| # |
Date |
Name |
Suburb |
Comments |
| 201 |
31/5/2005 |
Dr Gianni D'Addario |
Dalton |
Let us get back our dignity! |
| 202 |
31/5/2005 |
Wendy Longworth |
Midland |
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| 203 |
31/5/2005 |
Jennifer O'Connell |
Shepparton. |
I current policy is appalling, shameful, illegal and immoral. Being civilised relies on treating disenfranchised asylum seekers with due care. The wellbeing of all Australians relies on this morality and the actions which flow from it. |
| 204 |
31/5/2005 |
Brooke Walker |
Balmain |
I do not support the Government's current treatment of asylum seekers -it is inhumane & detracts from Australia's image & reputation in both the eyes of every reasonable Australian & other countries. |
| 205 |
31/5/2005 |
Sabine Goeman |
Brisbane |
What happened to the Australian legal system that promotes 'innocent until proven guilty'? The current system obviously needs a complete overhaul so all immigrants can be processed quickly and efficiently. |
| 206 |
31/5/2005 |
Mal McCullough |
Bundaberg |
Pay it Forward. If we expect kindness and compassion from other countries we need to express it in our own policies to those from other nations in need. |
| 207 |
31/5/2005 |
Kathryn Choules |
East Victoria Park |
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| 208 |
31/5/2005 |
Jacqui Houston |
WAMBERAL |
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| 209 |
31/5/2005 |
Jude Quinn |
North Sydney |
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| 210 |
31/5/2005 |
Sarah-Jean Young |
Woolloongabba |
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| 211 |
31/5/2005 |
Dr Judy Dunai |
Brunswick West |
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| 212 |
31/5/2005 |
Rex Finch |
Lane Cove |
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| 213 |
31/5/2005 |
Bernice Watson |
New Farm |
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| 214 |
31/5/2005 |
Nigel Kee |
St Lucia |
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| 215 |
31/5/2005 |
Donald Barclay Reid |
Bridgetown |
The detainees will need support (psychological as well as financial) so please include in legislation. |
| 216 |
31/5/2005 |
Andrew Lynch |
Claremont |
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| 217 |
31/5/2005 |
John McKinnon |
Engadine |
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| 218 |
31/5/2005 |
Narelle Jones |
Pretty Beac |
Mandatory detention is inhumane and intolerable. Where is your compassion John Howard? |
| 219 |
31/5/2005 |
Suzanne Ingelbrecht |
Darlington |
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| 220 |
31/5/2005 |
John McClean |
Winmalee |
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| 221 |
31/5/2005 |
Fay Carey |
Tacoma |
we must take responsibiliy for the actions of our national institutions. If our institutions are used to deny human rights and humiliate, then we are NOT a civil society. We should be ashamed we have let it happen. |
| 222 |
31/5/2005 |
Fleur Taylor |
Yarraville |
End the brutal practice of mandatory detention now. Australia needs more people and has an obligation to accept more refugees. |
| 223 |
31/5/2005 |
vera horan |
Parkdale |
Petro Georgio is to be applauded for his humanity. These bills should be passed by a parliament whose cabinet so strongly supports Christian values. |
| 224 |
31/5/2005 |
Fred Mehta |
South Fremantle |
i find it hard to believe after all these years they are still behind bars |
| 225 |
31/5/2005 |
Fiona Williams |
Mount Waverley |
Since 2001 "meanness of spirit" has been the dominant characteristic of the Australian government's response to asylum seekers. Let's have a bit more "generosity of spirit". |
| 226 |
31/5/2005 |
John Pratt |
Edmonton |
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| 227 |
31/5/2005 |
Deb Roach |
Newtown |
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| 228 |
31/5/2005 |
Lucie Campbell |
St Lucia |
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| 229 |
31/5/2005 |
Heather Marr |
Bornholm |
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| 230 |
31/5/2005 |
Adrian Glamorgan |
Hamilton Hill |
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| 231 |
31/5/2005 |
tim orgias |
avoca beach |
please stop this supidity!
