The bring peter watts to aussiecon campaign

This is reposted from Cat Sparks' blog. I've a bought a raffle ticket and I hope you all will to.
Ellen

Many of you will be familiar with this story already but for anyone who isn’t:

Last year Canadian marine biologist and science fiction writer Dr Peter Watts underwent a terrifying ordeal at the hands of over zealous border crossing guards in Port Huron, USA. While leaving the United States on December 8, 2009, he was subject to an exit search, then beaten, maced and arrested when he tried to ...