Not In Our Name
Jul. 27th, 2013 06:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithPublic rally in Launceston, against the Federal Labor Government's new 'policy' to send asylum seekers to PNG. Some photos.
(I didn't catch some of the names of the speakers. Hopefully someone else can help out there.)
The rain made for a bit of reorganising. Jeremy Ball (Deputy Mayor & introducer of rally speakers) and our pre-rally singer whose name I should have written down at the time so I could remember it.
Signing the banner.
The first speaker was Hayden from Amnesty International, if I've got that right, speaking on his own behalf.
I snuck around to the back for a quick crowd photo but it was too wide.
I do like the sign on the left.
Reverend Duncan, I believe, from Pilgrim Uniting Church (which is just behind me). He's a good speaker, I guess it's a requirement of the job, but he spoke about political point scoring (using terms like "border security" and "illegal" to stir up voters) and why PNG is not a good destination for refugees (or anyone, according to the government's own travel advice website), and how he came out with his parents in the 1950s.
I didn't get her name at all. She was a refugee from Sudan in 2003 (aged 7 years) and she talked about the effects on children of the government's policy.
Ros Lewis, but I missed what she said.
Dakotah Chugg has a bright future as a public speaker. "'For those who've come across the seas, we've boundless plains to share.' Our national anthem clearly states the view that australia should have on the topic of asylum seekers." (Facebook link so it might not work properly).
Another one whose name I didn't catch. She offered to speak at the last minuts (to fill in for Lucy Landon-Lane who was supposed to speak on behalf of the Greens but had a family medical emergency) and mentioned some of the party's policies.
Jeremy giving an enthusiastic introduction to Anna Gerard who also offered to talk at the last minute.
She's from the Migrant Resource Centre I think she said, and originally from Papua New Guinea. She talked about living conditions there, lack of facilities, how the government made the deal for their own benefit. A heartfelt speech.
Finally, Peter Cundall who, as always, roused up the crowd with his talk.
Kim Booth signing the banner.
(I didn't catch some of the names of the speakers. Hopefully someone else can help out there.)
The rain made for a bit of reorganising. Jeremy Ball (Deputy Mayor & introducer of rally speakers) and our pre-rally singer whose name I should have written down at the time so I could remember it.
Signing the banner.
The first speaker was Hayden from Amnesty International, if I've got that right, speaking on his own behalf.
I snuck around to the back for a quick crowd photo but it was too wide.
I do like the sign on the left.
Reverend Duncan, I believe, from Pilgrim Uniting Church (which is just behind me). He's a good speaker, I guess it's a requirement of the job, but he spoke about political point scoring (using terms like "border security" and "illegal" to stir up voters) and why PNG is not a good destination for refugees (or anyone, according to the government's own travel advice website), and how he came out with his parents in the 1950s.
I didn't get her name at all. She was a refugee from Sudan in 2003 (aged 7 years) and she talked about the effects on children of the government's policy.
Ros Lewis, but I missed what she said.
Dakotah Chugg has a bright future as a public speaker. "'For those who've come across the seas, we've boundless plains to share.' Our national anthem clearly states the view that australia should have on the topic of asylum seekers." (Facebook link so it might not work properly).
Another one whose name I didn't catch. She offered to speak at the last minuts (to fill in for Lucy Landon-Lane who was supposed to speak on behalf of the Greens but had a family medical emergency) and mentioned some of the party's policies.
Jeremy giving an enthusiastic introduction to Anna Gerard who also offered to talk at the last minute.
She's from the Migrant Resource Centre I think she said, and originally from Papua New Guinea. She talked about living conditions there, lack of facilities, how the government made the deal for their own benefit. A heartfelt speech.
Finally, Peter Cundall who, as always, roused up the crowd with his talk.
Kim Booth signing the banner.
