Button The idea for a safety app began in 2012 when Jill Meagher was fatally attacked on 22nd September of that year. Three friends, Ross Sbisa, Chris Jonker and Matt Ball, decided that people should feel safe in Australia. Sbisa recalls, “I am a father with three beautiful daughters and a beautiful wife. I thought to myself, ‘This has to stop’.” Sbisa and his wife then began researching and were alarmed at how little information was out there about keeping safe. He discussed the problem and explored more ideas with two friends, Matt Ball, a personal security expert, and Chris Jonker, a digital expert. The I’m Not OK button aims to be the safety valve for all Australians. It is less confronting than approaching someone face-to-face and it helps people to begin talking to each other about their personal needs.

Though initially meant to be an app to keep children safe, the idea around the Safie app began to grow. The app allows people to alert their designated contact if they are in trouble, sends images from both the front and back of the camera and pinpoints the precise location of where they are. When the partners called in digital expert, Chris Jonker, and began developing the app, they realised that it has a vast range of applications. The final application, the I’m Not OK button, came from the stress of lockdowns and a growing national awareness of the prevalence of mental health issues, especially in young adults. “At first we began thinking about all the situations our kids might find themselves. We came up with everyday events like going to and from school or school sport, going to the movies or the beach with friends, wandering away on family shopping trips,” Sbisa noted.

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“Then the ideas started to grow; a teen needing to be picked up from a party, an adult needing a phone call to get them out of a first date mistake, an older person who has had a mishap, or even someone who is feeling low.” “The more research we did, the more uses we found. A young driver can let their parent know that they have arrived safely. Businesses can use it for employees coming and going at late hours through areas that do not feel safe,” Jonker added. Another unique draw card of the Safie app is its panic button. Pre-written short message service (SMS) alerts can help notify contacts why help is needed with a single press. That can be anything from a friend-to-friend “get me out of here,” to a child-to-parent “I’m lost”. The button can even be used if you’re just feeling uncomfortable in a social

situation and would like a friend to call you for support or with an “out”. “Most important though, is talking to one another. People freeze when they’re frightened. Working out how to get out of a dangerous or awkward situation can take time or be impossible in the moment,” Sbisa stated. “If you’ve worked it out before, you can act. You can then get help, get out and get safe.” This is especially true of everyday situations. People rarely consider ahead of time what they would do if a child was lost or a blind date went wrong, and these situations are extremely frightening. For more information on the Safie app and to download it, visit https://www.safie.com.au/

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COVID‑19 vaccinations: To attend all University of Melbourne campuses in person, you must be fully vaccinated

On Monday, 27th September 2021, the ViceChancellor of The University of Melbourne, Professor Duncan Maskell, announced that vaccinations for COVID-19 are required for any person attending its campuses in person. This decision has been made based on public health advice and to be aligned to the Victorian Government’s roadmap – see https://www.premier. vic.gov.au/victorias-roadmap-delivering-nationalplan - which stated (at the time of publication) that on-site learning for adult education can recommence for people who are fully vaccinated from the 5th of November 2021. This includes fully vaccinated workers throughout the higher education sector who will be permitted to attend their place of work. From this date, all students, staff, contractors and visitors attending campuses of The University of Melbourne will thus be required to be fully vaccinated. Exemptions will apply for those with a valid reason for being unable to be vaccinated, including for example, medical reasons or not yet being eligible to be vaccinated in Victoria. The University of Melbourne has indicated that they will endeavour 30

to support individuals with a valid exemption to complete safely their study or undertake their work and those who choose not to vaccinate for other reasons. In meeting its responsibility to provide a safe environment that enables everyone to study, work and interact, the University has identified the responsibility to minimise the risk of transmission and exposure to COVID-19 on its campuses, and to place the utmost importance on the health, safety and wellbeing of its own and the broader community. A fully vaccinated student body and workforce will reduce transmission rates, minimise the severity of any breakthrough infections and reduce the likelihood of severe disease requiring hospitalisation. It will also assist in reducing disruption to on-campus activities from future exposures. Many parts of The University of Melbourne require on-site activities. Face-to-face learning, engagement and collaboration are valued highly by students and staff, and are indispensable to a rich academic, work and life experience; and many have indicated how much they are looking forward to

