Howard Youth on the march. Laurie. ---------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "news-clip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 11:28 AM Subject: The Age: Young Libs want axing of human rights watchdog
> The overriding impression is one of a club for selfish, immature > spoiled brats ... and then they graduate to the "Liberal" Party? > --- Trudy > ============================================== > > THE AGE > Young Libs want axing of human rights watchdog > > By DARREN GRAY > CANBERRA > Saturday 5 January 2002 > > Young ACT Liberals have called on the Federal Government to abolish the Human > Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. > > The ACT division of the Young Liberal Movement made the call in a motion to be > debated today by about 100 junior conservatives at the Young Liberals' national > convention in Melbourne. > > John Cziesla, the ACT division's president, said anti-discrimination laws were sufficient > to protect Australians. He also criticised the commission as a highly politicised > government-funded body. > > Also on the agenda is a motion condemning ACTU president Sharan Burrow over a call > for better maternity leave entitlements. > > A push to get all tertiary students to pay full fees was defeated. Delegates yesterday > raised concern about the costs of lengthy degrees such as medicine and science. > > Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social > Justice Commissioner Bill Jonas said he was > shocked by the debate to abolish the > commission. > > "It certainly concerns me and alarms me and > I don't know why they would do that," he > said. > > The national motions up for discussion today > appear more weighty than some considered > by the Queensland Young Liberals state > conference three years ago, wh ich included > motions to give mothers who breast-feed in > public on-the-spot fines and to make MPs wear Star Trek uniforms. The proposals > were defeated. > > http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/2002/01/05/FFX45QLU0WC.html > > > ************************************************************************* > 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." > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. 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."
