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AICAFMHA E-News in Brief Issue #3.22

News in Brief - Issue #3.22 (22/11/2003)

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AICAFMHA News

AICAFMHA memberships are still available by faxing or posting an application form. You can also phone with credit card details. Don't forget membership entitles you to a 10% discount on ACER Press publications.

Pre-registration for the joint 5th AICAFMHA and 14th TheMHS conference is available here. There is significant interest being generated in this conference which promises to be a unique event for mental health in Australia.

The COPMI Project update is online here. A revised resource list has also been added to the COPMI section of the website. Access the list here. More COPMI programs have also been added to the website in recent weeks. View them.

What?s On?

International Youth Parliament 2004
5-12 July 2004
Sydney, Australia
The International Youth Parliament (IYP) is a dynamic global network of creative young people working for social change. Run by and for young people, it is a global network of the next generation of social change leaders working to build a peaceful, sustainable and equitable world.
The agenda will focus on twelve major areas: education, HIV/AIDS, labour and employment, indigenous rights, migration, trafficking and displacement, agriculture and sustainability, peace building, human rights, health and clean water, youth culture, technology, and global trading systems. Across these areas special attention will be paid to the themes of diversity, equity, governance and basic social services.
Delegates between 18-25 years must apply before 15 January 2004.
Download the application form at www.iyp.oxfam.org or email iyp2004@sydney.caa.org.au for more information.

NATIONAL PARENTING CONFERENCE
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND/OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Child and Youth Health, South Australia is holding a national parenting conference in September 2004.
What we are hoping for is to have input from people interested in parenting across Australia into what we put into the conference and how it can achieve discussion, sharing of ideas and mutual support.
View more details.

Tena koutou/Greetings,
The 9th Biennial Australia-Aotearoa (New Zealand) Community Psychology conference is to be held July 5th to 7th at Mills Reef winery on the outskirts of Tauranga. (Tauranga is the main town of New Zealand's aptly named Bay of Plenty. The venue is 2 hours drive from Auckland airport: 1 hours drive from Hamilton airport).
Email scorpio@waikato.ac.nz for details.

National Mental Health Strategy
Future Challenges: Meeting Broader Community Need
Annual national conference of the Mental Health Foundation of Australia
27th & 28th November 2003
Prince Philip Theatre, Architecture building
University of Melbourne
For Full program, cost and registration details mentalh@mira.net or ph: 03 9427 0407

Mental Health News

The National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 is available to download from http://www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/resources/index.htm under the National Mental Health Strategy documents section.

Resources

rtcUpdates for November 2003
rtcUpdates are brought to you by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
View here.

CENSUS DATA on-line regarding culturally and linguistically diverse Australia FECCA has now made available comprehensive 2001 Census data for all of Australia (national down to local level) - this includes information about country of birth, language spoken, gender, age, religious faiths.
You can view all this information on our website: www.fecca.org.au, then click on "Australia by Numbers".