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returning to campus when government restrictions allow. Their expectations are for the University to continue to follow the latest health advice and put in place appropriate measures for their protection. The design of the Melbourne curriculum, and the nature and size of The University of Melbourne’s campuses means that there are frequent crossovers of students, staff and other campus users and partners as they move between the various work, learning, recreational, social and retail settings across campuses and precincts. The University acknowledges also that it has a concentration of the age groups known to be at higher likelihood of transmitting the disease. There are increasing requirements for people to be vaccinated to access services across a range of sectors and to be able to participate in community activities. The University of Melbourne wants its people to be prepared so they can participate in all the experiences available to fully vaccinated individuals, including onsite activities at their campuses and transitions to their careers. They also note this as a shared challenge for many sectors, not just higher education, and more broadly the Victorian Government.

In addition to its compliance with Victoria’s Roadmap to Deliver the National Plan, the University will comply with all public heath directions and legislated dates, such as those set out in the Victorian Government’s COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Directions – see https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/ documents/202109/covid-19-mandator yvaccination-directions-no-3.pdf. It will also learn from the Victorian Government’s Vaccinated Economy Trials – see https://www.premier.vic.gov. au/regions-show-way-vaccinated-economy-trials. Additional health and safety measures will also continue, such as improved ventilation where possible, the wearing of masks, contact tracing enablement through QR code entry, physical distancing, sanitiser stations, density limits and additional cleaning. The University’s COVIDSafe plans are being reviewed reiteratively to ensure currency and timeliness in operational changes. To find out more, go to the University’s dedicated website - https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus - and for those with vaccination hesitancy, try this site for straightforward answers to concerns raised by others: https://www.vaxfacts.org.au/. 31

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“The future is not abstract - it starts with the decisions we make right now” SYMPOSIUM 2019 The General Sir John Monash Foundation is pleased to announce that our 2021 Public Lecture will be hosted by The University of Melbourne. Following the discussions of our 2019 Symposium, our Public Lecture will demonstrate the positive results that can arise from interdisciplinarity and creative thinking in response to change. Never before have Change, Adaptation and Sustainability been more important in exploring solutions to challenges and the COVID-19 pandemic is but one example. Our Public Lecture will explore how the ramifications of COVID will no longer just be a health issue, but how they will touch every aspect of our lives as we grapple with the present and plan our future. Date: Monday, 4th October Lecture: 5:30PM - 6:30PM Access: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person attendance to this event has been limited, however we encourage you to listen and participate live via Zoom! For details, please go to: https://www.johnmonash.com/news-events/our-events/2021-public-lecturehosted-by-the-university-of-melbourne

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3MBS Dante 700 Updates as the Festival goes online and dates for your diary In the August issue of the Graduate Union Newsletter, we shared the exciting news of the Dante700 Festival that will take place from August 2021 till September 2022. Curators Margot Costanzo and Karen van Spall invite you to check the website for updates and new postings at www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au. Patron interviews and performances The Broadcast Festival took place beginning 15th September and a good time was had by all. The programs from the two international patrons were: Professor Leslie Howard AM, Australian expatriate world Listz expert and virtuoso pianist, heard on Wednesday, 15th September at 7.00PM in an interview and playing the Liszt Dante Sonata; and Dr Federico Bardazzi, Florence, Director of the early music group Ensemble San Felice, heard in an interview with music from the two CD set Music in the time of Dante heard on Thursday, 16th September at 7.00PM. Both patrons will be on the Festival website from 8th October. Fortnightly newsletter on the site from now on To help you plan better, we are please to inform that for the duration of the festival there will be a fortnightly newsletter on the website that delivers the text and context, including music links, photos and information links, for an approximately 12-minute stream about a different character Dante meets each fortnight. From the Dante Detective (aka Margot Costanzo) the dates with their streams are as follows:

