BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-Tpt7-m0@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20181118T020000Z DTEND:20181118T030000Z DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the inaugural community radio broadcast by the Blue Mountains Unions & Community team.\n\nTune in at Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 FM or stream live from https://rbm.org.au/ at 1pm on Sundays to hear Rig hts\, Rorts and Rants\, where we talk about your rights\, how they're rort ed and rant about solutions.\n\nRights\, Rorts and Rants will be presented by a different BMUC member each week.\n SEQUENCE:1542076436 SUMMARY:Inaugural Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1 com munity radio URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/21909-inaugural-rights -rorts-and-rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1-community-radio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-AkNoL6w@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190411T100000Z DTEND:20190411T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Rights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your ri ghts\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up f or your rights. We also report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in o n 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nIf you missed the show \, you can now hear it on SoundCloud.\n\nTonight on Rights\, Rorts and Ran ts we hear about attacks on our right to withdraw our labour and hear some views on how we can change the rules and restore that right.\n\nAlex Claa ssens\, NSW Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union\, speaking at a Polit ics in the Pub in August last year gives us the background of the indust rial action by rail workers that was suspended by the Fair Work Commission .\n\nIn February this year Erima Dall from the Right to Strike campaign sp oke at another Politics in the Pub "Change the Rules" about the right to strike. Tonight we feature an interview with Erima by Fran Dyson on her vi ews on how we ensure those rights are restored after the e... SEQUENCE:1555033802 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24459-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-2jhmmO0@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190418T100000Z DTEND:20190418T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Tonight on Rights\, Rorts and Rants - Penalty Rates. \n\nWith Easter and Anzac Day happening this month and further cuts to #penaltyrate s scheduled for 1st July if this government is re-elected\, we look at pen alty rates. Their history\, why they exist\, how they work and what happen s when they're cut.\n\nAnd of course! Some action to take against the cuts ! \n\nPresented by Deb Smith\n\nRights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your rights\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up for your rights. We also report on issues of local im portance.\n\nTune in on 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\n Blue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice\, workers\, ful l employment\, equality and the environment.\n\nTo find out more about Blu e Mountains Unions & Community scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simp ly click on its image\, to connect with our websites\, blog and social med ia.\n\n\nHosted by Blue Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue M... SEQUENCE:1555564510 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24460-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-7iTLwI4@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190425T100000Z DTEND:20190425T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Rights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your ri ghts\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up f or your rights. We also report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in o n 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice\, workers\, full employment\, equalit y and the environment.\n\nTo find out more about Blue Mountains Unions & C ommunity scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simply click on its image\ , to connect with our websites\, blog and social media.\n\n\nHosted by Blu e Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc)\n SEQUENCE:1554534762 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24461-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-coIF_lI@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190502T100000Z DTEND:20190502T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Rights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your ri ghts\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up f or your rights. We also report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in o n 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice\, workers\, full employment\, equalit y and the environment.\n\nTo find out more about Blue Mountains Unions & C ommunity scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simply click on its image\ , to connect with our websites\, blog and social media.\n\n\nHosted by Blu e Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc)\n SEQUENCE:1554534731 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24462-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-eBgL3J0@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190509T100000Z DTEND:20190509T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Rights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your ri ghts\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up f or your rights. We also report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in o n 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice\, workers\, full employment\, equalit y and the environment.\n\nTo find out more about Blue Mountains Unions & C ommunity scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simply click on its image\ , to connect with our websites\, blog and social media.\n\n\nHosted by Blu e Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc)\n SEQUENCE:1554534878 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24463-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-nisSUQE@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190509T100000Z DTEND:20190509T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Rights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your ri ghts\, how they're rorted and we rant about what you can do to stand up f or your rights. We also report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in o n 89.1FM or stream on  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community stand for social justice\, workers\, full employment\, equalit y and the environment.