Rally 5:30pm Friday, February 28, 2014,
King George Square
* Close Manus Island and Nauru concentration camps!
* Bring refugees to Australia and process them in the community!
* Dismiss Scott Morrison!
* Free the refugees!
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT saw 400 people marching through the streets of Brisbane condemning the murder of Reza Berati and the brutal assault of 77 refugees on Manus Island by PNG police and G4S security guards.
REFUGEE ACTION COLLECTIVE is calling on all supporters of refugee rights to mobilise once again. We need to show the Australian government that we are determined to put an end to this racist policy of offshore processing, of punishing refugees for daring to seek asylum in Australia. It is this policy which is to blame for the vicious attack on Manus that has left one man dead and 77 injured.
We need to say loudly and clearly that Morrison and Abbott have blood on their hands. They are responsible for the safety of asylum seekers they imprison on Manus Island and should be held accountable. Shut down Manus now! End offshore processing & detention! Bring the refugees to Australia now! Justice for Reza Barati!
For more information:
www.rac-qld.org
Tim 0411 829 319
Mark 0439 561 196
Manus Island a ‘war zone’ on night of unrest, video footage reveals
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/01/manus-island-a-war-zone-on-night-of-unrest-video-footage-reveals
Exclusive: At a makeshift hospital, the injured are brought in, one after another. At one point a staff member shouts out: ‘gunshot wound’
Chilling footage has emerged of “war zone”-like scenes during last week’s unrest at the Manus Island detention centre, showing dozens of asylum seekers – most unconscious or semiconscious and many with serious injuries – receiving treatment from frantic staff tending to them by torchlight.
The video, obtained by Guardian Australia, was filmed at the makeshift hospital created on a concrete wharf next to the floating accommodation block used by Australian detention centre staff. It is the first footage to be seen from the disturbance that left one man, Reza Barati, dead, one shot, and dozens wounded, 13 seriously.
The footage, shot in the early hours of Tuesday, after G4S personnel “lost control” of their local riot squads and Papua New Guinea police were observed in violent altercations with asylum seekers, shows the injured brought in on a ute, one after another. The events occur in near darkness, with only a soft green light, torches and headlamps from the vehicles illuminating the makeshift hospital.
Some asylum seekers being treated at the scene can be heard groaning in pain. At one point a staff member shouts out the words “gunshot wound” and a body is rushed through.
No asylum seekers can be seen at any point resisting staff, and one witness told Guardian Australia that at least one patient was observed with a plastic handcuff on one hand during the night.
“It was like a war zone,” a witness to the filmed events told Guardian Australia. “People were covered in blood – so many people came in half an hour.”
The footage was filmed between 12.41am and 1.06am on Tuesday. Almost immediately afterwards, witnesses say, all staff on the floating accommodation block, Hotel Bibby, were asked to help, whether or not they had medical training. At this point the number of casualties increased. “The medics were short of staff. It was chaotic,” a witness said.
The wounded asylum seekers were separated into three areas: an assessment area, a critical area and a non-critical area, according to the witness.
At 12:58am one asylum seeker, a tall, muscular, young man can be seen being brought in for assessment and then moved instantly off for further treatment. His body is limp, hanging off the end of the stretcher. Guardian Australia has contacted a family member of Reza Barati, who said they could not identify the young man in the image.
“People were moaning, ‘Papu, Papu’ – meaning local people,” said the witness to the filmed events.
Frantic staff can be heard during the continual arrivals. One shouts to a group seemingly running with a body, “walking guys, walking”. Pools of liquid can be seen on the concrete. Blood and bruising is visible on many of the patients. A line of unused chairs rests in the assessment area, but all patients are treated on camp beds or blue mattresses.
On 18 February, the day after the unrest began, Guardian Australia reported witness accounts of the scenes at the staff accommodation block. One contractor told Guardian Australia: “They were just makeshift beds. Transferees were carried in on sheets. Blood everywhere, crying. There were 30 or 40 clients down there. We had gunshot wounds, some with head injuries.”
The contractor took notes on what patients told her. One Iranian said: “I did nothing, I wasn’t involved in the protests, I was in my room, being good, trying to sleep. They came in my room … they dragged me out of my bed and beat me. They had huge rocks in their hands and they hit my head and my body with them.”
An interpreter working for the Immigration Department, Azita Bokan, also said she saw asylum seekers with “massive head injuries” at the makeshift hospital and said she saw one patient with a slashed throat.
