LETTERS AND MEDIA WATCH  

Media Watch is one of the activities of the Social Justice Committee of CLRI(NSW). 

A watching brief is kept by members on issues in the media and a letter is written when action seems desirable. We write to politicians, government officials, the newspapers, public bodies: anyone who can help us in our struggle for justice.

We recently reviewed Media Watch and adopted the following resolutions:

1. When a letter is written, a copy will be included on the website;

2. Our monthly Media Watch item will decide which member has initial responsibility for the month plus some issues to watch for;

3. An individual who begins a topic and gets a response will stay on the topic and follow up the response (particularly if there is no response or a pro forma response that does not address the issue raised);

4. Anyone following up an issue will notify the designated Media Watcher that an issue is being pursued;

5. When the Research Officer writes letters for any sub-group or the whole group, a copy will be posted on the website;

6. The Research Officer will assemble information for members to use in composing letters;

7. Remember to write letters of commendation when appropriate!

8. We all write different types of letters – short, long, witty, serious – feel free to be yourself!

9. Media Watch is freeing, empowering, a fantastic process – one of our better ideas!

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General Information:

Letters Written

Document	Word File	PDF File
To John Hatzistergos re prisons & Christmas Nov 08	Word
To Chris Evans re 786 Visa Oct 08	Word
To Chris Evans re boat people Oct 08	Word
To Senator Evans re New Immigration Policies 11 Aug 08	Word
To Lindsay Tanner MP re Redmond Barry Lecture 4 Aug 08	Word
To Petro Giorgiou MP re support for refugee policy reform 4 Aug 08	Word
To Senator Chris Evans re changes to refugee policy  4 Aug 08	Word
To Senator Evans re Sudanese made homeless 9 Jul 08	Word
To Tanya Plibersek re Homelessness  9 Jul 08	Word
To Morris Iemma re racism 4 July 08	Word
To Prime Minister re Climate Change 28 June 08	Word
To Chris Evans, Immigration Minister re RRT June 08	Word
To Jenny Macklin re Close the Gap Apr 08	Word
To Frank Sartor re transparency of political donations Apr 08	Word

Replies Received

Document	Word File	PDF File
From Minister Evans re Refugee reform Sept 08
From Senator Evans re Immigration reforms Aug 08
From Petro Georgiou MP re immigration reforms 13 Aug 08
From Lindsay Tanner MP re Redmond Barry Lecture 12 Aug 08
From Senator Evans re Sudanese Refugees 24 July 08
From Community Relations Commission re Camden racism 10 July 08
From Prime Minister's Office re fuel prices and climate change 3 July 08
From Premier's Dept re Camden letter 19 Jun 08
From Jenny Macklin's Office re Indigenous Disadvantage Apr 08

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