Labor was left on its own in the Senate on August 9 when it failed to back Greens Senator Bob Brown's motion "That the Senate considers that wherever there is an existing plantation alternative, old-growth forests and high conservation forests should not be logged." The motion was passed with the support of the Democrats, Liberals and One Nation. With 80% of the public backing the saving of old growth forests, Labor forest hackers appear to have forgotten about the coming election as well as the environment.

The disclosure that second in command in the NSW Upper House, Tony Kelly, has been sprung with hacking software on his parliamentary computer has left many unanswered questions. The police investigation has not yet been concluded. To the many people who have asked us for an update, we cannot definitely say that the parliamentary email system is secure. The situation is highly unsatisfactory and the latest reports that other Labor MPs are not cooperating with police adds to our concerns. We are continuing to track this one.

Greens Senator Bob Brown set up this inquiry which is inquiring into : "The development and implementation of options for methods of appointment to the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that would enhance public confidence in the independence and representativeness of the ABC as the National broadcaster."

To lodge a submission send it to - Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 or email them at ecita.se@aph.gov.au The closing date was August 9 but late submissions are usually accepted.

For information for your submission ring Ben Oquist in Bob Brown's office on 6277 3170 or visit the Friends of the ABC website http://www.fabc.org.au

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WORTH A LOOK
Centre of Full Employment and Equity is an official research centre at the University of Newcastle and is located in the Department of Economics.
Proceedings of their latest conference
http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/multimedia/2001conferencearchives.cfm

FEDERAL ELECTION 2001
www.abc.net.au/public/elections/2001fed/analysis.htm

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today welcomed a consultants report which says that Australia does not need a new reactor at Lucas Heights to be a leader in developing medical isotopes.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today called for her Upper House Committee to inquire into the failure of 'drug war' police policies, following comments by NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery and Police Commissioner Peter Ryan.

A member of the Cabramatta police inquiry, Lee Rhiannon MP, today congratulated NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan for stating publicly that Australia is losing the war on drugs.

Ms Rhiannon said, "Commissioner Ryan is brave to acknowledge the politically unpopular truth that prohibition policing can never succeed in stamping out overdoses, theft by users or organised crime.

"The Upper House's Cabramatta report carries a Greens dissenting recommendation that the inquiry look into heroin trails in a bid to combat organised crime in NSW.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today said that Mr Tony Kelly should stand aside from his position on the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics until the current investigations are concluded. Ms Rhiannon said, "It is inappropriate for any member to oversee the ethical conduct of Parliament while they are under police investigation.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon has today called on the MP at the centre of the Parliament House hacking scandal, Mr Tony Kelly, to stand aside from his positions as President and NSW Parliament Convenor of Country Labor.

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon today said that she understood the alleged hacker at the centre of the 'hacker-gate' computer scandal is a member of the Upper House and demanded that the Government prove that he did not spy on Greens and other Upper House MPs.

A Roy Morgan poll in today's Bulletin has identified Greens voters as the least likely to agree with the statement that "homosexuality is immoral". According to the poll, only 10% of Greens supporters agreed with the statement, compared to 21% for the Democrats, 33% for Labor, 42% for Liberal Party, 55% for the National Party and 58% for One Nation.

Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon will launch her party's Education Amendment (Reduction of Financial Assistance to Wealthy Non-Government Schools) Bill 2001 at 4:30 pm today in the Jubilee Room, Parliament House Macquarie St, Sydney. She will be joined by Bev Baker, president of the NSW Federation of P & C Organisations, Maree O'Halloran, Vice-President of the NSW Teachers Federation and an audience of enthusiastic supporters of public education.

The wild storms that have stripped Bondi Beach of much of its sand have uncovered sections of the controversial Olympic volleyball stadium. Greens MP, Lee Rhiannon, inspected the beach last night. Ms Rhiannon is a long time local resident.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today said that the Greens welcomed the Auburn by-election as a test for all NSW political parties halfway between general State elections. Ms Rhiannon said, "The Greens can use this election to explain how Labor sold out working people with their WorkCover reforms.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today warned that Australia's ability to meet its Kyoto emission targets depends on whether its biggest state continues to overshoot its own carbon dioxide targets.

Ms Rhiannon said, "NSW's Greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased from 7.73 tonnes at the beginning of the last decade to 8.09 tonnes in 1999. The NSW Government's Greenhouse leadership has gone up in smoke, with them now spending less per capita than Queensland and Victoria.

Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon today called on the Carr government to adopt the recommendations of the Inquiry into the M5 East Ventilation Stack released today.

