Leslie Leads Discussion About a Solitary Choice

23 Nov 2010

Buy tickets for this wonderful one woman show at the Seymour Centre and stay for Q & A chat with Leslie afterwards

 Leslie to launch Sex, Lies, and Pharmaceuticals in Melbourne

6 Sep 2010

Join Leslie in conversation with journalist and Harkness fellow Ray Moynihan at the launch of his new book.

 Leslie, Peter Craven and Monica Dux Discuss Greer & The Female Eunich Forty Years On

27 Jul 2010

 Help Leslie Win Science Gong!

19 Jul 2010

Leslie's been nominated as the best science microblogger - aka Tweeter - for Australian Science Week 2010. You don't have to tweet or blog to vote. Voting closes midnight this Friday 23 July so get in now!

 What Difference Will Julia Gillard Make for Women

28 Jun 2010

Leslie chats to Libbi Gore on ABC Local Radio 774

 Leslie to launch NUS "Abbott's Heaven, Your Hell" campaign

23 Jun 2010

What: National Union of Students' "Abbott's Heaven, Your Hell" Campaign Launch

 Leslie talks Virginity on 7PM Project

10 May 2010

Is virginity past its use-by date? Catch Leslie chatting to the panel about a Melbourne documentary filmaker's decision to auction two virgins on camera. 4 minutes and 30 seconds in.

 Leslie Talks with ABC NSW Statewide About Foul Language & Bad Behaviour

4 May 2010

What: Radio interview

Where: ABC NSW Statewide with Paul Turton

When: 4 May 2010, 4:20pm.

 Leslie and Catherine Deveny talk Atheism and the Media

13 Apr 2010

If you missed this event, watch the (not particularly high quality) video.

 Leslie and Lindy on Australia's Low Organ Donation Rate

3 Apr 2010

Tune into 774 to hear Leslie talk to Lindy about organ donation.

 Leslie joins Lyn Alison, Tanya Levin and Jane Caro at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention

12 Mar 2010

Gold tickets are already gone, but there are still seats left for the Rise of Atheism convention to be held in Melbourne, the first global meeting of its kind.

 Lara Bingle - A Question of Consent
8 Mar 2010

Tune into A Current Affair on Channel 9 at 6:30 to get Leslie's take on Binglegate.

 

 Leslie on 7PM Project Talking About Xenotransplantation

2 Feb 2010

The Xenotransplantation segment is about 9 minutes 35 seconds in.

 Leslie Tells ABC Listeners That Tony Abbott Will Make His Personal Religious Views About Women Political

27 Jan 2010

 Speedy Fish playing Live at "Don't Chase the Shadows, Just Enjoy the Ride"

6 Nov 2009

Speedy Fish, Leslie's musical trio, will play from 7:00pm at the opening of the "Don't Chase the Shadows" exhibition, featuring painting and sculpture by Vicki Clarke, Bruce Norton and Pamela Cunningham.

 Leslie Talks Stem Cells on The 7PM Project
30 Oct 2009

Leslie talks to the panel about the ethical implications of the latest scientific developments.

 

 Recent Changes to Termination of Pregnancy Practice in Victoria

26 Oct 2009

Leslie to discuss the implications for medical practitioners of the conscience clause in Victoria new abortion act. The seminar is part of the Hot Topics series run by the Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand.

 Speedy Fish at the Grocery Bar, St Kilda

18 Oct 2009

Leslie's musical trio (Ray Boseley, guitar and Mark O'Hehir on bass and keys) will be doing its crash hot contemporary and rock thang at the Grocery Bar. Come along for a drink, some coffee, or a bite to eat - all served with a side of good music.

 Leslie on SBS Insight "In Your Genes"

13 Oct 2009

Would you want to know if you were carrying a gene that could kill you? What if there's a risk of passing it to your kids? Truly riveting television filled with Australians grappling with this issues in real life, with Leslie and Oxford Professor Julian Savulescu doing our best to offer insightful ethical comment.

 Leslie on "The Grass is Always Greener"

12 Oct 2009

Every Monday, Radio National Life Matters deconstructs some old piece of wisdom with two guests. This week Leslie and Tim Wilson ask whether the grass is really greener on the other side.

