Following the success of the first Town Hall Talk, Wollongong City Council presents effervescent author, scientist and media personality, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki at the second Town Hall Talk on 4 October.
The free talk will feature Dr Karl speaking on the environment and how this impacts on a city’s future. The Town Hall Talk with Dr Karl will be held on Tuesday 4 October from 6.30pm in the Auditorium in Wollongong’s Town Hall. All community members are invited to attend the talks.
Wollongong City Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery said an involvement and consultation with the community is essential at the beginning of this Council’s term.
“The Councillors and myself have heard the call from the citizens and these Town Hall Talks are the beginnings of building Wollongong 2022, a Community Strategic Plan for the city,” Cr Bradbery said.
“I believe that this style of Town Hall Talk will help people start thinking about questions such as, where is the city going? Where do we want to be in 10 years? How do we get there? And what do we want the city to be like?
“I promised to listen and the Council is keen to hear, so I encourage you all to make use of this opportunity to take part in our Town Hall Talks.”
Council will be running a number of other community activities to help create Wollongong 2022, the city’s Community Strategic Plan; this will include a Community Summit on 29 and 30 October. If you would like to attend the summit you can register by visiting Council’s internet site at Wollongong 2022.
Other Town Hall Talks will feature Dr Glenn Mitchell and Max Hardy on social and community governance. The final Town Hall Talk will be held on Wednesday 19 October. Dr Mitchell is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Wollongong. Max Hardy is a consultant who specialises in community engagement, deliberative democracy and collaborative governance.
Background
Karl's media career began in 1981, when he started presenting 'Great Moments In Science ' on Double J to pay his way through medical school. Since then, his media career has exploded from radio to include TV, books, newspapers, magazines, scripting, professional speaking, and the internet.
Karl made his TV debut in 1985 as the presenter of the first series of Quantum. Since 1986 he has reported science on the Midday Show, Good Morning Australia (including a full-time stint in 1991-2 as the TV Weatherman and science reporter), the Today Show and Channel 7's breakfast program Sunrise.
Karl also popularises science on ABC radio stations across Australia and, on the BBC, for several hours each week.
Karl has written 30 books, beginning with ‘Great Moments In Science' in 1984, and includes such titles as ‘It Ain't Necessarily So...'Bro' (2006), which was launched, quite literally, via rocket at Sydney's Bondi Beach (a world first).
In September 2003, Dr Karl was bestowed wit the great honour of being named ‘Australian Father of the Year'. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki received the Member of the Order of Australia Award in the 2006 Australia Day Honours list.
Karl has degrees in Physics and Maths, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery and has worked as a physicist, tutor, film-maker, car mechanic, labourer, and as a medical doctor at the Kids' Hospital in Sydney.
In 1995 he took up the position of the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at Sydney University, spreading the good word about science and its benefits.
For more information on the Town Hall Talks, you should visit the Council’s website or contact Council’s Customer Service centre on (02) 4227 7111.