URGENT CALL TO ACTION: NEXT WEEK'S MIGRATION BILL

Parliament resumes on 8 August and the Government will try to push through the amended Pacific Solution expansion bill on that day. That is next Tuesday. The Liberal MPs who have opposed the Bill have done so with the support of the community and they need it to continue, now more crucially than ever before.

You should concentrate on 4 key senators who have not yet made up their minds whether they will cross the floor and vote against the amended Bill. Please contact these Senators this week and tell them your opinion of the proposal in its latest amended form. Tell them it is STILL not acceptable to the Australian people.

1. If you are a Christian, ring Steve Fielding, Family First Senator
Please passionately remind him that the Christian community is looking to him to represent them and act on his convictions. He has made plenty of noise on refugees but never acted so NOW is the crucial time for him to act.

Tel: (03) 9802-1922
Info: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/s-e4r.htm
Email: senator.fielding@aph.gov.au

2. If you are a personal friend of refugees, ring Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Senator
You should focus on how well your refugee friends have assimilated into Australian society. This is a concern of his, "social upheaval" (as he put it in an email to a ChilOut supporter), caused by too-different-from-us people entering society. He needs reassurance that there won’t be social unrest as a result of new Australians’ presence!!!

Tel: (07) 4625-1500
Info: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/s-e5d.htm
Email: senator.joyce@aph.gov.au

3. Russell Trood, Liberal Senator
Also from QLD, he has shown a strong interest in human rights and social justice but has not committed himself to voting against the Bill. He needs encouragement – particularly if you are from QLD.

Tel: (07) 3372-4555
Info: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/s-e6a.htm
Email: senator.trood@aph.gov.au

4. Brett Mason, Liberal Senator
Another QLD Senator who hasn't made up his mind yet. Please ring him and tell him why he should use his power as a Senator to stop children being sent to Nauru ever again.

Tel: (07) 3422-1990
Info: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/s-84m.htm
Email: senator.mason@aph.gov.au

We mustn't let the Government get away with this. We must remind the politicians that despite it being the winter recess, we have not forgotten the amended Bill and they are being very closely watched.

COME ON PEOPLE!!!