Valla
Beach
10th
February 2015
Dear
Minister Dutton,
Yesterday
I was utterly dismayed and horrified, but not at all surprised, to read Professor David Isaacs' and Alanna Maycock's account of their time on
Nauru in December. We, the Australian people, get few insights into the
disgraceful treatment meted out to asylum seekers in our name. We are
deliberately kept in the dark, and for obvious political reasons.
I
applaud Professor Isaacs' courage in speaking out, notwithstanding the gagging
clauses in his contract. The Australian people have a right to know about the
outrageous and immoral consequences of
the government's obsession with stopping the boats at any price. As Professor
Isaacs and Alanna Maycock say, imprisoning people indefinitely and without
trial - people who have committed no crime - contravenes international law.
Equally importantly, the policy contravenes the moral code of any country which
claims to uphold civilised values.
Mr
Abbott tells us that his government, of which you are a senior member, is
listening and is ready to change. Given the widespread opposition to the
government's unlawful and cruel treatment of innocent children and their
mothers in offshore detention centres, will the government now take serious
steps to close these centres ? They are a monstrous affront to humanity and
bring shame on us all.
I
look forward to receiving an answer from you to my specific question.
Yours
sincerely,
Mike
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