July is a month of ideas

Dear ,

We're starting off the New Financial Year at pace. Indeed a little faster than we anticipated with one function having to be postponed from today until July 20, because I'm temporarily isolating with COVID.

That function is the presentation by the Doctors Against Mandates (DAM) group explaining why they are taking Queensland's Chief Health Officer to court. Originally planned for this evening, it will now take place on July 20, in our offices. To book click here.

It will join two other functions that we have planned.

The first is the launch of a new research paper "The cost to Queensland of closing coal, oil and gas industries”, prepared for us by prominent Queensland Economist Gene Tunny, the author of Beautiful One Day, Broke the Next: Queensland's Public Finances since Sir Joh and Sir Leo. To discuss the report and the future and prospects for the industry Gene will be joined by Nick Jorss, Executive Chairman of Bowen Basin Coal, and the man behind the phenomenal success of Stanmore Coal; and Mick McCormack, former CEO, and the man who made, Australia's largest energy infrastructure business APA, and Chair of Northern Territory and Queensland gas producer and explorer, Central Petroleum.

This function will be held on Tuesday July 26, and is tentatively scheduled for lunch time at the Brisbane Club. Details to follow.

Our third function is the launch of two short documentaries on the Great Barrier Reef produced and narrated by Jennifer Marohasy. This will occur at the New Farm Cinemas on the afternoon of Sunday July 24. "Finding Porites" and "A Coral Bleaching Tragedy" both take discrete views of the true state of the GBR, adding complexity that is too often missing from the mainstream narrative. The launch will include a Q&A with Jennifer and Professor Peter Ridd.

I'll send links to the movie premiere and the lunch as soon as we have the EventBrite pages set-up.

To recap the DAM function: Drs David Johnson, Georgina Hale and Associate Professor Peter Parry will talk about why they and their fellow plaintiffs have refused vaccination and how this case is important to them, and to good health and medicine.

They argue that their human rights, including their right to determine what they put into their body; how they discuss, diagnose and treat illness in their patients; and their right to work; are being illegally abridged by the government.

Come and hear their story Wednesday June 29 in our offices at Unit 2B, 50 Logan Road, Woolloongabba. To book, click here.

The function will start at 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm and run to 8:00 pm. As usual it will include drinks and finger food. Tickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for AIP members. We also have student and concession tickets.

Regards,

GRAHAM YOUNG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR