MELBOURNE Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk (Please distribute widely) Dear all, Please find below the program for the Melbourne JSCT hearings into Australia's Relationship with the World Trade Organization. If you don't intend to put in a written submission there's still a chance to make a verbal presentation during the community forum section of the hearings. This involves speaking to the committee for around five minutes per person. Late written submissions are still being accepted. For background information on how to prepare a submission see: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~gcforum/VicWTOWatch.htm#WTO If you'd like assistance with your submission writing, feel free to e-mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] vicwtowatch[at]hotmail.com Regards Serena O'Meley (Victorian WTO Watch) _______________________________________________________________ >From the JSCT Secretary: PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON TREATIES PUBLIC HEARINGS - MELBOURNE 26-27 April 2001 Victorian State Parliament (K Room), Spring Street, Melbourne PROPOSED PROGRAM Thursday 26 April 2001 Inquiry into the Kyoto Protocol 9:00 am Electricity Supply Association Australia 10:00 am Australian Industry Greenhouse Network 11:00 am Andrew Helps, CDM Systems 11:45 pm Friends of the Earth 12:30 pm lunch Australia's relationship with the World Trade Organisation Round table discussions: business/exporters 2:00 pm 4:00pm Program may include (yet to be confirmed): q Australian Business Council q Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry q AWB Group q Effem Foods q Ardmona Foods q Woolmark Company q WMC Limited 4:30pm close PUBLIC HEARINGS - MELBOURNE 26-27 April 2001 Victorian State Parliament (K Room), Spring Street, Melbourne PROPOSED PROGRAM Friday 27 April 2001 Public hearing Australia's relationship with the WTO 9:00 am Tasmanian Government 10:00 am Institute for Comparative and International Law 11:00 am International Trade Strategies Pty Ltd commenting on both WTO and Kyoto inquiries 12:00 1:00 pm lunch Panel discussion session - Fair trade/free trade 1:00 3:00 pm Program may include (yet to be confirmed): q Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) q Australian Education Union q National Tertiary Education Union q Citizens for Democratic and Fair Trade q Community Aid Abroad q United Nations Association of Australia q Vic Council for Civil Liberties q WWF 3:00 4:00 pm - Community forum This is an opportunity for people to make a statement to the Committee regarding Australia's relationship with the WTO. Please note: as we are unaware of numbers of people attending, we cannot guarantee everyone will have the opportunity to speak (although all present have been able to do so at previous forums in Sydney and Brisbane). 4:00 pm close Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 tel (02) 6277 4002 fax (02) 6277 4827 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
