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Hi everyone,
Last Thursday, it was my honour to meet Julie-Ann Finney – and to hear about her beautiful son, David.
Her story is heartbreaking. It’s also heartbreakingly common.
Between 2007 and 2017, 415 Defence personnel took their own lives.
And the question we’ve got to ask ourselves is – why?
What are we missing? Where are we failing?
I don’t have all the answers. But I know we need to find them.
And that’s why Labor supports a royal commission into veteran suicide.
A royal commission is the most powerful form of inquiry we have. It will ask the hard questions. It will find the hard truths. It will show us the way forward.
And we must. For David, and all those we’ve lost. For Julie-Ann, and every other family left behind. And for our country – so we can face this national shame head-on, and do something about it.
Thank you for joining this movement. Thank you for supporting Julie-Ann and all our remarkable Defence families.
Labor stands with you.
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4 years ago
Anthony Albanese, Mr Karim A. A. Khan, Penny Wong, President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr
This is a 780,000+ global petition to Free Julian Assange and to stop the legal precedent being established of a USA Extradition for a non USA journalist that exposed USA war crimes. Everyone from any nation can sign this petition, the legal precedent outcome of this case will directly affect every citizen of the world. Over 200,000 Citizens of the United States of America are Signatories to this petition.
This petition grievances presented to President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr and the government of the USA:
Immediately allow Julian Assange to walk out of prison as a free person.
Stop the USA Extradition of Julian Assange.
Citizen of the USA who are Signatories to this petition (over 200,000 signed on) claim legitimate rights under the USA Constitution to petition the government of the USA. As enumerated in the First Amendment (Article 5) to the United States Constitution, which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. The Persecution of Julian Assange is a grievance that can only be resolved by the President of the USA stopping the extradition case against Julian Assange and immediately freeing Julian Assange.
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This case is politically motivated. Julian Assange is being tortured in London because he published 100% factual information that revealed USA war crimes. The war crimes that Julian Assange's publications revealed and included: The identification and deliberate slaughtering of persons known to be providing first aid to innocent civilians that were shot by the USA military. The evidence also includes the slaughtering of Reuters journalists, the slaughtering of innocent civilians and the severe injuring of young children by the USA military. Click Here to see it for yourself
This petition is the largest petition in history to have been presented to the International Criminal Court (The Hague). This petition is the largest in history to have been successfully Tabled (accepted into Parliament) in both houses of the Australian Parliament.
The Prime Minister of Australia Mr Anthony Albanese is a Signatory to this petition. The Prime Minister of Australia Mr Albanese signed this petition on the 23rd of May, 2022, which was his first day as Prime Minister of Australia.
We are witnessing a perversion of legal process which is, by design mentally/psychologically torturing Julian Assange to death. A British legal process being driven by a foreign power to torture a journalist to death on British soil. Why?
~Dec. 3, 2022 "Julian Assange has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over his extradition to the US." Source: SBS News
On March 14, 2022 the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal against extradition. This decision followed on from a January 24, 2022 decision where Julian Assange was granted permission by the British courts to have the Supreme Court hear an appeal (on the grounds of public interest) the decision made on December 10, 2021 (World Human Right Day). The December 10, 2021 decision was the High Court in London ruled against the interests of International Human Rights and ruled in favour of the USA Government to Extradite Julian Assange for 175 years of torture. Effectively reversing our victory on January 4, 2021 in the District Court not to extradite Julian Assange.
This is a clear and present destruction of British legal sovereignty as it is being perverted by a foreign power. In this case the plaintiff allegedly planning to kidnap and murder the defendant on British soil, then steal all the defendants privileged and private legal documents, spy and record all private/confidential defense case legal interactions, allow the inclusion in the case of declared fraudulent evidence by a prosecution key witness, not allow the defendant to properly plan his case, psychologically torture the defendant, not allow the public to see the defendant even in a public hearing.
Mr Julian Assange has broken no British laws. Mr Assange has Broken no Australian Laws (former Sen. George Brandis now Australian High Commissioner to Britain) "As far as I can see he (Assange) hasn’t broken any Australian law.”
This petition invites everybody from every nation to sign and join this critically important campaign to Free Julian Assange and return him to the love of his family.
