Rock against the FTA

At 8pm on August 25 at Sydney's Annandale Hotel, a line-up of Australian bands will take to the stage to showcase what may be under threat if the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement proceeds. Ten per cent of the $8 ticket price will be donated to organisations campaigning against the FTA.

The night will feature sublime acoustic and pop music, punk, electronic wizardry, hard-rock and funk. Performers include Night-hour, Wons, Urban Guerrillas, Joshua, Talk About FTA and Andorra.

The proposed FTA includes a provision that local content regulations for radio remain static at ensuring 25% Australian content. More importantly, it fails to allow for Australian content laws on new media, such as pay TV, pay radio and internet broadcasting.

From Green Left Weekly, August 18, 2004.

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From GLW issue 594