Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 18:30
Speakers:
Rob Stary, civil rights lawyer.
Amanda George, prisoners' rights activist.
Since the Baillieu government was elected, the only policy it seems prepared to spend money on is 'law and order': Armed guards on stations, longer sentences, more prisoners, more jails, a new riot squad and on-the-spot fines for swearing in public. This is despite crime rates actually decreasing. The issues that are really making people's lives hard (such as underfunded or non-existent health services, overcrowded public transport; traffic jams; and increasing electricity and water bills) are being deliberately ignored.
6:30pm (meal 6pm).
Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City.
Organised by Socialist Alliance.