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	Wednesday 28 April 2004 Public Lecture on Australia's Response to Refugees The Anglican Church will this weekend be holding public lectures and workshops in Hobart and Launceston evaluating Australia's response to refugees. The keynote speaker is Rev'd Dr Gordon Preece. Dr Preece is currently the Director of the Centre of Applied Christian Ethics at Ridley College, Melbourne. From July 2004 he will succeed Robert Banks as the Director and Dean at Macquarie Christian Studies Institute in Sydney. The Bishop of Tasmania, the Right Reverend John Harrower, who has spoken out a number of times on this issue over the past three years, will be attending the lectures and workshops. Hobart Hope Christian Centre 25 Tasma Street North Hobart Public Lecture - 7.30pm, Friday 30 April Workshop - 9.30am -12noon Saturday 1 May Launceston St John's Parish Centre 157 St John Street Launceston Public Lecture - 7.30pm Saturday 1 May Workshop - 2.00 - 4.30pm Sunday 2 May Dr Gordon Preece and Bishop Harrower will be available for interview following the workshops in Hobart and Launceston - at 12.15pm, Saturday at the Hope Christian Centre, Hobart, and 4.45pm Sunday at St John's Parish Centre, Launceston. Click here for more information. Contact - Diocese of Tasmania: Media Officer - Rev. Stephen Carnaby 0417 343 710 Read previous media releases.