Mark from Refugee Action Collective (Brisbane) speaks out against the riot by Australian & PNG security police on Manus Island that killed one refugee and seriously wounded 13 others. This speech was made on 28 Feb 2014 in Queens Park Brisbane.
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Liz Thompson explains why she is not speaking at the Close Manus rally on Saturday
I am not speaking at the Close Manus rally on Saturday, organised by RAC [Refugee Action Collective]. Without thinking, I agreed to do it, thinking there could be no harm. But in fact the reaction to me speaking on Dateline has made me reconsider.
I need to clarify my own position. Firstly, while I am grateful for the support I have received and acknowledge that people are expressing solidarity for a variety of admirable reasons, there is something deeply discomforting about the adulation and the focus on me as a ‘whistleblower’ that speaks to whose voice is amplified in this particular moment.
This moment is the culmination of months of protests on Manus Island. It is a moment when we are reminded where the movement in this movement is. That nothing moves without directions from within the camps, or from asylum seekers and border crossers in the community. Now is not a time to be recuperating action from within the camps into this moment of national unity or salving the national conscience by saying “not in my name”. I suppose what I would like to put forward is – for pity’s sake, not in their name!! These guys have their lives on the line, we can do better. A vigil is fine, a respectful way to mourn Reza, but we need to start thinking about effective action that does something other than reproduce our own milieus as if that reproduction could possibly close the camps.
I don’t honestly believe that a rally such as the RAC rally does anything other than further entrench a self-appointed “refugee movement” which is no such thing. I have become increasingly concerned about the self-promoting, NGO-proliferating arm of the “refugee movement”, the lack of self-reflection on the amount of space taken up by white people saying “not in my name”. These rallies serve to reinforce and reorganise a white refugee movement that speaks on behalf of others.
This is a movement that has managed to erase the leadership of those within detention from the history of resistance to mandatory detention and deterrence experiments. When we celebrate the “victories” of woomera, Baxter, we don’t even think to invite those who survived behind the wire – the hunger strikers, protestors, deportation resisters, those who did jail time in solidarity with those inside. That our position is to invite those people to our gatherings speaks volumes. Our excuse? We don’t even remember their names, though their accounts of detention have been published. Instead we photograph ourselves, we celebrate our role in saving and helping. We erase the idea of solidarity and refuse to take direction from within the camps. When communications are shut down within the camps, it doesn’t mean we should fill the space with ourselves. The demand has been put: help us get out of here, support our active resistance, our refusal to suffer quietly despite the extreme violence, the total lack of legal protections. Yes, those in detention are extremely vulnerable – yet they protest, hunger strike, resist and they know better than anyone what the cost will be.
“Not in our name” is a self-referential slogan, it speaks about us, not about those behind the wire. Wendy Bacon’s piece naming the refugee movement as ASRC and RAC is misleading, inaccurate, erasing those who resist in the camps. The movement is inside the camps, the leadership has always come from there, despite our active attempts to erase this history. The movement is in Mike, Oscar, Foxtrot, Delta and the other compounds in Manus Island. It is on Nauru, where the camp was destroyed. It is on CI, where the hunger strike is. It is in the community in Australia and the camps here. Where is the invitation to the delegates, the resisters and those who brought down Woomera and Baxter from within last time, some of whom are pretty easy to find with a phone call to @RISErefugee. They are always an afterthought in this branch of the “movement”, one that uses rallies to build itself, to fight for national representation for its ideas, rather than a rejection of nationalist logic integral to an anti-camps position with any integrity.
This is said with only admiration for Aran M and the Kurdish community speakers due to speak on Saturday. It is not a criticism of the particular speakers but rather the default to celebrity white speakers from whom we hear all the time and whose positions we know – suggestive of that logic of self-replication.
If you want to close the camps, think about what you can do where you are that will be effective. That does not mean another rally. We all know that won’t close the camps, or stop wars.I believe it means boycott, divestment and withdrawal, like the Biennale boycott, like targeting all aspects of the supply chain of the camps. Think about where your super is invested, the well-meaning people you know who work in detention, the things you can do that are about solidarity with resistance in the camps, not about building organisations that speak on their behalf without their permission and only using them as photo ops.
