The Canberra Times Newsbrief Tuesday, 22 August, 2000 Clark urges flag vow The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission demanded yesterday assurances that there would be no ban on Aboriginal flags at the Olympics. ATSIC chairman Geoff Clark said he welcomed reports that there would be no bar on spectators displaying Aboriginal flags. But there were still outstanding questions about whether indigenous athletes would have the same rights. "We've been informed that Aboriginal athletes have been warned that they risked forfeiting any medals they win if they displayed our flag," he said. -- ********************************** 'Click' to protect the rainforest: Make the Rainforest Site your homepage! http://www.therainforestsite.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/
