8th
December 2017
Dear
Senator McKim,
I
am writing to express my appreciation for the huge efforts that you have made
in recent times to bring the government's cruel and punitive asylum policy to
the attention of the Australian public. Your forensic spotlight on the horrors
of life for detainees on Manus island, and Dutton's arrogant rejection of the
facts on the ground have been a game changer for some of the people that our
Rural Australians for Refugees group talk to at our local markets. Your
appearances on the national TV news to report on the disgraceful treatment of
the Manus detainees and their forcible removal from the Lombrun RPC had an
immediate impact at local level, with many people expressing their dismay and
agreeing that the offshore detention centres should be immediately evacuated.
You
might be interested in the enclosed letter which I sent yesterday on behalf of
our local RAR group to Shayne Neumann, and copied, together with a covering
letter, to a number of his colleagues on the so-called Left of the Labor party.
These included Tanya Plibersek, Anthony Albanese, Lisa Singh, Jenny Macklin,
Maria Vamvakinou, Kim Carr and Penny
Wong.
Many
thanks for all that you do to expose the government's disgraceful policy and
for advocating for a just, lawful and humane solution for Australia's asylum
seekers and refugees.
Yours
sincerely,
Mike
Griffin
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