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2018 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
8.30 AM – 9.00 AM: Registration / Coffee / Tea
9.00 AM – 9.10 AM: Welcome & Opening Address / Housekeeping
9.10 AM – 9.20 AM: Bruce Poon - National AJP President Page 10
9.20 AM – 9.50 AM: The Hon. Mark Pearson MLC Page 10
9.50 AM – 10.30 AM: Speaker: Sebastian Wolswinkel Page 10
10.30 AM – 10.50 AM: Morning Tea
10.50 AM – 12.20 PM: 3 Workshops
Workshop 1: Sebastion Wolswinkel – Youth in Politics Page 10
Workshop 2: Patricia Jenkins - Effective Media Strategies And Writing
Newsworthy Media Releases. Page 11
Workshop 3: Teresa Romanovsky - How Zero Waste and AJP Policies
Interwine For An Environmentally Friendly Future. Page 12
12.20 PM – 1.20 PM: Lunch
1.20 PM – 2.50 PM: 3 Workshops
Workshop 4: Emma Hurst – Running Animal Campaigns Page 13
Workshop 5: Miranda Smith - On the Candidate Campaign Trail Page 13
Workshop 6: Bruce Poon - Organising Skills For
Candidates And Members Page 14
2.50 PM – 3.10 PM: Speaker: David Ritter – CEO Greenpeace Page 14
3.10 PM – 3.30 PM: Afternoon Tea
3.30 PM – 4.00 PM: Mick Mcintyre - Kangaroo a Love Hate story Page 15
4.00 PM – 4.40 PM: Saudi Arabian Prince Khaled Bin Alwaleed Skype
interview with Emma Hurst Page 15
4.40 PM – 5.25 PM: Convenor’s update
5.25 PM – 5.30 PM: Close
6.00 PM – 8.30 PM: DINNER 13th October Page 15
SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER
9.00 AM – 9.05 AM: Welcome
9.05 AM – 9.35 AM: Speaker – Jesse Marks - Director of Farmed Animal
Advocacy Animals Australia Page 16
9.35 AM - 10.05 AM: Clifton Roberts - 2018 US Senate Candidate
for The Humane Party Page 16
10.05 AM - 10.30 AM: Candidates Q&A with previous candidates
– Ellie Robertson, Angela Pollard, Emma Hurst Page 16
10.30 AM – 10.50 AM: Morning Tea
10.50 AM– 12.30 PM: 3 Workshops
Workshop 1: Tracey Willow - Conflict Resolution And Managing Group
Dynamics. Page 16
Workshop 2: (Part A 45min)
Geoff Russell - Winning ... Getting votes from a wider
demographic Page 17
Workshop 2: (Part B 30min) 1
1.35 AM
Bryn Hills - The Vegan Clause Page 17
Workshop 3: Peter Chen Political Scientists Workshop – “Small party
stratgies: lessons from political science” Page 18
12.30 PM - 12.55 PM: Convenors updates
12.55 PM – 1.25 PM: Close
2.00 pm – 4.30 pm: Annual General Meeting 14 October Page 18
Bruce Poon
Bruce Poon is our national Animal Justice Party president.
Bruce is an IT Project Manager who has been involved in
animal, environmental and community work most of his
adult life. He has been vegetarian or vegan for over 28 years
and has worked as a volunteer for Vegetarian Victoria.
Bruce has spoken in Victoria, Australia and overseas on the environmental,
social, ethical, health and economic impacts of dietary choices and authored
a brochure on these topics which has been circulated to over 165,000 people.
Bruce has previously stood as a candidate for the AJP and will be standing again
next month for the Victorian state elections.
The Hon. Mark Pearson MLC
Mark Pearson is the first Australian Member of Parliament
to be elected on an animal justice platform. As the successful
candidate for the Animal Justice Party, he was elected to the
NSW Legislative Council in March 2015.
Prior to entering parliament, Mark was the Executive
Director of Animal Liberation in Australia. Before this he had been Team Leader
of the Newcastle Community Mental Health Service in Newcastle and worked as
a Clinical Acute Adult Psychiatric Nurse Specialist.
For the past 22 years Mark has engaged in animal advocacy, activism and
campaign work. Two recent successes have been the phase out of ‘mulesing’ in
sheep and convincing the Russian Federation to ban imports of kangaroo meat.
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Teresa Romanovsky
Teresa is currently the AJP Regional Group Leader for the
Sydney East & Inner West group. Prior to taking up this role
Teresa spent two years as a volunteer Board Member and
Head of Cat Rehoming for Maggie’s Rescue.