Further, this petition will drive to prosecute the alleged complicit "public officers" of the UK, Sweden, Ecuador and Australia that allegedly together manifested a situation that deliberately and by design subjected Julian Assange to psychological torture. The process of delivery of psychological torture to Julian Assange continues to this very moment, even though public statements by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture determined that Julian Assange was being subjected to cruel and degrading treatment that resulted in case of verified psychological torture as determined by implementation of the Internationally recognised Istanbul Protocol .
The verification of the psychological torturing of Julian Assange (which continues to this day Jan. 13, 2023), was determined by a team of medical experts in this field that function through the United Nations and its Office of the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture.
On August 10, 2021 we delivered this petition at 619,900+ signatures to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Mr Karim Asad Ahmad Khan. Together with the 570,000+ signatories petitioning of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on January 15, 2021. We resubmitted because the Chief Prosecutor had changed since our first submission.
This petition represents the largest petition ever presented to the ICC since it's inception. This petition has delivered a request for escalation of request of petition notices (Ref. Doc. Aug. 5, 2020 Notice 1 & Aug. 27, 2020 Notice 2) to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. (Scroll down to see the script copy of this document pasted at the foot of welcome page).
Verified instances of psychological/mental torture is determined by the International Criminal Court (ICC), as constituting a "crime against humanity".
We the signatories consider it of international significance, because we allege that state sponsored psychological torture has been administered to Mr Julian Assange and continued in spite of official determination and notification by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Julian Assange is a journalist that published whistle-blower sourced evidence that revealed systemic governmental criminality including clear and obvious war crimes.
The deliberate targeting of persons known and identified as providing first aid to the wounded and then ordering their slaughter is an undeniable war crime. https://youtu.be/UaqY12VHFv4 To then subject the journalist that revealed those war crimes to psychological torture is a crime against humanity. We allege that the psychological torturing of Julian Assange is being delivered by public officers of ratified nations to the 1997 Rome Convention to the ICC.
If we allow Julian Assange (multi-awarded journalist) who is not a USA citizen and who was not in the USA when he published news to be extradited to the USA to face 175 years imprisonment and possible execution, then we no longer live in a democratic society. To allow Julian Assange to be extradited for his publishing in the public interest would place every woman, child and man in western society under USA extraterritorial authoritarian rule. History proves that this always leads to the next brutal dictatorship which will assassinate, execute or permanently silence any person that publishes evidence that exposes the “authorities” criminality.
Feb. 10, 2020 this petition was Tabled in the House of Representatives (Lower House) of the Australian Parliament, by Andrew Wilkie MP (Independent) https://andrewwilkie.org/massive-petition-to-free-julian-assange-tabled-in-australian-parliament-today/
https://twitter.com/WilkieMP/status/1226749989738573825?s=20
Together with the Tabling in the Australian Senate (Upper House) of the Australian Parliament by Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) on November 12, 2019.https://twitter.com/SenatorSurfer/status/1194524951044227072?s=20
It is considered unprecedented to have a petition now covering the entire Australian Parliament as it has been individually Tabled in both houses of the Australian parliament. We are a massive force now and exercising that people power to the MAXIMUM. We demand direct senior Ministerial intervention to stop the torturing of Julian Assange and to prevent a continuation of this travesty and clear perversion of legal process. We demand Julian Assange be immediately freed.
See and hear the (former) Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Barnaby (LNP) Joyce making a speech in the Australian Parliament that he supports our campaign to free Julian Assange.https://youtu.be/QTALkXUTXig
December 14, 2021 Deputy Prime Minister of Australia at that time Mr Barnaby Joyce (LNP) reconfirmed his support for our campaign to Free Julian Assange and Stop the USA Extradition precedent being establish that will destroy Australian Sovereignty. https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/barnaby-joyce-julian-assange/
Hear Julian Hill MP (Labor) Feb. 26, 2020 "BRING JULIAN ASSANGE HOME. You may like him, dislike him, agree with him or not - that doesn't matter.Julian Assange is an Australian, entitled to protection by his government from the death penalty and torture." https://www.facebook.com/JulianHillMP/videos/183902039583861/
See George Christensen (former MP LNP) on Feb. 7, 2020 on Assange in the Australian Parliament. https://www.facebook.com/gchristensenmp/videos/306278656995310/
Bridget Archer MP (LNP), "Liberal MPs support calls for Australian government to seek Julian Assange’s return". https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/14/liberal-mps-support-calls-for-australian-government-to-seek-julian-assanges-return
Rebekha Sharkie MP + Rex Partick Senator + Stirling Griff Senator (Centre Alliance Party) all are members or supporers of the "Bring Assange Home Parliamentary Group)
Jason Falinski MP (LNP) "Liberal MPs support calls for Australian government to seek Julian Assange’s return". https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/14/liberal-mps-support-calls-for-australian-government-to-seek-julian-assanges-return
Headline from the Australian Parliament's official website: “A petition is basically a request for action. The right to petition Federal Parliament has been one of the rights of citizens since federation, and it is the ONLY way an individual can directly place grievances before the Parliament.” https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Petitions
The Petitioner and on behalf of Signatories is now exercising that right.
