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Melbourne forum : Laws for Insecurity ?
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Civil Rights Network
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Nov 03, 2005 22:46 PST
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LAWS FOR INSECURITY ?
A PUBLIC FORUM ON THE TERROR LAWS
Laws are presently before federal Parliament that will give police
unprecedented detention and search powers. These laws will also expand
the government’s power to ban organisations and prosecute Australians
who
politically dissent.
They pose profound questions for all Australians: Will these laws
promote the safety of Australians? Will they, on the other hand,
inflict insecurity on Australians by increasing the risk of racial and
religious profiling? What will they mean for the health of Australia’s
democracy and multiculturalism?
Come to a public forum to find out more about these laws and their
implications.
SPEAKERS :
Brian Walters SC, Liberty Victoria President (Chair)
Honourable Petro Georgiou, House of Representatives Member for Kooyong
Professor George Williams, Gilbert & Tobin Centre for Public Law,
University of New South Wales and Chair, Victorian Human Rights
Consultation Committee (TBC)
Amir Butler, Co-Convenor, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy
Network (TBC)
Victoria Sentas, Spokesperson on terrorism laws, Federation of
Community Legal Centres
Joo-Cheong Tham, Lecturer, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne and
Committee Member, Liberty Victoria
DATE AND VENUE :
17 November 2005, 6 – 7.30 pm
Melbourne University Law School
Rm G08, Ground Floor, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
ENDORSED BY :
The Civil Rights Network >> Institute of International Law and the
Humanities, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne (ILAH) >> Liberty
Victoria >> Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH) >> Federation of
Community Legal Centres (Vic)
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