ISSUES ... a HUMAN RIGHTS bill for Australia

WHAT CAN WE DO ?

TALK about it to friends & neighbours, give them the website [www.humanrightsact.com.au/]    read SUMMARY of draft bill Help ORGANISE meetings to debate & raise awareness

Contact (email or letter) your local MPs and state senators to support a new bill  sample letter (Word) (adapt to your own wording)

Express support for a national human rights charter being initially considered by a panel set up by the Rudd government (... see article in The Australian, 10 Dec 2008) Join the GetUp! email campaign or Amnesty International

See also New Matilda web-site on this issue at: http://www.humanrightsact.com.au/

... and read about the National Human Rights CONSULTATION COMMITTEE and its progress at : http://www.humanrightsconsultation.gov.au./ ... as well as the Amnesty International article (by Tanja Kovac, in New Matilda, 2 July 2009) chasing this process