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Update on the Worst Bill Ever
NEVILLE,
If you’re finding it hard to keep up with what’s going on with Australia’s refugee laws this week, you’re not alone – so is everyone in Parliament! There’s a lot going on. Tomorrow, not only will refugee groups including GetUp present this petition condemning our current offshore asylum seeker policies at Parliament House, the Senate will continue to debate the Migration and Maritime Powers Bill (aka the Worst Bill Ever). Here’s a quick update on the status of the bill as of Wednesday evening, and what GetUp members are doing about it:
The good news is not only are you already being heard, there’s more you can do right now to make an impact while we wait for the Senate to hash this out. Before our Senators finalise their opinions in the face of intense lobbying by Scott Morrison, a man who is using kids and Christmas as political blackmail, you can: Click on the image below to share it on Facebook: If you’d like, you can leave a comment on a post on Senator Muir’s Facebook page (you might have to like his page first!): https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRickyMuir Click here to leave a comment on a post on Senator Lazarus’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/senatorlazarus In a nutshell, Scott Morrison is feeling the pressure from all sides and his desperate concessions (contingent on bullying his Bill through) suggest that he doesn’t yet have the numbers to pass his hard-line affront to refugee policies, which aim to dramatically increase his powers and undermine domestic and international law. If our new Senators are smart and have a heart, they’ll do the right thing by Australia. They will will block the bill so we can move into 2015 with a better way forward on asylum seekers. There’s one last, but very important thing, you can do right now to get us off on the right foot — you can help push a petition to over 100,000 overnight! Tomorrow in Canberra, asylum seekers advocacy groups and MPs will gather in the Senate Courtyard to stand opposed to the government’s current refugee and asylum seeker policies. As part of the event, we’ll deliver a petition to politicians that over 98,000 GetUp members have already signed. That’s an incredible number, but we know that together, we can push that number to over 100,000. Can you help? Click here to sign the petition before it’s delivered tomorrow. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Erin, Kelsey, Aurora, Sally and Alycia for the GetUp team. |