\n\nTo find out more about Blue Mountains Unions & C ommunity scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simply click on its image\ , to connect with our websites\, blog and social media.\n\n\nHosted by Blu e Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc)\n SEQUENCE:1554534845 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/24464-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-QubEz4s@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190616T053000Z DTEND:20190616T103000Z DESCRIPTION:Thank you\, everyone\, who came and bought tickets! It was a gr eat success despite the rotten weather. \n\nGood company\, great music an d delicious food! Isn't that one of the best parts of life?\n\nIf you miss ed out but would still like to contribute\, you can make a direct donatio n online.\n--------------------------------------------------------------- \nMingling and music!\n\nWe'd really love you to join us at our BBQ fundr aiser for "Sing It! Say It!" and our other activities to enjoy an afternoo n/evening of delicious food and local\, live entertainment and to help us out.  If you can't make it to the BBQ you can still help out by making a direct donation online. \nBut hurry! Tickets are limited!\n\nOpen fires\, great conversation and good food\, enhanced by local musicians Wolf van d er Made (2018 winner of Sing It! Say It!)\, Sy Dyson and Isaac Beggs.\n\nW e start in the afternoon with fine finger food provided by Japonica Cateri ng. This will be followed later in the afternoon/early even... LOCATION:66 Cascade St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1560772750 SUMMARY:It's an ACTIVIST FEAST! URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25060-it-s-an-activist -feast END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-WWAII3w@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190516T100000Z DTEND:20190516T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Tonight on Rights\, Rorts and Rants we talk about raising the r ate of Newstart Allowance\, the demonisation of people who receive Centrel ink payments\, Universal Basic Income and the Jobs Guarantee.\n\nRights\, Rorts and Rants\, where you can find out about your rights\, how they're r orted and we rant about what you can do to stand up for your rights. We a lso report on issues of local importance.\n\nTune in on 89.1FM or stream o n  https://www.rbm.org.au/.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community stand fo r social justice\, workers\, full employment\, equality and the environmen t.\n\nTo find out more about Blue Mountains Unions & Community scan our QR code with a QR reader\, or simply click on its image\, to connect with ou r websites\, blog and social media.\n\n\nHosted by Blue Mountains Unions & Community\n\n(Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc)\n SEQUENCE:1557981270 SUMMARY:Rights\, Rorts and Rants on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25112-rights-rorts-and -rants-on-radio-blue-mountains-89-1fm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-2diWcFY@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190518T080000Z DTEND:20190518T120000Z DESCRIPTION:Looking for somewhere to wait with anticipation with other left ies on election night?\n\nYou're invited to come and nail bite with BMUC P resident Kerry Cooke after the polls close.\n LOCATION:104 Lurline St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1558078252 SUMMARY:BMUC Post Election Get Together URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25135-bmuc-post-electi on-get-together END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-OkP3gBU@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190629T080000Z DTEND:20190629T100000Z DESCRIPTION:Commemorative Sign \n\nVernon Moffitt (1924-2001) &\nJoyce Mof fitt (1930-1999)\n\nStrong Unionists\; Strong Environmentalists\n\nDobbs D rift Lookout and State Mine Heritage Park\, State Mine Gully Road\, Lithgo w\n\nHosted by Combined Retired Union Members Association (CRUMA)\n\nEnqui ries to  John Koch 0450 476 036\n\nFor those wishing to come a day earl ier by country train from Sydney Saturday 29 June\, 2019\, see accommodat ion details below and schedule.\n\nFor those wishing to come on the day S unday 30 June\, 2019 see schedule.\n\nFor those wishing to stay another n ight\, leaving Monday 1st July\, 2019 see schedule.\n\nUnionists please wear union t-shirts & bring banners for Sunday commemorative sign\n\nWear good & warm walking shoes\; rug up\, wear thermal underwear\, jumpers\, scarfs\, gloves and coat. Bring umbrella & raincoat in case. IT WILL BE VE RY COLD! Please note an ABC TV crew may be joining us.\n\nAccommodation - PLEASE BOOK EARLY\nCourt House Hotel\, 1 Main Street\, Lithgow 6351 3234.. . LOCATION:3/7 Tank St\, Lithgow NSW 2790\, Australia SEQUENCE:1558519285 SUMMARY:Vernon and Joyce Moffit Commemorative Sign - 1 or 2 days URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25250-vernon-and-joyce -moffit-commemorative-sign-1-or-2-days END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-rahilzg@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190803T050000Z DTEND:20190803T070000Z DESCRIPTION:Secrecy is the enemy of fairness.\n\nAustralia's environmental\ , labour\, and health and safety laws are threatened by a free trade agree ment\, the RCEP\, currently being negotiated between Australia\, New Zeala nd\, China\, India\, South Korea and the ten member countries of ASEAN - a bout half of the world's population. How can we ensure trade is globally f air\, safe and environmentally friendly?\n\n \n\nSpeakers:\n\nDr Pat Rana ld\n\nConvenor Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) & Re search Fellow\, University of Sydney.\n\nDr Ranald will speak about the RC EP\, a massive traded deal currently being negotiated in secret. Her focus will be Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions which allow c ompanies to sue governments when changes to environmental\, labour\, hea lth\, safety and other laws reduce profit. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Sch eme is potentially at risk.\n\n \n\nAnna Spoore \n\nVice Chair Fair Trad e Association Australia and New Zealand. Director of Uplift Fair ... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1564787462 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - Can Free Trade Agreements be Fair Trade Agree ments? URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25790-politics-in-the- pub-can-free-trade-agreements-be-fair-trade-agreements END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-8GD4egE@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20191012T070000Z DTEND:20191012T125900Z DESCRIPTION:We're pleased to announce the successful applicants for the Sin g It! Say It!