Communities in Control 2007: From Advocacy to Policy: Communities Driving Change Relive the conference or find out what you missed out on - buy the DVD here Here are the transcripts and Powerpoint presentations (where used) of the keynote presenters at the 2007 Communities in Control conference - held at the Moonee Valley Racecourse on June 4 & 5, 2007. Speeches are posted in order of appearance at the conference. The Keynote speakers at the 2007 Communities in Control Conference SPEAKER SPEECH P'POINT Heloise Waislitz, Chair, The Pratt Foundation Speech: Opening of Communities in Control 2007 Click Here (58KB) Dr Jack Mundey AO, Grassroots organiser & father of the "Green Bans" movement Speech: From Ratbags to Heroes: Creating social movements and making the world a better place Click Here (71KB) Eva Cox AO, Author, social critic, advocate & academic Speech: What Future Do We Want? Click Here (63KB) Senator The Hon. Kay Patterson, Senator for Victoria, former Minister for Family & Community Services Speech: The ways community can engage with government to develop policy and programs that work Click Here (78KB) Bernard Salt, Social forecaster & partner with KPMG, author of The Big Shift Speech: Looking Back, Leaping Forward: the latest trends, facts and demographics you must know Click Here(102KB) Click Here (1MB) Community Idol Finalist Presentation: United Cricket Club Bendigo, Victoria Click Here (57KB) Click Here (2 MB) Community Idol Finalist Presentation: two eight two eight Gulargambone, NSW Click Here (49KB) Community Idol Finalist Presentation: Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Corporation Perth, WA Click Here (64KB) Click Here (12MB) The Honourable Peter Batchelor MLA, Minister for Victorian Communities Speech: The Virtuous Circle: Community - Government - Policy - Action Click Here (78KB) Angela Glover Blackwell, 2007 International Pratt Fellow, social change trailblazer, Founder & President of PolicyLink Speech: Igniting Change: the real role fo community in changing Government policy Click Here (90KB) Tom Bentley, Executive Director for Policy and Cabinet for the Premier of Victoria,former director DEMOS Speech: Reform or Revolution: The UK experience of getting government to work to a community agenda Click Here (75KB) Sam Lipski AM, CEO, The Pratt Foundation, distinguished thinker, writer, orator and media expert Speech: Mastering the Media: How communities can use the media to shape policy Click Here (75KB) The Great Debate, "Elected Governments - federal, state & local - should decide on community priorities because the only place to influence policy is through elections" Chaired by The Hon. Joan Kirner AM, former Premier of Victoria, and with presentations by Anne Dunn (community advisor & community arts expert); Waleed Aly (Islamic Council of Victoria), John Roskam (Institute of Public Affairs) & Karyn Walsh (Queensland Council of Social Services) Click Here (118KB) Click here (19KB) Sharan Burrow, President, the Australian Council of Trade Unions Speech: The 2007 Community Leadership Oration Click Here (79KB)