By carefully following these petitioned demands legitimate grievances will be resolved.
This petition demands:
No USA Extradition of Julian Assange.
With immediate affect Julian Assange to walk out of prison and torture.
Freedom for Julian Assange
The Australian government is hereby instructed that they are to facilitate the granting of freedom to Julian Assange so that he may walk out of torture and be free to go wherever he wishes.
The Albanese led Labor government is instructed to follow previous Australian government policy procedure where in extenuating circumstances the Prime Minister will intervene and make high level representations to their Ministerial counterparts in jurisdictions where an Australian’s human rights are being violated. This standard procedure was witnessed in the intervention by the then Prime Minister John Howard after Barnaby Joyce’s raising of the matter concerning “Habeas Corpus” in relation to David Hicks. The same occurred when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull intervening at the March 2018 ASEAN meeting when he and his team raised the matter of James Ricketson with Hun Sen of Cambodia (Ricketson had been detained on “Espionage” charges). So to be clear it is standard practice and procedure that an Australian Prime Minister directly intervenes in situations of exceptional circumstance as was the case with David Hicks, James Ricketson and is the case with Julian Assange. Why shouldn’t Julian Assange receive the same level of involvement by the Prime Minister and or Foreign Minister as others have received in similar situations.
“Julian Assange has suffered enough. It's time to end this geopolitical madness. The man's an Australian. He's not an American. He wasn't in the US when he spoke out about war crimes. Put simply, he must be allowed to return to Australia.” Andrew Wilkie MP & Co Chair of the “Bring Assange Home” Australian parliamentary group.
https://twitter.com/WilkieMP/status/1184253581660016640?s=20
On 28 January 2020: “News from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe –Comprising 324 parliamentarians from the 47 countries of the Council of Europe https://twitter.com/CoE , speaking for 830 million Europeans The @CoE Assembly, in a resolution on media freedom, declares that the detention and prosecution of @wikileaks founder Julian #Assange "sets a dangerous precedent for journalists" and calls for his prompt release”. The full resolution: http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=28508&lang=en
On February 8 2020. Listen to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel and Degrading Treatment, who extensively investigated the Assange case states that the evidence against Julian Assange has been "Fabricated" https://youtu.be/f9KRxF9oVxQ
Julian Assange is an Australian Citizen and as such it is the fundamental responsibility of the Australian Government to protect and ensure his human rights are not violated and to this end the Australian Government has failed. It can also be stated that the Australian Government to date has been silently complicit in the psychological torture of Mr Julian Assange.
Julian Assange is an Australian citizen and journalist who is currently a political prisoner in London. He is facing extradition to the USA to face 175 years imprisonment and possible execution for publishing news material that was in the public interest. The information contained in his publications were not sourced by him, but rather were delivered to him by whistleblowers. Whistleblower sourced information is the usual occupational practice of an investigative journalist in a functioning democracy. This case highlights clear human rights abuses of Julian Assange, serious perversions of justice and a direct attack on the very fabric of democracy across western democracies.
Further, in light of the concerning deterioration of Julian Assange’s state of health and with Covid19 already causing the death of other prisoners in Belmarsh (HMP) Prison, politicians who may be perceived as “somewhat” responsible should seriously consider how citizens would react if Julian Assange was to die in prison or be viewed shuffling in shackles in an orange fashioned Guantanamo torture jumpsuit. Responsible politicians would be best advised to deal with this matter via this legal and peaceful petitioned action and this petition provides that platform for praise and endorsement. We support responsible politicians doing the right thing and winning political points from 92% of Australians as per (60 Minutes Australia) polling that want the Australian Government to intervene and Bring Assange Home. Yes 92% is across the political spectrum.