\n#ActivistFestTalentQuest!\n\nSaturday 12th October\n\nCome\ , be inspired\, connect with activists from the Media\, Entertainment and Arts Alliance\, the Health Services Union\, Give a Dam\, Extinction Rebell ion (XR)\, Katoomba Airfield and Blue Mountains Unions & Community and vo te for your favourite performer.\n\nOn Saturday 12th October at the Family Hotel from 7pm\, the following contestants will be performing original po etry\, spoken or musical work and calling for others to join them in #Coll ectiveAction about the things they care about:\n\nBlumesday\n\nHelena Zadr o-Jones\n\nInLärm\n\nMadam Fatale\n\nPaddy Connor\n\nPatrick O'Reilly\n\n Rebecca Mann\n\nSafire Palms\n\nSophia Fletcher\n\nTigermoth\n\nThe compet ition runs from 7pm to 10:30pm\, when the prizes decided by an audience vo te will be awarded. \n\nFirst prize: $500 donated by the Health Services Union\nSecond prize: $300\nThird prize: $200\nplus there ar... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1569666501 SUMMARY:Sing It! Say It! An Activist Fest Talent Quest! URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/25865-sing-it-say-it-a n-activist-fest-talent-quest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-yOniMMM@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20190912T080000Z DTEND:20190912T103000Z DESCRIPTION:Ian Frape - Life Membership of Blue Mountains Teachers Associat ion Presentation \n\nBMUC members are invited to be there when local Blue Mountains teacher and former BMUC member\, Ian Frape will be awarded life membership of the Blue Mountains Teachers Association by Henry Rajendra Senior Vice President of NSW Teachers Federation.\n\nPlease come and have dinner with the Blue Mountains Teachers Association on this important nigh t for Blue Mountains Unionism.\n\nThe event will take place in the Bistro of the Family Hotel.\n\nPlease note: The start time has changed from 6:30p m to 6pm.\n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1568161299 SUMMARY:Last chance! Ian Frape Award night tomorrow! Please RSVP. URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/26305-last-chance-ian- frape-award-night-tomorrow-please-rsvp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-hlPHRYc@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20191123T040000Z DTEND:20191123T060000Z DESCRIPTION:As income inequality increases our government's policies  offer\, not a helping hand up\, but shaming\, punishment and a  push into even deeper poverty.\n\nCalls to #RaiseTheRate of Newstart Allowance from $124/week below the poverty line by at least $75 per week a re broadly supported by groups ranging from charities which are increasin gly being called on to fill the welfare gaps for basics like adequate food to business groups seeking the economic stimulus of spending in local ec onomies.\n\nThe LNP are ideologically opposed to raising the rate of Centr elink payments\, particularly Newstart. PM Scott Morrison's use of the slo gan "If you have a go\, you'll get a go" is not only untrue. It's also a f ailure - or refusal - to acknowledge the low rate of Newstart is in itsel f an obstacle to "having a go".\n\nOrganisations like the Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre\, the community and health sector bodies represente d by ACOSS and the Centrelink workers represented by the CPSU are increasi ngl... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1574205344 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - War on the Poor URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/27477-politics-in-the- pub-war-on-the-poor END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-dRVVBqc@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20191221T033000Z DTEND:20191221T053000Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a pre-Christmas Book Launch of "The Hockney s Never Worry What the Neighbours Think" by John Hockney.\n\nIntroduced b y Mary Moody\, which will be followed by a personal book signing by author John Hockney.\n\nRSVP Marilla North 0414 695 980 or book a free ticket\n\ nThe book seller is Gleebooks.\n LOCATION:Grose St &\; Megalong St\, Leura NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1576635229 SUMMARY:Book signing and launch "The Hockneys Never Worry What the Neighbou rs Think" URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/27846-book-signing-and -launch-the-hockneys-never-worry-what-the-neighbours-think END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-m2v62Qo@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20200503T003000Z DTEND:20200503T020000Z DESCRIPTION:Our May General Meeting will be online. If you are an existing BMUC member you should have already received an email with a link to the m eeting.\n\nIf you would like to attend as a guest\, please click on the fr ee ticket link and we'll be in touch with you.\n\nIf you'd like to become a member of BMUC\, click on this link to complete an application.\n\nIf yo u have any problems\, send an email to bmucinc@gmail.com.\n SEQUENCE:1588028108 SUMMARY:General Meeting - Blue Mountains Unions & Community - online URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/29486-general-meeting- blue-mountains-unions-community-online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-aW_X9T0@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20200614T003000Z DTEND:20200614T020000Z DESCRIPTION:This is a BMUC members only event.\n\nNormally we welcome guest s at our meetings but pandemic restrictions mean we need to temporarily li mit our meetings to members only. You can apply to become a member via thi s online application.\n\nWe need to limit "in person" attendance to 10 peo ple because of pandemic restrictions. To manage this\, a limited number of free tickets will be available via TidyHQ and only ticket holders will be able to attend the meeting in person. Online access to the meeting will b e made available to members who are unable or do not wish to attend in per son. 2 of the 10 tickets have been reserved for the Chair (Kerry Cooke) an d Minute Taker (Debra Smith).\n\nThe meeting has been postponed for a week \, until 14th June\, because the Dining Room at the Family Hotel will be open to diners all day\, and therefore not available for our meeting\, on the day we would normally hold the meeting (the first Sunday in the month) as it's not only the first weekend the pub will be ... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1591187743 SUMMARY:BMUC General Meeting tickets URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/29777-bmuc-general-mee ting-tickets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-ORS0Vbw@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20200802T003000Z DTEND:20200802T020000Z DESCRIPTION:MEMBERS ONLY EVENT\n\nMembers will receive an Agenda with a Zoo m link via their email. \n\nCOVID-19 restrictions mean that we can only m eet at the hotel in groups of 10 which arrive separately. Please sign the hotel register when you arrive.