 Speedy Fish at Cafe Umalicioius

27 Sep 2009

Leslie left-of-centre rock and contemporary trio is playing au deau - just Mark on keys and Leslie doing vocals.

 Speedy Fish at Cafe Umalicioius

20 Sep 2009

Leslie left-of-centre rock and contemporary trio is playing au deau - just Mark on keys and Leslie doing vocals.

 Leslie and Adam the Classic Couple

17 Sep 2009

Leslie and her partner Adam were just named the first "Classic Couple" for the Elsternwick Classic Cinema. After a stint in makeup and a whirlwind photo shoot in the local area, they are slated to arrive at the opening of (500) Days of Summer at the Classic to find the images of their romantic day up on the big screen. Come along if you want to see them in person, stills of them walking along the beach and feeding one another choc tops and popcorn, and the first screening of what is meant to be a good film.

 Leslie at 7pm
3 Sep 2009

Tune in to Network Ten's new current events format The 7pm Project to see me chat with hosts Charlie Pickering, Dave Hughes, Carrie Bickmore and Ruby Rose on Fiona Sing's battle for custody of the IVF embryos she created with her now-estranged fiance.

 
 Leslie and Catherine Deveny Talk Manners
30 Aug 2009

Listen in to ABC local radio 744 this Sunday 30 August 2009 at 11:00am for an irreverent look at the whether knowing which way to tilt your soup bowl really matters.

 

 Speedy Fish Rock St Kilda

23 Aug 2009

If you're free Sunday arvo, come on down and have a listen to Leslie's left of centre rock and contemporary trio.

 Leslie to Speak to NSW Dying with Dignity

9 Aug 2009

Come hear Leslie speak to a general meeting of NSW Dying with Dignity about doctor's conscience rights, and politician's conscience votes

 Leslie to Co-Host an ABC Local Radio Around Australia on Coping with Pandemics - Is Australia Ready?

6 May 2009

As H1N1 influenza continues to spread across the world, ABC local radio around Australia asks: how Australia would cope if it were hit right now by a pandemic, bio-terror attack or other large-scale disaster?

 Leslie to Speak at Melbourne High School About What Elite Sportsmen Are Teaching Our Boys

3 May 2009

The charge of sexual assault against rugby-league poster boy Brett Stewart is just the latest of a long list of alleged and often proven misdemeanors by elite male athletes. What can mothers and grandmothers do to ensure our teenagers look down on the misconduct of their heroes, and grow to manhood with the right kinds of ideas about women and booze.

 Leslie to Participate in NSW Abortion Law Reform Forum

1 May 2009

The NSW Greens have decided to start the debate on reforming abortion law in New South Wales. NSW common law on abortion is identical to the Victorian Menhennitt judgment, which was recently reformed and updated by more women-centred legislation passed late in 2008 by the Victorian Parliament.

 Leslie to speak at Steve Guest Rally on the Victorian Parliament House Steps

21 Apr 2009

Come along and support the right to die with dignity.

 Leslie to "Synthesise and Respond" at National Public Education Forum in Canberra

27 Mar 2009

National Public Education Forum organised by the Australian Council of State Schools, the Australian Education Union, the Australian Government Primary Principals Association, and the Australian Secondary Principals Association. Leslie to synthesise and respond to participants in afternoon session chaired by Jane Caro on achieving quality and equity in Australian schooling

 Leslie to Speak About Women and The New Faith

22 Mar 2009

A forum hosted by Dr Francis Macnab at St Michael's Uniting church

 Leslie to Speak to Young Activists About Campaigning for the Right to Choose

14 Mar 2009

In the wake of Pro Choice Victoria's successful campaign to give Victorian women the right to choose, Leslie has been invited by the National Union of Students to speak about PCV's strategy at a training camp aimed at giving women students across the nation a chance toshare skills, network and plan for the coming year.

 Leslie Appears on ABC TV's Q & A

26 Feb 2009

Watch her chat with program host Tony Jones and fellow panelists, including politicians Bill Shorten and Christopher Pyne, former Miss World Sabrina Houssami and writer/actor Jonathan Briggs.

 Speedy Fish playing at the St Kilda Bowling Club

30 Aug 2008

Speedy Fish, the latest incarnation of Leslie's band, is playing at the St Kilda Bowling Club. Speedy Fish covers hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s in the unique style they have made their own.

