Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the Reichstein Foundation and to the Victorian Law Foundation who have assisted this project financially and without whom this website could not have been produced.
This website was based on the original OUR RIGHTS: Activists Rights Handbook and thanks should go to all involved in that project.
The Activists Defence Network first published the NSW edition of the Activists Rights Handbook in November 1993. Tim Anderson, Steve Bolt, Brett Collins and Kylie Kilgour were the authors of that original version.
Fitzroy Legal Service published the Victorian edition of OUR RIGHTS, Activist Rights Handbook in March 1996. It was edited by Lou Schetzer.
The development of this online edition is the work of Sam Biondo and Peter Noble from the Fitzroy Legal Service . Anthony Kelly was the principal editor and project worker from January – September 2004. Special thanks to Stan Winford and Kath Harper from the Fitzroy Legal Service for their editing work on the final draft.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and support offered by the Victorian Trades Hall, Friends Of the Earth – Melbourne, 3CR Community Radio, Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety Group, The Federation of Community Legal Centres and many individuals in the activist networks throughout Victoria.
No discussion of activist legal rights is valid without acknowledging the centuries of Aboriginal struggle against genocide and severe political and legal repression in Australia.
All activists in Australia today owe a huge debt to Aboriginal activists throughout our history who fought for basic human rights, social, legal and political change. Aboriginal people were the first in Australia to face the full force of British ‘common law' and this project acknowledges the legacy of Aboriginal activists everywhere.
Project Reference Group
Thanks to all the members of the Project Reference Group for their considered guidance, time and insights in the development of this online guide.
- Charandev Singh (Human Rights Worker), Brimbank CLC
- David Spratt, Victorian Peace Network
- Dimity Hawkins, Friends Of the Earth Australia, National Spokesperson on Nuclear Weapons
- Joo Cheong Tham, Associate Lecturer, School of Law and Legal Studies, La Trobe University, Civil Rights Network
- Jude McCulloch, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Monash
- Peta Murphy (Solicitor), Robert Stary and Associates
- Peter Noble (Solicitor and LPO), Fitzroy Legal Service
- Reta Kaur, Women For Peace
- Sam Biondo (Community Development Officer), Fitzroy Legal Service
- Sam Sowerwine, Melbourne Kungas, 3CR
- Simon Northeast (Solicitor)
- Tanja Kovac (Solicitor), Slater & Gordon
For a full list of Contributors
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