We agree nobody is above the law. As Jeremy Hunt MP wished we will “stand together to make it an international taboo, of the highest order to murder, arrest or detain journalists just for doing their job”. (Jeremy Hunt April 6, 2019). https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1114199640625295361?s=20
You can read more about this campaign in the updates below. Please, sign and share this petition.
Thank you.
Phillip Adams
The Petitioner
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Read more detail below on this petition's Submission of the largest ever petitioning of the International Criminal Court. 619,000 signatory strong petition delivered to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court's (The Hague). On August 10, 2021 as well as on January 15 , 2021 to request an escalation of preliminary investigation request, with reference to Notice 1 Aug. 5, 2020 and Notice 2, August 27, 2020. We resubmitted to the ICC because the Chief Prosecutor changed around June/July, 2021.
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Petition Delivery: International Criminal Court, The Hague
619,900 signatories August 10, 2021
Petition To: Chief Prosecutor Mr Karim Asad Ahmad Khan International Criminal Court: The Hague
Petition To: Deputy Prosecutor Mr James Stewart International Criminal Court: The Hague
Dear Mr Karim Asad Ahmad Khan,
We deliver this 619,900-signature petition in accordance with International Criminal Court (ICC) protocols to request that the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) immediately escalate to a preliminary investigation into alleged crimes against humanity by Public Officers of ratified nations to the 1997 Rome Convention.
Mr Julian Assange (Former Editor in Chief of Wikileaks) published evidence of war crimes and we allege that as a direct consequence of his publishing in the public interest that some Public Officers of the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Sweden, and Australia have been subjected Mr Julian Assange to cruel and degrading treatment amounting to psychological torture which is a crime against humanity as per ICC classification.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture made public statement on May 31, 2019 (appendix. 1) that “Mr Assange has been exposed to various forms of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that cumulatively have the same effect as psychological torture”. We allege that some Public Officers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and Ecuador have worked together to deliver cruel and degrading treatment amounting to psychological torture in breach of international law.
Signatories to this 619,900 strong petition as well as the UN Special Rapporteur and countless others from around the world have repeatedly raised this serious matter with responsible Public Officers in accordance with due process. We have adhered to peaceful activism and have followed the spirit and ethos of the institution of the International Criminal Court and to date we have only witnessed a continuation of the cruel and degrading treatment amounting to psychological torture that now instruct falls under the jurisdiction of the ICC.
We now call on the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as per administrative protocols to escalate requests for preliminary investigation pertained in this petition submission together with Petition Submission January 15, 2021, Petition Notice documents 1 delivered to the OTP on August 5, 2020, Petition and Notice 2 delivered to the OTP on August 27, 2020. (See Appendix A, 7 & 8).
To torture a publisher for exposing war crimes is a crime against humanity. The International Criminal Court was formed as a peaceful legal pathway to investigate and prosecute international crimes that it has been notified of and which are being perpetrated despite repeated notification over an extended period of time. We now call on the Chief Prosecutor to investigate the actions of Public Officers that have and are continuing to perpetuate psychological torture on a publisher/journalist/Australian Citizen who published evidence of war crimes.
Yours Sincerely
Phillip Adams
Australian Citizen and Petitioner https://www.change.org/Free-Julian-Assange-before-its-too-late
Appendix
Appendix A: https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/28367219
Appendix 1: United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Degrading Treatment Reference: https://youtu.be/ErW1taJEPrs
Appendix 2: Preamble to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reference: https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
“Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,… “
“Article 5: of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human RightsNo one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Appendix 3: Reference: https://www.change.org/Free-Julian-Assange-before-its-too-late
Appendix 4: Reference Petition Notice 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/25396955
Appendix 5: Petition Official Tabling in the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia and accepted into official Australian Parliamentary Hansard https://twitter.com/WilkieMP/status/1226749989738573825?s=20
Appendix 6: Petition Official Tabling in the Senate of the Parliament of Australia and accepted into official Australian Parliamentary Hansard https://twitter.com/SenatorSurfer/status/1194524951044227072?s=20
Appendix 7: Petition Notice 1. Delivered to the OTP of the ICC August 5, 2020 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/27599933
Appendix 8: Petition Notice 2 Delivered to the OTP of the ICC August 27, 2020 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/27448320
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Petition Delivery: Office of the Prosecutor,
International Criminal Court, The Hague
570,000 signatories as at January 15, 2021
Petition To: Chief Prosecutor Ms Fatou Bensouda International Criminal Court: The Hague
Petition To: Deputy Prosecutor Mr James Stewart International Criminal Court: The Hague
Dear Ms Fatou Bensouda,
This petition document includes 570,000 signatures from citizens around the world and in accordance with International Criminal Court (ICC) protocols we now deliver to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the ICC a request for escalation of preliminary investigation into an alleged crime against humanity by mental/psychological torture of Mr Julian Assange. Mr Julian Assange published evidence of war crimes and then was and has continued to be subjected to cruel and degrading treatment amounting to psychological torture as punishment for his publishing in the public interest.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture made public statement on May 31, 2019 (appendix. 1) that “Mr Assange has been exposed to various forms of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment that cumulatively have the same effect as psychological torture”. We allege that some public officers of the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and Ecuador have worked together to deliver cruel and degrading treatment amounting to psychological torture in breach of international law.
