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Monday, 23 November 1998
Page: 467

The following notices were given:

Mrs Bailey to move:

That this House:

(1) recognises the importance of labelling to both industry and consumers;

(2) acknowledges that the label `Product of Australia' is the premium label for Australian goods; and

(3) calls on the Government to ensure that there is clear definition and understanding of the `Made in Australia' label by both industry and consumers.

Mrs Gallus to move:

That this House:

(1) strongly condemns the recent grave attacks on the Iranian Baha'i community, including the brutal execution of Mr Ruhullah Rawhani in July in the absence of due legal process, raids on 500 Baha'i homes in an orchestrated nation-wide attempt to prevent Baha'i youth from receiving education, confirmation of death sentences against two Baha'i men and the detention and imprisonment of 16 other Baha'is for practising their faith;

(2) calls on the Government of Iran to end its oppression of the Baha'i community, ensure the safety and early release of all those Baha'is imprisoned in Iran, immediately take steps to implement UN resolutions defining steps required of the Iranian Government and calling for the emancipation of the Baha'is and respect the principles of the International Covenants on Human Rights to which Iran is a party; and

(3) expresses its deep disappointment that despite the consideration of this matter by both Houses of the Australian Parliament last year, the Iranian Government, far from taking action to remedy the situation, has intensified its persecution of Baha'is.