[csaa-forum] sydney meeting: FTA details

[Melissa Gregg]

The Devil in the Detail of the USFTA
6:00pm Thursday 1 April
Contact: Louise Southalan
lsouthalan at piac.asn.au
www.aftinet.org.au     Tom Mann theatre, 136 Chalmers St. Surry Hills
Transport: Walk 200 metres south of Central Station along Chalmers Street.
A public meeting to explain the US Free Trade Agreement, with speakers from
the AMWU, Public Health Association, Uniting Care, AFTINET and the arts.


The Devil in the Detail of the USFTA
A public meeting to explain the US Free Trade Agreement
When: Thursday 1 April, 6pm
Where: Tom Mann Theatre, 136 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW (three
minutes walk from Central Station)
Speakers: 
* Julius Roe, National President, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
(AMWU) 
* Dr Peter Sainsbury, President, Public Health Association of Australia
* Rev Harry Herbert, Uniting Church Minister, Director, UnitingCare
* Dr Patricia Ranald, Convenor, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
(AFTINET) 
* Plus a speaker from the media / arts
AFTINET's summary leaflet of key issues in the USFTA 'Ten Devils in the
Detail of the USFTA' will be available at the meeting. With thanks to
Uniting Care NSW.ACT for funding support.
Come along and get prepared to make your submission to the Senate Select
Committee on the USFTA. Deadline 30 April (see
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/freetrade_ctte/index.htm)
and the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. Deadline 13 April (see
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jsct/usafta/index.htm)

For more information contact Louise Southalan at AFTINET. Phone (02) 9299
7833, email lsouthalan at piac.asn.au