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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.
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| In close collaboration with many members of Rural Australians for 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!
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| Name in Bold Red | Do NOT re-elect. Supports current refugee policies, is a collaborator, or may be liable for future prosecution and trial on criminal charges |
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Has spoken out against Howard's refugee policies |
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Star(s) & name set apart, above linked material
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Distinguished from the crowd through speeches and articles |
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This MP or Senator peddles the 2001 deceptive lie of "illegals" or "illegal immigrants". See our election platform for an explanation. |
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On our International Declaration of Human Rights page: click on this image to see details of how Australia breaches this Declaration. |
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Click on this image next to the parliamentarian's name to reveal details of the challenge in the member's electorate at the 2004 election. |
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Indicates that at the 2001 Federal election, this seat was won as a "marginal seat": indicating most likely a vulnerable status to the party who won the seat at that election. See list of marginal seats. |
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Denotes a link to material on our website |
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Denotes a link to external material: opens a new window in your browser |
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Important Documents
Australian Democrats
Lyn Allison, Senator for Victoria
Andrew Bartlett, Senator for Queensland
John Cherry, Senator for Queensland
Brian Greig, Senator for Western Australia
Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia
Aden Ridgeway, Senator for New South Wales
Natasha Stott Despoja, Senator for South Australia
The Australian Greens
Bob Brown, Senator for Tasmania
Kerry Nettle, Senator for New South Wales
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
George Campbell, Senator for New South Wales
Standing by Carmen Lawrence over asylum seekers
Kim Carr, Senator for Victoria
Jacinta Collins, 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
The Hon. John Faulkner, Senator for New South Wales
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
Joe Ludwig, Senator for Queensland
"On the 2001 HREOC Report: Human Rights In an Immigration Detention Centre""A Bill of Rights should include social, economic and cultural rights"
Kate Lundy, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
Address to Labor for Refugees Forum
Sue Mackay, Senator for Tasmania
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
George Brandis, Senator for Queensland
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
Marise Payne, Senator for New South Wales
Tsebin Tchen, Senator for Victoria
John Tierney, Senator for New South Wales
The Hon. Judith Troeth, Senator for Victoria
The Hon. Amanda Vanstone, Senator for South Australia
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