[Commpsych] FW: Putting Australia to the human rights test

[Heather Gridley]

Apologies for the spam but this needs to go forward in the next 24 hours - there is widespread opposition to the Stronger Futures legislation from respected community groups and leaders, and an Avaaz petition has been created to put pressure on Minister Macklin to heed her own Parliament's human rights request to subject the legislation to independent human rights review before pushing it to a vote in the Senate as early as tomorrow (Wed) night.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Indigenous_Human_Rights<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001firI_i21tM7-gWQewpKzzJCUCybQcn4asqcZ8t11fx8fFv4FNhS3QnF6J9F_X8n8jbC2oEyQ2J2YOQ6-BNezMNWcdVuilUpYAYAJTQJS_TEBLP_m1Dqzbn7gQPto3CxxlEQR9bTNHYQfeyiWpseNfeGvKPzQMWwdWv8beaYGqyuwUK2HRnU1SK6SQLK6tFVqIQ5NEKtIYqu47dQtey4kkc5KehkdVOGOCNOYD5l19RpNOSdEP3sfAPJDL2ri6rDUEE7rmjbd-LFiHblpY1FI7kwiaceOjdqkk9R8Ur5gAKZqajeqkFHHP-AG0_xdHp0M>

Even if you're struggling with Petition Fatigue on this and other issues, this one is quite specific and needs to build momentum very quickly.



Heather



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From: Stand For Freedom Campaign [damien at ourgeneration.org.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 12:46 AM
To: Heather Gridley
Subject: Putting Australia to the human rights test


Dear All,

Thanks to your support, we presented 43,000 signatures to the Australian Government last week, supporting Aboriginal demands that the racist Stronger Futures legislation be withdrawn.

We were joined by Aboriginal leaders from the Northern Territory, Church and community sector leaders, the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, and leader of the Greens Senator Christine Milne.

Thanks to the pressure we created, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin to subject the legislation to an independent human rights review.

However, Minister Macklin is ignoring the Committee's demands and trying to get the legislation voted through the Senate regardless. Voting is due this Wednesday evening.

An Avaaz petition has been created to put pressure on Minister Macklin to heed her own Parliament's human rights request.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Indigenous_Human_Rights<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001firI_i21tM7-gWQewpKzzJCUCybQcn4asqcZ8t11fx8fFv4FNhS3QnF6J9F_X8n8jbC2oEyQ2J2YOQ6-BNezMNWcdVuilUpYAYAJTQJS_TEBLP_m1Dqzbn7gQPto3CxxlEQR9bTNHYQfeyiWpseNfeGvKPzQMWwdWv8beaYGqyuwUK2HRnU1SK6SQLK6tFVqIQ5NEKtIYqu47dQtey4kkc5KehkdVOGOCNOYD5l19RpNOSdEP3sfAPJDL2ri6rDUEE7rmjbd-LFiHblpY1FI7kwiaceOjdqkk9R8Ur5gAKZqajeqkFHHP-AG0_xdHp0M>

We succeeded in Stage 1, now this is Stage 2 of the campaign:

Please sign and share this petition as far and wide as you can

If enough signatures start to come in, Avaaz will make the petition go global, attracting hundreds of thousands of signatures.

The Government is on the run. Let's now corner them, and ensure that human rights in Australia also applies to its First Peoples.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Together, we're getting there.

With sincerest regards,

Damien Curtis
Campaign Director, Stand For Freedom













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