I owe my political understanding of all of this to the delegates and resisters from Woomera, Baxter, Curtin, to the deportees back in Afghanistan, the international students, the survivors of the camps, @angrytamilwoman, @jayani77, @sanmativerma, @riserefugee, the enormous body of work of @Mitropoulos_A, the intellectual and physical labour of men and women of colour in this movement. Yet despite over ten years of working with people like this, I still make mistakes like not thinking about the amount of space I am taking up, like saying yes to another rally I know serves no useful purpose.
Step back, think about the space you are taking up or helping others to fill. Thanks again for all of the support, which I know speaks to a desire to do something effective about the camps. There is much to be learned by all of us about how this is to be done in a way that is real and effective.
– Liz Thompson has worked as a migration agent. She recently left work at the Manus Island detention centre. You can watch the Dateline report on this here.
The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600.
2 March 2014
Dear Prime Minister,
This letter reflects the concerns of Australian academics whose areas of expertise include refugee law; political science; international law; history; psychiatry; psychology; education; social work; criminology; economics; business studies; sociology; social policy; nursing; philosophy; literature; the humanities; medicine; legal studies; journalism studies; sociology; childhood studies; public health, science; community welfare; health care; architecture; music, environmental sciences and human rights.
We believe that the current approach to dealing with asylum seekers arriving by boat, especially off-shore detention and claims determination, is seriously flawed and unsustainable.
It breaches Australia’s international legal obligations, including its obligations as a party to the Refugee Convention. It demonstrably harms the physical and psychological health of detainees.
Furthermore, it seriously undermines the status and good name of Australia as an international citizen.
We call on the Australian government to close the detention centres on Manus Island and in Nauru immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Academics from Australian tertiary institutions. (Signatories overleaf)
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Professor Philomena Murray, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Anne Pedersen, Murdoch University
Dr Caroline Fleay, Curtin University
Associate Professor Savitri Taylor, La Trobe University
Dr Linda Bartolomei, University of New South Wales
Dr Dave McDonald, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Diane Gosden, Australian Catholic University
Dr. Lesley J. Pruitt, The University of Melbourne
Dr Scott Flower, The University of Melbourne
Dr Amy Nethery, Deakin University
Dr Barbara Keys, The University of Melbourne
Dr Leanne Weber, Monash University
Diana Johns, RMIT University
Dr Jikon Lai, The University of Melbourne
Adjunct Associate Professor Susan Feldman, Monash University
Brett Baker, The University of Melbourne
Professor John Murphy, The University of Melbourne
Dr Andrea Schalley, Griffith University
Dr John Howard, University of New South Wales
Jack H Smit, Edith Cowan University
Dr. David Palmer, Flinders University
Dr. Sean W. Burges, The Australian National University
Professor Deirdre Coleman, The University of Melbourne
Dr Michelle Duffy, Federation University Australia
Professor Stephanie Trigg, The University of Melbourne
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University
Dr Lea Campbell, The University of Melbourne
Dr Karen Jones, The University of Melbourne
Dr Michael Sullivan, Flinders University
Jenna Price, University of Technology, Sydney
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Dr Celia Thompson, The University of Melbourne
Dr Azadeh Dasyari, Monash University
Dr June Factor, The University of Melbourne
Professor Peter Morgan, The University of Sydney
Professor Christina Twomey, Monash University
Adjunct Professor Brian Griffiths, Curtin University
Professor Jane Kenway, Monash University
Dr. Grace Moore, The University of Melbourne
Dr Jadranka Petrovic, Monash University
Dr Kylie Baxter, The University of Melbourne
Dr Maree Pardy, The University of Melbourne
Anna Hood, The University of Melbourne
Professor John Tobin, The University of Melbourne
Dr Catherine Kevin, Flinders University
Dr. Susana Eisenchlas, Griffith University.
Prof Ilana Snyder, Monash University
Associate Professor Christopher Cordner, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Lee Ann Basser, La Trobe University
Professor R. S. White, The University of Western Australia
Professor Peter Otto, The University of Melbourne
Dr Natalia Hanley, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Peter Christoff, The University of Melbourne
Dr Mary Leahy, The University of Melbourne
Dr Matthew P Fitzpatrick, Flinders University
Dr Christiane Weller, Monash University
Dr Laura Schroeter, University of Melbourne
Dr Juliet Flesch, University of Melbourne
Andrea van Dommelen, The University of Sydney
Victoria Benz, University of New South Wales
Dr Tom Heenan, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor David Hollinsworth, University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor Susanne Schech, Flinders University
Dr Paul Stanhope, The University of Sydney
Professor Kanishka Jayasuriya, University of Adelaide
Professor David Runia, The University of Melbourne
Professor Colette Browning, Monash University
Professor Linda Briskman, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Paul Patton, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor Judith Keene, The University of Sydney
Dr James Phillips, University of New South Wales
Professor Stephen Hetherington, The University of New South Wales
Paghona Peggy Kerdo, La Trobe University
Dr Rebecca L Barlow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Lisa Ford, The University of New South Wales
Dr Suzanne Rice, The University of Melbourne.
