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PETITION |
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Malcolm
Fraser AC CH
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| Everyone
that has signed the petition..... |
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I
am writing to you to let you know that the petition you signed
to urge the removal of children from immigration detention
in Australia has now closed.
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| In
the eight months the petition has been circulating, 51,685 signatures
have been received. |
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Federal Election has been called in Australia for 9 October,
and the Government decided that the Parliament would not sit
before the election. Consequently we were unable to arrange
a formal lodgement of the petition with the Parliament. We have,
however, advised the result of the petition to the leaders of
the major political parties, and will issue a media release
about the large number of people who have signed this petition. |
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| As
I write, this week there are still 82 children in immigration
detention as a result of Australian Government policy, many
of them for three years now. This is down from the 184 at the
time the petition was initiated. |
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A Just Australia, and other organisations and groups across
Australia, we are continuing to pressure all parties to ensure
that this situation ends. If you want to be informed about the
continuing campaign, including the Campaign for Permanent Protection,
please go to www.ajustaustralia.com to register your interest.
Or if you want to show your ongoing support by finding out about
and signing the "Refugee Guarantee", then go to www.refugeeguarantee.com.au. |
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| Otherwise
you will not receive any further contact from us as a result
of your signature to the petition. |
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| Yours
sincerely |
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| Malcolm
Fraser AC CH |
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