AI Action - Racial Discrimination Act

REINSTATEMENT OF THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT (RDA)

Amnesty International Australia - Working to Protect Human Rights:

No conditions, no excuses Mr Rudd

http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/21865/

14 Oct 09: “Suspending the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) allows racially discriminatory actions to occur - and this is exactly what happened in the roll out of the Northern Territory Intervention. … The Federal Government has promised to take steps to reinstate the RDA as soon as next week. However, the Government is proposing to designate some discriminatory practices, such as welfare quarantining, as a ‘special measure’ to allow them to continue. Such ‘special measures’ would defeat the purpose and the spirit of the reinstatement of the RDA. It is important that the reinstatement of the RDA should contain no loopholes to allow racial discrimination to continue. Call on the Federal Government now to reinstate the RDA in full… no conditions, no excuses! … Take action now - Send a letter to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, by clicking on the ACT NOW button on right-hand side of this page.”