Professor Sharon Pickering, Monash University
Rebecca Powell, Monash University
Dr John Tomlinson, Queensland University of Technology
Associate Professor Kyoung-Hee Yu, University of New South Wales
Dr Danielle Chubb, Deakin University
Dr. Debra Manning, Federation University
Professor Greg Restall, The University of Melbourne
Dr Ceridwen Spark, Australian National University
Associate Professor Mark Baker, Monash University
Dr Maria Giannacopoulos, Flinders University
Dr Liam Grealy, The University of Sydney
Associate Professor Julie Stephens, Victoria University
Dr Gillian Bowen, Monash University
Professor John Polesel, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne
Dr Catie Gressier, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor John Rundell, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Louise D’Arcens, University of Wollongong
Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University
Professor Sandy Gifford, Swinburne University of Technology
Associate Professor Sophie Arkoudis, The University of Melbourne
Dr Emma Kowal, The University of Melbourne
Dr Peter Robinson, Swinburne University of Technology
Associate Professor David Lockwood, Flinders University
Professor Jeanette Kennett, Macquarie University
Professor Emeritus Joseph A. Camilleri, La Trobe University
Professor Tim Rowse, University of Western Sydney
Professor Peter McPhee, The University of Melbourne
Professor Phillip Deery, Victoria University
Professor Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
Professor Emerita Marian Quartly, Monash University
Sandra Symons, University of Technology, Sydney
Marcela Garrett, The University of New South Wales
Professor Katie Holmes, La Trobe University
Professor David Garrioch, Monash University
Dr. Antonio J Traverso, Curtin University
Professor Andrew Lynch, University of Western Australia
Terese Henning, University of Tasmania
Barbara Trauer, The University of Melbourne
Professor Andrea Gaynor, The University of Western Australia
Dr Giordano Nanni, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Anthony J. Langlois, Flinders University
Dr Juliet Rogers, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Michael Leach, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Lyn Yates, The University of Melbourne
Dr Julie Kimber, Swinburne University
Professor Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell, University of Queensland
Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, The University of New South Wales
Professor Pookong Kee, The University of Melbourne
Dr Nikos Thomacos, Monash University.
Associate Professor Winnifred R. Louis, The University of Queensland
Dr Keith Miller, Flinders University
Dr Emma Henderson, La Trobe University
Dr Dean Lusher, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr David Zyngier, Monash University
Professor Elena Marchetti, University of Wollongong
Dr Fran Gale, University of Western Sydney
Professor Susan J Paxton, La Trobe University
Associate Professor Ellie Vasta, Macquarie University
Dr. Bina Fernandez, The University of Melbourne
Dr Taylor Spence, Monash University
Professor P.N. (Raja) Junankar, University of New South Wales
Dr Chi Baik, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Barbara Kelly, The University of Melbourne
Kyli Hedrick, Victoria University
Dr Christine Agius, Swinburne University of Technology
Lesley Carnus, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Stuart Rosewarne, The University of Sydney
Professor Bob Pease, Deakin University
Dr Clemence Due, The University of Adelaide
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Dr Laurie Berg, University of Technology, Sydney
Professor David Lemmings, The University of Adelaide
Professor Brian Costar, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Banu Senay, The University of Melbourne
Dr Efrosini Deligianni, The University of New South Wales
Dr Ron Hoenig, University of South Australia
Dr Louisa Willoughby, Monash University
Professor Greg Marston, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Melanie Baak, University of South Australia
Dr Miriam Faine, Monash University
Dr Daniel Halliday, The University of Melbourne
Dr Emmaline Bexley, The University of Melbourne
Katherine Fallah, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Rachel Fensham, The University of Melbourne
Dr Scott Hanson-Easey, The University of Adelaide
Irene Baghoomians, Lecturer, University of Sydney
Dr Zora Simic, University of New South Wales
Dr Sharlene Nipperess, Deakin University
Dr Laura Grenfell, University of Adelaide
Emerita Professsor Chilla Bulbeck, The University of Adelaide
Dr Ken Macnab, University of Sydney
Dr Ole Koksvik, Monash University
Dr Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, Deakin University
Dr Joanna Howe, University of Adelaide
Dr Jemima Mowbray, Macquarie University
Dr Patricia Fronek, Griffith University
Associate Professor Frank Bongiorno, The Australian National University
