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Lee's Parliamentary E-Brief no. 49IN THIS E-BRIEF The NSW Parliament will sit again on Tuesday November 13. ******* RALLY FOR PEACE - 12 NOON SUNDAY NOV.4 ********* IN THIS E-BRIEF 1. What's on?2. Websites 3. Reports on line Check out Sydney events at RALLY FOR PEACE WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER 'NOT IN OUR NAME' 12 NOON SUNDAY NOV.4 Rallies are also to be held in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. No-War condemns the atrocities of September 11 in the strongest possible terms. However, we are convinced that bombing a desperately poor nation that has already endured decades of war will do absolutely nothing to make the world a safer place. CONTACT: Read this excellent article John Pilger, published in the UK's Mirror.com
website, calling the war on Afghanistan "a fraut". ----------------------------------- Globalisation from Below: Alternatives to corporate globalisation
seminar Global Justice and Fair Trade RALLY Support the 1000 international delegates in Sydney for the International
Metalworkers Federation World Congress. Support prisoners rights... On Wednesday November 14, from 6 - 9pm, at the South Sydney Leagues Club in Redfern, CRC Justice Support is holding a special event to mark its 50th anniversary. For 50 years CRC has been providing a vital service to prisoners; helping families visit people in jail, providing accommodation support, counselling and advocating for prisoners rights. We invite you to show your support for prisoners. On Nov 14 CRC has bought together a special night. Feature act will be The Stiff Gins, a fabulous three piece band who have just returned from a tour of Europe. They will be accompanied by a range of other performers including many ex-inmates and Indigenous performers. The night will be opened by the local Elders. Feature speaker will be Chris Cunneen, director of the Institute of Criminology, Sydney University, and author of numerous books on mandatory sentencing, racialised punishment and zero tolerance. Please come along and bring your friends. RSVP to 9288 8700 or just turn up on the night. ++++++++++++++++++++EcoTransit is having its first annual dinner, and with the funds we raise we hope to eventually get that long awaited edition of Hell on Wheels printed and out in the hands of the masses of Sydney people who love and cherish this great city of ours and don't want to see it go down to a heap of stinking asphelt. Children under 10 are free. -------------------------------Dec 2001/Jan 2002 Australia and New Zealand Brigade to Cuba The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society and the New Zealand-Cuba Friendship Society: Australia: Melbourne: Flora (03) 9470 5300 Sydney: The Travel Agent: Flight Centre. Contact: Martin or write to: Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, PO Box 1051, Want to share your favourite website? - send in your hot tips. GREENS Friends of the ABC Australian Republic 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 Federal Election 2001 Campaign to stop a charcoal plant in south eastern NSW: An interesting website with a GE food labelling petition. Please add
your support to this at Earthshare Australia - new Social Change Training Program. AUDIT OFFICE A report and better practice guide on intellectual property (IP) were released today. IP refers to the legal rights that protect both creative effort and economic investment in creative effort. IP takes many forms including copyright, software, design, patents and secrets. The report recommends that existing initiatives be built upon to provide
a clearer and better coordinated approach to managing IP across government.
The research report 'The Autralian Heroin Drought and its Implications for Drug Policy' by Don Weatherburn, Craig Jones, Karen Freeman and Toni Makkainow available. Jackie Fitzgerald Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research ----------------------------------------------------------- The latest Library Research Service Briefing Paper entitled Workers' Compensation Common Law Matters: The Sheahan Inquiry by Rachel Callinan 14/2001 is now available on the Parliament's Intranet site at: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/ResearchBf142001 ------------------------------ The latest Library Research Service Briefing Paper entitled Election Finance Law: Public Funding, Donations and Expenditure by Rachel Callinan 15/2001 is now available on the Parliament's Intranet site at: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/ResearchBf152001
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