22nd October - Pier de la Vigne and the Sweet Faced Ladies 5th November - Brunetto Latini and the Green Festoon 19th November - Ulysses in dire Straits 3rd December - Count Ugolino, the Tower and the Vengeful Archbishop The newsletter will resume after the Christmas break with new updates on the postponed lectures, scheduled tentatively for March 2022. We hope that the Dante 700 Festival is something all Graduate House members can be involved in. We send a special hello to all expatriates needing that touch of home! 3MBS: online at www.3mbs.org.au, 3MBS digital, 3MBS 103.5FM Festival website: www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au The following spread pages cover the story from the 3MBS magazine.

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General Manager’s Message 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne celebrates 700 years of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri with a special broadcast week commencing Monday 13 September.

Live-to-air performances and interviews along with works inspired by Dante’s legacy are all listed in the program of broadcast highlights on page 7 of this month’s magazine.

For a complete overview of the year-long 3MBS Dante 700 Festival, I invite you to visit www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au. Co-curators Margot Costanzo and Karen van Spall have planned an extensive program of musical, literary, broadcast, print and performance events including an exciting contribution to the State Library of Victoria’s forthcoming exhibition World of the book 2021-22: The rare, the sacred and the iconic. 3MBS is very proud to partner with the Italian Assistance Association CO.AS.IT. and the Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne to play a significant part in Melbourne’s celebration of this important international anniversary. In this month’s magazine we also talk to Toby Cumpstay, co-founder of Simply for Strings, with whom we are partnering to present a new recital series featuring talented string musicians. These special performances will be brought to you live from our marvellous Lady Marigold Southey Performance Studio.

I am sure that you will enjoy this issue of On Air magazine and will delight in the music we have planned for you this month here at 3MBS. Gail Southwell

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The 3MBS Dante 700 Broadcast Festival, curated by Margot Costanzo and Karen van Spall, celebrates the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri with a week of live performances and interviews from 13-19 September. Dante Alighieri was the author of the three-volume work The Comedy (usually known as The Divine Comedy) written during Dante’s exile from Florence. It depicted a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven, seeking to bring salvation to an ailing world. The commemoration of this great work and its influence truly became a passion project that spread from the studios of 3MBS to embrace many experts and enthusiasts from around the world. It has seen the light of day in spite of all the obstacles posed by Covid. Margot and Karen are frequent collaborators on programs in the 3MBS Illuminations series, having produced together Pauline Viardot—Singer, Pianist and Muse, Helen of Troy in Music, The Orpheus Myth in Opera and a two-part series on the Australian mezzosoprano, resident of London, Yvonne Minton. The Festival is the outcome of the many collaborations featured in their latest Illuminations

series Dante in Music. Margot’s script for the ten-hour series was informed by the State Library of Victoria’s holdings of early Dante editions of The Divine Comedy as well as recent books by Australian artists. Dr Anna Welch, curator of rare books, approached SLV with a proposal that has resulted in a special exhibition within the State Library’s forthcoming exhibition World of the book 2021-22: The rare, the sacred and the iconic. The National Gallery of Victoria, with curator Dr Petra Kayser, also facilitated the loan of two etchings to this exhibition. World of the book 2021-22 will be officially opened in a State Library of Victoria event on 28 September. During the making of the program, Karen, a mezzo-soprano, became fascinated by Francesca da Rimini as a subject for the ‘male gaze’ over centuries, first that of Dante, then those of Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Zandonai, Granados and Rachmaninov. Karen’s group The Parlour has created a live show called Dido’s Flock exploring September 2021 On Air

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these musical ideas, and Karen herself will perform one of the ‘Francescas’ live-to-air for 3MBS during Vocal Chords which will be presented by Margot at 1pm on Saturday 18 September.

hands), Liszt managed to vividly recreate the orchestral timbres and colours, from desperate souls lamenting in the strings and brass to shimmering harps representing the Earthly Paradise.”