In her day job, Teresa is the Director of a boutique
recruitment agency and has spent 20 years in the industry working for a variety
of large and small businesses. Her current role is 2iC to the Managing Director,
leading a team of experienced recruitment professionals and providing strategic
direction to the business. Teresa has been vegan for 5 years and is slave to 3
rescue cats, Osiris, Blinky & Boots, and rescue bunny Archie.
Patricia Jenkins
Patricia has been vegetarian or vegan for over 30 years, has
a Masters Degree in Journalism and a Postgrad Dip in Film
& TV (Producing), and has been involved with the Animal
Justice Party for two years, currently volunteering in the
roles of Victorian and National Media Manager.
Miranda Smith
Miranda has a Masters degree in Marketing, over 10
years senior management experience in marketing, and
has recently established her own marketing consulting
business. Miranda has been involved with the Animal Justice
Party for five years and currently volunteers in the role of
National Marketing Manager as well as a member of both
the Victorian and National Committees.
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Bryn Hills
Bryn Hills is convenor of the Ballarat AJP sub branch and has
been a member of the Party for approximately 5 years. He
is candidate for the Party in the seat of Wendouree for the
upcoming Victorian election in November of this year.
Bryn is also the founder of the Ballarat Vegan festival and is
busily planning the 4th instalment of this Council supported
community based event. Bryn is also a member of the Ballarat Animal Advocates
association and is active in the animal rights community.
Emma Hurst
Emma Hurst is a registered psychologist and the Animal
Justice Party Campaign Manager, Media Officer at People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Australia (PETA)
Emma is our lead candidate for the Senate in next year’s
State election in March.
Geoff Russell
Geoff has been involved in animal rights activism since
the middle of the 1980s, mostly with Animal Liberation
but also Animals Australia. He has organised duck rescue
campaigns, conferences, petititions and all of the usual
traditional activist activities.
Over 30 years of this has taught him that these methods
are woefully inadequate, as evidenced by the rising per-capita consumption of
meat in Australia over most of this period. His experiences in South Australia of
having politicians promise policy changes in return for preferences has shown
him that politics is our best hope of reversing this trend.
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Jesse Marks
Jesse Marks is Director of Farmed Animal Advocacy, Animals
Australia.
Jesse brings a diverse range of experiences to Animals
Australia, with a background in teaching, psychology and a
passion for campaigning.
Since stepping into the animal protection movement in the early 2000’s, Jesse
has been involved in almost every aspect of animal advocacy. He’s run everything
from leafleting sessions to national rallies. He is a fellow of the Australian Progress
Campaign Fellowship and has spoken at national and international conferences
on topics ranging from campaign strategy and digital campaigning, to effective
communication and outreach.
When not advocating for animals, Jesse loves exploring Melbourne on his bike,
rock climbing, and hanging out with his dog, Nina.
David Ritter
David Ritter is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace
Australia Pacific. He has been with Greenpeace for nine
years, campaigning to secure an earth capable of nurturing
life in all its amazing diversity.
Prior to joining Greenpeace, David worked as an academic
and a lawyer in both commercial and native title practices.
David is a widely published commentator on politics, law, history and current
affairs. He is an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Law of The University of Western
Australia and an associate of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights
at The University of Sydney. He is an affiliate of both the Sydney Environment
Institute and the Sydney Democracy Network.
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Clifton Roberts
Clifton Roberts the United States CEO of the Humane
Party became the party’s first presidential candidate on
November 1, 2015.
Clifton is also Sr. Manager - Ethics & Legal Compliance, for
Intel Corporation.
The Humane Party was established in 2009 and is located in Los Angeles,
California. It is the first political party in the USA committed to the rights for all
animals, and a sustainable eco-friendly economy.
Roberts works tirelessly to raise awareness in around the U.S. His son, who is
21, has been vegan since the age of 14 and his 11-year-old daughter, Eden, has
been vegan since birth.
Sebastiaan Wolswinkel
Party for the Animals, Netherlands
Sebastiaan Wolswinkel is President of the youth wing from
the Dutch Party for the Animals and a Mathematics teacher.
Sebastiaan is visiting Australia as a guest of the Animal Justice
Party, he will be presenting at our conference and helping us
to get an AJP youth wing up and running in Australia.
With 3.2% of the vote at the general election, 2017, the Dutch Party holds 5 of the
150 House of Representatives’s seats. In the Senate it has 2 of the 75 seats and
in the European Parliament it has 1 of the 26 seats the Netherlands constituency
allocates.
