We had a lovely sunny day on Saturday 1st April for our RAR market stall at Valla Beach. We handed out leaflets, interacted with market-goers, sold our popular gift cards, and collected 82 signatures on our postcards to the Minister for Immigration, calling on him to bring the refugees remaining on Nauru and in PNG to Australia whilst their claims for resettlement are processed.
A special thank you to the Valla Beach Community Association, who very kindly organized the donations collection at the market entrances on our behalf. The collection raised a hugely impressive $508, which, together with money from our market sales, will be donated to the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown.
Mike Griffin