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timbres and colours, from desperate souls lamenting in the strings and brass to shimmering harps representing the Earthly Paradise... ” Enter Coady Green, Karen’s frequent pianist collaborator. Coady spent twelve years in London and developed a passion for Liszt from world Liszt expert and Australian expatriate Professor Leslie Howard AM. It was natural that Coady and his performance partner, British Australian pianist Christopher Smith, should offer to perform the Australian premiere of Liszt’s own transcription for four hands of ‘A Dante Symphony’ for the 3MBS Broadcast Festival. “Originally an arrangement for two pianos and two pianists, Liszt skillfully retained every note from all instruments, redistributing to just four hands,” Coady says. “In this devilishly virtuosic transcription (further arranged by Arthur Hahn to one piano, four

Professor Howard is one of the Festival’s international patrons and will be giving a lecture on the fascination Liszt had with Dante. The lecture will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 15 September and will be immediately followed by the live-to-air four-hands performance. The Festival’s other international patron is Dr Federico Bardazzi, the conductor of the Ensemble San Felice and director of the Opera Network in Florence. Dr Bardazzi furnished Margot with a 2-CD set of music he created with collaborators called La musica al tempo di Dante which was invaluable background for the series Dante in Music. An interview with Dr Bardazzi will be broadcast during The Early Music Experience on Thursday 16 September.

To discover the music that will be played during the Broadcast Festival, as well as the many interviews and live-to-air performances, see the 3MBS Dante 700 Broadcast Festival Essential Dante Playlist. To stream the five-part series Dante in Music and to explore the many musical, literary, broadcast, print and performance events in the year-long Dante Festival, see www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au.

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The 3MBS Dante 700 Broadcast Festival

Essential Dante Playlist

Wednesday 8 September: Festival Preview 8pm Wednesday Night at the Opera with Alan de Niese Featuring: Mercadante: Francesca da Rimini (world premiere recording) Monday 13 September: Festival Launch 2pm Concert Hall with Thilo Troschke

Featuring: Wallace: Symphonic Poem No.1, ‘The Passing of Beatrice’

5pm Intermezzo with Susan Porter

Interview: Margot Costanzo & Karen van Spall

Tuesday 14 September 8pm Contemporary Visions with Tony Thomas Featuring: Ter Veldhuis: Paradiso (excerpts) Wednesday 15 September 7pm Music for Keyboard with Ric Ataide

Interview: Margot Costanzo & Festival Patron Professor Leslie Howard AM Live-to-Air: Coady Green & Christopher Smith

Featuring: Liszt: A Dante Symphony, S109 (arr. Four Hands) (Aust. premiere)

8.30pm Wednesday Night at the Opera with Nigel Simpson

Featuring: Godard: Dante et Béatrice (world premiere recording)

Thursday 16 September 10am Morning Recital with John Wilkinson

Featuring: Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante, S161/7. Stefan Cassomenos, piano

2pm Concert Hall with Ted Davies

Featuring: Tischenko: Dante Symphony No.1, ‘Among the living’

7pm The Early Music Experience with Mark Shepheard Interview: Festival Patron Dr Federico Bardazzi

Featuring: La musica al tempo di Dante dir. by Dr Federico Bardazzi (excerpts)

Friday 17 September 7pm Singers and Songs with Frank Prain

Featuring: Sibelius: Hymn to Thaïs. Massenet: Thaïs (final duet)

Saturday 18 September 11am Music in Melbourne with Tim Hannah

Interviews: Karen van Spall & Gulliver Poole; Coady Green

1pm Vocal Chords with Margot Costanzo

Live-to-Air: Karen van Spall & Coady Green

Featuring: Granados (arr. Green): Paolo e Francesca, Op.1/2 (arr. Voice & Piano)

