Hi there
Extract from the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee webpage
today
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Inquiry into the Provisions of the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing for
Property Offences) Bill 2000
Note: The public hearing scheduled for Friday 3 August in Darwin has been
cancelled due to the announcement of the Northern Territory election. It is
likely this hearing will be rescheduled. A new date to be advised.
Fancy that!
Deb Ford
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09:11 am Subject: ABC News: Probe to examine
mandatory sentencing deal
benefits
Good timing - NT News headline "Date Set for NT Election" (18 August)
Deb Ford
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Subject: ABC News: Probe to examine
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30/07/2001 10:21 benefits
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ABC News
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 6:21 AEST
Probe to examine mandatory
sentencing deal benefits
The Australian Democrats say a Senate committee
inquiry into mandatory sentencing will look into the
benefits of a deal between the Northern Territory
Government and the Federal Government.
The Commonwealth is providing $20 million over four
years for programs aimed at reducing the number of
juveniles in detention.
The committee will hold hearings in Darwin on Friday
as part of its inquiry into whether the laws are in breach
of Australia's international human rights obligations and
will take submissions in Canberra next week.
Democrats Senator Brian Grieg says it is hoped the
hearings will put mandatory sentencing under the
national spotlight again.
"We're dealing with basically human rights and law and
justice here and that applies to all people regardless of
whether they live in the Territory or New South Wales
for that matter," he said.
"We're talking about basic law and justice and the
federal and the state and Territory response to that and
I argue, as do all Democrats, that we should have
effectively equal and universal laws across the country
and not different laws providing different sets of human
rights in different states and territories."
© 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/daily/newsnat-30jul2001-17.htm
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