Perth Events

Contact - Paddy Cullen – paddyc@oxfam.org.au, 9262 8207

Below are the main events in and around Perth. For more details and other events, tastings and promotions in house at 25 retail stores and cafes, download the full guide to WA Fair Trade Fortnight events here  (350KB pdf).

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Public Forum - Papua New Guinea Coffee Farmer Talk
Come and hear first hand about the benefits of Fairtrade to the coffee farming communities in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Henry Ame the General Manger of Coffee Connections in Goroka and Daniel Kinne, Chairperson of the Highlands Organic Agriculture Co-operative talk about coffee in the Papuan New Guinea Highlands.

Download the flyer for this event here (96KB pdf)

Saturday 29 April – 10am – 11.30am
James Nestor Hall, Catholic education centre
50 Ruislip Street, Leederville

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Perth Café Collective

With Latin and Indian fusion and African drumming come and celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight while enjoying world music from places where fair trade commodities and crafts are produced.

Cafe Collective showcases three great bands:

• Akwaaba African drumming and dancing
• The Hybrid Collective, contemporary Indian fusion
• Latin Fusion (the name says it all)

Kulcha, 1st floor, 13 South Terrace, Fremantle

Tickets $18 door, $16 pre-sale, $14 Kulcha members, available from all BOCS outlets.

Sunday 30 April, doors open 6.30PM

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East Timor Fair Trade Craft & Photo Exhibition
A pictorial essay of fair trade in East Timor. Fair trade crafts available for sale.

Download the flyer for this event here (385KB pdf)

Perth Photographic Centre, 91 Brisbane Street
Grand Opening 28th April 6-9PM

29-30th April 11AM - 4PM

Voyager Estate, Stevens Road, Margaret River 2-13 May

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Market Day Fair Trade Stall, Edith Cowan University Mt Lawley

Check out the BioBean Coffee and Fair Go Trading table at Market Day. Learn about fair trade and sample the products.

Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, Monday 1st and 8th May

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Market Day Fair Trade Stall, Edith Cowan University Joondalup

Check out the BioBean Coffee and Absolutely Organic table at Market Day. Learn about fair trade and sample the products.

Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Wednesday 3rd and 10th May

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Market Day Fair Trade Stall, Murdoch University

Check out the fair trade table at Market Day. Learn about fair trade and sample the products.

Murdoch University, Thursday 4th and 11th May

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Fair Trade Stall, Woolstores Shopping Centre

Come down to the Woolstores and see a showcase of fair trade products from around the world. Learn about fair trade and how it benefits the producers and artisans and their communities in developing countries. Supported by Oxfam.

Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th May, 10AM - 3PM

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Launch of The Good Grocery Guide - Saving our Planet at the Supermarket

For information on where to shop ethically in Perth, get your locally produced pocket guide to Fair Trade, Organic and Sustainable supermarket products.

Launch 11am Tuesday 9 May
Oxfam Fair Trade stall at the Perth Woolstores

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What Is Fair Trade? - Murdoch Guild Lunchtime Forum

Learn about fair trade, how it works, and what a difference it makes.

Wed 10th May 12:30 - 1:20, Kim Beazley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University