\n\nIf you have trouble booking a ticket\, login to TidyHQ and check your membership. If you are unfinancial you won 't be able to book a ticket.\n SEQUENCE:1596181822 SUMMARY:BMUC General Meeting August 2020 URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/30562-bmuc-general-mee ting-august-2020 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-9aZokgE@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20200830T040000Z DTEND:20200830T083000Z DESCRIPTION:Ticket sales have now closed but donations can still be made.\n \nWe are able to merge the two sessions into one and will start later at 2pm but this means tickets are now sold out. \n \n\nSession 1 - now 2pm to 6:30pm (was originally 1pm to 3pm)\nSession 2 - now 2pm to 6:30pm (was originally 3:30pm to 6:30pm)\n\n\nIt's time to fire up for another Sing It ! Say It! fundraiser!\n\nEveryone who came last time told us they thorough ly enjoyed themselves - getting together with comrades socially with no Mi nutes\, no meeting\, no agendas and no BMUC jobs to attend to. Just good food\, good company and good conversation.\n\nOf course\, we need to work with pandemic restrictions\, remembering that what we organise now might h ave to be changed at very short notice\, but we'll do our best with what w e know now and let you know as soon as possible of any changes. That's wh y you'll be asked for your contact information when you book a ticket.\n\n Tickets have been sold in "two sittings" to comply with p... LOCATION:66 Cascade St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia entry at rear via Ha rvey St SEQUENCE:1598761199 SUMMARY:Activist Feast BMUC Social Fundraiser URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/30572-activist-feast-b muc-social-fundraiser END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-QYBq_SM@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20201025T030000Z DTEND:20201025T070000Z DESCRIPTION:BMUC fundraiser.\n\nBring something for yourself to throw on th e barbie and your own drinks!\n\nIf you bring a savoury plate to share wit h others you'll pay less for your ticket! Just let Susan Lammiman know wha t you intend to bring by sending her an email at susan.lammiman@bigpond.c om. As well as opening here home\, Susan will generously provide salads an d desert.\n\nMusician and BMUC member Tom Flood has agreed to entertain us ! Good music\, good food and good company - does life get any better tha n this?\n\nTicket sales close 23rd October.\n\nThe tiresome but necessary part...\n\nMaximum of 20 people at a time at the time of publishing. Ticke t availability may change if pandemic restrictions change. Under the rules as at 8/10/2020\, "if there are more than 20 visitors at a home at any one time\, every person will be held individually responsible for a breac h of the public health order."\n LOCATION:11 Martin St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1602972690 SUMMARY:Fundraiser BBQ URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/31340-fundraiser-bbq END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-7yDPR7s@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20201219T073000Z DTEND:20201219T123000Z DESCRIPTION:It's An Activist Fest Talent Quest with MC Willem Hendriksen o f Retro Rehash!\n\nWe're pleased to announce the acts which have made it p ast our audition stage! They'll be performing at Sing It! Say It! at the F amily Hotel on 19th December from 6:30pm and you\, the audience\, will get to decide who wins the prizes of $500\, $300 and $200!\n\nWe'll also have speakers from local student climate activists\, MESCA\, one of the Presen ters of our Rights\, Rorts and Rants radio show\, and Blue Mountains Union s & Community President Kerry Cooke.\n\nMost of the acts will be performin g original material. \n\nDeej Aye\n\nSam Bucca\n\nLinda Mizzi\n\nDirty Bi ndoff & Pub Skrillex\n\nLexodious Dadd\n\nSy Dyson\n\nYanhadarrambal\n\nKa y.Collier\n\nTrash Baby\n\nGabbi Bolt\n\nFuq boi n tha boiz\n\nEdith Grove \n\nJacky Parker\n\nAleisha Khan\n\nYou can also watch our Rights\, Rorts and Rants and Blue Mountains Unions & Community Facebook pages for upd ates. \n\nIf you're interested in sponsoring the event\, cont... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1607474306 SUMMARY:Sing It! Say It! 2020 URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/31570-sing-it-say-it-2 020 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-7OnTRyA@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20211011T073000Z DTEND:20211011T110000Z DESCRIPTION:Our long time BMUC supporters\, the Family Hotel\, will be re-o pening on Monday thanks to a loosening of pandemic restrictions which mean s the pub will be able serve fully vaccinated guests.\n\nMany of us have missed getting together at the Family so we'll having a social catch up fr om 6:30pm at the Family on Monday.\n\nSome of our radio team will be there too\, so if you'd like to take part in a vox pop for broadcast on the fol lowing Friday\, come along and have a chat. We'll be there with our record ers. Tell us what you've missed or how have you felt about lockdown? How do you feel about re-opening? How good does it feel to be having a drink with your mates again?\n\nOr\, just come along\, support a local business that supports us\, and catch up with old and new friends.\n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1633741840 SUMMARY:Drinks at the Family Hotel URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/35005-drinks-at-the-fa mily-hotel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-XfU-5x8@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20211016T050000Z DTEND:20211016T060000Z DESCRIPTION:Happening soon at 4pm!\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\nThe Air Watch te am of Blue Mountains Unions & Community wants you to know about their cam paign to reinstall air pollution monitors with publicly available data in almost real time across the Blue Mountains and Lithgow communities. Our e vent is one of the Blue Mountains Environmental Sustainability Network's " Let’s Showcase What We Are Doing\, Even During Lockdown" online events.\ n\nIn our area we can rapidly go from unpolluted air to choking bushfire s moke. Hear about the campaign to monitor and share air quality information from a panel with expertise in local environmental activism\, environment science\, and protecting workers health and safety.\n\nChaired by Peter L ammiman of BMUC's Air Watch team.