Howard's hypocrisies know no bounds, Don.
Laurie
Laurie and Desley Forde
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Without a treaty, which spells out the obligations and rights of both
parties, there can be no Reconciliation in Australia----Geoff Clark.
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From: "Don Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:20 AM
Subject: [recoznet2] Re: ABC News: Howard attacked over children's rights
views
> If, as howard says, children have a right to have two parents; why hasn't
he
> banned divorce?
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2000 5:28 P.M.
> Subject: ABC News: Howard attacked over children's rights views
>
>
> ABC News
> Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:32 AEST
>
> Howard attacked over
> children's rights views
>
> The National Children's and Youth Law Centre
> has accused the Prime Minister of hypocrisy over
> his stance on children's rights.
>
> John Howard has cited the United Nations
> Convention on the Rights of the Child when
> voicing his opposition to in-vitro treatment for
> single and lesbian women.
>
> The law centre's director, Lou Schetzer, says Mr
> Howard is using the convention to suit himself, as
> children's rights are the basis of the fight against
> mandatory sentencing.
>
> "[It is] clear there is a double standard that is being
> exercised here," he said.
>
> "The Government has indicated a concern for
> children to have access to both loving parents, for
> both fathers and mothers, and on that basis they
> are proposing to amend the Sex Discrimination
> Act.
>
> "[However] they are not concerned about parents
> of indigenous children who are being detained and
> locked up in the Northern Territory and Western
> Australia for minor property offences."
>
> � 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
>
>
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