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Last call for Support for Anti Rally Protesters

The anti-Repco Rally protesters of the north coast are looking for your support. This weekend the Repco Car Rally is going to pass through national parks and the internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot of the Green Cauldron in North Eastern NSW. Noisy, polluting, environmentally damaging cars are going to tear along the roads of some of the most beautiful parts of this state, containing endangered and vulnerable species, during breeding time for many animals. As well as the cars there will be spectators and their vehicles, helicopters, media and extra police in the area.

Special Legislation, enacted by the NSW Government to allow the Rally to go ahead, is foisting the car rally on the Tweed and Kyogle shires of northern NSW and a  further four more rallies are to be held, biennially, until 2017. The legislation gives sweeping powers to Ian Macdonald, Special Minister of State.

The Rally legislation tramples on the wishes of a large portion of the local community and overrides all the usual protections of the individual and the environment by 'switching off' the National Parks and Wildlife Act, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, the Threatened Species Conservation Act, the Forestry Act, the Water Management Act, the Fisheries Management Act and the Local Government Act.

The 7.30 Report aired a story last night Tues 1 September  about the Rally. We are asking people to leave comments on the 7.30 Report website to convey the Statewide displeasure for this abominable dinosaur event.

This is not just a north coast issue - it is an issue of our democratic rights being swept aside to enable an event by a private, profit-making company. .  Watch the 7.30 Report story and then post a comment.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/

Write to the letters pages of the newspapers.  Make your displeasure felt!