 Leslie to give evidence for Cain legal team

13 Aug 2008

Michael Cain is a young gay man who claims he was unfairly discriminated against by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service's deferment policy on gay donors. Leslie agreed, and so is traveling down to Hobart to give evidence in the case. Among her arguments is the contention that people may be harmed by being denied the opportunity to give to others.

 Leslie to Speak about Work/Life Balance at the University Western Sydney Women's Network Seminar

7 Aug 2008

Professor Janice Reid, the UWS Vice Chancellor launched the UWS Women's Network in 2007 to provide opportunities for women staff and interested community members to meet , network, learn and develop their careers.

 Leslie interviewed on Tropic Island Discs, 3MBS Classically Melbourne
20 Jul 2008

Tune into 3MBS, 103.5FM on Sunday 20th of July to hear her talk about music, work and life with Libby Anderson.

 

 Leslie Keynote Speaker at National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Victoria) Annual Luncheon

2 Apr 2008

The title of her talk is "No more talkfests! Solving the work/life crisis now!"

 Leslie to Speak at MSI Global Safe Abortion Conference 2007 in London

23 Oct 2007

Leslie to speak on "Breaking the silence": The threat anti-choice women-centered strategies pose to safe legal abortion and how the pro-choice movement can fight back" on day one of the conference as part of the plenary agenda on day one of the conference on Opposition.

 Leslie invited to speak at Australian Lesbian Medical Conference "Four Seasons - Challenges of Contemporary Health Care in a Changing Climate"

13 Oct 2007

Her topic? "Ethical Leadership: Obligations, Opportunities and Pitfalls". She will share a session with Dr Jo Wainer.

 Leslie Keynote Speaker at the Law Institute of Victoria President's Luncheon

19 Sep 2007

Leslie to explore whether work/life balance is really a possibility for Victoria's legal profession.

 Leslie Speaks to Bentleigh Progressive Synogogue (BPS) Seniors

18 Sep 2007

What: lunch and a discussion of "The Abortion Myth: Towards a progressive Jewish position on abortion"

 Leslie to speak at Melbourne Girls Grammar School

24 Aug 2007

Her topic? "To have or not to have children - and when? The choices and challenges facing young australian women." She'll also share a panel with Julian Burnside QC, Alan Attwood, Cecilia Reibel and Professor Kate Darian-Smith.

 Leslie to discuss "Being good without God"

22 Apr 2007

Other panelists include Peter Singer, Dennis Altman, Brian Ellis and Dick Gross

 Leslie to discuss Good Looks or Good Health: What's really at stake in the childhood obesity debate?

18 Apr 2007

What: The Annual General Meeting and Dinner of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER).

 Leslie to speak at the YWCA's Changin' It, Lovin' It Conference

17 Apr 2007

Her session is called "So you think it's your body" and will include lawyer Lesley Vick and CEO of Marie Stopes Suzanne Dvorjak

 Leslie to give evidence to Productivity Commission Review of Australia's Consumer Policy Framework

20 Mar 2007

Along with Melbourne lawyer Lesley Vick, she will argue that Australian citizens are entitled to protection from misleading and deceptive advertising, regardless of whether they have paid a fee for the falsely advertised service, or not.

 Leslie talks Ministerial Ethics with Lindy Burn on 774 ABC Melbourne Drive

15 Mar 2007

When: 15 March 2007, 4:45

 Leslie to speak on "The spin or the reality (or why transparency matters in public debates)"

8 Mar 2007

What: University of Melbourne Postgraduate Assocation International Women's Day Lunch

 Catch Leslie on the Catch-Up

2 Mar 2007

The Catch-Up is a weekday talk show premiering early in 2007. Covering news, entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, fashion and gossip, the show is pitched at Australian women. Leslie will be talking about reproductive rights with hosts Libby Gore, Mary Moody, Lise Oldfield and Zoe Sheridan. Deputy Opposition Leader Julia Gillard is meant to be there, too!

 Catch Leslie for the Weekly Watercooler Wrap on "9am with David and Kim"

2 Feb 2007

Panelists debate the week's events each Friday on the "9am with David & Kim" show, and about once a month, Leslie will be there, fighting it out with the likes of Herald columnist Andrew Bolt, 3AW's Ross Stevenson, the Age's Matthew Ricketson and comic Catherine Deveny.

