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LESBIANS ON THE LOOSE
Fix this textDECEMBER 1992 ISSUE 36
Fix this textVOL. 3 NO. 12
Fix this textFREE
Fix this textPARTY POLITICS
Fix this textThe Mardi Gras Party, at risk of being cancelled is now
Fix this textmore likely to go ahead. On November 11 South Sydney
Fix this textCity Council decided to allow Mardi Gras to apply to
Fix this textuse the Showground for the Party.
Fix this textThe Party's future became uncertain after the Council's lawyers
Fix this textadvised Mardi Gras' that the Party was "a prohibited
Fix this textdevelopment under the City of Sydney Planning Scheme."
Fix this textNow Mardi Gras will have to lodge a developmental application
Fix this text(DA), but mainly because of the shortage of time, it will only
Fix this textneed the approval of the Mayor, Alderman Vic Smith.
Fix this textOnce the DA is lodged, local residents will be notified and have
Fix this text14 days to lodge objections or support. Mardi Gras President
Fix this textSusan Harben said a single complaint can result in the Party
Fix this texthaving conditions imposed or in being banned. She does
Fix this texthowever advise that lesbians and gays, especially those who
Fix this textAcapella group Arramaieda launching their self-titled CD
Fix this textat Pier 1 on November 17th
Fix this textPhoto: Dianne Fairweather
Fix this textlive in the Showground vicinity, send supportive letters to the
Fix this textCouncil to better ensure the party goes ahead. [s]
Fix this textRECLAIMING THE NIGHT
Fix this textMore than4,ooo women marched
Fix this textin Sydney on October 30; their
Fix this textaim to raise public awareness
Fix this textof, and express their anger about,
Fix this textincreasing violence against women.
Fix this textDuring the rally at Town Llall, Reverend
Fix this textDorothy McMahon of the Uniting Church
Fix this textof Australia asked "why are we doing
Fix this textthis?" The answer is "because we refuse
Fix this textto lay down our dream of a healthy
Fix this textcommunity for all". McMahon stressed
Fix this textthat men must accept the "corporate
Fix this textresponsibility" of their culture and asked
Fix this textthat the churches "stop teaching men
Fix this textthat they have a God-given right to
Fix this textdominate women". Messages of support
Fix this textfrom all sections of the community were
Fix this textPhoto: Dianne Fairweather
Fix this textread out, including a pledge from Paul
Fix this textKeating that his government would do
Fix this texteverything "within it's power" tosupport
Fix this textthe right of women to be safe. The Gay
Fix this textand Lesbian Mardi Gras were thanked
Fix this textfor sponsoring the evening.
Fix this textThe theme of this year's march, Where
Fix this textOn Earth Are Women Safe From Rape,
Fix this textreflected the global nature of violence to
Fix this textwomen and children. Joy Balazo's speech
Fix this textcentred on the plight of one million
Fix this textchildren in the Philippines currently
Fix this textforced into prostitut-ion and denounced
Fix this textthe thriving Asian sex tourism trade. She
Fix this textsaid that such exploitation represents a
Fix this text"total breakdown of human values", and
Fix this textmust not be allowed to continue. The
Fix this textdemands of Reclaim
Fix this textthe Nightare relevant
Fix this textfor women and
Fix this textchildren worldwide
Fix this textand include: uniform
Fix this textsexual assault laws
Fix this textand statistics; harsher
Fix this textsentences for sex
Fix this textoffenders; for women
Fix this textto be safe in our
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Fix this textDuring the candlelit
Fix this textmarch up William
Fix this textStreet to Kings Cross,
Fix this textI asked several women what Reclaim the
Fix this textNight meant to them. "It means freedom
Fix this text- it's about freedom and choice," said
Fix this textone, while another believed "it means
Fix this textempowerment for women". A third said
Fix this textthat the march demonstrated "a great
Fix this textsense of women's community (but that)
Fix this textsomething should be done in Parliament
Fix this textHouse" to end the violence. She echoed a
Fix this textpoint raised earlier by Rhoda Roberts of
Fix this textSBS who questioned why no politician in
Fix this textAustralia has taken a stand on the fact
Fix this textthat we have a crisis in the male
Fix this textcommunity. At a press conference to
Fix this textlaunch the rally on the morning of the
Fix this textmarch, NSW Labor MP Ms Dierdre
Fix this textGrusovin, Liberal Upper I louse member
Fix this textDr Marlene Goldsmith and Independent
Fix this textMIA Ms Clover Moore, called for a royal
Fix this textcommission to make recommendations
Fix this textto justice and welfare agencies on how
Fix this textbest to fight domesticand sexual violence.
Fix this textThis year's march, the fourteenth since
Fix this textReclaim the Night began in Australia in
Fix this text1978, coincided with a statewide
Fix this textconfidential phone-in for sexual assault
Fix this textvictims/survivors, which urged women
Fix this textto "let your voice help to make a
Fix this textdifference". Organised by the NSW
Fix this textSexual Assault Committee, to increase
Fix this textpublic awareness of the crime that so
Fix this textoften goes unreported, the campaign's
Fix this textslogan was "Break the silence on sexual
Fix this textviolence".
Fix this textJulia Hancock
Fix this textinside...
Fix this texttrouble abroad...suicide...xmas guide...
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post - Publication No. NBQ 4194
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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