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Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed is Founding Chairman and CEO,
KBW Ventures focusing exclusively on venture capital, value
creation and growth equity
As a figure of business, technology enthusiast, and investor,
Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal is a firm proponent of clean
energy, healthy living, the humane treatment of animals, and a motivated voice
for Middle East entrepreneurs.
A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Khaled was born in California and
spent his youth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital.
Beyond his work, Khaled is Chairman of the elected Saudi Green Building Forum
(SGBF) Trustee Board, where he will work to help further advance Saudi Arabia’s
green building initiative.
Peter Chen
Dr Peter John Chen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Government and International Relations where he teaches
Australian and regional politics, media politics, and public
policy.
He is the author of Animal Welfare in Australia: Politics and
Policy (2016) and Australian Politics in a Digital Age (2013) and the co-editor of
Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election (2018).
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Tracey Willow
Tracey graduated from social work in 1991 has had
extensive project management experience and hands
worked primarily in the non-government sector in the areas
of family domestic violence, child protection and access to
justice.
Since 2006, Tracey has successfully managed small and
medium size non-government organisations such as Women’s Domestic Violence
Advocacy Service, Staying Home Leaving Violence Broken Hill, and the Far West
Cooperative Legal Service Delivery Regional Strategy.
Tracey volunteered with Broken Hill Pet Rescue, joined as a respite carer, and as a
result, looked after 16 dogs. Tracy is currently co-collaborating on two children’s
books about two of my rescue dogs - Teddy and Harriet. Each book will tell a
different story and contribute to BHPR’s fundraising strategy.
9SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
8.30 AM – 9.00 AM: Registration / Coffee / Tea
9.00 AM – 9.10 AM: Welcome & Opening Address / Housekeeping
9.10 AM –9.20 AM: Bruce Poon - National AJP President
9.20 AM – 9.50 AM: The Hon. Mark Pearson MLC
9.50 AM – 10.30 AM: Speaker: Sebastian Wolswinkel – Animal Rights
and Politics
Sebastiaan Wolswinkel is a Mathematics teacher and chairman of the political
youth organization of the Dutch Party for the Animals.
The animal rights movement must recognize the need to enter politics directly in
order to bring about the systematic we strive for. Fortunately, our message has a
surprising power to unify and excite citizens, and help them take a collective turn
towards a compassionate society.
Not only will Sebastiaan lay out the logic behind this thinking, he will show that
empirical proof is beginning to build up, by looking at a growing movement of Animal
Welfare Parties which are forming throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
10.30 AM – 10.50 AM: Morning Tea
10.50 AM – 12.20 PM: 3 Workshops
Workshop 1:
Sebastion Wolswinkel
– “Organising - the Science they don’t want you to learn”
Our societies are fragmented and divided. Of all the strangers we come across
every day, the proportion we interact with is negligible. Our society is supposedly
democratic, and most of our lives are spent in institutions that are completely
hierarchical - schools, companies, and much of the public sector too. To create
a movement, do you accept those constraints or do you overcome them? The
golden rule for bringing about positive change has always been, “organise”, and
there is a lot of insight available into how this can be done.
10During his time as Chairman, the number of members, volunteers and
activities has all doubled, in direct opposition to the current trend within youth
organisations the Netherlands. Having been recently re-elected, he is starting to
focus more on other countries, to use his thorough understanding about how
to engage, excite and activate youngsters to help sister parties of the Partij voor
de Dieren to set up their own youth wings, aware that only a global movement
will bring about the structural change that generations who want to see out the
century so desperately require.
Sebastiaan Wolswinkel is a Mathematics teacher and chairman of the political
youth organization of the Dutch Party for the Animals.
Sebastiaan is visiting Australia as a guest of the Animal Justice Party, he will be
helping us to get an AJP youth wing up and running in Australia.
Workshop 2:
Patricia Jenkins
– Effective Media Strategies And Writing Newsworthy
Media Releases.
The ability to write an informative, enticing and well-written media release is
invaluable for the Animal Justice Party and provides an opportunity for free
widespread publicity. Competition for news space or air-time is always fierce
when it comes to media coverage so writing newsworthy media releases is
critical in grabbing a journalist’s attention. In this workshop you’ll learn about
the key criteria to a successful media strategy, top tips for writing effective media
releases, and an opportunity to put those top tips into practice. Please bring
your lap top!
Patricia has been vegetarian or vegan for over 30 years, has a Masters Degree in
Journalism and a Postgrad Dip in Film & TV (Producing), and has been involved
with the Animal Justice Party for two years, currently volunteering in the roles of
Victorian and National Media Manager.
