Articles - 2 November 2005
Call for action against Sedition Clause
NAVA reports on the potential impact of the Sedition Clause in the Anti-Terrorism legislation proposed for introduction into parliament and recommends immediate action be taken by writing to, ringing or arranging to meet with any or all of the parliamentarians listed below to tell them that changes need to be made to the legislation in order to protect artists' and other people's rights to freedom of expression.
Jon Stanhope website
http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au
Federal Liberal Party
- Senator the Hon Helen Coonan
Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Senator.coonan@aph.gov.au
minister@dcita.gov.au - Senator the Honourable Rod Kemp
Minister for the Arts and Sport
Senator.rod.kamp@aph.gov.au - The Honourable Philip Ruddock MP
Attorney-General
Ag@Ag.gov.au - Mr Petro Georgiou MP
Member for Kooyong
P.Georgiou.MP@aph.gov.au - The Honourable Bruce Baird MP
Member for Cook
Bruce.Baird.MP@aph.gov.au - Mr Russell Broadbent MP
Member for McMillan
Russell.Broadbent.MP@aph.gov.au - The Honourable Judi Moylan MP
Member for Pearce
J.Moylan.MP@aph.gov.au - Mr Paul Neville MP
Member for Hinkler
P.Neville.MP@aph.gov.au - Mr Malcolm Turnbull MP
Member for Wentworth
Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au - The Honourable Dr Brendan Nelson MP
Member for Bradfield
B.Nelson.MP@aph.gov.au - George Brandis
Senator for Queensland
senator.brandis@aph.gov.au - Marise Payne
Senator for New South Wales
Senator.payne@aph.gov.au
Federal Labor Party
- Kim Beazley
Kim.Beazley.MP@aph.gov.au - Peter Garrett
Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts
Peter.Garrett.MP@aph.gov.au - Nicola Roxon
Shadow Attorney-General
Nicola.Roxon.MP@aph.gov.au
State and Territory Ministers
New South Wales
- The Honourable (Bob) Robert John DEBUS, MP
NSW Minister for the Arts, Attorney General, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for the Arts
bob.debus@debus.minister.nsw.gov.au
bluemountains@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Australian Capital Territory
- Jon Stanhope
Chief Minister, ACT, Minister for the Arts, Heritage and Indigenous Affairs, Attorney-General
stanhope@act.gov.au
Northern Territory
- Ms Marion Scrymgour MLA
Minister for Arts and Museums
marion.scrymgour@nt.gov.au - The Honourable Dr.Peter Howard Toyne
Minister for Justice and Attorney-General
electorate.stuart@nt.gov.au
Queensland
- The Honourable Rod Welford MP
Minister for Education and Minister for The Arts
EducationAndArts@ministerial.qld.gov.au - The Honourable Linda Lavarch MP
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Attorney@ministerial.qld.gov.au
Attorney@qld.gov.au
CorporateCorrespondence@qed.qld.gov.au
South Australia
- The Honourable Mike Rann MP
Premier, Minister for the Arts
premier@saugov.sa.gov.au - The Honourable Michael Atkinson MP
Attorney-General
Attorney-general@agd.sa.gov.au
Tasmania
- Lara Giddings
Minister for the Arts
Lara.giddings@development.tas.gov.au - Judy Jackson
Attorney General
judy.jackson@justice.tas.gov.au
Victoria
- The Honourable Mary Delahunty
Minister for the Arts
mary.delahunty@parliament.vic.gov.au - The Honourable Rob Justin Hulls
Attorney General
rob.hulls@parliament.vic.gov.au
Western Australia
- The Hon Sheila McHale MLA
Minister for Culture and the Arts
sheila-mchale@dpc.wa.gov.au - The Hon Jim McGinty, BA BJuris(Hons) LLB JP MLA
Attorney General
jim-mcginty@dpc.wa.gov.au
State and Territory Opposition
New South Wales
- Mrs Jillian Gell Skinner, MP
NSW Shadow Ministers for the Arts
northshore@parliament.nsw.gov.au - Mr Andrew Arnold Tink, MP
Shadow Attorney-General
epping@parliament.nsw.gov.au
South Australia
- Mrs Joan Hall MP
Shadow Spokesperson, Arts
morialta@parliament.sa.gov.au - Hon Robert Lawson MLC
Shadow Attorney-General
raelene.zanetti@parliament.sa.gov.au
Western Australia
- Sue Walker
Shadow Minister for the Arts
swalker@mp.wa.gov.au - Bill Scott
Shadow Attorney-General
bscott@mp.wa.gov.au
Victoria
- Andrea Coote
Shadow Minister for the Arts
andrea.coote@parliament.vic.gov.au - Andrew McIntosh
Shadow Attorney-General
andrew.mcintosh@parliament.vic.gov.au
Tasmania
- Michael Hodgman
Shadow Minister for the Arts
michael.hodgman@parliament.tas.gov.au - Jeremy Rockliff
Shadow Attorney-General
jeremy.rockliff@parliament.tas.gov.au
greens@parliament.tas.gov.au
Queensland
- Stuart Copeland
Shadow Minister for the Arts
Cunningham@parliament.qld.gov.au - Mark McArdle
Shadow Attorney-General
Caloundra@parliament.qld.gov.au
Australian Capital Territory
- Richard Mulchany
Shadow Minister for the Arts
mulcahy@parliament.act.gov.au - Bill Stefaniak
Shadow Attorney-General
stefaniak@parliament.act.gov.au
Northern Territory
- Jodeen Carney
Shadow Attorney-General
jodeen.carney@nt.gov.au - Terry Mills
Shadow Minister for the Arts
terry.mills@nt.gov.au
electorate.blain@nt.gov.au
Related links
- May, 2006 Australian Law Reform Commission Call for submissions
- November, 2005 Letter to Member of Parliament drafted by NAVA
- November, 2005 Call for action against Sedition Clause Tamara Winikoff
- November, 2005 New sedition law to stifle artists Tamara Winikoff
- November, 2005 Parliamentarians List of contacts
- Proposed legislation
- Freedom of Expression website
