My name is Olivia Nash, and I am asking for your help before it is too late.

My dad, Michael Nash, is 59 years old and has lived in Australia since he was 14. This is his home. His children and family are here.

After completing his prison sentence in 2025, instead of coming home, he was transferred to the Broadmeadows Immigration Detention Centre.

Now he is fighting stomach cancer inside detention.

In 2017, my dad underwent surgery at Box Hill Hospital to correct serious digestive problems. The surgery was meant to resolve the issue. Instead, he was later informed that the procedure had been performed incorrectly, which led to ongoing complications and the eventual reappearance of the same life-threatening condition.

For years, he has struggled with his ability to digest food properly.

Two months ago, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Today, he is bedridden in detention.

He cannot digest solid food. His body physically cannot process it. He survives entirely on liquid nutritional shakes. When those are delayed or insufficient, he is left weak, in pain, and severely depleted.

He spends most of the day sleeping because he is exhausted and malnourished.

He is waiting to be transferred to St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne for further cancer testing and treatment, but there is no clear timeline. Meanwhile, his health continues to decline.

A detention facility is not equipped to manage a cancer patient with complex digestive failure.

It is not designed to care for someone who:

• Cannot eat normally
• Requires specialised nutritional management
• Is physically too weak to function independently
• Is battling a potentially advanced cancer diagnosis

My dad has served his sentence. This is no longer about punishment. It is about whether a seriously ill, deteriorating man should remain confined in a setting that cannot adequately support his medical needs.

Every day he remains there, he becomes weaker.

As his daughter, I am terrified that he will continue to decline behind locked doors instead of receiving consistent medical care surrounded by family.

We are asking the Minister for Immigration to grant compassionate release or a bridging visa on urgent medical grounds so he can receive proper treatment and spend this time with dignity.

This is about humanity.

Please sign this petition and help bring my dad home before it is too late.