\n\nSpeakers:\nJulie Favell - Lithgow Env ironment Group\nMaggie Davidson - Environment Scientist based at the Weste rn Sydney University\nNatasha Flores - Industrial Officer Unions NSW\n\n  \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n \n SEQUENCE:1634356145 SUMMARY:Air Watch - Monitoring Air Pollution in the Blue Mountains URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/37826-air-watch-monito ring-air-pollution-in-the-blue-mountains END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-_q4iLOQ@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20211205T010000Z DTEND:20211205T050000Z DESCRIPTION:The end of year get together for Blue Mountains Unions & Commun ity members will be held at Fran Dyson's place after the Annual General Me eting (which starts at 10:30am) and the December General Meeting (which wi ll start after the AGM). The address is 66 Cascade St\, Katoomba but the e ntrance (and parking) is at the rear in Harvey St.\n\nPlease bring a plate and your own drinks\, and register for a free ticket to help Fran with pl anning the event taking weather and potential COVID restrictions into acc ount.\n\nYou can find the rules to keep us safe from COVID here. Of course they may change at short notice. At present visitors to a residence need to be fully vaccinated unless they are under 16 or medically exempt.\n\nNi ck Franklin is organising a Trivia competition as a fundraiser\, so if you would like to enter\, bring $5. Merran MacLaren will also bring her ukule le and some union songs for us to sing along with.\n\nThe ticketing system has been restricted to members\, but if you'd like ... LOCATION:66 Cascade St\, Katoomba.Enter via Harvey St\, at the rear of the property.  SEQUENCE:1638187850 SUMMARY:BMUC End of 2021 Get Together URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/38829-bmuc-end-of-2021 -get-together END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-hQmUgwQ@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20220226T040000Z DTEND:20220226T060000Z DESCRIPTION:It's Australia's other pandemic\, the Pork Pandemic\, and Austr alians are sick of it as more and more pork barreling rorts are exposed. M illions and millions of tax payer dollars - your money - are splurged on d ubious "grants" to marginal seats as the Coalition desperately clings to p ower.\n\nAccording to the Liberals\, it's not corrupt\, it's business as u sual. Their answer to demands for a strong and independent commission\, a strong Federal ICAC\, is a model so toothless it's widely regarded as a jo ke.\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community believes that the only way to bea t the Coalition rorters is for Australia to have a truly independent feder al watchdog with real powers to investigate institutionalised corruption - a Federal ICAC.\n\nSpeakers:\nRoss Jones. Is so concerned about corruptio n\, he's a founding member of the Federal ICAC Now political party with a single objective - the establishment of a federal commission against corru ption. His message will be particularly relevant in t... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1645772849 SUMMARY:Catch the Crooks! Politics in the Pub URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/40102-catch-the-crooks -politics-in-the-pub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-h_Qyw2Y@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20221020T070000Z DTEND:20221020T100000Z DESCRIPTION:George Mann (US) is a songwriter's singer who would just as soo n share stories and songs from the long history of folk music as sing his own songs. His concerts are singalong sessions as well as history lessons. \n\nHe has produced albums featuring such folk music legends as Utah Phill ips\, Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton\, and produced national tours of the US a nd Australia in honour of the Almanac Singers (2013) and Joe Hill (2015).\ n\nGeorge brings his experience as a union organiser and educator to his c oncerts - stories and songs about real events and the struggle for a bette r life.\n\nHe has played the Illawarra Folk Festival several times and per formed for most of the folk clubs in Australia\, and will be at the Kangar oo Valley Folk Festival and touring Australia in October 2022.\n\nHis late st CD “A World Like This” is featured at this link: https://georgeman n.org/a-world-like-this/.\n\n \n\n*The meal provided with a ticket is a s et dish.\n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1666173389 SUMMARY:An Evening with George Mann URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/45834-an-evening-with- george-mann END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-cMi4zBo@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20221119T040000Z DTEND:20221119T060000Z DESCRIPTION:Blue Mountains Unions & Community are hosting this FREE film sc reening because million-dollar fines\, police raids\, phone taps and trump ed-up criminal charges – the harshest anti-union laws in the western wor ld are now targeting Australian construction workers and their union.\n\nW ritten & Directed by Matt Peacock / Executive Producer Paddy Gorman\n\nThi s is the untold human story behind the twenty-year war on workers’ right s – while all the time\, companies who kill and maim go unpunished for t heir negligence and greed. Corporate killers go largely unregulated while every day construction workers & unions face massive fines for standing up against deadly safety breaches. This is a product of deliberate conservat ive government policy. It’s a deadly double standard: a Lethal Bias.\n\n ‘Lethal Bias’ was produced by Matilda Films in conjunction with the CF MEU Construction & General Division.\n\nPLUS! We'll also be featuring BMUC 's entry in the inaugural 2022 Dare to Struggle Short Film Fe... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1667804472 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - Lethal Bias - a free film event URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/47018-politics-in-the- pub-lethal-bias-a-free-film-event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-WkVvNqM@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20230318T040000Z DTEND:20230318T053000Z DESCRIPTION:"Money to Burn"\, a Politics in the Pub hosted by Blue Mountain s Unions & Community at the Family Hotel from 3pm on Saturday 18th March w ill explore the NSW Coalition government's response to the 2019 - 2020 Bla ck Summer megafires.\n\nMany Australians are still trying to rebuild their lives after fires and floods in recent years\, further complicated by COV ID. It takes government support to both mitigate the potential impact of t hese disasters and to help communities recover afterwards.