Dec 4, 2007

CFMEU (SA Branch) demands the immediate repeal of the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation

A resolution fully supported by the executive and members of the CFMEU Building and Construction Division South Australian Branch, was unanimously carried on Wednesday evening 28/11/07

The resolution in part reads:
“The CFMEU (SA Branch) demand the immediate repeal of the Northern Territory Emergency Response legislation

We further demand Federal and State and Territory Governments to sit down and enter into respectful dialogue with Aboriginal Nations. Listen, consult and negotiate with Aboriginal people in their communities and then act alongside and in support of Aboriginal People in keeping with the ‘Little Children are Sacred’ report”.