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Feb 09 Newsletter – CLA asks for Human Rights Committee

1 February 2009 1 February 2009

CLA released its four Australia Day letters last month, just as new came of a one-month’s delay in the national consultation on human rights  at the request of its chairman, Father Frank Brennan.  One of CLA’s OzDay letters asks the PM to establish a…

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Jan 09 Newsletter – Sedition to go, at last

1 January 2009 1 January 2009

The Rudd Government has promised to get rid of Australia’s anachronistic sedition laws…again. In December, Attorney-General Robert McClelland flagged he would issue a ‘consultation paper’ by 30 June, and that legislation in parliament would follow.…

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Dec 2008 Newsletter – CLA launches anti-filtering campaign

30 November 2008 3 September 2013

CLA has launched a campaign to stop the Rudd Government imposting mandatoring internet filtering – censorship – on adult Australians’ access to the internet. The campaign consists of a new website – http://www.censorfree.com.au/ – and a series of eve…

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Nov 2008 Newsletter – Internet censorship – initiatives on terror laws

31 October 2008 31 October 2008

As the Australian Government gets ready to censor the internet, CLA is fighting back with ‘Action Email Cells’ – groups to take the fight to the government. (See Home page article, and lead story in newsletter).Meanwhile the November newsletter a…

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October 2008 Newsletter – Rights charter debate launches 10 Dec

30 September 2008 30 September 2008

The debate about whether Australia should have a national Charter of Rights and Responsibilities will launch on 10 December, international Human Rights Day. It is hoped that the Prime Minister, Mr Rudd, will throw his weight behind the program to indicat…

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September 2008 Newsletter – Harmonising laws is major focus for 2009

1 September 2008 1 September 2008

Harmonising laws throughout Australia – even including New Zealand – will be a focus for next year. As part of the move, CLA’s campaign for matched medical directive regimes may well come to fruition. Queensland’s Public Interest Monitor could be copi…

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August 2008 CLArion Newsletter

1 August 2008 4 July 2013

CLA’s new TV advertisement, as well as a half-hour radio program, are coming closer to fruition, and are likely to be ready for launch this month. As well as these internal ‘production’ issues, CLA is building a cross-party coalition to introduce a priva…

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July 2008 CLArion Newsletter

30 June 2008 30 June 2008

Treaties Committee adopts CLA’s proposals:
*  New AFP rules may prevent ‘Bali 9’ situations
*  Extradition outcomes ‘should be monitored
CLA expects the charter of rights and responsibilities debate to get under…

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June CLArion now available

31 May 2008 10 August 2013

The Attorney-General’s Department received $2.8 million in one line item in the 2008 Budget to run a Charter of Rights and Responsibilities debate throughout Australia in 2008-9. A formal consultation process is expected, with possibly a panel of expe…

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May 2008 Newsletter – NGOs gather to develop

30 April 2008 30 April 2008

A strategy roundtable in Sydney in June aims to corral NGOs into sticking to agreed key messages during the upcoming national debate over a charter of rights and responsibilities for Australia. The roundtable, sponsored by HREOC and a law centre at UNSW,…

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