2pm Concert Hall with Doug Beecroft

Featuring: Verdi: Laudi alla Vergine Maria (text by Dante Alighieri)

Sunday 19 September: Festival Close 6am The Early Music Experience with Mark Shepheard (repeat) 8pm Choral Masterworks with Ruth O’Reilly

Featuring: A selection of music from the psalms quoted by the souls in Purgatory

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G U COLLEGIAT E

Monthly Luncheon (online event) W E DN E SDAY, 6 t h O C TOB E R C H E RY L L AC E Y D SJ AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL EDUCATION: THINKING BEYOND THE REALM OF THE NORM

Cheryl is Australia’s leading agitator for rational change in school education. Since her first year of teaching, she has been advocating for alignment in education services to bring families the education they deserve and educators the professional recognition they deserve. In 2019 Cheryl’s book, Marching Schools Forward - Discussions On Australian Education, was published. Today, her recommendations couldn’t be more relevant.

Online: 1:00PM Please logon 12:55PM) Graduate House 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Online Booking: https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/coming-events/monthly-luncheon-2021-oct/ Phone: (03) 9347 3428 Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Virtual Attendance Pricing: Members $10, non-members $15

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G U COL L EGI ATE

College Table (online event)

F R I DAY, 1 5 t h O C TOB E R PROFESSOR MILÉ TERZIOVSKI L E V E R AG I NG F R OM M IC R OU N I T S I N E N T R E PR E N E U R SH I P E DU C AT ION

Professor Milé Terziovski joined Swinburne University of Technology in January 2018 as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Director of the Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI) Program. He was appointed Department Chair Business Technology and Entrepreneurship during July 2018. Professor Terziovski is the former Dean of the Curtin Graduate School of Business and held a continuing Professorial Chair in Innovation for 4 years. Previously, he was Head of the International Graduate School of Business, at the University of South Australia (UniSA), and held a continuing Professorial Chair in Strategy and Innovation for a period of 4 years. He is a

Visiting Professor in the Centre for Innovation at the University of Versailles in France. Professor Terziovski worked at The University of Melbourne as a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor and held the position of Executive Director of the Centre for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a period of 10 years. He also worked at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer for 4 years. Prior to his Academic career, he was an Engineer with the Rio Tinto Group and held management positions in maintenance, production and project leadership over a period of 17 years. He left Rio in 1991 to undertake PhD research at Melbourne Business School.

Online: 1:00PM Please logon 12:55PM) Graduate House 220 Leicester Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053 Online Booking: https://www.graduatehouse.com.au/coming-events/college-table-6-2021/ Phone: (03) 9347 3428 Email: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au Virtual Attendance Pricing: Members $10, non-members $15

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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

$20.00 Resident Members RSVP: Tuesday, 7th December 2021 E: admingh@graduatehouse.com.au $59.50 non-resident Members $70.00 non-members P: (03) 9347 3428 $61.50 non-member concession 41

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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

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MENU

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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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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

NSW: Ph: 1800 478 227 www.health.nsw.gov.au/transport

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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.”

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Visitors and Hospital Staff Graduate House is suitable for: •

parents with children in hospital;

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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

Royal Children’s Hospital Royal Women’s Hospital

Royal Melbourne Hospital

The University of Melbourne

Comprehensive Cancer Centre Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Epworth Hospital

Alfred Hospital

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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

• Single room private bathroom

• Bed linen

• Double room private bathroom

• Weekly housekeeping

• Apartments with double room, separate lounge and private bathroom and laundry

• Wi-Fi

• Fully furnished studio apartments

• Short term accommodation – one night, a few weeks

• Utilities (electricity, gas, water) included in rent

• Long term accommodation – months, semesters, years

Barkly Place and Barry Street

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