The Upper House Inquiry recommended that pollution filtration equipment be installed in the M5 Stack, and be used as a pilot study for the upcoming ventilation stacks for the Cross-City and Lane Cove tunnels.

Greens Upper House MP Lee Rhiannon today warned that New South Wales could see American-style anti-abortion violence unless political leaders defended the right of women to choose abortion. Ms Rhiannon said, "Violent fanatics are emboldened when mainstream political leaders fail to fully defend a woman's right to abortion access.

To automatically receive all Greens Media Releases by email go to http://www.greens.org.au and follow the links.

The Library Research Service Briefing Paper entitled Proposed Changes to Environmental Planning in NSW by Stewart Smith 10/2001 is now available
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/ResearchBf102001/

The Library Research Service Briefing Paper entitled Independence and Accountability of the Director of Public Prosecutions: A Comparative Survey by Rowena Johns 9/2001 is now available
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/ResearchBf092001/

Log in and mulch down at the Cat@lyst & Indymedia FREE funraiser.
2-9 pm - Sunday August 26
UNSW Ecoliving Centre & Permaculture Garden
Rear 14 Arthur Street, Randwick (right near the uni)
Featuring: The Garden, Multimedia from the CAT crew, films.

Delicious vegetarian food & drink for sale, so come along for dinner at dusk, bring a friend and warm into Spring.

Entry = FREE

Transport:
Bus it >> 370 [Leichhardt, Glebe, Newtown],
372 [Central], 373 [Circular Quay]
400 [Bondi Jnct & Burwood].
Bike it >> 20 mins from City & Newtown.

Cat@lyst (Community Access Technology) is a non-profit computer collective that for eight years has been supporting community groups and activists on the net. Our biggest project so far has become the Indy Media phenomenon. What started out as an optimistic experiment in open publishing for the J18 protests in 1999, has mushroomed into a global network. Written by the Catalyst collective and given out for free, the software now runs Independent Media Centre web sites in over 55 cities worldwide. It turns the mainstream "one to many" model of media on its head with the news generated by the audience.

10.30am Saturday Sept 8
All welcome
SuperDome, Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney
Greens Senator Bob Brown will be one of the speakers

21-25 September
A gathering of people interested in social change - in sharing their ideas, their hopes and their fears. Opportunities to meet people with similar passions, take time out to review your year, have fun, learn new skills and much more.
A blend of conference, workshop and celebration.
Our speakers -
Lee Rhiannon, representing The Greens in the NSW Legislative Council. Lee has worked in the social justice and environment movements for more than three decades.
Kate Fisher is passionate about encouraging students and activists to take up the practice of critical reflection on their own values and beliefs particularly in the areas of politics and economics.

to commemorate the 31st anniversary year of the 1970 Vietnam Moratorium demonstrations and the significant social movements and political-industrial issues of the decade.
22-23 September 2001
Women's College, University of Sydney
For more information contact Beverley Symons - 9799 6943 or bsymons@ar.com.au

What is the left offering in the federal election?
Many speakers including for The Greens BEN OQUIST - adviser to Senator Bob Brown.
Friday October 19, 6 to 9 pm, Gaelic Club, Devonshire St Surry Hills

9am to 5pm, WEDNESDAY 24th OCTOBER 2001
Blackfriars Campus, Building 5, University of Technology, Sydney
(entrance on Blackfriars Street, Chippendale - between Abercrombie and Buckland St. Signs will point you to the large room upstairs.)

A ONE DAY FORUM for youth arts practitioners, youth workers, arts and cultural policy makers and managers, youth and community health workers, community cultural development workers, regional arts workers, indigenous arts workers and educators.

The next day, go to the biennial YOUTH PERFORMING ARTS AUSTRALIA (YPAA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE at the Sydney Opera House! Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 Oct.

For more information contact artsplus@senet.com.au

The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society and the New Zealand-Cuba Friendship
Society:

Australia:
Melbourne: Flora (03) 9470 5300
Sydney: Ingrid Paling (02) 9744 6665

The Travel Agent: Flight Centre.
Contact: Martin Jellinek (03) 9432 8044

or write to:

Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, PO Box 1051, Collingwood Victoria 3036.

Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Development in East Timor.
http://members.tripod.com/sd_east_timor/
Launch of email discussion list Sustainable Development East Timor:
visit http://lists.ntu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sduet

Donations of books for Sustainable Development Library needed.

Assistant Coordinator:
Carrie Deutsch: 0438 003 037
Email: cdeutsch@metz.une.edu.au

Postal Address:
Russell Anderson & Carrie Deutsch
C/- Timor Aid
PO Box 651
Nightcliff NT 0814