\n\nIn the mount ains we've seen an explosive increase in plant growth - fuel - and are exp ecting a dry winter\, creating a dangerous risk in the upcoming fire seaso n. This is further exacerbated by lengthening fire seasons caused by clima te change.\n\nHow well prepared are we for future fire seasons?  And what was the effect when the Blue Mountains and other non Coalition electorate s missed out on grants from the state government's Bushfire Local Economic Recovery funds?\n\nMC: Ann-Maree McEwan\n\nSpeake... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1678667739 SUMMARY:Money to Burn - Politics in the Pub URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/50199-money-to-burn-po litics-in-the-pub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-fpc6eYs@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20230520T050000Z DTEND:20230520T070000Z DESCRIPTION:$368 billion on Nuke-powered subs when services are inadequate & people struggle to pay rent and buy food\n\nThe Morrison-Albanese AUKUS Pact & US war threats\n\nNuke subs in Port Kembla\, dangers & mythical job s\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n \n Gem Romuld\, Australian Director of Nobel Prize-w inning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)\n \n \n Mi ck Cross\, Port Kembla Maritime Union Deputy Secretary\n \n \n Nick Deane\ , Sydney peace activist\, The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network & National Anti-AUKUS Coalition NSW contact.\n \n\n\n \n\nFor more details contact Bruce 0422 966 393\n\nOrganised by Blue Mountains Unions & Commun ity.\n\nAuthorised D Smith Secretary Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc bmu cinc@gmail.com\n\n \n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, AustraliaParking at rear via Cas cade St SEQUENCE:1683799996 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - The Drums of War URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/52060-politics-in-the- pub-the-drums-of-war END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event--VQ-xzY@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20230617T030000Z DTEND:20230617T040000Z DESCRIPTION:BMUC members will be joining Action for Public Housing in a ral ly at Sydney Town Hall. We'll be travelling as a group in the second last carriage of the train to Sydney. See the schedule below for the train time table so you can join us. Check the Transport NSW website for up to date i nformation about travel alerts\, track work and accessibiltiy.\n\nNSW is f acing a severe housing crisis.\n\nRents have risen by nearly 20% in Sydney in the past 12 months and more in many regional areas. Public housing wai ting lists have grown by 15% while the stock of public housing grew by les s than 1%. Homelessness is rising around the country while more than a mil lion homes sit empty on any given night.\n\nIn Sydney renters have had wee kly rents climb by 23.7% in the last 12 months and it continues to rise. A s a result of continuing interest rate increases some 300\,000+ mortgage h olders are at risk of defaulting on their loans. Some face homelessness.\n \nShamefully\, 1 million properties are empty on ... LOCATION:483 George St\, Sydney NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1686390631 SUMMARY:Homes for People Not Profit Rally URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/52927-homes-for-people -not-profit-rally END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-FMQ93cs@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20230729T050000Z DTEND:20230729T070000Z DESCRIPTION:Local people’s experience of the Housing Crisis.\n\nHow did w e get here? How do we find solutions?\n\nHow can Tenants Rights be improve d?\n\nCurrent Housing Crisis Campaigns.\n\nSpeakers:                                  \n\nCherie Brandon:   Blue Mountains Wome n’s Health & Resources Centre (BMWH&RC)\n\nSue Wildman:        From "Somewhere to Live"\n\nBen Connor:         Tenant Advocate\n\n(Previ ously advertised speaker Dr Jenna Condie has sent her apologies.)\n\nBlue Mountains Unions & Community\n\nFor more details contact Peter (02) 4782 7 302\n\nAuthorised: D Smith\, Secretary Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc A BN 91557766185 bmucinc@gmail.com\n\n \n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1690284886 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - The Housing Crisis URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/53117-politics-in-the- pub-the-housing-crisis END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-zI4lvhQ@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20230902T010000Z DTEND:20230902T030000Z DESCRIPTION:Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien meet with our local community and MC Dr Lana Leslie to find answers to your questions about the Voice to Pa rliament.\n\nTickets are almost fully booked\, but\, if you miss out\, we have hired an overflow room where there will be "streaming only" of the ev ent\, with no interaction with the speakers. Seats are limited and some se ats will be only available on a "walk in/first come first serve" basis.\n\ nBlue Mountains Unions & Community proudly supports an Aboriginal and Torr es Strait Islanders Voice to be enshrined in our Constitution because it w ill:\n\n\n Recognise the unique position of Indigenous peoples as the Firs t Australians.\n Guarantee Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as first nations people of a say in the laws that directly affect them.\n Help to close the gap in health\, wealth & education.\n Hasten reconciliation by h elping Australia to becoming a fairer and more just society.\n\n\nThe Voic e to Parliament Handbook by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O... LOCATION:106-108 Macquarie Rd\, Springwood NSW 2777 SEQUENCE:1693542676 SUMMARY:The Voice - Finding Our Heart URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/54372-the-voice-findin g-our-heart END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-57ZKx98@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20240615T060000Z DTEND:20240615T080000Z DESCRIPTION:How can we have a tax system to benefit most Australians?\n\nUn der Australia's tax system the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer for years. Although we're one of the wealthiest c ountries in the world the current cost of living crisis means many Austral ians are struggling to pay their rent\, their mortgages\, or even put food on the table.  With an urgent need for tax reform a Politics in the Pub is being staged at The Family Hotel\, Parke Street\, Katoomba on Saturday June 15th 4-6pm addressed by RICHARD DENNISS of The Australia Institute and MICHAEL WHAITES of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. \n\nA dmission to the event is free and Richard and Michael will take questions from the floor after their opening remarks.