[LINK] AUS FTA - Free Trade Agreement in the media

[Rick Welykochy]

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(A) The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement in the Media
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<http://www.tradewatchoz.org/AUSFTA/Media.html>

Some headlines:

January 21, 2004, The Age, "Senate may scuttle US trade agreement"
January 20, 2004, The Guardian, "War on Cheap Drugs"
January 20, 2004, The West Australian, "Farmers warned on FTA"
January 20, 2004, ABC Radio National, AM, "Australia warned US free trade agreement could increase drug prices"


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(B) Take action against the Free Trade Agreement
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<http://www.tradewatchoz.org/active/fta.html>

1) Vote NO to the Free Trade Agreement:
   <http://www.nofta.org/>

2) Email Prime Minister John Howard and tell him you oppose the signing
   of this trade agreement.
   <mailto:howardj at aph.gov.au>

3) ...

   Fax letters to: Prime Minister John Howard on 02 6273 4100
   & Opposition Leader Mark Latham on 02 6277 8495.

   Send letters to: Prime Minister John Howard, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
   & Hon. Mark Latham, Leader of the Opposition, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600.

   Please remember to include your name and full address.

4) Email your local MP and tell them to oppose the FTA in their party - especially if they
   are a Liberal, as the Cabinet will make the final decisions. You can find your local MP's
   email here <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/Email.asp> or if you don't know who your
   MP is, you can find out here <http://www.aec.gov.au/esearch/>.

5) Invite a speaker out to talk to your community group, network or organisation about the
   Aus-US-FTA. Please contact us at info at tradewatchoz.org to arrange a speaker in your area. 


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Aus-US-FTA ... AUSFTA ?
We already have NAFTA. This one needs a name.
Or does it?


cheers
rickw


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Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited

NAFTA might be friendly to investment but it was not all that
friendly to democracy.
     -- Bill Moyers