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Senators for Refugees:Those who challenge, block and disallow Below is the list of all senators in the Australian Senate. As time slowly moves towards the 2004 election, the Senators will have links to statements they have made about the Howard government's treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.
Those MP's whose names are BOLD have made seriously critical statements about the scandalous policies of the Howard government. Those MP's whose names are printed in RED, have also made statements, but they have been statements supporting or pandering to the scandalous treatment - and defended those policies. All BOLD and RED names will eventually have links under them, pointing to quotes or statements, in the press, or in emails to constituents or refugee advocates. Enjoy visiting this section, it hides more than 60 "red" section pages about Australian politics and politicians! "WE shall determine who governs this country, and in which way they govern..."
Important Documents
Australian Democrats
Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia
The Australian Greens
Australian LABOR PARTY Project SafeCom NOTE: we have serious reservations about the ALP's current asylum seeker policy as launched last year by Hon Simon Crean and Ms Julia Gillard, and in this criticism we join with Labor4Refugees. You can access some of their remarks about the Labor Policy through our web page "The struggle for Labor, the trouble with Labor". We look forward to the January 2004 National Conference, where the ALP will hopefully finally listen to what has been strongly endorsed by the ALP members in most State Conventions around Australia: to abandon the policy of mandatory detention. Mark Bishop, Senator for Western Australia The Hon. Nick Bolkus, Senator for South Australia Geoffrey Buckland, Senator for South Australia
Standing by Carmen Lawrence over asylum seekers Kim Carr, Senator for Victoria
Stephen Conroy, Senator for Victoria  The Hon. Peter Cook, Senator for Western Australia
Trish Crossin, Senator for the Northern Territory
Kay Denman, Senator for Tasmania Christopher Evans, Senator for Western Australia
Michael Forshaw, Senator for New South Wales John Hogg, Senator for Queensland Steve Hutchins, Senator for New South Wales Linda Kirk, Senator for South Australia
 "On the 2001 HREOC Report: Human Rights In an Immigration Detention Centre""A Bill of Rights should include social, economic and cultural rights"
Address to Labor for Refugees Forum
Jan McLucas, Senator for Queensland Gavin Marshall, Senator for Victoria Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland Kerry O'Brien, Senator for Tasmania Robert Ray, Senator for Victoria The Hon. Nick Sherry, Senator for Tasmania Ursula Stephens, Senator for New South Wales Ruth Webber, Senator for Western Australia Penny Wong, Senator for South Australia Australian Progressive Alliance Meg Lees, Senator for South Australia Country Liberal Party Nigel Scullion, Senator for the Northern Territory Independent Brian Harradine, Senator for Tasmania Shayne Murphy, Senator for Tasmania Liberal Party of Australia The Hon. Eric Abetz, Senator for Tasmania The Hon. Richard Alston, Senator for Victoria Guy Barnett, Senator for Tasmania
The Hon. Paul Calvert, Senator for Tasmania The Hon. Ian Campbell, Senator for Western Australia Grant Chapman, Senator for South Australia Richard Colbeck, Senator for Tasmania Helen Coonan, Senator for New South Wales Alan Eggleston, Senator for Western Australia The Hon. Christopher Ellison, Senator for Western Australia Alan Ferguson, Senator for South Australia Jeannie Ferris, Senator for South Australia The Hon. Bill Heffernan, Senator for New South Wales The Hon. Robert Hill, Senator for South Australia Gary Humphries, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory David Johnston, Senator for Western Australia The Hon. Rod Kemp, Senator for Victoria Susan Knowles, Senator for Western Australia Ross Lightfoot, Senator for Western Australia The Hon. Ian Macdonald, Senator for Queensland Brett Mason, Senator for Queensland The Hon. Nicholas Minchin, Senator for South Australia Santo Santoro, Senator for Queensland The Hon. Kay Patterson, Senator for Victoria
Tsebin Tchen, Senator for Victoria John Tierney, Senator for New South Wales The Hon. Judith Troeth, Senator for Victoria
John Watson, Senator for Tasmania Pauline Hanson's One Nation Len Harris, Senator for Queensland The Nationals Ronald Boswell, Senator for Queensland Julian McGauran, Senator for Victoria Sandy Macdonald, Senator for New South Wales |
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