>Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:55:01 +1100 >From: The Greens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Policy Launch: CARR's FAILURE ON THE STOLEN GENERATION >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: The Greens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CARR's FAILURE ON THE STOLEN GENERATION > >The Greens Launch their Aboriginal >and Torres Strait Islander Policy > >Location: >Lillipilli On King, >441 King St >Newtown >(limited car parking at rear of Camden St.) > >Time: >11 am Friday, 26 February 1999. > >Author and 1994 winner of the Australian Human Rights Medal, Dr. Roberta >Sykes, Aboriginal activist Charmaine Clarke and The Greens candidate for >the NSW Legislative Council, Ms Lee Rhiannon will launch The Greens >Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy on Friday. > >Music will be provided by singer Betty Little and coffee and snacks will be >available, courtesy of Lillipilli On King, Sydney's newest Native >Australian cuisine restaurant. > >"The policy highlights the failure of the Carr government to address the >problems of the stolen generation and many other issues confronting the >Aboriginal community," according to Lee Rhiannon. > >Key features of the policy are: >o recognition that native title is a common law right; >o economic, social and cultural self-determination for indigenous people; >o redressing the disadvantages suffered in the provision of basic services, >housing, educational opportunities, treatment of people with disabilities, >sport and recreational opportunities; and >o tackling the chronic health problems and reduced lifespan of indigenous >people with medical services controlled by the indigenous communities. > >For more information ring Lee Rhiannon (02) 9519 0877 or 018 976 707 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