 University of Sydney: Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine "Paternity Fraud"

15 Nov 2006

Leslie to talk about paternity fraud to staff, postgraduates and medicos at the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine. The event is open to the public.

 Hobart: "The current stem cell debate: science, politics and ethics"

1 Nov 2006

Leslie to give 2006 Betty Pybus Memorial Lecture in Hobart.

 Women in Engineering Lunch

12 Sep 2006

Leslie to speak to the Women in Engineering Lunch at the University of Melbourne

 Feminism and multi-culturalism: Do they mix?

30 Aug 2006

Leslie will be attempting to answer this question at a "politics at the pub" evening organised by the Melbourne University Political Interest Society.

 Missed out on tickets to the Veronicas?

26 Aug 2006

Lucky you, because much better things are in store for Melbourne-based music lovers on the evening of August 26, 2006.

 Keynote to the Association of Marriage and Relationship Educators

19 Aug 2006

Leslie will be speaking to professionals working mostly in the area of couple relationship education (prior to marriage), parenting education and couple counselling about the importance of equity in a marriage in terms of opportunities to care and to participate in the "public sphere".

 Careers, Relationships and Children: How women and men can have it all?

6 Aug 2006

Leslie to speak to delegates at the Gift and Homewares August Trade Fair.

 How to Write an Opinion Piece that Will Get Published
27 Jul 2006

Leslie to speak to academics and students at the Politics Department at the University of Melbourne. Not open to the public.

 

 The Challenge of Achieving Work/Life Balance

19 Jul 2006

Leslie to address the senior students of St Columba's College. Not open to the public.

 Melbourne Hearings of Senate Inquiry into Transparent Advertising and Notification of Pregnancy Counselling Services Bill 2005

18 Jul 2006

Leslie to give evidence in her capacity of spokeswoman for Reproductive Choice Australia at the Melbourne hearings. Open to the public. More information.

 What, No Baby? Young women and the challenges of career and family

26 Apr 2006

Leslie will be speaking to the monthly women-only lunch meeting of the Association of Women on Campus at the University of Melbourne (AWCUM) on 26 April 2006 from 1-2pm over lunch. Jim Potter room in Old Physics.

 Accusers, Abusers, Excusers: Dreyfus Revisited

23 Apr 2006

A hypothethical relating to the "Alfred Dreyfus" exhibition be held at the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne from 28 March to July 2006. Set in contemporary times in mythical "Ruritania", the hypothetical will explore issues of race, prejudice, the role of the media, the functions of law and refugees.

 Balancing Work and Family inquiry

10 Apr 2006

Leslie to give evidence to The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Human Services "Balancing Work and Family" inquiry

 Inquiry into Therapeutic Goods Amendment

3 Feb 2006

Leslie to give evidence to Senate Inquiry into Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial responsibility for approval of RU486) Bill 2005

 National Product Liability Association

17 Nov 2005

Leslie will talk about Designer Children and the Regulation of Assisted Reproduction and Genetic Technologies to the National Product Liability Association, a small professional association of lawyers, manufacturers, insurers and others with an interest in product liability. 17 November. Not Open to the Public

 Educating Girls, Catholic Secondary Principals AGM

4 Nov 2005

Educating Girls will be the topic of Leslie's presentation to the Catholic Secondary Principals AGM. 4 November. Not open to the public.

 The National Diversity Think Tank

25 Oct 2005

A new non-profit group of corporations working together to build the capacity of Australian business in diversity management has invited Leslie to participate in its Working & Caring Roundtable in Sydney. Not open to the public.

 Leslie to Give Evidence to the Legislation Review Committee (the Lockhart Review)

3 Oct 2005

On 17 June 2005, the Minister for Ageing, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, appointed a committee to conduct independent reviews of Australia's Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. The Committee is required to consult with the Australian, State and Territory governments and a broad range of people with expertise or experience in relevant disciplines. The Committee is calling for written submissions on the scope and operation of the two Acts.

 Leslie panel Speaker on "Women and the State of Play"

14 Sep 2005

An event co-hosted by Readings and the Victorian Women's Trust with Moira Rayner, Judy Horacek and Anne Manne

 The Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment's Inaugural Diversity Conference "Challenges and Advantages of integrating work, life, families and diversity"

7 Sep 2005

Leslie will be a guest speaker at the conference celebrating the CEOE's 20th Aniversery.

