Is DNA testing a new crime-fighting tool or an invasion of privacy?   Sunday April 30th 2000, 4:30pm King O'Malley's Irish Pub, City Walk (opposite Impact Records) Civic, Canberra. Dr James Robertson (Director, Forensic Services, Australian Federal Police) and Mr Alastair Ross (Director, National Institute of Forensic Science) Hosted by Paul Willis, aided and abetted by Bernie Hobbs Does crime pay? Science in the Pub visits Canberra for National Science Week 2000 to take a look at the role forensic science and what it means to the law enforcement community. What are the implications of forensic science as an intelligence source? What checks and balances can be put in place? What are the benefits to the general community? We'll be seeking the answer to these questions as well as exploring some of the new developments such as CrimTrac involving a DNA database and live scan for fingerprints. For this session our two experts will be Mr Alastair Ross, Director of the National Institute of Forensic Science, and Dr Jim Robertson, Director of the Forensic Services of the Australian Federal Police. Our scintillating Science in the Pub compere, Dr Paul Willis-ABC Quantum's reporter-will lead the discussion, aided and abetted by Ms Bernie Hobbs from ABC Science Online and Triple J. Admission costs $5 worth of raffle tickets, your chance to win one of our many excellent prizes! Further information call 02-6205-0588 or email Meg Rive. . 'Science in the Pub' (TM) is an initiative of the Australian Science Communicators (NSW) and supported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. We can organise Science in YOUR Pub anywhere in Australia, or the world! For further information on 'Science in the Pub' please contact Robyn Stutchbury on mailto:rstutch@bigpond.net.auof Peripatus Productions Pty Limited, 1 Carisbrook Street, Lane Cove 2066, Tel: 02 9427 6747, Fax: 02 9418 9605. For more information visit our website at: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mgb/SciPub/scipub.html. Future Science in the Pub sessions (see the website for full details): 3 May, Melbourne, during Science Now, featuring Paul Davies and the Hencoups. 'Life OFF Earth: are we alone?' 5-12 May, Science in the Pub goes Outback 5 May, Silverton Pub, Broken Hill. `Life, the Universe and Everything'. 6, May, Birdsville Pub, Birdsville. `Land use in the Eyre basin'. 8, May, Longreach. `Land use in the Eyre basin'. 10, May, Charleville. `Life, the Universe and Everything'. 11, May, Bourke. `Water use in the Murray-Darling basin'. 10 May, Harlequin Inn, Sydney. 'Parascience'. Hosted by the science communicators from 2SER FM. 18 May, Harlequin Inn, Sydney. Fermat's Last Theorem - a mathematical obsession. With author and cryptologist Norman Singh, author of "Fermat's Last Theorem" and Professor Alf van der Poorten. Sponsored by the British Council. 19 May Brisbane, `Innovation.com or Innovation.con?'. To be held at the Carlton Crest Hotel, Brisbane at 4:30-6:00pm. For further information contact Elizabeth Elenius . 28 June, Harlequin Inn, Sydney. 'Cheats or Champs - the use of drugs in sport', for Chemistry Week.
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