Chris Roche gave an interesting talk on some of the challenges facing NGOs last week. Chris is the Director of Development Effectiveness at Oxfam and also is at the Centre for Human Security at La Trobe.
Chris spoke of the challenges [...]

Earlier this month we publicised information about the 3 La Trobe students and LIRA members, Raphael Haycraft, Tom Day, and Greg Healy, who were representing Australia at the 2010 Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) in Taiwan. We are happy to announce [...]
(L-R) Current Students Tom Day, Greg Healy, and Raphael Haycraft and alumnus Ashlea Scicluna in front of Taipei 101 at WorldMUN 2010
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The annual Politics and International Relations Faculty dinner is a fantastic way of rounding off the year when the faculty and students can get together and socialise. On the 25th of November over 130 students, staff [...]
The daunting horizon of aid work and what you can do about it
Catastrophic drought, population growth in vulnerable regions, diminishing food supply and millions displaced by natural disaster: the future for the world’s population looks bleak especially for those in high-risk areas.
As Alan [...]
Change for the Climate Conference was a great success. There was well over 100 people attend what was a fantastic selection of speakers and workshops to choose from – all imparting their knowledge and expertise.
David Spratt – author of Climate Code Red – an essential text for anyone interested in the future of [...]
Trivia nites for LIRA, aim at allowing a social forum for politics students to have a night out with one another; to take a short break from study and enjoy dinner and drinks, mixed with various political and general knowledge questions. This social setting aims to [...]
From the 11th to the 18th of July of the winter holidays just gone, twenty-five LIRA members from La Trobe University attended the 2009 Asia Pacific Model UN in Brisbane. It was a great success and an achievement for LIRA and all delegates in attendance! After making [...]
This was originally an event that would mirror the Politics & I.R program’s lecturers’ debate. Being a student association however, meant that LIRA’s intention would be to involve greater student participation in the event. This [...]
In July 2009, together with 30 fellow La Trobe students, we made the trip up to Sydney for Powershift, Australia’s largest youth climate change conference. Hosted by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, the event gave us all the opportunity to hang out and rub [...]
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