Dr Nicole Matthews, Macquarie University
Dr. Alexandra McCormick, University of Sydney
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Dr Arathi Sriprakash, University of Sydney
Dr Becky Batagol, Monash University
Dr Charlotte Peevers, University of Technology Sydney
Jean Hopman, Victoria University
Professor Paul A. Komesaroff, Monash University
Adjunct Professor Verity Burgmann, Monash University
Dr Lisa Hartley, Curtin University
Associate Professor Kama Maclean, University of New South Wales
Sara Dehm, The University of Melbourne
Sophie Rigney, The University of Melbourne
Professor Ghassan Hage, The University of Melbourne
Dr Selma Macfarlane, Deakin University
Heather Anderson, University of South Australia
Associate Professor Belinda Smith, University of Sydney
Professor Pat Drake, Victoria University
Paul Duffill, University of Sydney
Marc Trabsky, La Trobe University
Dr Joanna Kyriakakis, Lecturer, Monash University
Dr Marg Liddell, RMIT University
Professor Gillian Cowlishaw, University of Sydney.
Associate Professor Ustinia Dolgopol, Flinders University
Associate Professor Katherine Biber, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Yasmine Musharbash, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Estela Valverde, Macquarie University
Professor Rebecca Millar, University of Sydney
Emeritus Professor Andrew Milner, Monash University
Dr Matt Killingsworth, University of Tasmania
Professor Alberto G. Gomes, La Trobe University
Dr. Keiko Tamura, Australian National University
Associate Professor Shane Homan, Monash University
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Associate professor Shane Homan, Monash University
Oishik Sircar, The University of Melbourne
Dr Vanette McLennan, Griffith University
Dr Ruth Balint, University of New South Wales
Professor Una Ryan, Murdoch University
Dr Caroline Lenette, Griffith University
Associate Professor JaneMaree Maher, Monash University
Dr Christina Ho, University of Technology, Sydney
Dr Donna Weston, Griffith University
Associate Professor Grace Karskens, University of New South Wales
Professor Fiona Haines, University of Melbourne
Dr Sana Nakata, The University of Melbourne
Prof Charles Zika, The University of Melbourne
Dr Paul Gruba, The University of Melbourne
Professor Denise Cuthbert, RMIT University
Associate Professor Nik Taylor, Flinders University
Dr Lucy Fiske, University of Technology, Sydney
Associate Professor Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney
Dr Peter Burdon, The University of Adelaide.
Professor Anthony R. Welch, University of Sydney
Dr Erica Millar, The University of Melbourne
Dr Karen Block, The University of Melbourne
Prof. Greg Noble, University of Western Sydney
Professor Desmond Manderson, Australian National University
Associate Professor Clare Newton, The University of Melbourne
Adjunct Professor Belinda Probert, La Trobe University
Margot Nash, University of Technology Sydney
Dr. George Vasilev, La Trobe University
Dr Jennifer Balint, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Elizabeth Kaziro, University of New South Wales
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Professor Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney
Associate Professor Anne Junor, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor John O’Brien, University of Sydney
Nicky Dulfer, The University of Melbourne
Dr Amy Shields Dobson, Monash University
Professor Suvendrini Perera, Curtin University
Professor Gloria Davies, Monash University
Dr Brianne Hastie, University of South Australia
Dr. Sara Niner, Monash University
Associate Professor David Hamer, The University of Sydney
Associate Professor Mary Heath, Flinders University
Dr. Jasmine-Kim Westendorf, La Trobe University
Dr Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
Dr Günter Minnerup, University of New South Wales
Monique Cormier, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Sriram Shankar, University of Western Sydney
Dr John R Morss, Deakin University
Dr Mamta Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney
Associate Professor Scott McQuire, The University of Melbourne
Professor Sarah Joseph, Monash University
Adjunct Associate Professor Linsey Howie, La Trobe University
Dr Gwenda Tavan, La Trobe University
Dr Bianca Hester, University of Sydney
Dr. Heather Fraser, Flinders University
Cynthia Cowling, Monash University
Dr Angela Barns, Curtin University
Iris Ambrose, La Trobe University
AProf Jo Lindsay, Monash University
Dr Jordy Silverstein, The University of Melbourne
Professor Emeritus Geoff Harcourt, University of Adelaide
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Cosima McRae, The University of Melbourne
Dr Ben Silverstein, La Trobe University
Adjunct Professor Iain Walker, University of Western Australia
Professor Robyn Eckersley, The University of Melbourne
Beth Goldblatt, University of New South Wales
Dr Chris Laming, Federation University.
