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We work and volunteer together. We live on the same streets. Our kids go to the same schools.

But right now, thousands of people who came for safety more than 12 years ago are being denied the permanence they need to rebuild their lives.

When the last government stacked our refugee system against people who crossed the sea in search of safety, they called their system “fast track” - but it wasn’t fast, and it wasn’t fair.

It robbed people who came for safety of the chance to have life and death decisions checked in a fair way.

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We work and volunteer together. We live on the same streets. Our kids go to the same schools.

But right now, thousands of people who came for safety more than 12 years ago are being denied the permanence they need to rebuild their lives.

When the last government stacked our refugee system against people who crossed the sea in search of safety, they called their system “fast track” - but it wasn’t fast, and it wasn’t fair.

It robbed people who came for safety of the chance to have life and death decisions checked in a fair way.

More than a decade on, thousands of men, women and children have been left living in fear of being taken from the towns and suburbs they’ve called home.

The Albanese Government went to the last election promising to create an independent tribunal that can review life-changing refugee decisions fairly.

They’re yet to live up to that promise, or offer a clear pathway to permanence for people failed by a system stacked against them from the start.

Wherever we’re from or however we got here, most of us know our families and communities do better when we can put down roots in a safe place.

It’s time the Albanese Government let the men, women and children failed by this flawed system have the permanence they need to truly rebuild their lives as part of our community.

After 12 years, their home is here.

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Introduce yourself: Tell them who you are, where you live (i.e. that you’re a constituent). You might want to mention what you do for a living, if you’re a student. Mention anything you might have in common with your MP. Let them know if you voted for them or their party.

Explain why you’re writing. Tell them why you’re concerned – why do you care about this issue?

Ask for action: Hold them accountable. Ask for direct and specific action from them and phrase it as a question. For example, “Will you publicly advocate for permanent protections rights for the men, women, and children failed by the unfair Fast Track system?"

Support your ask: Is there anything you can add that would strengthen your ask? You can reference points in the health paper. Also think about who your MP is likely to listen to.

Ask for a response: Let your representative know you expect an answer to your question. Tell them you’ll be following up if you don’t hear back. For example, “I look forward to receiving a response to my question. I’ll follow up in a week’s time if I haven’t yet heard back.”

Tips:

  • A unique and personalised message will always have more impact than a pre-written email. This is why we haven’t included a default email to send. 

  • Your message doesn’t need to be long, in fact shorter is better (for example, 200 words). MPs’ offices can sometimes receive hundreds of emails in a day.

  • Be assertive and respectful. Remember there’s another person on the other end of your email who needs to read it.

Key points you might want to mention:

  • Thanks to the Albanese Government’s decision to grant permanence to refugees living with temporary visas, 19,000 people now have the opportunity to rebuild their lives as part of our community.
  • But men, women and children who were failed by the last government’s so-called “fast track” refugee process were left out of this announcement. This leaves thousands of people without the permanence they need to rebuild their lives.
  • People failed by the last government’s flawed system need a clear path to permanence. Please, will you contact Immigration Minister Tony Burke and ask him to make sure this happens?
  • This government went to the last election acknowledging that the so-called “fast track” refugee system “does not provide a fair, thorough and robust assessment process”. They made a promise to abolish the unfair  Immigration Assessment Authority and create an independent Refugee Review Tribunal.
  • It was the right thing to do to allow the Nadesalingam family to come home to Biloela with the permanence they need to rebuild their lives in safety.
  • Please contact Minister Burke. Ask him to let the many other men, women and children failed by a flawed system his government promised to replace have the same permanence and security.

 

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