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Rally 2pm Saturday 20 July, Sydney Town Hall
(next weekend)
Invite your friends to the Facebook event here
Speakers include:
Dan Ilic (Comedian and filmmaker)
Rita Mallia (President, CFMEU NSW)
James Cruz (NSW Greens)
Shannen Potter (Young Labor Left)
This July marks six years since the refugees on Manus and Nauru were first sent there. The Morrison government has no solution to resettle the over 800 people left there. Instead it wants to repeal the Medevac Law that has allowed some to access urgent medical treatment. Join us to demand they #BringThemHere.
If you're not in Sydney next weekend a list of actions around the country is here
Save the Medivac Law: Senate vote postponed
Peter Dutton and the Coalition want to repeal the Medivac Law. But their efforts have been delayed after the law was sent to a Senate Committee. The earliest the Senate can vote on its repeal is now late October. This will mean that the law continues to allow transfers for at least the next few months. The Coalition needs to win the vote of Jacqui Lambie in the Senate to repeal it.
The demonstrations around the country on 20 July to mark six years of offshore detention will be our first chance since the election for a major show of support for saving the Medivac law.
Passed in February, the law allows refugees and asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru to receive necessary medical care in Australia on the decision of doctors--rather than the Home Affairs Minister.
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