The Sydney Morning Herald
Letters: A divisive voice from the past
Date: 11/05/2000
Peter Howson, who was minister for Aboriginal affairs in 1971-72, should
of all people understand why there should be an apology for
past injustices to Aborigines (Herald, May 10).
As a minister, he must have
A number of people have asked me about the further Human Rights reports from
Australia due to be considered at the UN this year. What follows is from
the AIATSIS Native Title Newsletter early this year (before CERD in March)
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/newlet/ntru1-00.rtf.
Note that it is
What follows is an invitation to indigenous lesbians, gays, transgenders,
bisexuals and friends to a community meeting being hosted by Sydney 2002 Gay
Games. Please circulate the message below to your friends and contacts who
may be interested in attending the meeting.
ABC News
Thu, 11 May 2000 9:26 AEST
Harradine keen to extend
mandatory sentencing
amendments
The Independent Senator, Brian Harradine, says
amendments aimed at removing the Northern
Territory's right to enact mandatory sentencing
laws for juveniles should be extended to include
adults.
The
Environment News Service
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/may2000/2000L-05-09-03.html
Arrests, Parliamentary Questions Over
Australian Uranium Mines
CANBERRA, Australia, May 9, 2000 (ENS) - Police arrested 31
people during a protest at the Beverley uranium mine in South
Australia today. Twenty-nine
THE AGE
New virus threat to e-mails
By GARRY BARKER TECHNOLOGY REPORTER
Thursday 11 May 2000
A new threat to the world's e-mail, based on the Love Bug script worm
but different
enough to require a new antidote, was released on to the Internet late
yesterday.
Called by anti-virus hunters the
THE AGE
The final Declaration towards Reconciliation
Thursday 11 May 2000
We, the peoples of Australia, of many origins as we are, make a
commitment to go on
together in a spirit of reconciliation.
We value the unique status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples as the
original
