Newsletter for 6 May 2015
Labor's immigration spokesman Richard Marles is just back from his first visit to Manus Island.
Richard Marles spoke to Naomi Woodley ABC about his Manus Island visit.
RICHARD MARLES: The conditions are improving, but what concerns me greatly is that when it comes to the Abbott Government, it has taken tragedies before they've acted.
Right now, for example, the health clinic on Manus is very basic and as a result we saw, last year, the tragic situation of a person pass through that facility, Hamid Kehazaei, who ultimately died of septicaemia. Now the circumstances of that have been investigated, but it's not until that has occurred that we see a new medical facility being built, which is unquestionably state of the art, and that's to be opened in the next couple of months.
Make the comparison, build "state of the art medical centre on Manus Island, but do not provide basic services to remote aboriginal communities!
Close Manus Island detention centre now!
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"In about two week's time the Senate Committee is expected to hand down their report on the bill, after which it'll be put to a vote. While Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles has voiced concerns about the bill, Labor have not announced how they plan to vote.
Contact your Labor senator and let them know why they must reject this bill.
These powers are on par with, and in some instances broader than, the powers granted to federal police officers. Despite this, guards won't be required to undergo the same rigorous training and background checks that police officers are subjected to. This will place the safety of asylum seekers at further risk, particularly children and people with mental health conditions.
Furthermore, if an asylum seeker wants to raise concerns about the use of excessive or reasonable force, they can have their concerns investigated by the Immigration Department – the department responsible for hiring and contracting detention centre guard, a conflict of interest that could deny justice to people in detention.
We still have time to convince Labor to vote against this bill. Contact your Labor senator today: https://www.getup.org.au/force-bill
Yours in hope,
Alycia and the Getup team "
The Next Market at which we will have a stall will be in Bellingen on Saturday 16 May 2015
If you can help, then email Mike on mandm.griffin2@bigpond.com.
#RefugeeWeek 2015 – “With courage let us all combine”
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National Rural Australians for Refugees - now has current news on their web site
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"What will it take to change Australian minds about Asylum Seekers?" An interviews with Julian Burnside
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