LL:DDV: People's Inquiry into Genocide in East Timor
People's Inquiry into Genocide in East Timor Dec 11, Sat 1pm at Melbourne Uni Student Union Building. The aim of the People's Inquiry is to determine who was responsible for the Australian government policy, that contributed to the genocide of the East Timorese people. The Inquiry will hear written, verbal, and audio testimonies and will make recommendations as to who should make reparations to the Timoreses people. Organized by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor. "The investigation proposed by ASIET...is both timely and extremely important...unless we understand fully the Australian role in Suharto's great crime, its repetition is virtually assured in Aceh, West Papua and elsewhere." John Pilger Call 9419 1347 or 9639 8622 for more info People's Inquiry Organizing Meetings every TUESDAY. Help lift the silence on the "Timorese Conspiracy" by being part of this nationally coordinated event. Help organize and build the People's Inquiry; meetings every Tues at Trades Hall Bar: 6:30pm. http://www.asiet.org.au http://www.freetimor.com LL.VL -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: what's on earth matters this week 26/11
EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am much more!! Earth Matters Program 88a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 26/11/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "(shane rattenbury) The WTO can =85"=20 OUTRO : "... see ya later." DURATION : 26'15" (frogs til around 27'15") World Trade Organisation meets in Seattle It's being called the Battle in Seattle with labour, consumer and environmental activists gathering to protest against the meeting of the World Trade Organisation. Established in 1995, the WTO was set up to regulate and liberalise global trade and today it includes over 130= countries. Shane Rattenbury is the Poltical Officer for Greenpeace Australia, and today he outlines how the WTO has affected environments globally, and gives us the details on a recent report by Greenpeace on safe trade. IN: "Perhaps the most =85" OUT: "=85 on it's delegation." DUR: 7'00 WTO and eco-labelling and genetically modified foods From November 30th World Trade Organisation representatives will enter into what's being called the Millenium Round, which could see further rules that fail to take account of the affect global trade has on the environment.=20 Anna Reynolds is attending the WTO talks in Seattle and today she joins us to outline the Australian Conservation Foundation's concerns about the future of eco-labelling and genetically modified foods.=20 IN: "I'm going as =85" OUT: "=85 focus on that as well." DUR: 7'15 Land Clearing in Queensland continues =85 Some 85% of vegetation cleared in Australia occurs in the state of Queensland and yet the current Beattie Labor Government has stalled in its moves to legislate for land clearing restrictions. Today 3CR's Geraldine Cahill speaks to Imogen Zethoven of the Queensland Conservation Council about the ongoing push to stop the clearing of vegetation throughout Queensland and the extent of the land degradation. IN: "1997 showed 340,00 hectares =85" OUT: "=85 introduced together." DUR: 7'30 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Anti-Reith activity
PETER RIETH WILL BE HERE BUT NOT INVITED. The UTLC presents Beach Theatre. A federal Minister ties to present his Second Wave of Workplace changes, but runs into trouble...where: 722 Anzac Highway, Glenelg this Monday lunchtime 12 noon. The audience finds Reith's Second Wave unpopular and is at a peaceful assemble outside (symbolically) Senator Meg Lee's Office . Next Monday the Senate will receive the report into Reith's Bill. We continue to encourage the Democrats on the merits to say no.We support the major concerns already expressed by Senator Meg Lees. Reith's Bill will undermine wages and conditions of workers and South Australia's good industrial relations record. Please assemble. Chris White UTLC 82123155 LL.VK -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Reject racist refugee laws
Public statement Reject Australia's racist laws on refugees In 1997 Australia became infamous around the world because of the rapid rise of the overtly racist Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. Following a wave of anti-racist protests, One Nation went into decline but Hansonism is far from dead in Australia... We, the undersigned, strongly oppose the new laws and regulations being introduced by the Howard Liberal-National government. They are racist and an affront to basic human solidarity, and it is utterly despicable of the Labor opposition to support such measures. In particular we condemn: 1. Regulations recently made by Minister of Immigration Philip Ruddock that will only offer approved refugees three year temporary visas, instead of permanent residence. This racist proposal was first advocated by Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. 2. The Border Protection Bill which toughens the already inhumane rules on the treatment of "boat people", removes refugee decisions from rule of law, criminalises refugees and gives the government the powers to evade its international responsibilities to refugees under international conventions by intercepting suspected "boat people" in international waters. We also demand the end of mandatory detention of "boat people" introduced by the former Labor federal government in 1992. This law, which has been condemned by the Uniting Church as racist, has kept hundreds of families seeking asylum locked up in remote detention camps, sometimes for several years while their applications for asylum are being processed. These detained asylum seekers are overwhelmingly from countries in the Third World and have fled severe political persecution, war and economic crisis. There is no mandatory detention of other "illegal migrants", most of whom come from Britain, the USA and other wealthy countries. We urge all anti-racists to fight this latest wave of racism. Lisa Macdonald, Editor, Green Left Weekly Max Lane, Asia Pacific Institute for Democracy and Development Wendy Robertson, National Coordinator, Resistance John Percy, National Secretary, Democratic Socialist Party Pip Hinman, National Secretary, Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor To add your name phone 02-9690 1230, fax 02-9690 1381, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Democratic Socialist Party National Office PO Box 515 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia Tel: 61 (0)2 9690 1230 Fax: 61 (0)2 9690 1381 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dsp.org.au/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