Signatories of this 570,000 strong petition, the UN Special Rapporteur and many others from around the world have repeatedly raised this matter in accordance with due process and by peaceful means and to date we have not seen a meaningful investigation into and prevention of this alleged international crime that falls under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
We now call on the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as per administrative protocols to escalate requests for preliminary investigation pertained in Petition Notice documents 1 delivered to the OTP on August 5, 2020 Petition Notice 2 delivered to the OTP on August 27, 2020. (See Appendix 7 & 8)
Yours Sincerely
Phillip Adams
Australian Citizen and Petitioner https://www.change.org/Free-Julian-Assange-before-its-too-late
Appendix
Appendix 1: United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Degrading Treatment Reference: https://youtu.be/ErW1taJEPrs
Appendix 2: Preamble to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reference: https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
“Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,… “
“Article 5: of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human RightsNo one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Appendix 3: Reference: https://www.change.org/Free-Julian-Assange-before-its-too-late
Appendix 4: Reference Petition Notice 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/25396955
Appendix 5: Petition Official Tabling in the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia and accepted into official Australian Parliamentary Hansard https://twitter.com/WilkieMP/status/1226749989738573825?s=20
Appendix 6: Petition Official Tabling in the Senate of the Parliament of Australia and accepted into official Australian Parliamentary Hansard https://twitter.com/SenatorSurfer/status/1194524951044227072?s=20
Appendix 7: Petition Notice 1. Delivered to the OTP of the ICC August 5, 2020 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/27599933
Appendix 8: Petition Notice 2 Delivered to the OTP of the ICC August 27, 2020 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition/u/27448320Read more
Phillip AdamsBrisbane, Australia
784,256
7/11/18
Victory!
Darren Chester, Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese, Darren Chester, Shayne Neumann
This is my much-loved son, David. David loved his 20-year career in the Royal Australian Navy. On February 1 2019, my David took his own life after a crippling battle with Post-Traumatic Stress injury.
He desperately wanted to stay alive, but David was failed by a broken system that is seeing more than one veteran a week take their own life. More than one death a week. That’s why I am calling for an urgent Royal Commission into veteran suicide rates.
This petition is about the systemic failures the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), who had numerous opportunities to save my son and they failed. David was just one of too many veterans losing their battle with PTSD. This failure has created a whole new warzone for our veterans, one they can’t come home from.
The people at ADF and DVA want to help, but their hands are tied by protocols and procedures. They are bogged down in paperwork and do nothing for the well-being of those that seek their help. Since WWI, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and families and friends have been asking for a Royal Commission into the systemic failures that result in the suicide of our veterans.
I don't want to be the mother that fights for a Royal Commission and I don't want to be the mother that has lost her child, but in their own words: my hands are tied. I will not stop until we see action by our Government. I owe it not only to my amazing son, David but to all veterans and their families.
This is a national tragedy, and something needs to be done about it.
I call on the Australian Government to establish a Royal Commission with wide terms of reference to examine and make recommendations regarding the Australian Veteran suicide rate and what can be done in practical terms to address this tragic situation.
If you agree that this is a national crisis that needs to end - please, sign and share this petition.
Julie-Ann Finney, proud mother of Dave Stafford Finney.
If you or someone you know needs help, please phone Lifeline on 131 114, Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636.
This petition was originally started by Phil Essam.Read more
julie-ann finneyAustralia
408,301
12/20/17
Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese
I’m calling on the Prime Minister to immediately declare a climate emergency.
