From: Oquist, Ben (Sen B. Brown) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, 25 October 1999 15:07 Subject: Greens-Activist Mandatory Sentencing Dear friends, Submissions to the Senate inquiry on Bob's bill to ban mandatory sentencing close this Friday. Can you help the campaign by emailing the committee a short emailing saying you support the legislation to overturn the WA and NT laws. The Committee's email is - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Ben Legislation to Ban Mandatory Sentencing for Juveniles in WA and NT. Submissions to Senate Inquiry close this Friday 29th, 1999. Greens Senator Bob Brown, with the ALP and Democrats, has introduced legislation that would prevent mandatory sentencing for juveniles anywhere in Australia. Currently mandatory sentencing for juveniles applies in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Mandatory sentencing for young people flouts international human rights law and is a breach of Australia's obligations under the convention on the rights of children. Mandatory sentencing discriminates against the Aboriginal population as such laws are 6 to 8 times more likely to see Aboriginal people (than the non-Aboriginal population) behind bars for petty offences. Scores of young Aboriginals, as well as non-Aboriginals, are in jail now for such trivial offences as stealing a $2.50 cigarette lighter. The Legislation is currently before a senate inquiry. Please send in a short submission. Submissions close this week. For details of the inquiry go to: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ADVERT/juvenile.htm or just send your submission (which only needs to be a page) to: Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 either by post, fax (02) 6277 5794, or Internet e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Bob's Second reading speech on the bill go to: http://search.aph.gov.au/search/ParlInfo.ASP?action=view&item=72&from=browse &path=Chamber/Senate+Hansard/1999/Spring/25+August+1999&items=146 ---------------------------------------------- You can now receive Greens Senator Bob Brown's media releases by e-mail. Go to www.altnews.com.au/Greens and sign up to the 'Greens-Media' opt in e-mail list. ---------------------------------------------- Ben Oquist Greens Senator Bob Brown Parliament House, Canberra 2600 Australia +61 2 62773170 ph +61 2 62773185 fx www.tassie.net.au/bobbrown --------------------------------------------- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
