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