18 August 2005
LAUNCH OF NEW COMMUNITY POLITICAL GROUP
Arising from a concern for the direction that Australia has taken in recent years under the present government, and alarmed that this government now has full control of both Houses of Parliament, a new political movement aiming to build a more progressive Australia has recently been launched.
GetUp aims to network like-minded people who want to bring participation back into our democracy. It uses the latest online tools to act on important issues facing the country. Concerned at the absence of an effective opposition and the concentration of media ownership which limits the expression of alternative viewpoints, GetUp believes that people need to take politics more into their own hands, and it provides a way to do this. It aims to build a ground-up movement of Australians who want to act, not just complain.
This bulletin was commenced in the belief that members of the Edmund Rice Network have something to offer the wider communities to which they belong. In my experience Christian Brother Schools and ministries have been strong on exercising care and compassion for the poor and disadvantaged, but less strong I believe, on addressing the underlying causes of poverty, suffering and marginalisation. One of the aims of this bulletin has been to encourage members of the Edmund Rice Network to work with others to change unjust structures by giving voice to their beliefs and values through their participation in the political process.
GetUp provides an opportunity to enable that voice to be heard.
Another opportunity to contribute directly to the political debate exists with the current Victorian State Government's Community Consultation on Human Rights
Questions the government is seeking answers to include :-
Should Victoria have a Charter of Human Rights?
What should it protect?
Are there other ways human rights can be better protected as part of our democracy?
Submissions are still being accepted as part of this consultation and assistance with making a submission can be found at the website of the Law Institute of Victoria
GetUp aims to network like-minded people who want to bring participation back into our democracy. It uses the latest online tools to act on important issues facing the country. Concerned at the absence of an effective opposition and the concentration of media ownership which limits the expression of alternative viewpoints, GetUp believes that people need to take politics more into their own hands, and it provides a way to do this. It aims to build a ground-up movement of Australians who want to act, not just complain.
This bulletin was commenced in the belief that members of the Edmund Rice Network have something to offer the wider communities to which they belong. In my experience Christian Brother Schools and ministries have been strong on exercising care and compassion for the poor and disadvantaged, but less strong I believe, on addressing the underlying causes of poverty, suffering and marginalisation. One of the aims of this bulletin has been to encourage members of the Edmund Rice Network to work with others to change unjust structures by giving voice to their beliefs and values through their participation in the political process.
GetUp provides an opportunity to enable that voice to be heard.
Another opportunity to contribute directly to the political debate exists with the current Victorian State Government's Community Consultation on Human Rights
Questions the government is seeking answers to include :-
Should Victoria have a Charter of Human Rights?
What should it protect?
Are there other ways human rights can be better protected as part of our democracy?
Submissions are still being accepted as part of this consultation and assistance with making a submission can be found at the website of the Law Institute of Victoria
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