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Exploring family law impactA CHIEF Justice widely

recognised for her role in

establishing the Federal

Magistrates Court will

deliver this year’s Austin

Asche Oration, titled “The

Big Picture: Responding

to Challenges Arising in

International Family Law”.

When appointed Chief

Justice of the Family Court in

2004, The Honourable Chief

Justice Diana Bryant AO

became the second woman

to head a federal court

in Australia.

The Austin Asche Oration in Law and Governance

will be held on Thursday, 12 September from 5pm to

7pm at the Nitmiluk Lounge Level 4, Parliament House.

The event is free. RSVP to E: rsvp@cdu.edu.au or

P: 8946 6554. The oration honours the contribution of

The Honourable Austin Asche AC QC to the NT community.

Alice plans info eveningAN information evening at Alice Springs campus on

18 September will provide prospective students, friends

and their families with the opportunity to explore the broad

range of programs that CDU offers in the Red Centre.

Central Australian Director Paul Fitzsimons said staff

from vocational education, higher education and the

research sector would offer information about ongoing

activities at the campus.

“We’ll also have a sausage sizzle, music and guided

tours of our facilities,” he said. The four-hour event will

start at 3pm, immediately following the annual

Try-A-Skills program.

Exploring women’s rolesCOMPLETING their

studies in visual arts is

just the beginning for five

talented artists who have

mounted an exhibition

that documents the

development and evolution

of their artistic practices.

Bachelor of Visual Arts

graduates Joanne Green,

Daniela Eugster, Sarah

Moller, Yvette Martin and

Nena Zanos have artwork

in an exhibition titled

“Afterlife II”. The works

reflect the roles women

perform as mothers,

daughters, friends, partners,

professionals, citizens,

academics and artists.

Another five women artists from the NT have works in

the exhibition, which includes paintings, paper cuts, prints,

sculptures and wearable art. The exhibition runs until

14 September at the Darwin Visual Arts Association

Gallery, 56 Wood Street. Entry is free.

Apprentices on the boilA NEW apprentice boilermaker program in the NT is

training 15 apprentices. CDU Pro Vice-Chancellor VET

John Hassed said the program provided apprentices with

an opportunity to fast-track entry into the industry with a

set of skills employers were looking for.

Launched by Education Minister Peter Chandler, the

program provides employers with work-ready apprentices

to help minimise the impact on productivity that can

be experienced during the early stages of training. The

apprentices will complete the first year of their program

in about 26 weeks. CDU will deliver trade-related work

experience and Group Training NT has arranged a number

of work placements to expand the apprentices’ work

experience.

On Campuswith

ON CAMPUS

The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO

Joanne Green’s paper cut, “Rosewood 1”, is part ofthe Afterlife II exhibition

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Protesters line upin Assad’s corner

A cutout of US President Barack Obama stands on the footpath amid a protest in Washington against any attack on Syria

NEW YORK: Hundreds ofpeople have protested in NewYork’s Times Square overpossible US plans to strikeSyria’s regime, which it be-lieves to be behind a deadlychemical attack.

Supporters of Syrianstrongman Bashar al-Assad,backers of the oppositionwho want a US intervention,and Americans who say theycan’t stomach another warall took to the iconic Manhat-tan Square.

‘‘US, NATO, hands offSyria,’’ chanted hundreds ofprotesters, weaving throughthousands of tourists, somecarrying pictures of Assad,others just declaring them-selves against another war.

Khaldon Makhoul, 43, aphysician who moved fromSyria to the US 17 years ago,held a sign reading: ‘‘Syria.Iraq. Same Lies.’’

‘‘It is another lie and a lot ofpeople are gonna die for noth-ing,’’ he said. ‘‘Where is thechemical weapons? Untilnow we didn’t find it. USsoldiers will die for nothing.Where is the evidence?’’

Others, Syrians of Christ-ian origin, carrying the coun-try’s red-black-white flag, de-fended Assad and wrote offthe accusations he was be-hind a deadly chemical at-tack last week as utter lies.

One street down a handfulof backers of the Syrian op-position carried the black and

green flag chanting: ‘‘Assad isa terrorist. Assad is Hitler.’’

Occasionally as the otherprotesters walked past theytraded angry insults, withpolice stationed watchfullybetween them.

The US is still seeking an‘‘international coalition’’ inresponse to Syria’s alleged useof chemical weapons, despitea vote against military actionby British MPs, Defence Sec-retary Chuck Hagel says.

‘‘Our approach is to con-tinue to find an internationalcoalition that will act to-gether,’’ Mr Hagel said.

He said Washington re-spected the British parlia-ment’s stance rejecting par-ticipation in any punitive

strikes against Syria’s regi-me. A shock House of Com-mons vote defeated BritishPrime Minister David Ca-meron’s bid to win supportfor military intervention inSyria on Thursday.

‘‘Every nation has a re-sponsibility to make its owndecisions,’’ Mr Hagel said.

‘‘We are continuing to con-sult with the British as withall of our allies.

‘‘That consultation in-cludes ways forward togetheron a response to this chemi-cal weapons attack in Syria.’’

Asked if there was any-thing Syria could do to pre-vent possible US military ac-tion, Mr Hagel said he couldnot speculate.

Air NZ flight fright as it loses pressureWELLINGTON: Passengerson an Air New Zealand flightto Auckland had a scarewhen the plane lost pressureand rapidly descended.

The oxygen masks auto-matically deployed after thegradual loss of cabin pres-sure on the Boeing 737-300,which left Wellington yester-day morning, Air New Zea-land chief flight operations

and safety officer CaptainDavid Morgan said.

‘‘The pilots immediately in-itiated a descent to 7000 feetand the cabin crew advisedpassengers that oxygenmasks were no longer re-quired at that point.’’

The plane landed withoutfurther incident, Mr Morgansaid. The plane was carrying76 passengers and five crew.

Air NZ engineers and theTransport Accident Investi-gation Commission are in-vestigating why the planelost pressure.

Air NZ had taken it out ofservice until the cause wasdiscovered, TAIC chief inves-tigator Tim Burfoot said.

Two investigators had ar-rived in Auckland and werelooking over the plane.

MP Claudette Hauiti wason the flight and tweeted:

‘‘Drama on airnz414 well-Akld depressurisation oxy-gen Masks down passengerscalm crew great all is welllanded safely.’’

She also said: ‘‘Althoughour oxygen masks didn’tdrop thank goodness forlaurabarnett had long armspopped the hatch.’’

Crucified over jobsASUNCION: Eight busdrivers in Paraguay and oneof their wives have under-gone crucifixion in a grue-some protest after the driverswere sacked.

The protesters have had38cm nails driven into theflesh between their middleand index fingers and into

lengths of wood. They havevowed to continue theirprotest near the bus ter-minal at Luque, 12km out-side Asuncion, until they aregiven their jobs back.

Each protester has beenpositioned next to an emptycoffin, saying they wouldcontinue ‘‘to the end’’.

Governor blown upKUNDUZ: A suicide bomberhas blown himself up at a mo-sque in northern Afghanis-tan, killing the local districtgovernor, with an unknownnumber of other casualties.

‘‘The bomber targetedSheikh Sadruddin, the dis-trict governor of Archi, thismorning in the yard of a mo-

sque while he was attend-ing a prayer ceremony,’’Sayed Sarwar Husseini,spokesman for the provinceof Kunduz, said yesterday.

Taliban insurgents havelaunched a spate of attacks,with more than 30 peoplekilled on Wednesday in sep-arate strikes.