when you hear the stories directly from someone who has spend 4.5 years there you start to feel ashamed that you have been so unaware of whats going on in your own country - we are much better than this! |
| 232 |
31/5/2005 |
Vivienne Thomas |
Killcare Heights |
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| 233 |
31/5/2005 |
Brad Pettitt |
White Gum Valley |
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| 234 |
31/5/2005 |
Geoffrey Lilburne |
Lane Cove |
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| 235 |
31/5/2005 |
Cassandra O'Connor |
SOUTH ARM |
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| 236 |
31/5/2005 |
Rosalyn Pursey |
Glebe |
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| 237 |
31/5/2005 |
Michael Newton |
Cardiff |
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| 238 |
31/5/2005 |
Karen Moran |
Birchgrove |
Why can't we take a leaf out of Helen Clarke's book and integrate the refugess as soon as possible. It is outrageous the treatment given to these people. |
| 239 |
31/5/2005 |
Elizabeth Skuthorpe |
Newtown |
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| 240 |
31/5/2005 |
Maureen Wood |
Pymble |
It's time we stopped this madness. 90 days mandetory detention OK. An permanent protection visas - not temporary. It's inhumane to keep refugees dangling on a string wondering if they will be able to stay permanently. |
| 241 |
31/5/2005 |
Alexandra Semmens |
Fremantle |
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| 242 |
31/5/2005 |
Kirstin Hume-Grimm |
Avalon |
I think that the mandaotry detantion of all people, but especially children is appaling. It makes me ashamed to call myself an australian and i don't know how the government can be so inhumane. |
| 243 |
31/5/2005 |
Ana Maria Esteves |
St Kilda East |
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| 244 |
31/5/2005 |
Andrea Coffey |
Upper Fern Tree Gully |
The current treatment is apalling. What a way to treat someone who wants to become a citizen of this country. We should be welcoming. |
| 245 |
31/5/2005 |
Lynne Dalton |
Potts Point |
Perhaps dear Gayle of Inaloo, the silly refugee didn't realise that she should just drop into the local chemist for a prescription of contraceptives!!! Come on Kim, give us a reason to vote Labor. |
| 246 |
31/5/2005 |
Yuri Koszarycz |
Kenmore |
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| 247 |
31/5/2005 |
Kim Quinn |
Armidale |
I I for some time been extremely concered with the government's policies of manatory detention and the imprisonment of women and children.
Of even greater concern is tne privatisation of the management and staffing of these detention centres. |
| 248 |
31/5/2005 |
Stephen Brewer |
Petersham |
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| 249 |
31/5/2005 |
Ian Stuart Denis MAGUIRE |
BLACKHEATH. |
ALP support for this minimally humane Bill wd.reduce shame of 2001 & failure to denounce aggressive war on Iraq as a crime against humanity per Nuremberg Charter. |
| 250 |
31/5/2005 |
Anne Giles |
Bassendean |
Not before time, too. This is a national disgrace. |
| 251 |
31/5/2005 |
Jane Ree |
Hallidays Point |
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| 252 |
31/5/2005 |
Renee van den Oever |
Minto |
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| 253 |
31/5/2005 |
Jeanne-Vida Douglas |
Croydon |
I can't believe we lock people up like this - I can't believe we waste so much money to destroy people's lives - I can't believe Australian's would support the policy if they really knew what detention centres are like on the inside. |
| 254 |
31/5/2005 |
Anna Tree |
Henley Beach |
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| 255 |
31/5/2005 |
Chris Pickett |
Shepparton |
We need strong border security. We must establish identity before people are released. If they are no threat to the community then the rationale for mandatory detention does not exist. There is no justification for mandatory detention of children |
| 256 |
31/5/2005 |
cathy hall |
south fremantle |
the australian government does NOT impose these inhumane policies with there subsequent inhumane actions toward refuge seekers and their children in MY NAME. |
| 257 |
31/5/2005 |
Barry Smith |
YOUNG |
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| 258 |
31/5/2005 |
Gary Smith |
Greensborough |
There but for the accident of our births go we |
| 259 |
31/5/2005 |
Wendy Leaver |
Marrickville |
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| 260 |
31/5/2005 |
Mary Bastable |
BUNBURY |
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| 261 |
31/5/2005 |
Chris Graham |
GARRAN |
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| 262 |
31/5/2005 |
Monique o'dell |
Kincumber |
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| 263 |
31/5/2005 |
Heidi Quinn |
Lavender Bay |
