City Program
Tampa: 20 Years On
Sat 4 Sep, 2pm
The Wheeler Centre, Performance SpaceThis year marks 20 years since the Tampa boat was famously turned away from our shores, sparking debate between Australia, Norway and Indonesia over their responsibility to the refugees onboard and marking a watershed moment in the creation of a border protection policy that has informed successive governments’ approach to refugees who arrive by boat. Appearing live via video, Tampa survivor turned Fulbright scholar Abbas Nazari (After the Tampa) discusses the legacy of the incident, the life he has since built in New Zealand, and the power of hope, with on-stage interviewer Michael Green.
Event artists
Michael Green is a Walkley Award-winning journalist. He is the host of The Messenger podcast about immigration detention on Manus Island, and an editor and producer of They Cannot Take the Sky, a book and an exhibition about Australian immigration detention.
Abbas is a proud Afghan-Kiwi and the author of After the Tampa, a memoir of his family's journey of fleeing Afghanistan as refugees, being rescued by the Tampa, and finding a home in New Zealand.
More events like this one
City Program
Sat 11 Sep, 2pm
Cancelled Wishlist Is it time we overhaul how and when we teach young people about sex and consent? Dr Melissa Kang, Yumi Stynes, Bri Lee and Christopher Fisher chat with Benjamin Law.
City Program
Sat 4 Sep, 4pm
CancelledFree Wishlist Sam van Zweden (Eating with My Mouth Open) and Sarah Walker (The First Time I Thought I Was Dying) talk about reconnecting with our unruly minds and bodies, with Eloise Grills.
Suburban Program
Sat 4 Sep, 11am
CancelledFree Wishlist Join cultural critic Randa Abdel-Fattah as she discusses Coming of Age in the War on Terror, an expansive work that examines the lives of a generation socialised against widespread Islamophobia.
City Program
Sun 12 Sep, 2pm
Cancelled Wishlist Triple J presenter Bridget Hustwaite (How to Endo) joins ABC Radio presenter Jacinta Parsons (Unseen) to share their experiences of living with invisible illness, on stage with Jamila Rizvi.