2014 MOTIONS WITH NOTICE

NATIONAL SCHOOL CHAPLAINCY AND STUDENT WELFARE PROGRAM

Resolution 6.5
Consistent with the policies endorsed at the 2011 AGM in relation to the secular character of public schools and the Chaplains in Public Schools program the NSWCCL:

a) Strongly condemns the unjustified and arbitrary decision by the Prime
Minister and the Minister for Education to specifically exclude secular
welfare workers from the revamped Australian Government funded
Schools Chaplaincy Program
b) Reaffirms its opposition to the commonwealth government funding a
religious based chaplains in schools program with public funds
c) Reaffirms the basic principle that public schools are centrally important
sites for maintenance and strengthening of democracy and should be
secular, free and open to all residents.

Moved: Lesley Lynch/ David Bernie: That the resolution 6.5 be adopted. Carried.

2014 MOTIONS WITH NOTICE

FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES

Lesley Lynch spoke to the resolution and discussion followed.

Resolution 6.4
Noting that fundamental principles have been infringed, or are in jeopardy, through recent and proposed New South Wales legislation concerning: “show cause” offences in bail legislation and mandatory minimum sentences and at the Commonwealth level in legislation enabling detention without trial:

- NSWCCL calls upon Australian governments to adhere to the fundamental principles of the
separation of powers and independence of the judiciary in the making, administration and
enforcement of laws.

- NSWCCL also calls upon lawmakers in the criminal justice process to honour:

a) the right to liberty
b) adhere to the principles of the presumption of innocence, the onus being
on the prosecution to prove any matter carrying adverse consequences for
any person and
c) proportionality in sentencing.

Moved: Hans Heilpern/ Lesley Lynch: That the resolution 6.4 be adopted. Carried.

2014 MOTIONS WITH NOTICE

DEMOCRATIC LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION PROCESSES: THE CITY OF SYDNEY ELECTIONS

AMENDMENT ACT 2014

Resolution 6.2
1. The NSWCCL calls on the NSW Government to ensure that no elector should
have more than one vote in any election for the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney or
the City of Sydney Council or in any election for any NSW local council.
2. The NSWCLL records its strong opposition to the City of Sydney Elections
Amendment Act 2014 passed in September 2014 which arbitrarily breaches this core
democratic principle and calls on the Parliament of NSW to repeal this repugnant
law.

Moved: Jo Murphy/Pauline Wright: That the resolution 6.2 be adopted. Carried.

2014 MOTIONS WITH NOTICE

ASYLUM SEEKERS

Resolution 6.3
NSWCCL notes that the Australia Government has failed to respond to the 2013 UN Human
Rights Committee report by the due date of February 2014 and calls on it to do so
immediately in relation to the key findings including that:
a) Australia has committed 143 serious violations of international law by
indefinitely detaining 46 refugees for four years, on the basis of their ‘adverse
security assessments’ issued by ASIO
b) That Australia must provide these refugees with an effective remedy, including
release from detention on appropriate conditions, rehabilitation and
compensation
c) Australia should review its migration laws to prevent future violations.

Moved: Jo Murphy/ Pauline Wright: That the resolution 6.3 be adopted. Carried.

This page lists policy resolutions endorsed by the Committee and policy statements for 2014.

2014 Asylum Seekers and United Nations Human Rights Committee report 2013

2014 Democratic processes City of Sydney local government election

2014 Fundamental Legal Principles

2014 National school chaplaincy and student welfare program

2014 Protection of privacy from telecommunications surveillance

2014 Senate Electoral Reforms