More than 60 per cent of Australians agree with the sentiment that "Global warming is a serious and pressing problem. We should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant cost". Even those who voted for the Liberal or Nationals identify climate change as a major concern.
Now, I am deeply afraid that our government is more influenced by large polluting companies and by short term financial gain, than by the virtually unanimous advice of scientists who advise that we must act now to mitigate climate destruction.
We have been given 12 years to drastically reduce emissions, lest our world warm to the point where humans face an existential threat. We cannot wait until the next election.
I say to you as the PM: you must represent all Australians, and you have a responsibility to those who are too young to vote and to those yet to be born. You must act on the will of the majority of Australians. Those who implore you to act on climate change, on pollution, on environmental destruction.
I am calling on you to respect the will of the people and embrace climate action. We must oppose the opening of more coal mines. We must not let our land be bought and spoiled by billionaire mining giants who lack any environmental responsibility. We must enact a plan to switch to renewables with a realistic goal of 50-100% by 2030.
We request that you declare a climate emergency. This would demonstrate a concrete commitment, a willingness to stand together and fight to prevent the largest threat of our times.
We implore you to listen to us, your Australian constituents and request a meeting at your earliest availability. We believe in finding common ground and in working towards sensible, ethical bipartisan solutions.
Please, sign and share this petition and send a strong message the newly elected PM:
Save us from a climate crisis, before it’s too late. Declare a climate emergency, today. Read more
Dr Kate AhmadSydney, Australia
287,954
5/18/19
Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese
There are hundreds of thousands of aged pensioners who barely survive each week on our meager pension
which is below the poverty line.
many of us eat only one meal a day, we turn of the hot water for 6 months a year so that we can survive.
we can't afford a phone, never mind the Internet. Getting medical/ dental care is beyond our reach.
those of us who have to rent pay over half our income to have shelter, leaving us almost destitute.
We want an independent tribunal to set our pensions, as described in today's Press club address, with no political influence. Read more
Lex de GrauwPerth, Australia
173,445
9/13/16
Anthony Albanese, Annastacia Palaszczuk
Enough is enough Queenslander
Let us band together and make sure Di Farmer knows we want the Youth Justice Act change.
1) Minimum Mandatory Sentences
2) Remove detention as a last resort
3) Serious repeat Youth Offender do not qualify for bail.
4) Youth housing outside family home needs to be completely reviewed minimum standards of supervision.
5) Early Intervention on kids at risk
6) Early Education in schools
7) Relocating sentencing.
8) Absolute consequences no more softly softly its not working.
9) A complete review of Youth Detention centres whats working what is not.
10) Complete review of rehabilitation of youth offenders what is working what is not.
11) Impact assessment of Domestic Violence and family breakdown and the effects and statistics of Children of these families who go onto to become criminals.
12) Impact assessment of families in poverty and the effects and statistics of children of these families who go onto become criminals.
13) impact assessment and statistics on Mental Health of Juvenile Youth Offenders and what is being done to stabilise them.
14) Jack's Law - a wand should be standard issue for all police and should be legal to wand anyone any time but in particular youths
The only Voice this Labor Government needs to listen too is our voice we elected them and we want change in the Youth Justice Act.
You can chat with me direct on facebook chat click on link below:
Queensland State Elections 2024 Uncensored
Julie West
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Julie WestBrisbane, Australia
152,015
12/26/22
Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese
This year, when Brittany Higgins revealed her truth about allegedly being raped inside Parliament House, it prompted a national reckoning to confront the gendered violence crisis in Australia. A historic inquiry detailed the workplace sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, and now is the hard part for our political leaders to actually make change.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison persists in his staunch support for Christian Porter who continues in a Cabinet Ministry role, despite a historic rape allegation against him.
Now, a shocking revelation by Porter finds that part of his defamation legal fees to sue ABC were paid by donations from a source he claims not to know. The level of immunity these men in power have is staggering - that they think they can get away with accepting $1 million without knowing the source.
As former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has noted, “it’s a shocking affront to transparency.” Christian Porter has shown, through one controversy after another, that he is unfit to be a Minister of the Crown.
It is not okay for an Australian cabinet minister to undermine ministerial standards in this way. The Prime Minister’s “blind trust” on him is unacceptable.
We are calling for Christian Porter to be removed from his ministerial position immediately.