 Leslie speaking at The Age Melbourne Writer's Festival

23 Aug 2005

Sushi Das talks to the author of What, No Baby? Why women are losing the freedom to mother, and how they can get it back, Leslie Cannold.

 In the Family Way @ The Age Melbourne Writer's Festival

22 Aug 2005

Kaz Cooke, Jill Singer, Leslie Cannold and, as participating chair, Martien Snellen discuss sex, childbirth and reproduction.

 What is human? Biotechnology in sport and health

16 Aug 2005

Panel Discussion "What is human? Biotechnology in sport and health". Part of Science Week.

 Keynote Address to Staff at St Columbia's College

11 Aug 2005

Not open to public

 Leslie to speak at the State Library of Victoria

26 Jul 2005

Oz Prospect, in partnership with The Age and the State Library of Victoria present an after-work event focusing on work-life balance issues. Leslie, Misha Schubert and Don Edgar will be guests, with Readers Feast Selling the Books.

 Federal Women's Council of the Liberal Party: "Liberal Women Caring for Families" Conference

24 Jun 2005

Leslie will be a "Coming up with Solutions Panel" participant at the conference to be opened by the Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and the key-note speaker at the lunch.

 "Daddy Dearest?" the ethics and politics of "paternity fraud"

15 Jun 2005

Where: Philosophy Cafe, Murmur Bar, Warburton Lane, Melbourne, Victoria (Off Little Bourke, between Elizabeth and Queen Streets)

 Unions NSW - "Things Fall Apart: What work is doing to families and communities"

3 Jun 2005

Leslie to give keynote address, other guest speakers include: The former head of the Australian Institute of Family Studies Don Edgar and Juliet Bourke from the Taskforce on the Costs of Caring.

 Melbourne University Debating Society Public Debate on Abortion

11 May 2005

Dr Leslie Cannold, Professor Loane Skene, and Marcia Riordan (from the Archdiocese of Melbourne) and others discuss the question "Should be continued Medicare funding for abortion?"

 The Private World? Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Gender

28 Apr 2005

"The Personal is Political: Advocacy, Social Action and the Politics of Gender" Seminar Series

 The Politics of Women's Health

22 Apr 2005

Leslie is speaking in the plenary session of the Women's Health Conference. "The politics of women's health"

 Childless by Choice or Circumstance? Turbo-Charged Expectations of "Good" Mothers and the Irrationality of Choosing to Have Children in the Post-Modern World'

20 Apr 2005

"Full Reproductive Freedom: Is abortion the only issue?" at the New International Bookshop Co-op. April 20th 2005, 6:30. Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton Sth VIC.

 Readings Books: Carlton, Victoria
31 Mar 2005

"In conversation with Leslie Cannold" at Readings Books. March 31st 2005, 6:30. 338 Lygon St, Carlton VIC.

 

 Gleebooks: Glebe, New South Wales

22 Mar 2005

"Have Women Lost the Freedom to Mother, and Can they Get It Back?" at Gleebooks. March 22nd 2005, 6:30 for 7:00. 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe Sydney NSW.

 Avid Reader Bookshop: West End, Queensland

17 Mar 2005

"In conversation with Leslie Cannold" at Avid Reader Bookshop. March 17th 2005. 193 Boundary Street, West End Queensland.

 International Women's Day Lunch Address

11 Mar 2005

International Women's Day Lunch Address, the Union of Australian Women

 Career, Relationships and Children - Can Women Have it All

10 Mar 2005

Keynote Speaker, International Women's Day Event "Career, Relationships and Children - Can Women Have It All?"

 What, No Baby? launch

0 2005

What no baby launched by The Hon Joan Kirner AM, former Premier of Victoria and Co-Convener of EMILY's List Australia.

What, no baby? What, No Baby? takes us on journey into the lives of contemporary women who plan to have it all - marriage, motherhood and work - yet have been derailed by reluctant men, insatiably demanding jobs and ever-climbing expectations of what it takes to be a "good" mother.
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The Abortion Myth book cover The Abortion Myth forges a new women-centred abortion ethic capable of preserving a woman's right to control her body and her freedom to choose or reject motherhood.
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