Professor Philippa Maddern, University of Western Australia
Connie Kellett, The University of Melbourne
Emeritus Professor Ben Boer, The University of Sydney
Dr Jane Sims, Monash University
Associate Professor Jane Haggis, Flinders University
Dr Jacqueline Mowbray, University of Sydney
Kirrily Manning, Curtin University
Associate Professor Tom Morton, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Julie Evans, The University of Melbourne
Dr Rachael McDonald, Monash University
Professor Graham Seal, Curtin University
Dr Teresa Iacono, La Trobe University
Emeritus Professor Judith Brett, La Trobe University
Professor Robert Pascoe, Victoria University
Dr Collette Snowden, University of South Australia
Garry Woodard, Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Professor John Langmore, The University of Melbourne
Professor Andrew Walter, The University of Melbourne
Dr Sue Hoffman, Murdoch University
Dr Susan Rushworth, Swinburne University of Technology
Bassina Farbenblum, University of New South Wales
Maria Elander, The University of Melbourne
Dr Heli Askola, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor Heather Strang, Australian National University
Dr James Rowe, RMIT University
Dr Odette Kelada, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Joan Wardrop, Curtin University
Dr Karen Crawley, Griffith University
Dr Gavin J.D. Smith, The Australian National University
Professor Carolyn Cartier, University of Technology, Sydney
Emeritus Professor, Barbara Kamler, Deakin University
Dr Antonia Hendrick, Curtin University
Associate Professor Farida Fozdar, The University of Western Australia
Brian Spittles, Murdoch University
Dr Emma Larking, The Australian National University
Dr Anastasia Powell, RMIT University
Dr Rachael McDonald, Monash University.
Catriona de Bruin, Monash University
Katrina Stats, University of Adelaide
Cate Read, The University of Melbourne
Dr Stephanie Downes, The University of Melbourne
Dr Mark Nicholls, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Nicholas Brown, Australian National University
Prof Pascaline Winand, Monash University
Dr. Damir Mitric, Swinburne University
Dr Anne McNevin, Monash University
Emeritus Professor John Nieuwenhuysen, Monash University
Kira Clarke, The University of Melbourne
Peter Clarke, RMIT University
Dr Nesam McMillan, The University of Melbourne
Dr Katharine McGregor, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Nadeem Malik, The University of Melbourne
Dr Graham Willett, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Andrew J. May, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Juanita Fernando, Monash University
Associate Professor Verna Blewett, Central Queensland University
Dr Kate Cregan, Monash University
Dr Tanja Dreher, University of Wollongong
Dr. Sue Baile, University of Western Australia
Emma Lawrence, Curtin University
Dr Lisa O’Brien, Monash University
Dr Priya Chacko, University of Adelaide.
Dr Judith Burton, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Peter Denney, Griffith University
Dr Julie King, Queensland University of Technology
Associate Professor Mark Brough, Queensland University of Technology
Prof Katherine White, Queensland University of Technology
Christopher Pepping, Griffith University
Dr. Angela Morgan, Griffith University
Dr Naomi Priest, The University of Melbourne
Dr Arthur Poropat, Griffith University
Dr Joshua Barnes, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Farida Fozdar, The University of Western Australia
Dr Elizabeth Rechniewski, University of Sydney
Dr Pooja Sawrikar, Griffith University
Ms Robyn Sampson, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Matthew Millar, Macquarie University
Dr Andrew Singleton, Monash University
Dr Andreas Loewe, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
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Dr Mike Heald, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Grant Caldwell, The University of Melbourne
Dr Fincina Hopgood, The University of Melbourne
Dr Fran Martin, The University of Melbourne
Anthea Vogl, University of Technology, Sydney
Dr Robert Hassan, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Denise Varney, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Timothy Laurie, The University of Melbourne
Dr Bridget Vincent, The University of Melbourne
Dr Beth Driscoll, The University of Melbourne
Dr Bagryana Popov, La Trobe University
Angus Frith, The University of Melbourne
Anny Mokotow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Colleen McGloin, University of Wollongong
Floris van Ogtrop, University of Sydney
Dr Andrew Whelan, University of Wollongong
Dr Chris Nash, Monash University
Dr Elizabeth Beadle, Griffith University
Dr Tom Cliff, The Australian National University
Professor Tom Griffiths, Australian National University
Professor Paul James, University of Western Sydney
Anaïs Gérard, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Rose Parfitt, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor John Minns, Australian National University
Dr Belinda Liddell, University of New South Wales
Professor Wendy Bacon, University of Technology, Sydney
Felicity Brown, University of Queensland.
