<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"></HEAD><BODY><DIV>I thought some members might be interested in this
meeting with Rob Stary. Rob is a prominant defence lawyer from Melbourne who has
been involved in a number of prominant civil liberties cases in the past 5
years.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: red">The criminalisation of protest
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">This public meeting will discuss
how the Howard government has used the so-called 'war on terror' to attack our
basic democratic rights. The definitions of terror are so wide and vague as to
criminalise peaceful protest. At the same time the government's Building and
Construction Improvement Act has stripped construction workers of rights that
effectively leave them as second class citizens. Rob Stary is a prominent
Victorian lawyer and former chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Law
Institute of Victoria and is the President of the Criminal Defence Lawyers
Association. Stary represented former Victorian AMWU state secretary Craig
Johnston, Jack Thomas, the Barwon 13, G20 protestors and construction workers
appearing before the AustralianBuilding an d Construction Commission. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">3pm Saturday May 12, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Maritime Union Hall, </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">2-4 Kwong Alley, <?xml:namespace
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w:st="on">North Fremantle</st1:place>. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Entry $10/$5</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">Contact Fremantle branch
Socialist Alliance for details 0412 751 508.</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>