Posted by Kevin Bates on August 8, 2002, 9:17 pm
Thanks for that information - on my own I could not manage to organise the process myself, but would be happy to participate and contribute financially if you know of others who would be interested.
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: I am involved in the organising committee for
: the Dissenters' List. At this stage we
: are only able to send the List around
: Tasmania but we have had contact from a
: couple of groups on the mainland who are
: interested in having a Dissenters' List
: made for their region. The books are huge
: and very beautiful but are fairly
: expensive (about $500) so we are only able
: to cover the cost of one. However, if
: there were any groups out there wanting to
: pick up the idea and have lists made for
: their areas we are very happy to help out
: with providing all of the graphics etc.
: Good luck with your work on the refugee
: issue.
:
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: Thanks AmanDA - I think it is going to go
: around the country - you shoudl get more
: info by going to the ABC/Tasmania site.
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: : Thanks for telling us about this Kevin.
: What
: a great idea? I wonder - have they thought
: about sending around the rest of the
: country while they're at it? I'd sign in a
: heartbeat!
: Amanda
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: This report from the ABC encourages us to
: know
: that there are many voices being raised in
: protest at our government's policies on
: the asylum-seeker situation.
: Howard launches Book of Protest against
: Mandatory Detention of Refugees
: Presenter: Anne Fitzgerald
: Monday, 5 August 2002
:
: Author, Richard Flanagan who wrote the
: Statement of Dissent, the introduction to
: the book launched in Hobart yesterday.
: (Photo courtesy Pan MacMillan)
:
: Around 4 o'clock yesterday, church bells
: peeled out across Tasmania to launch a
: book that will record the names of
: dissenters to the federal government
: policy of mandatory detention of asylum
: seekers.
: Tasmanian for Refugees have launched a
: leather bound book entitled Australia's
: Shame which will be taken across the state
: collecting protest signatures.
: Prue Cameron from Tasmanians for Refugees
: joined Anne Fitzgerald on the breakfast
: program on ABC Northern Tasmania to
: describe the launch which involved
: Tasmanian author, Richard Flanagan, who
: wrote the introduction to the book and the
: actor, John Howard who gave a speech at
: the launch.
: John Howard, the actor constantly mentioned
: the name he shares with the Prime Minster
: of Australia as he made his speech which
: started with a reference to the Sydney
: Olympics: "A couple of years ago, on
: the opening
: night of the Olympic Games, I like you was
: proud to be part of an exuberant, smart
: and funny and welcoming Australia admired
: that night, and the following fortnight,
: by all the world.
: Admired no longer. Proud no more
..
:
In the years to come when we all are asked
: how we stood at this time, when Philip
: Ruddock decreed that it was right to
: imprison children if they came from the
: wrong country, we will not I think find it
: easy to forget, not even for a moment,
: where we stood today on that question, and
: yesterday, and last month, and last year.
: My name is John Howard and I know where I
: stand, and I know where my feet, if they
: must, will march
..
:
..My name is John Howard and I am sorry for
: these wretched of the earth and these
: orphans of the sea. Let the word go forth,
: from this time and place to all nations of
: the birth today of a new social order in a
: country that can be proud again".
: Ms Cameron told Anne Fitzgerald that the book
: was both a petition and a statement for
: posterity.
: She said that they had been overwhelmed by
: the response from people at the launch
: with people standing for hours in the cold
: to add their names.
: The book will remain in Hobart until August
: 14th before beginning its journey around
: the state.
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