Gunns20 Cocktail Fundraiser

Support Gunns20 and the Triabunna13; help bring a stop to litigation against public participation; and enjoy an evening of fine wine and information.

Lawyers for Forests and Friends of Forests and Free Speech invite you to join Senator Bob Brown, defendant Louise Morris, and expert on NGOs and democracy, Joan Staples, at a cocktail evening fundraiser.

The Gunns 20 and supporters outside Melbourne Supreme Court, 2005. Photo: Peter Casamento

Gunns20 Cocktail Fundraiser
Law Institute of Victoria
Ground Floor Theatre, 470 Bourke St, Melbourne
6-8 pm, Thursday 27 August 2009

There is no charge to attend, but RSVP is essential by 25 August to:
Brooke Caddell,
rsvp@lawyersforforests.asn.au
03 9600 4224

This fundraiser was originally scheduled for February but deferred because of the bushfire tragedy. Now that the trial date has been set, we urgently need your support to back the defendants in their fight against Gunns.

Donations
If you can’t attend the fundraiser, would you be interested in supporting the Gunns20 with a donation? You can make a tax deductible donation to Gunns20 via ‘Lawyers for Forests’:

To make a bank transfer, pay to:
Lawyers for Forests Gift Fund,
Bendigo Bank,
BSB:     633-000,
Account Number:   120526884

Or send a cheque to Lawyers for Forests;  PO Box 550   West Melbourne, Victoria, 8007
Or make a secure credit card donation via the Lawyers for Forests website:
www.lawyersforforests.asn.au
* Please include a note that your donation is for the Gunns20 appeal.

For ongoing information about the Gunns20, follow the link at:
www.gunns20.org

Read more:

Gunns20 trial date set
7 August 2009
Gunns20 is going to trial in February 2010 – more than five years and millions of dollars in legal costs since the first writ was issued.  The 20 original defendants have been whittled down to seven as Gunns’ various writs were successively thrown out. More >>

A great day for our forests and freedom of speech
16 March 2009
The tables have turned on woodchip company Gunns Ltd and its four-year long legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court against the Wilderness Society is over. Its claims for $3.5 million in damages have turned into a $350,000 payment to the Wilderness Society. More >>