Sorry for any cross postings, I cant tell if this info has reached the list -karyn Ricki and John Dargavel wrote: >Dear friends >Please circulate this notice far and wide - apologies for any cross >postings. > >CANBERRA RALLY AGAINST MANDATORY SENTENCING >12.30pm Wednesday 1st of March >Outside the Legislative Assembly >Speakers to be advised. > >On Wednesday, Ms Kerrie Tucker MLA will move a motion condemning the ACT >Government for its support of Mandatory Sentencing in the Northern >Territory and Western Australia. > >This is an opportunity for us to show strong opposition to these >discriminatory laws which primarily affect Indigenous people and which >resulted in the recent death of a young Aboriginal man. > >It is also a chance to object strenously to the ACT Government's view that >the rights of governments are more important than the rights of people. > >The ACT Chief Minister wrote to the Senate Inquiry into Mandatory >Sentencing, objecting to the private member's bill - the Human Rights >(Mandatory Sentencing of Juveniles) Bill 1999. The Chief Minister's >submission does not address the issue of mandatory sentencing of juveniles, >stating that this is a State and Territory Government matter. It does, >however, object to any suggestion that the Commonwealth Government should >use its external affairs power to pass legislation that would render State >and Territory laws invalid. > >***COME AND SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION - BRING OTHERS..... > >***PLEASE CONTACT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ON THIS >ISSUE. >Ricki and John Dargavel >20 Laidley Place, Florey, ACT 2615 AUSTRALIA >Tel/Fax (02) 6258 9102 >International +61 2 6258 9102 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ 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." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
