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Upper House member Rev Dr Gordon Moyes has supported Prime Minister Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations as an important step towards reconciliation. “The Federal Government’s plan for a formal apology to the stolen generations – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who were removed from their families and communities as part of the assimilation policies of the governments of the day, is a welcome and long overdue move,” Dr Moyes said.

Motorists and train drivers face tougher drug and alcohol checks than private security guards, even though many guards use guns and some are suspected of having links to drug dealers, bikie gangs and organised crime. The state’s 32,000 licensed bouncers and crowd and venue controllers are not required to face random drug tests, despite concerns that the use of alcohol, drugs and steroids could make security guards aggressive.

The Right Reverend Masimango Katanda, Bishop of Kindu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), addressed a special gathering in the New South Wales Parliament House Theatrette on Tuesday, 13th November, 2007, on the subject: “The Transition to Democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.

Upper House member Rev Dr Gordon Moyes has denounced Premier Iemma’s decision to allow giant global gaming company, Betfair, a licence to operate online betting in NSW after the Premier intervened to make his Gaming and Racing Minister Graham West hold discussions with the gambling agency. Being a strong campaigner against the ills of gambling addiction has not hampered Dr Moyes from speaking out against the Premier’s decision.

“China has bowed to world pressure to end its practice of human organs being forcibly removed from prisoners and sold on the Western market”, a member of the NSW Parliament, said today. Dr Gordon Moyes, a CDP Member of the NSW Legislative Council and a strong supporter of human rights, has been advocating world pressure on China to stop the illegal harvesting of human organs without the owner’s consent for several years.

The decision of Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews to slash Australia’s refugee intake from Africa from 70 percent in 2004-05 to 30 percent this year has angered Rev. Dr. Gordon Moyes, a NSW Upper-House Member and one of Australia’s most respected Christian leaders . Minister Kevin Andrews said poor integration was the reason for slashing Australia’s African refugee intake.

Following an accredited journalist being taken out of a photo opportunity at Sydney’s APEC meeting last week, a NSW MP has said the Australian Government should not be intimidated by Chinese officials. NSW Member of Parliament Dr Reverend Moyes called the removal of Epoch Times photographer Sarah Matheson from the Final Leader Declaration photo opportunity due to pressure from Chinese officials a sad day for democracy.

Democracy has taken a back step when freedom of the press was curtailed during the APEC leaders’ meeting. Freedom of the press was violated during the APEC Final Declaration ceremony at Government House in an effort to avoid Chinese President Hu Jintao and other dignitaries to embarrassing questions.

With 21 world leaders set to discuss issues of trade and economics at the Sydney APEC Summit, international human rights must be pushed into the APEC agenda. On Wednesday 5 September from 6pm to 9pm, The Rev. the Hon. Dr. Gordon Moyes, A.C. M.L.C., will be hosting a free public forum on “Balancing the scales with China” at Parliament House.

A Global Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR), inspired by the Olympic torch, is to be lit in Greece on Thursday 9 August and will travel around the world to put human rights on the agenda in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.