Urgent action request from the Combined Refugee Action Group

(Click on the Julian Burnside link at the end for the full details of the Bill's implications. To write a quick, personalised email, pick a couple of points from the list. As an example I've included my own email at the foot of this posting.)

Post by Combined Refugee Action Group.

Here's the email I sent:

"I'm writing to express my alarm at the potential consequences of the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. No government should have carte blanche to do whatever it likes without the oversight of the law, whether that oversight comes from the High Court, the Ombudsman, or the international treaties to which Australia has agreed. This lawless approach is especially alarming given the vagueness of the Bill, which leaves unspecified crucial issues such as how the safety of refugees sent to Cambodia will be guaranteed, and the details of the Safe Haven Enterprise Visa.

I urge you to speak out against this Bill, which is dangerous not just to vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees and to Australia's international reputation, but Australia itself, as a nation run not just by politicians' whims but by law."