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Reminder : Melbourne forum on terror laws
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Civil Rights Network
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Nov 14, 2005 17:34 PST
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'Laws for Insecurity?' Public Forum, Thursday, 17 November 2005, 6 pm
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The forum will look at the laws which are presently before federal
Parliament that 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?
The details for the forum are as follows:
Date: Thursday 17 November 2005
Time: 6.00 - 7.30 pm
Place: Rm G08, Melbourne Law School, Pelham Street, Carlton
The speakers for the forum are:
Chair: Brian Walters SC - Liberty Victoria President
*Honourable Petro Georgiou - House of Representatives Member for Kooyong
*Professor George Williams - Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law,
University of New South Wales
*Amir Butler - Co-Convenor, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy
Network
*Vicki Sentas - Spokesperson on terrorism laws, Federation of Community
Legal Centres
The forum is endorsed by PILCH, the Civil Rights Network, the Federation
of Community Legal Centres, Liberty Victoria and the Institute of
International Law and the Humanities, Law Faculty, University of
Melbourne.
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