irene wrote this front page story is partiuclarly nasty piece and may pre-empt the police clearing of the camp, i have attached a letter to the editor i drafted in response ,...iw ---------- > From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: ABC News: Adelaide Council refuses to allow Aboriginal camp to... > Date: Thursday, December 23, 1999 11:49 AM > > Thur, 23 Dec 1999 7:09 CDT > LOCAL NEWS : South Australia > > Adelaide Council refuses to > allow aboriginal [sic] camp to > continue > > Adelaide City Council has rejected an appeal by > one of its own members to allow an aboriginal > protest outside Government House to continue. > > A lawyer representing the group says he will > test the council's vote in court, claiming one > member had a conflict of interest ... > > A group of aborigines set up camp a week ago > on North terrace to protest against uranium > mining in the State's north. > > Council met last night amid concerns that they > were breaking the law. > > When a motion by Michael Harbison that they > should be able to stay was lost by one vote, > their lawyer, Len Linden, challenged Councillor > Richard Hayward from the public gallery. > > "I think you should disclose you have shares in > Western Mining." > > "I think your vote is invalid and should be > disqualified." > > "I think the council should rescind the motion > until you declare your interest in Western > Mining." > > Councillor Hayward admits he's a shareholder, > but maintains that was irrelevant to this debate. > > Earlier, the Lord Mayor, Jane Lomax Smith had > disqualifed herself on a potential conflict of > interest involving her partner. > > And Councillor Harbison was left disappointed > that council could not be more accomodating. > > "I think we just have to face facts that there are > many different faces to society." > > "Especially at Christmas time, I think we should > be a little bit forgiving." > > � 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation > > > > > ************************************************************************* > 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." > > >
letter to editor dec 23 1999 genocide corner.doc (Microsoft Word Document)