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Within several months, we have had multiple male government ministers accused of chronic misogynistic statements and behaviour. We have seen the exploitation of female staffers, and we have heard about multiple alleged rapes.
Most recently, we have become aware of the tragic case of a woman who recently died from suicide after suffering for years with the trauma of a violent rape. She alleged that the perpetrator is a cabinet minister. It has been revealed that the minister she accused is Attorney-General Christian Porter. He denies the accusation.
The response of the PM and his government?
- Denial, cover ups, deflection and victim-blaming (Peter Dutton called the Higgins case a "he said, she said" situation).
- Scott Morrison said he questioned Christian Porter and received a vehement denial of the claims. He does not believe the Attorney-General needs to step down.
We, the people of Australia do not believe that the Federal Parliament should be able to behave as a lawless bubble where women can be used and abused without consequences.
We call for an independent, far-reaching inquiry into the culture in parliament and the public service which allows men to exploit women. These women risk their careers and health if they call for justice. UPDATE - This will happen and be led by sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins.
We call for the immediate suspension of the minister in question, pending an independent inquiry into the suitability of this person as a member of the government.
We call on PM Scott Morrison to stop using language which trivialises rape and excuses the perpetrators. We ask that he commit to believing women.
We ask that the government recognises the pain that misogyny and sexual assault causes, and respects and believes the victims
Dr Kate Ahmad and Dr Anita Hutchison
Lifeline: 13 11 14.
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Dr Kate AhmadSydney, Australia
116,654
3/1/21
Greg Hunt, Meegan Fitzharris, Steven Miles, Brad Hazard, Michael Ferguson, Janet Rice, Ms Sharon Claydon MP, Daniel Andrews, Anthony Albanese, Andrew Barr, Gordon Ramsay
Trying to “Pray the Gay Away” nearly killed me. I’m not the only one.LGBTQA+ conversion practices cause depression, self-loathing and even suicide. I prayed to God asking him to either heal me, or kill me. I was so depressed, I wanted to die. The trauma associated with that part of my life still affects me - how could it not?
How is this legal?
I don’t want to see a single person harmed by an ideology that tells them that something that is innate in them is evil or demonic or needs to be ‘healed’.
Please, sign this petition calling for the Prime Minister and the Health Minister to work with each state to protect the most vulnerable and outlaw LGBTQA+ conversion practices and their advocacy nationwide. It has no place in Australia and certainly not in the lives of minors.
*UPDATE* This petition focuses on legislation/regulation to prevent LGBTQA+ conversion practices. This is a good start, however to effectively curtail the LGBTQA+ conversion movement, a much broader response is needed. After signing this petition, please read the recommendations in the survivor statement at www.SOGICEsurvivors.com.auRead more
Chris CsabsAustralia
96,960
3/9/18
Josh Frydenberg, Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese, Jim Chalmers
Our right to use cash must be protected by law
Some shops and retailers have “gone cashless” which denies the public the freedom to choose how they wish to pay for goods and services.
Cash is legal tender and yet shops are allowed to reject cash in favour of card and contactless payment methods, which can be surcharged.
Cash is safe, private, reliable and surcharge-free.
Cash is a back-up when other systems fail or malfunction. The RBA reported in 2019 that at least six million Australians from diverse backgrounds rely and trust cash for their everyday needs.
If the government introduces a ban on cash transactions over $10,000, we call for a guaranteed right to use cash for in-person transactions under $10,000.00. This would require retailers and businesses to accept cash (subject to existing regulations around maximum denominations).
Ensuring cash is secured as a payment option is in the long-term interests of the safety, stability and fairness of the Australian payment system. By signing this petition, you are calling on the Australian government to legislate to mandate cash as a payment option without surcharge for in-person legal transactions under $10,000.00.Read more
Jason BryceWILLIAMSTOWN, Australia
126,927
9/22/20
Tanya Plibersek, Senator Penny Wong, Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese
Senator Pauline Hanson is so fundamentally compromised, that she should immediately recuse herself or be removed from the inquiry. The dealings of her own son with the Family Court and DV orders, and her using them as motivation to push for an inquiry, mean that there is clear apprehended bias on her part.
She has also put her bias on Parliamentary record, making demonstrably untrue claims under Parliamentary privilege. It should be noted that her son pleaded guilty to breaching a DV order. She has shown that she will be unable to participate in this inquiry in a fair or impartial manner. In any judicial or investigatory role, such a conflict of interest would be untenable. It is clear that Senator Hanson is too emotionally and personally invested in Family Court procedures and ought not have any role in a Family Court Inquiry.
