NT leader jeered over sentencing laws Source: AAP | Published: Friday March 24, 11:15 AM Northern Territory Chief Minister Denis Burke was berated by demonstrators as he entered an attorneys-general conference in Melbourne set to consider a motion condemning his mandatory sentencing laws. A photographer was knocked over in the crush as protesters yelled 'how many lives' and 'where's your soul' right in Burke's face. Earlier about a dozen demonstrators dressed in mourning black laid out biscuits, pencils and cans of food to reflect the stolen items which landed two NT Aborigines in jail under the Territory's tough mandatory sentencing laws. Today's meeting in Melbourne of the standing committee of attorneys-general will consider a Victorian motion condemning the mandatory sentencing laws of the Territory and WA. The sponsor of the motion, Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls today described the laws as 'immoral, unethical and racist.' Burke was the last of the ministers to run the protesters gauntlet receiving by far the angriest reception. Australia's chief law officers will today also consider another Victorian motion to join in legal action to recover costs of smoking related health care from cigarette manufacturers. -- _________________________________ Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ 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/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