11Workshop 3:
Teresa Romanovsky
- How Zero Waste and AJP Policies Interwine For An
Environmentally Friendly Future.
The AJP is often assumed to be a single issue party, many people, even party
members, struggle to articulate the connection between animal protection and
the environment, when in fact the two are closely intertwined. There is a growing
awareness of how our consumerist actions are choking our planet, destroying
both fauna and flora, damaging our health and costing millions in tax payer
money to clean up. We have an opportunity to draw in disillusioned Greens
supporters by still continuing to lead on animal protection that fully incorporates
the environment and thåe effect on all animals – human and non-human.
Because reducing waste is something we can all do, it’s easier to sell the concept
of how our policies have a positive impact on the environment overall and that
it’s not just about giving up eating animals. We have an opportunity to reach non
vegans who still care about wildlife and the environment.
Teresa is an AJP Regional Group Leader for Sydney East & Inner West Group and
Director of Recruitment for a recruitment agency. She has been a vegan for 5
years, is a slave to 3 cats and a bunny and implementing many changes to her
own habits to create a better world.
12.20 PM – 1.20 PM: Lunch
1.20 PM – 2.50 PM: 3 Workshops
12Workshop 4:
Emma Hurst
– Campaigning to Win
We know what we want, but how do we get it? This workshop will look at
successful campaigns and the strategies used to win them. Develop a better
understanding of various tactics and when to use them, tools such as power
mapping, critical path analysis, framing, and political lobbying, and gain insight
into behaviour change techniques used by psychologists to create a better
world for animals. One or two current AJP campaigns will also be selected and
used as an example campaign.
Psychologist, vegan, and goldmedal winning bodybuilder Emma Hurst, is the
lead candidate on the AJPNSWs legislative Council ticket.
Workshop 5:
Miranda Smith
- On the Candidate Campaign Trail – Developing an
integrated candidate marketing and communications
strategy to connect with constituents and build the vote.
Candidates play a critical role in building Party support, in increasing votes
on election day and in ultimately winning seats in parliament. There are
many factors involved in developing an effective candidate marketing and
communications strategy. From the types of campaign activities undertaken,
selection of communication channels, and key messages delivered to the right
people at the right time, all seamlessly happening alongside broader state-wide
campaigns. This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn the key criteria
for a successful candidate campaign, hear about successful political campaigns
from around the world and provide practical advice for creating a vote winning
campaign. If you’re running as a candidate or thinking about it, then this is the
workshop for you!
13Miranda has a Masters degree in Marketing, over 10 years senior management
experience in marketing, and has recently established her own marketing
consulting business. Miranda has been involved with the Animal Justice Party for
five years and currently volunteers in the role of National Marketing Manager as
well as a member of both the Victorian and National Committees.
Workshop 6:
Bruce Poon
- Organising Skills For Candidates And Members
Organising has as a core goal the generation of power for an organisation,
allowing it to influence key decision-makers on a range of issues over time. A
great deal of standard techniques have developed over the last eighty year of
community and union organising. We will look at and practice a few of these in
order to improve and build our party.
Bruce Poon is the President of the Animal Justice Party.
2.50 PM – 3.10 PM: Speaker: David Ritter – CEO Greenpeace
David Ritter is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. He has
been with Greenpeace for nine years, campaigning to secure an earth capable of
nurturing life in all its amazing diversity.
David is a widely published commentator on politics, law, history and current
affairs. He is an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Law of The University of Western
Australia and an associate of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights
at The University of Sydney. He is an affiliate of both the Sydney Environment
Institute and the Sydney Democracy Network.
3.10 PM – 3.30 PM: Afternoon Tea
143:30 PM – 4 PM: Mick Mcintyre - Kangaroo a Love Hate story was released
in January. This is a brief presentation on the reaction to the film’s release
and some of the campaign work that has resulted from the film’s release. It
is a documentary about Australia’s once-beloved icon, now seen as a pest
threatening farmers.
4.00 PM – 4.40 PM: S audi Arabian Prince Khaled Bin Alwaleed Skype
interview with Emma Hurst
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed is Founding Chairman and CEO, KBW Ventures
focusing exclusively on venture capital, value creation and growth equity
As a figure of business, technology enthusiast, and investor, Khaled bin
Alwaleed bin Talal is a firm proponent of clean energy, healthy living, the
humane treatment of animals, and a motivated voice for Middle East
entrepreneurs.
A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family, Khaled was born in California and
spent his youth in Riyadh under the mentorship of his father, philanthropist
HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud.