Professor Barbara Creed, The University of Melbourne
Peter Mares, Swinburne University of Technology
Adjunct Associate Professor Judith Grbich, Griffith University.
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Professor Jeanette Hoorn, The University of Melbourne
Dr Mark Ragg, University of Sydney
Dr Catherine Kovesi, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Bruce Buchan, Griffith University
Associate Professor Lisa Gibbs, The University of Melbourne
John King, Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
Benjamin Nicoll, The University of Melbourne
Kristie Matthews, Monash University
Hugh Davies, La Trobe University
Dr Fotina Hardy, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Melanie Davern, The University of Melbourne
Eleanor Glenn, University of Technology, Sydney
Dr Tahna Pettman, The University of Melbourne
Sarina Kilham, University of Technology Sydney.
Professor Billie Giles-Corti, The University of Melbourne
Dr Siavash Bandarian-Balooch, Griffith University
Dr Elisabeth Hanscombe, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr. Annika Lems, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Cressida Limon, The University of Melbourne
Dr Ken Setiawan, Australian Catholic University
Adjunct Professor June Kane, Swinburne University of Technology
Claire Boulange, The University of Melbourne
Dr Elisabeth Hanscombe, Swinburne University of Technology
Adjunct Professor Ian W Duncanson, Griffith University
Associate Professor Agnes Dodds, The University of Melbourne
Dr Kerrie Foxwell-Norton Griffith University
Judith Anderson, Curtin University
Dr Anthony Lawrence, Griffith University
Dr Sally Robinson, Southern Cross University
Professor Wendy Rogers, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor Patricia Wise, Griffith University
Associate Professor Thomas Reiner, Monash University
Dr Mark Chappell, Griffith University
Dr Kathryn Smithies, The University of Melbourne
Jenny Bargen, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Sally Young, The University of Melbourne
Gillian Hewitson, University of Sydney
Anna Spencer, Queensland University of Technology
Una Stone, RMIT University
Associate Professor Alan Morris, University of Technology, Sydney
Lesley McGregor, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Geremie R Barmé, The Australian National University
Dr Phil Crane, Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Andrea Reupert, Monash University
Prof. Anita Chan, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Heather Green, Lecturer, Griffith University
Dr Elliroma Gardiner, Griffith University
Associate Professor Liz Jones Griffith University
Judith Pabian, The Australian National University
Dr. Michelle Hood, Griffith University
Professor Nicholas Smith, Macquarie University
Professor Andrew Kipnis, The Australian National University
Professor Klaus Neumann, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Caroline Donovan, Griffith University
Shae Johnson, The University of Melbourne
Professor Paula Brough, Griffith University
Dr Ying Qian, Australian National University
Lochlan Morrissey, Griffith University
Dr Meighen Katz, University of Melbourne
Christina David, RMIT University
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Dr Analise O’Donovan, Griffith University
Dr Georgina Heydon, RMIT University
Professor Penny Russell, University of Sydney
Dr Glenda Andrews, Griffith University
Professor Bing Ling, the University of Sydney
Dr Mel Hyde, Griffith University
Dr Judith McNeill, University of New England
Professor Vaughan J Carr, University of New South Wales
Dr Tim Thornton, Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Tad Tietze, University of New South Wales
David Primose, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Anita Harris, Monash University
Dr Roni Demirbag, The University of Sydney
Dr Peter Ross, University of New South Wales
Dr James Parker, The University of Melbourne
Dr Kim Spurway, University of New South Wales
Dr Chantal Bourgault du Coudray, The University of Western Australia
Prof Gillian Wigglesworth, The University of Melbourne
Dr Alexis Harley, La Trobe University
Melissa Sweet, University of Canberra
Professor Anne Graham Southern Cross University
Dr Kate Purcell, University of New South Wales
Dr Sanja Milivojevic, University of New South Wales
Dr Alexandra S Wawryk, The University of Adelaide
Professor Brian Howe, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Gawaine Powell Davies, University of New South Wales
Dr Antje Missbach, The University of Melbourne
Dr Eddie Paterson, The University of Melbourne
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Dr Katherine Firth, The University of Melbourne
Dr Larissa Sandy, Flinders University.
