Public forum with Les Murray
Speakers:
LES MURRAY
SBS soccer commentator who (with Dateline) recently returned to Hungary to find the people smuggler who helped his family flee the country in 1956
MIKE GREWCOCK (author of Border Crimes & UNSW Law lecturer)
EDWINA...
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Building Bridges Festival
Featuring the Herd, Watussi, Dog Trumpet, Ember and ROSiE
6pm through to 12am Friday, May 18
The Standard, Darlinghurst
$30 plus booking fee or $20 concession plus booking fee.
For more information and to book go to www.wearethestandard.com.au.
The...
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