\n\nFor further information con tact event organisers Peter Lammiman (0410 153 157) or Deb Smith (0408 238 586) of Blue Mountains Unions & Community.\n\nDr Richard Denniss is the E xecutive Director at The Australia Institute. He is a prom... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1717658692 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - Tax Justice URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/54379-politics-in-the- pub-tax-justice END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-gIEff4c@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20241001T013000Z DTEND:20241001T023000Z DESCRIPTION:The Blue Mountains community is invited to join us as we celebr ate the official launch of our Air Watch program at 11.30am\, Tuesday Octo ber 1st - the start of the Bushfire season - at the Planetary Health Init iative (formerly the Katoomba Golf Course) at 33-39 Acacia Street Katoomba .\n\nOur event will acknowledge the people and organisations who have supp orted and participated in our project to distribute Purple Air quality mon itors across the Blue Mountains\, from Lapstone in the east to Lithgow\, D argan and Portland in the west. The Greater Blue Mountains is now part of a global network of publicly available\, real time\, air quality data coll ection.\nhttps://map.purpleair.com/1/mAUAQI/a10/p604800/cC4#9.65/-33.6787/ 150.363\n\nOur journey began in 2017 with Doctors for the Environment spea king at a Politics in the Pub event we organised. This led to the formatio n of our Air Watch subcommittee. An initial 12 month trial coincided with the 2019/2020 Black Summer megafires\, with about 40\,... LOCATION:33-39 Acacia St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1727404700 SUMMARY:Air Watch Blue Mountains and Lithgow - Official Launch URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/62842-air-watch-blue-m ountains-and-lithgow-official-launch END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-VMoonrs@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20241116T040000Z DTEND:20241116T060000Z DESCRIPTION:As climate disasters hit our homes\, businesses\, transport and infrastructure\, coal mines & coal fired power stations are being decommi ssioned at end of useful life and as energy markets change.\n\nThe local c ommunity faces challenges to shape the future of jobs and the economy. \n \nUnions call for building public transport vehicles in Australia now\, an d for transforming current public and freight rail transport to hybrid an d electric.\n\nLithgow locals are calling for Government to take back and use the idle Lithgow Loco Workshop - 1/4 of Lithgow's industrial land. Th e workshops are ideal for retrofitting freight trains for a hybrid electri c future\, providing many trade jobs for Lithgow and the Mountains in a ve ry short time.\n\nDr Michelle Zeibots is a Lithgow Local & Research Direc tor and Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney\, Transport Resear ch Centre. She is a transport planner\, specialising in the analysis of su stainable urban passenger transport systems.\n\nSteve Mur... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1731149585 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - Creating Future Jobs URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/67555-politics-in-the- pub-creating-future-jobs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-_YKF7z0@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20250220T070000Z DTEND:20250220T090000Z DESCRIPTION:A plan to bring the idle Lithgow Locomotive Workshop and Yards back into operation and ignite an engineering renewal for Lithgow is the f ocus of this free public meeting being held at Lithgow Workies at 6 pm on Thursday 20 February.\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n \n Steve Murphy - National Secret ary\, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union\,\n \n \n Dr Michelle Zieb ots - Transport Planning Specialist\, University of Technology Sydney and Lithgow resident\,\n \n \n Alex Claasens - National Secretary\, Rail Tram & Bus Union\,\n \n \n Mick McGrath will talk about his experience in the loco yard when it was in its heyday and what it could mean for local jobs in Lithgow today.\n \n\n\nThe Lithgow Community Power Project believe it w ould be possible for new rail manufacturers to take possession of the site before the end of the year. A range of trades would be needed. Prospects of apprenticeships are involved and TAFE training would need to expand to the demand.\n\nTracey Graves\, a member of the Lithgow Co... LOCATION:3/7 Tank St\, Lithgow NSW 2790\, Australia SEQUENCE:1739327120 SUMMARY:Jobs for Lithgow Now! URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/68489-jobs-for-lithgow -now END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-lyn2TtQ@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20250726T050000Z DTEND:20250726T070000Z DESCRIPTION:Global trade could be all about solidarity and meeting human ne eds. Instead it's a game of bullies\, billionaires\, bullets\, and embar goes. How do we stand up - as nations\, as people - for something better?\ n\nJoin us on Cuban National Rebellion Day for a powerful discussion with world class speakers (right here in person!) over a drink or a coffee:\n\n \n \n Dr Rodrigo Acuña - journalist\, filmmaker\, teacher\, Latin America expert\n \n \n Dr Pat Ranald - Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINET) Convener. Dr Ranald has published and advocated widely on trade justince for 20 years.\n \n\n\nUnfortunately Dr Ranald is unable to come because of illness. The event is still going ahead with Dr Acuña.\n\nAll welcome! Free entry but donations appreciated. Raffle & prizes.\n\nWe coll ect your contact details when you book your ticket so we can let you know if there's any changes to the event you need to know about. You're also of fered the option of being added to a mailing list for fut... LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1753500401 SUMMARY:Global Trade & How To Rig It - Politics in the Pub URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/75231-global-trade-how -to-rig-it-politics-in-the-pub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-gdTxXbg@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20251006T053000Z DTEND:20251006T073000Z DESCRIPTION:Join Blue Mountains Unions & Community for a special Labour Day screening of the award-winning documentary UNION!