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| 264 |
31/5/2005 |
Reba Kearns |
Newtown |
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| 265 |
31/5/2005 |
Rosslyn Moore |
Killcare |
For the first time in my life I am ashamed to be known as an Australian. I never thought that would happen. This bill may go some way to changing that. |
| 266 |
31/5/2005 |
Victoria Gilmore |
Kingston |
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| 267 |
31/5/2005 |
Isabella Jeans |
Moruya |
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| 268 |
31/5/2005 |
Rose Cumberland |
North Avoca |
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| 269 |
31/5/2005 |
Reynaldo Blanco |
Melbourne |
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| 270 |
31/5/2005 |
Leon Wild |
Northbridge |
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| 271 |
31/5/2005 |
Adriana Bonfiglioli |
Darlington |
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| 272 |
31/5/2005 |
D Arton |
Upwey |
Human rights and humane acts. Time for the Federal Government to be accountable for their actions. |
| 273 |
31/5/2005 |
anna talbot |
O'Connor |
Mandatory detention is mandatory human rights violations. What are we so scared of, that we spend so much perpetuating persecution? |
| 274 |
31/5/2005 |
Lily Rodgers |
Tallygaroopna |
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| 275 |
31/5/2005 |
ross coverdale |
coburg |
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| 276 |
31/5/2005 |
Rowan Savage |
Haberfield |
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| 277 |
31/5/2005 |
Heather Witham |
Port Melbourne |
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| 278 |
31/5/2005 |
Alan Hough |
Annerley |
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| 279 |
31/5/2005 |
Roxanne Pollin |
North Fremantle |
It’s morally deplorable, bureaucratically inept & financially ineffectual. Bridging visas, homestay accommodation and faster processing – it isn’t that complex! |
| 280 |
31/5/2005 |
Melinda Gourlie |
Narara |
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| 281 |
31/5/2005 |
vivienne schell |
Leichhardt |
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| 282 |
31/5/2005 |
Timothy J PRESCOTT |
FORSTER |
I support this important human rights issue and recommend that all Members of Parliament have the right of a conscience vote. |
| 283 |
31/5/2005 |
Juliet Davies |
Abbotsford |
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| 284 |
31/5/2005 |
Joy Woodhouse |
Rodd Point |
I oppose mandatory detention, not only for women and children, but also for men unless there are demonstrated and reasonable reasons to believe that a person is a risk to our community. |
| 285 |
31/5/2005 |
John Allen-Williams |
Floreat |
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| 286 |
31/5/2005 |
cathy blanchflower |
kensington |
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| 287 |
31/5/2005 |
Nicholas Blake |
Flemington |
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| 288 |
31/5/2005 |
Colin Fong |
Ashfield |
The recent federal budget had as one its aims, the encouragement of single mothers back to work. Why pay for the costs of detention of many, when they could be productive for our economy? |
| 289 |
31/5/2005 |
Elizabeth Coulson |
St Lucia |
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| 290 |
31/5/2005 |
Alison Briggs |
Gordon |
I think this is an opinion shared by most Australians and as a matter of conscience we should not allow this policy, my opinion is shared by my parents and neighbours. |
| 291 |
31/5/2005 |
klaas woldring |
Pearl Beach |
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| 292 |
31/5/2005 |
Mark Westcott |
Annandale |
At last, some gutsy debate and effective opposition. You will be remembered with honour. Fingers crossed for progress on this issue. |
| 293 |
31/5/2005 |
Colin Hesse |
Marrickville |
This is a vital step forward in the debate and represents and important minimum I'd ask all members of parliament to support. |
| 294 |
31/5/2005 |
Paul Doughty |
Newtown |
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| 295 |
31/5/2005 |
Krista McClelland |
St Kilda |
There is NOTHING that can justify this disgraceful policy. Lock up Howard and Vanstone - free the refugees. |
| 296 |
31/5/2005 |
Ian Holland |
Yarralumla |
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| 297 |
31/5/2005 |
Anny Druett |
WENTWORTH FALLS |
Set them free now and give refugee families the opportunity to live their lives with the confidence to bring up their families in a safe country as do Australians! |
| 298 |
31/5/2005 |
Bethany Small |
Glebe |
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| 299 |
31/5/2005 |
McCabe, Paul |
Moree, |
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| 300 |
31/5/2005 |
Naomi |
Perth |
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