No-one knows why the Coalition and its One Nation allies are wanting to waste taxpayer money on yet another inquiry, while the sixty recommendations of previous high-level inquiries remain unaddressed.
“The Australian Law Reform Commission report, Family Law for the Future: An Inquiry into the Family Law System, was tabled in Parliament today by the Attorney-General, the Hon Christian Porter MP. The ALRC has made 60 recommendations for reform.”
The Coalition and Senator Hanson’s sexism and biases have brought them together to ignore the recommendations of the recent Inquiry. They have both failed to prioritise the implementation of the recommendations in the report and instead have opted to waste tax payer’s money trying to get the answers they want to hear, not the answers provided by the experts. Decisions made by government should always be evidenced based. Decisions to hold inquiries should never be based on conveniently anonymous, generalised anecdotes which is all Senator Hanson has proffered. Senator Hanson has provided no evidence to support her assertions. As a developed, progressive nation, we expect our politicians to be informed by data and research, not biases and prejudices.
Senator Hanson’s appointment is a slap in the face to every woman who has struggled to:- protect children during a fraught divorce process;- have their experiences of rape, assault, violence and abuse believed, taken seriously or acted upon;- be paid appropriate child support, or have arrears pursued
Pauline Hanson’s family law inquiry will be a victim-blaming and shaming farce that vilifies single mums and domestic violence survivors. The Prime Minister must turf her now.
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Sherele MoodySunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
76,667
9/21/19
Anthony Albanese
Almost twenty years ago, in November 2001, Australia was one of the first nations to join the US-led intervention in Afghanistan that removed the Taliban.
Since the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan commencing in 2014, the world has witnessed the Taliban forcibly take over the country - the Taliban have destroyed homes, displaced thousands of people and reintroduced draconian laws synonymous with their previous rule - including a demise in women’s rights and protections.This crisis leaves women and girls particularly vulnerable as well as many of the advances which have been made for democratic rights for women.
Afghanistan’s historically persecuted minority ethnic and religious groups, such as the Hazara ethinic group, who faced widespread killings and genocide the last time the Taliban were in power, are now more acutely at risk.
There are also serious fears about the fate of numerous other groups including locally engaged employees of western embassies and forces, human rights activists, employees working in Australian government funded schools and NGOs, Australian-educated people, LGBTIQA+, human rights defenders, artists, and journalists, among others.
After almost two decades of intervention and promises to the people of Afghanistan, promises of protection for persecuted groups, women, democratic freedoms and rule of law, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has a moral obligation to act in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
We strongly urge Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to help at-risk groups and to ease the suffering of people from Afghanistan by:
1. Committing to an additional humanitarian intake of at least 20,000 prioritising the most vulnerable persecuted people of Afghanistan, identified above, similar to Canada’s announcement on 14 August 2021 accepting 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan and similar to Australia’s response to the Syrian conflict in 2015 in accepting 12,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees.
2. Expediting the resettlement of interpreters in Afghanistan, guides and other personnel involved in Australia’s mission in Afghanistan.3. Granting permanent protection to more than 5,100 refugees from Afghanistan, predominantly from the historically persecuted Hazara ethnic groups, who are currently on temporary protection visas in Australia.
4. Granting amnesty to all nationals of Afghanistan currently in Australia who fear returning to Afghanistan.
5. Prioritising the family reunification visas of people from Afghanistan in Australia, including those who are prevented from reuniting with their families due to a government ministerial directive that requires the Department of Home Affairs to deprioritise family reunion of hundreds of people in Australia.
6. Lifting the ban on resettlement of refugees to Australia through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Indonesia, a ban which has been in place since 2014. This ban continues to limit resettlement options for 10,000 refugees from Afghanistan awaiting safety and protection.
This petition is running alongside a letter, led by the Afghanistan-Australian Advocacy Network, which has received signatures from 307 organisations and over 9165 people academics, community leaders, human rights advocates, lawyers, doctors, writers, engineers, artists, students and civil society representatives, calling for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to take urgent concrete steps to support the Afghan people. See the original letter here - https://www.actionforafghanistan.com.au/Read more
Afghanistan-Australian Advocacy NetworkAustralia
163,116
8/17/21