4.40 PM – 5.25 PM: Convenor’s update
5.25 PM – 5.30 PM: Close
DINNER
13th October
6 PM to 8.30 PM
Bad Hombres
40 Reservoir St, Surry Hills.
Cost: $35 per person
(set vegan menu)
15SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER
9.00 AM – 9.05 AM: Welcome
9.05 AM – 9.35 AM: Speaker – Jesse Marks
- Director of Farmed Animal Advocacy Animals
Australia
Jesse Marks will be talking about how to win campaigns for animals. Campaigns
don’t win themselves. If we want to be the strongest voice for animals we
need good strategy. Good strategy can turn a momentous challenge into a
momentous win. Luckily, there are simple tools and ideas everyone can use
to harness effective strategies. In this presentation, Jesse will share tools he’s
found useful in planning advocacy initiatives and give practical examples of how
Animals Australia has implemented these to win campaigns.
9.35 AM – 10.05 AM: C lifton Roberts
- 2018 US Senate Candidate for The Humane Party
The Humane Party was established in 2009 and is located in Los Angeles, California.
It is the first political party in the USA committed to the rights for all animals, and
a sustainable eco-friendly economy. In 2015, Humane Party CEO Clifton Roberts,
a vegan for over 20 years, became the party’s first presidential candidate.
10.05 AM – 10.30 AM: Candidates Q&A with previous candidates – Ellie
Robertson, Angela Pollard, Emma Hurst
10.30 AM – 10.50 AM: Morning Tea
10.50 AM – 12.30 PM: 3 Workshops
Workshop 1:
Tracey Willow
- Conflict Resolution And Managing Group Dynamics.
AJP regional groups are important to the party. Some thrive; some struggle. What
principles and practices are important for building and sustaining a group that
people want to keep coming to? How can we use conflict resolution to manage
complex issues that arise in groups? What can we learn from each other?
16Workshop 2: (Part A 45min)
Geoff Russell
- Winning ... Getting votes from a wider demographic
A high proportion (~75%) of Australians believe the climate is changing and most
believe that humans are responsible. Yet the Greens only polled about 10% in
the 2016 Federal Election. Clearly there is room for a party with an evidence
based climate policy to attract votes. A rational climate policy involves 3 planks:
Animal agriculture, Energy, Land use. AJP has two of those covered, but not
Energy. The Green’s energy policy ignores the impacts of renewables on the
environment ... via increased mining and the direct death and injuries to animals
via wind farms, flooded valleys (hydro) and burning biomass (harvesting trees
and other crops for fuel). Nuclear power, under any rational assessment, is the
most animal friendly and effective power source on the planet and a rational
energy policy would explicitly support it.
Workshop 2: (Part B 30min) 11.35 AM
Bryn Hills
- The Vegan Clause
“The Vegan Clause, a central plank and core philosophy of our Party, or an
inhibiting factor in attracting a diverse range of potential candidates.”
Wth numerous references to a plant based society throughout the AJP policy
document it would seem incumbent on anyone promoting the Party to adhere
to the ideals that are contained in the policies and ideas that we are asking
Australians to support.
According to Roy Morgan research, the percentage of Australians who identify
as vegetarian/vegan is 2.1 million or 11.2% of the population. This percentage
appears to be continually increasing and where a plant based or vegan way of
life used to be considered fringe, it is moving ever closer to the mainstream.
This cultural shift as a snap shot of Australian society is interesting in context
of the AJPs aims of bringing more people on board and in support of a kinder,
greener and fairer Australia.
17Bryn Hills is convenor of the Ballarat AJP sub branch and has been a member
of the Party for approximately 5 years. He is candidate for the Party in the seat
of Wendouree for the upcoming Victorian election in November of this year.
He is also the founder of the Ballarat Vegan festival and is busily planning the
4th instalment of this Council supported community based event. Bryn is also a
member of the Ballarat Animal Advocates association and is active in the animal
rights community.
Workshop 3:
Peter Chen
Political Scientists Workshop – “Small party stratgies:
lessons from political science”
In this interactive session, three Australian political scientists provide their
observations and insights about what makes small political parties successful
and have longevity in the Australian political environment.
Dr Peter John Chen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government and
International Relations where he teaches Australian and regional politics, media
politics, and public policy. He is the author of Animal Welfare in Australia: Politics
and Policy (2016) and Australian Politics in a Digital Age (2013) and the co-editor
of Double Disillusion: The 2016 Australian Federal Election (2018).
12.30 PM – 12.55 PM: Convenors updates
12.55 PM – 1.25 PM: Close
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
14 October
2.00 pm – 4.30 pm
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