REPEAL NT MANDATORY SENTENCING LAWS CAMPAIGN. YOUR HELP NEEDED TODAY - CAST YOUR VOTE FOR SANITY If you were outraged by the fact a homeless man got a year's jail in Darwin for taking a towel, here's your chance to take some positive action to restore the true spirit of the rule of law in the Northern Territory. DARWIN BY-ELECTION There is presently an NT Legislative Assembly by-election campaign under way in Darwin (2 seats) with elections on Saturday 31 July. Some candidates have expressed their opposition to mandatory sentencing - by not very loudly as it is not seen as an issue within suburban Darwin. The more messages received by the NTTC today and over the next week is important to encourage the sane people within the NT to act to protect the interests of the vulnerable as well as the wealthy. It just requires a little bit of outside energy to make a quantum leap. Just thinking about it won't do the trick, but sending off that email message NOW makes a REAL difference. HOW TO VOTE Send a simple and polite email message to the Northern Territory Tourist Commission asking them for more information about their "Darwin Jail First Resort Package" and requesting that they put a "WARNING NOTICE - NT JAIL LAWS" section on their website with full details of mandatory sentencing legislation. Either visit the website of the Northern Territory Tourist Commission at http://www.nttc.com.au or email them direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] EVERY VOTE COUNTS! The first messages have started to arrive at the Northern Territory Tourist Commission. They are referring them to management. More messages please, we need more. DON'T THROW IN THE TOWEL - EMAIL THE NTTC TODAY [EMAIL PROTECTED] All those marginalised folk who get caught up in these rotten laws and deadly jails say "Thank you Brothers and Sisters." AUSTRALIANS AGAINST MANDATORY SENTENCING e-people for a fair go [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.egroups.com/subscribe?list=fairgo Pass this message on. ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/