Valla Beach
NSW
2448
2nd
May 2014
Dear Mr
Hartsuyker,
Like many
decent Australians, I am deeply dismayed by the government's inhumane, cruel
and unlawful policy of locking up more than one thousand children in detention
centres on mainland Australia, on Christmas Island and on Nauru. How can you,
as a father of children yourself, and as a decent human being, continue to
support this policy? How can you countenance children being used as a
deterrent?
You are well
aware, I am sure, that under international law, children should not be held in
detention for any longer than is absolutely necessary for health and security
checks to be carried out. How, then, do you justify the regular statements from
government ministers which make clear that it is the government's intention to continue the current inhumane,
immoral and unlawful policy?
As my local
member of Parliament, I would like to know how YOU feel about the government's
current policy and practice.
I look
forward to hearing from you.
Yours
sincerely,
Mike
