We have some huge news!

Today, Senator Jacqui Lambie announced that she will NOT vote to allow Peter Dutton to take away mobile phones from detained people seeking asylum.

We congratulate Senator Jacqui Lambie for her decision not to vote to allow the Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton’s bill to take away mobile phones from people seeking asylum, and we invite you to do so as well.

We know that the senator’s voting history on the rights of people seeking asylum is mixed, but this is an opportunity to let this important decision-maker know that community sentiment is overwhelmingly in favour of the rights of refugees.

So we invite you to congratulate Jacqui Lambie for her decision on Facebook and Twitter to let her know that there is massive and growing community support for the rights of people seeking asylum!

This is a massive victory against the government which means that people seeking asylum will be able to continue accessing their phone life-line that connects them to family, partners, friends, lawyers, and advocates.

Together with 150,000 other people who signed the petition, YOU have helped push the Senate to recognise what we’ve been saying in the courts for years: that mobile phones are the only source of accountability that asylum seekers have against the mistreatment and cruelty of guards behind closed doors.

So let’s celebrate this positive step forward by sharing the news with our friends and giving Jacqui Lambie the thumbs up!