Lilly Brown, The University of Melbourne
Dr David McInnis, The University of Melbourne
Dr Amy Brown, The University of Melbourne
Marie Aronsson, The University of Melbourne
Dr Veronica Volkoff, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Judy Cashmore, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Tilman A Ruff, The University of Melbourne
Dr. Susan Bank, University of Sydney
Professor Ken Gelder, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Chris Healy, The University of Melbourne
Brendan Grigg, Flinders University
Dr. Steven R. Welch, The University of Melbourne
Dr Donnah Anderson, Southern Cross University
Dr Cheryl Waters, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Valerie Levy, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Gini Lee, The University of Melbourne
Professor Stephen Knight, The University of Melbourne
Professor Stuart Rees, University of Sydney
Dr Nell Musgrove, Australian Catholic University
Dr James R Levy, University of New South Wales
Dr Simon Lumsden, University of New South Wales
Professor Kim Dovey, The University of Melbourne
Professor Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, University of New South Wales
Professor Dirk Moses, University of Sydney
Adjunct Professor Colin Richardson, University of Sydney
Dr Ian McGregor, University of Technology Sydney
Michael V. White, Monash University
Edward Mariyani-Squire, University of Western Sydney
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Oliver Levingston, University of Sydney
Phil Griffiths, University of Southern Queensland
Dr Helen Hall, Monash University
Professor Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney
Dr Maria O’Sullivan, Monash University
Emeritus Professor Richard Broome, La Trobe University
Dr Sally Gardner, Deakin University
Dr Carolyn D’Cruz, La Trobe University
Dr Patrick Wolfe, La Trobe University
Professor Donald L. Bates, The University of Melbourne
Dr Catharine Simmons, Southern Cross University.
Sent by:
Prof. Philomena Murray
School of Social and Political Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010.
Reza Berati was a 23 year old asylum seeker murdered on February 18 2014 on Manus Island in one of Australia refugee detention centres. 77 other asylum seekers were also attacked and wounded. No one has been charged with his murder.
The Australian Government continues to fail to meet its obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a visa.
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This song references/covers the Bob Dylan song Who killed Davey Moore.
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Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?
Not me says the politician
Who knows closing borders wins elections
His death we do regret
But stopping the boats is what we said
Who comes to this country we will decide
It is just too bad that young man died
It wasn’t me that smashed his head
You can’t blame me now he’s dead
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?
Not me said the humble voters
Australian flag wrapped around his shoulders
He should have come the proper way
“Fuck of we’re full” is what we say
It’s not our fault he was on the run
If he wasn’t locked up then more would come
I am sorry that stranger died
If I knew him I would have cried.
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?
Not me said the company chairman
Whose corporation ran his island prison
For my stockholders I do my best
Returning profits that they expect
I am not responsible for what happen to him
I am not to blame for every employee’s sin
Any inquiry you will see
There are others complicit before it comes to me
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?
Not I said the big world leader
Who prosecutes the “war on terror”
I am keeping the world safe for you
It is what leaders are appointed to do
The refugees that have to flee
Are not my responsibility
Don’t point your finger at me
He was in prison to keep you free
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die who is guilty?
Not me said the TV presenter
That politician wrap around their fingers
I reported how they said he died
Anyway they won’t let us inside
I believe in the public’s right to know
But you can’t take cameras where they can’t go
I am not responsible for any death
We report the news with what rates best
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?
Not me said the guard from G4s
They put our security under stress
It is what I was contracted to do
Cruel and dirty job for you
He should have accepted his fate
Gone back before it was too late
Don’t say murder don’t say kill
I was doing my job you pay the bill
Who Killed Reza Berati?
Why did he die and who is guilty?