Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Million Mothers March you can join for your future even if you can't go
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Reject Howard’s Christmas presents!
Unite to give each other support
Friday 2 December 2005 – 12 noon on Parliament lawn, Canberra
Million Mothers March begins with one step...and one mum! and we will keep going until we can see a future where fairness, freedom and "for all Australians" means caring and compassion for each other - not callous competition
10 years ago the Million Man March of protest and unity converged on Washington DC.
Now it’s the turn of all Australians who don’t accept the Howard’s government’s proposed laws on Workplace Relations, Welfare and Terrorism to show our faces and our feelings.
Why Mothers? Many of us are mothers. Most of us had mothers. Mothers will be disproportionately damaged by the Welfare and Workplace changes. But not only mothers. Millions of people in Australia will be adversely affected by these unmandated inhumane laws.
And with the Terrorism sedition provisions you will lose the right to even read about it!
Mothers, fathers, kids, people will have to work in even more substandard conditions and for even less money. Individual workers will lose their rights to get together and act for each other.
The Government wants to push all of these changes through by Christmas.
What a wonderful selection of presents for mothers, children, and people who are disabled, pensioners, workers, or unemployed!
Unwrap the packaging and what do you get? All this legislation has horrible consequences – not unforeseen either. Anyone can see the disadvantages sole parents and their children will suffer under the wicked Welfare to Woe package. It won't just mean losing out on payments. People will lose current benefits such as health care cards, transport concessions, and access to public housing. Parents in particular -will end up being minus almost everything except the kids they are trying to look after!
Anyone who has a heart – anyone who had a mother or has been a child – anyone who is half way human – come and march on Parliament House Canberra this Friday 2 December 2005. We will convene at high noon – 12 midday on the lawn outside the public entrance.
If you want to help with transport or discuss this idea, please contact me, Ariel, by email at mongrielle@bigpond.com or phone 02 9326 2960 or 0411 852 452
revised 1 December 2005
Reject Howard’s Christmas presents!
Unite to give each other support
Friday 2 December 2005 – 12 noon on Parliament lawn, Canberra
Million Mothers March begins with one step...and one mum! and we will keep going until we can see a future where fairness, freedom and "for all Australians" means caring and compassion for each other - not callous competition
10 years ago the Million Man March of protest and unity converged on Washington DC.
Now it’s the turn of all Australians who don’t accept the Howard’s government’s proposed laws on Workplace Relations, Welfare and Terrorism to show our faces and our feelings.
Why Mothers? Many of us are mothers. Most of us had mothers. Mothers will be disproportionately damaged by the Welfare and Workplace changes. But not only mothers. Millions of people in Australia will be adversely affected by these unmandated inhumane laws.
And with the Terrorism sedition provisions you will lose the right to even read about it!
Mothers, fathers, kids, people will have to work in even more substandard conditions and for even less money. Individual workers will lose their rights to get together and act for each other.
The Government wants to push all of these changes through by Christmas.
What a wonderful selection of presents for mothers, children, and people who are disabled, pensioners, workers, or unemployed!
Unwrap the packaging and what do you get? All this legislation has horrible consequences – not unforeseen either. Anyone can see the disadvantages sole parents and their children will suffer under the wicked Welfare to Woe package. It won't just mean losing out on payments. People will lose current benefits such as health care cards, transport concessions, and access to public housing. Parents in particular -will end up being minus almost everything except the kids they are trying to look after!
Anyone who has a heart – anyone who had a mother or has been a child – anyone who is half way human – come and march on Parliament House Canberra this Friday 2 December 2005. We will convene at high noon – 12 midday on the lawn outside the public entrance.
If you want to help with transport or discuss this idea, please contact me, Ariel, by email at mongrielle@bigpond.com or phone 02 9326 2960 or 0411 852 452
revised 1 December 2005