\n\nShortlisted for the Oscars and named one of the best films of 2024 by the New York Times\, New York Magazine\, Rolling Stone\, Indiewire\, and Rotten Tomatoes\, witness the incredible story of how a group of Amazon workers led by the charisma tic but underestimated Chris Smalls stood up to one of the most powerful c ompanies in the world. A gripping human drama about the fight for power an d dignity and the enduring possibility of unions in today's world. \n\n"A stounding\, rebellious...brilliant" New York Times\n\nWatch the trailer & learn more here\n\nWith an introduction by Blue Mountains Unions & Communi ty & tasty food available by donation.\n\nLimited capacity. Tickets availa ble on the door if not already sold out.\n\nOn unceded Dharug & Gundungurr a country.\n LOCATION:1 Badgery Cres\, Lawson NSW 2783\, Australia SEQUENCE:1758191880 SUMMARY:UNION film screening URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/77322-union-film-scree ning END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-i90nE9I@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20251122T040000Z DTEND:20251122T060000Z DESCRIPTION:What do we want from our criminal justice system? \n\nThe obvi ous answer is “justice” but what does that look like? \n\nWe know jai ling is not a deterrent or reformative because the imprisonment rate has d oubled under governments of both persuasions over the last thirty years a nd 61% of prisoners have been there before. \n\nWho are the people in pr ison and why are they there? \n\nWhat could be done to prevent crime and reoffending\, make our communities safer and to support victims? \n\nWhy do we spend\, as a nation\, $6.3 billion per year on a system which fails victims and disadvantaged people\, and doesn’t address the causes of c rime? \n\nJoin us at Politics in the Pub –  Is Jailing Failing? to rec ognise the problems but\, more importantly\, identify and push for soluti ons. \n\nA ticket is not necessary and doesn't guarantee a seat but booki ng a ticket allows us to contact you if there's unforeseen changes and you can also choose to be notified of future events.\n\nMedia and other enqu. .. LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2000\, Australia SEQUENCE:1762298589 SUMMARY:Politics in the Pub - Is Jailing Failing? URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/78556-politics-in-the- pub-is-jailing-failing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-lWdYwI4@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20260212T063000Z DTEND:20260212T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening and submission writing workshop.\n \nVoices for the Valley is a powerful short film about the small but migh ty community of Wollar\, near Mudgee\, who have spent over 20 years resist ing the relentless damage of coal mining. It focuses on the Moolarben coa l mine\, NSW’s largest producing coal mine.\n\nTold through the eyes of Manjot Kaur\, a young person from Mudgee\, the film weaves together storie s from long-time residents\, young people and migrants. “It’s a story of courage\, connection and what happens when we refuse to give up on the places we love.”\n\nThe Independent Planning Commission is set to decid e whether Moolarben is allowed to expand even further - harming Wiradjuri cultural heritage\, clearing 113 hectares of koala\, Regent Honeyeater and microbat habitat\, and bringing mining within 100m of Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve. It would also add an estimated 64 million tonnes of climate poll ution — when NSW is already failing to meet its legislated climate ... LOCATION:11-15 Gang Gang St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1770715953 SUMMARY:Stop Moolarben coal expansion - Film screening + submission worksho p URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/81037-stop-moolarben-c oal-expansion-film-screening-submission-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-HxtW4CI@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20260228T030000Z DTEND:20260228T050000Z DESCRIPTION:"A necessary documentary for these historical moments of Venezu ela\, and the greater homeland of Latin America\, since it shows what unil ateral sanctions mean. The interviews with women are particularly powerful and that makes me proud as a Venezuelan woman."  - Maruvi Leonett Villaq uiran\, Venezuelan Filmmaker. \n\nFilmmaker Rodrigo Acuna will discuss th e film and the situation Venezuelans are facing today in the face of US mi litary deployed off their coast and US threats\, bullying and attacks. \n \nHosted By:   Blue Mountains Unions & Community  -  Blue Mountains P eace Collective  \n\nbluempeace@gmail.com\n LOCATION:11-15 Gang Gang St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1771378341 SUMMARY:Venezuela: The cost of Challenging an Empire URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/81742-venezuela-the-co st-of-challenging-an-empire END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-mYrYRjw@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20260731T083000Z DTEND:20260731T103000Z DESCRIPTION:Our democracy\, our environment\, our unions & our movements ar e under attack in NSW under widening anti-protest laws designed to silence us and protect the powerful.\n\nHear from 3 inspiring speakers:\n\n\n \n Josh Lees Palestine Action Group Sydney\n \n \n Sue Higginson\, Greens MLC \n \n \n Shovan Bhattarai\, Sydney Uni SRC VP\n \n\n\nFood and drinks avai lable.\n\nEntry by donation - suggested $20 waged\, $10 unwaged. Lucky doo r prizes.\n\nOrganised by Blue Mountains Unions & Community on unceded Dar ug & Gundungurra country.\n\nFor more info contact 0403 901 207\n LOCATION:142 Katoomba St\, Katoomba NSW SEQUENCE:1784952827 SUMMARY:Our Protest Rights - Politics in the Pub URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/86331-our-protest-righ ts-politics-in-the-pub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261023T041258Z UID:event-fiSAsok@tidyhq.com DTSTART:20260829T053000Z DTEND:20260829T073000Z DESCRIPTION:How do we expand liveability\, community & truly affordable hou sing in the midst of a World Heritage area\, while resisting poor developm ent?\n\nWith 3 speakers:\n\n\n Tania de Bortoli\, Blue Mountains Conservat ion Society\n Sarah Redshaw\, Councillor\, Blue Mountains City Council\n S uzie van Opdorp\, Councillor\, Blue Mountains City Council\n\n\nEntry by donation - suggested $10 waged\, $5 unwaged. Lucky door prizes. Meals and drinks for purchase.\n\nAnother fantastic Politics in the Pub by Blue Moun tains Unions & Community. Contact bmucinc@gmail.com for more info.\n\nEven t takes place on unceded Darug & Gundungurra country. Always was\, always will be.\n LOCATION:15 Parke St\, Katoomba NSW 2780\, Australia SEQUENCE:1787386411 SUMMARY:Sat 29 Aug - Politics in the Pub - Where we live URL;VALUE=URI:https://bmuc.au/public/schedule/events/88223-sat-29-aug-polit ics-in-the-pub-where-we-live END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR