TO THE HONOURABLE THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

Australia’s military on 17 September participated in the US-led bombing of Syrian Arab Army soldiers in Syria, killing 62 and wounding more than 100. Whether by accident or not, our actions benefited ISIS, against whom the Syrian soldiers were protecting a town of 300,000 people. Unlike the Russians, Australia and our American, British, French and other allies are operating in Syria without the consent of the Syrian government, and therefore illegally under international law. ISIS terrorists are now a threat to the whole world, yet we are aiding them to achieve our allies’ long-planned overthrow of the Assad government. The UK’s Chilcot Report and House of Commons Libya Report prove that previous regime-change interventions in Iraq and Libya were based on the same lies being repeated about Syria, and that they caused, not prevented, more terrorism. Australia should not participate in another regime‑change operation. Since we are not there to help the Syrian government and Russia fight ISIS, we must get out—now!