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for those of you who care about keeping families
safe and out of detention....
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From: GetUp
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 1:42 PM
Subject: Well done! 78,000 of us help prevent detention
law Dear friends, Congratulations to GetUp members old and new who have once again
worked together to make the people's voice heard inside Parliament. With your
support behind them, courageous MPs and senators did not budge. The
eleventh-hour attempt to pass new detention legislation, prior to the Prime
Minister's visit to Indonesia, failed. Since last week, our GetUp petition to stop asylum seekers being detained offshore has surged from 33,000 to 78,000 signatures. To give you an idea, together we would now fill the Fritz Walter World Cup Stadium 1.6 times. Now we hold firm. In the next six weeks dissenting politicians will be under intense pressure to buckle and vote yes when Parliament reconvenes in August. We will therefore table this petition in Parliament again - with the full weight of each and every name added since - and continue our support for politicians from all parties who've expressed serious concerns about this law. If you haven't already signed, please click on the link below to help us reach our new, biggest ever target of 100,000! www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoChildInDetention Only two weeks ago, veteran political journalist Laurie Oaks said that anyone who argued against the proposed migration changes to the Senate Inquiry was "wasting their time". Now it's another story in the media. Instead of another rubber stamp for party politics, this is a fight for principle. Let's use the opportunity to grow this overwhelming message of public unity, and remind our elected representatives that we will continue to hold them accountable. To share the message with others, there's a note you can use below. Thank you for your tremendous efforts, The GetUp team PS: There are a number of amendments currently on offer to push this law through when Parliament reconvenes; GetUp's blog outlines why they fail to address our concerns. ............ Hi, I'm one of more than 78,000 Australians involved a national campaign to stop our migration laws from being changed for the worse - and we're succeeding. Last week, the Government planned to push legislation through Parliament to send all asylum seekers who arrive by boat, including children, into detention overseas. But with an incredible outpouring of public support, politicians from all the major parties opposed to this law chose to stand firm. Now we're aiming for target of 100,000 signatures, before Parliament resumes in six weeks and the Prime Minister tries to pass this law again. The stakes are high and dissenting MPs and senators are facing incredible pressure to buckle and vote yes. They've asked for our support to stay strong. Please join me in taking a stand, and sign the petition by clicking on the link below. www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoChildInDetention Many thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to www.getup.org.au. GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues. To unsubscribe from GetUp, please click here. |
