<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi everyone,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">here's something people might want to
sign their names up to - the legislation goes to the Senate tomorrow.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">cheers,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">maggie</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dr Marguerite Nolan<br>
Lecturer in Australian Studies<br>
School of Arts and Sciences<br>
Brisbane Campus<br>
Australian Catholic University<br>
PO Box 456<br>
Virginia Q 4014<br>
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Ph: (07) 3623 7182<br>
Fax: (07) 3623 7245<br>
Email: M.Nolan@mcauley.acu.edu.au<br>
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Australian Catholic University Limited<br>
ABN 15 050 192 660<br>
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<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">08/11/07 09:16 PM</font>
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<div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br>
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<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div>
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<br><font size=3>Dear friends,<br>
<br>
When the Prime Minister announced his radical 'emergency' plan for Indigenous
communities in the Northern Territory, people welcomed the commitment to
tackle the incidence of child abuse, but the jury was out on the actual
worth of the plan. Well, now the jury's back in -- and the verdict? It
stinks.<br>
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The Senate will vote on these laws on Tuesday -- and we want a true debate
on our hands. <b>Send them a message now that we expect them to stand up
for the rights of Indigenous Australians, and respect the integrity of
their parliamentary chamber.</b><br>
</font><font size=3 color=blue><u><br>
</u></font><a href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=6785681&l=498&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.getup.org.au%2fcampaign%2fnorubberstamp"><font size=3 color=blue><b><u>www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoRubberStamp</u></b></font></a><font size=3><br>
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500 pages of controversial legislation, a paltry one-day Senate hearing,
and merely two days of debate for laws that dramatically affects land tenure,
community s ecurity and the rights of Aboriginal communities in the NT
- <b>done with practically no consultation with the Indigenous people affected.</b>
Everybody wants to stop abuse, but not with flawed laws like these which
experts argued in Friday's Senate hearing actually risk making children
less safe.<br>
<b><br>
We expect more from our Senate</b>, designed to rigourously scrutinise
and vigourously debate the laws passed by the lower House - that's how
the brakes are put on bad legislation. But since the Government took control
of both Houses of Parliament two years ago, the Senate has become no more
than a rubber stamp for the Prime Minister's whims.<br>
<b><br>
Send the Senate a message today. We'll deliver them directly, and we'll
even throw in a rubber stamp and a speed-reading guide for each Senator
-- they'll need one or the other!</b><br>
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</u></font><a href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=6785681&l=498&url=http%3a%2f%2fw ww.getup.org.au%2fcampaign%2fnorubberstamp"><font size=3 color=blue><b><u>www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoRubberStamp</u></b></font></a><font size=3><br>
<br>
GetUp has already written to each Senator demanding they properly interrogate
the bills, travelled to Canberra to lobby politicians from around the chamber,
met with Indigenous leaders from Central Australia (</font><a href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=6785681&l=500&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.getup.org.au%2fblogs%2fview.php%3fid%3d442"><font size=3 color=blue><u>read
their potent blog here</u></font></a><font size=3>), published articles
criticising the plan and put people in the Committee room for Friday's
hearing. We've done all we can behind the scenes -- <b>now we need your
help.</b><br>
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Send a message to our Senators today, so at Tuesday's final vote they'll
have the urgent appeals of thousands of Australians ringing in their ears.
</b><br>
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Thanks for being a part of the solution,<br>
<br>
The GetUp Team<br>
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PS - If you live in <b>Canberra</b>, emai l </font><a href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=6785681&l=501&url=mailto%3aactsenate%40getup.org.au"><font size=3 color=blue><u>actsenate@getup.org.au</u></font></a><font size=3>
to join us in the Senate Public Gallery when the bills are debated and
voted on next Monday and Tuesday. It will be harder to make a mockery of
our parliamentary traditions with the eyes of the public looking on.<br>
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PPS - </font><a href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=6785681&l=502&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.getup.org.au%2fblogs%2fview.php%3fid%3d442"><font size=3 color=blue><u>Read
the real story</u></font></a><font size=3> in our blog from various Indigenous
leaders including Valda Shannon, Gina Smith, Harry Nelson and Walter Shaw.
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