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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, He should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or
Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that
all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Martin Luther King Jr

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Government pushed through their workplace reform agenda but not before the Senate Committee conducted a lightning fast review. The Uniting Church submission was the result of contributions from
all over the Church and we were invited to present evidence at the public hearings. The submission and a number of press releases on this issue are available on the website here

ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS
The Anti-Terrorism legislation was also whisked through Parliament. UnitingJustice has prepared some resources which can be found in the human rights section of the website here
You can also find the Church’s submission to the Senate inquiry to the Bill at the above address. We have just made a submission to the Security Legislation Review Committee inquiry into the 2002-2003 round of Anti-Terrorism Legislation. This will be posted on our website at the conclusion of the Inquiry early next year.

A media statement expressing the Church’s concern at the way these pieces of significant legislation have been handled by the Government was released early this month. Please see the media release section of the website.

RACISM IN AUSTRALIA
The National Director’s has produced a short reflection on the comments that followed the racial violence in Sydney’s South this month (a link is on the front page of the website.)
- If you are looking for resources about racism, the Social Justice Sunday 2003 materials, entitled “Subverting Racism”, are still available on the website here We also have a limited number of hard copy kits available which we are happy to post free of charge.

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