Close The Camps: Adam Bandt

Will you be at the

 Rally for Refugees

Saturday MAY11
11:00

Jetty Foreshores, Coffs Harbour

"All of us, including people who are fleeing persecution or war-torn countries, have a right to live free from danger, to be treated with dignity and compassion and to be given help when we need it.


 

Australians are compassionate and fair. Looking out for others is at the very core of who we are.

 

Close The Camps

But our values are being betrayed by both the major parties, who, in an attempt to win your vote, have spent years locking up women, men and children in indefinite detention, 
separating families who have turned to Australia for help.


Labor created offshore indefinite detention and the Liberals doubled-down on it. Both the Labor Party and the Liberals support the detention of people in deliberately cruel and torturous conditions. They support turning around boats at sea and returning people to face persecution. People have died, been assaulted and endured psychological torment because of the choices of the old parties. Labor and the 

Liberals (and Nationals) have refused to act with basic humanity and compassion and people who need our help are suffering.

The Greens are the only party to have always stood against indefinite offshore detention.

You can read about our plan in detail here.
 

If you haven’t already, please support our plan to close the camps and please add your name to our campaign here.

Close the Camps

Can you also share the campaign on Facebook and Twitter?

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

The Manus Island and Nauru detention centres must be closed, and every single man, woman and child detained there should be brought to Australia.

 
 With Bill Shorten on track to become Australia’s next Prime Minister, now is our chance to send a strong message that Australians want to see the Labor Party adopt a more compassionate approach to refugees and commit to closing the camps.


If we could close Manus and Nauru and bring these people here, we would. We need to kick out the conservatives, but we also need Labor to change. The next two weeks is our chance to show Labor that there’s only one decision they can make - ending offshore detention.  



Our plan will create a system that fairly and quickly helps people find safety, rebuild their lives with dignity and doesn’t punish them for seeking our help. 

Chip in $25

Adam

Rally for asylum seekers and refugees May 11

Justice for Refugees Rally

Who: Bellingen and Nambucca District  Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR)

What: Rally for asylum seekers and refugees

Where: The Jetty Foreshores

When: 11.00 to 12.30 pm, Saturday 11 May

Contact: Mike Griffin Ph: 6569 5419

About: 

“Our local group – Bellingen and Nambucca District  Rural Australians for Refugees – has been campaigning for five years to bring an end to our brutal treatment of asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island. 

“The 930 adults who continue to languish in these two hell-holes are held in indefinite detention, with no prospect of resettling in Australia.  Twelve of them have died whilst in the “care” of the Australian government. Many of them have self-harmed, and most of them have significant health issues as a direct result of the government’s cruel and inhumane policy; a policy which is deliberately designed to break their spirits. And it has!

“Most candidates seem to be ignoring this issue. The older parties seem to have no plans for an early end to this imprisonment. Imagine the feelings of hopelessness these legal refugees experience as they suffer in these camps with no end in sight to their incarceration.

“We hope we are joined on Saturday by Australians wanting to send a clear message to voters and candidates in the federal election that this cruel, heartless, hugely expensive and utterly unnecessary policy must  be brought to an end. We Australians are better than this. It is surely time to show some compassion.”

Mike Griffin, RAR

Greens Status of Women Spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC to Visit Coffs Harbour to Join “Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence” on White Ribbon Day

Greens NSW Spokesperson for the Status of Women, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, will speak at the ‘Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence’ event on the lawns of the Coffs Harbour Surf Club on November 25, from 11am to 1pm. The event has been organised by the Coffs Coast Community Against Domestic and Family Violence.

Dr Faruqi said:

“I look forward to supporting the Coffs Coast Community against Domestic and Family Violence who are rightly saying “Enough is enough” to domestic violence.

NBN News Video: Coffs Harbour protest against Adani Mine

"Coffs Harbour’s biggest environmental protest in years has sent a telling message to the Federal and Queensland governments.

Hundreds gathered on the beach to call for an immediate and permanent end to the proposed Adani Coal mine."

See the NBN News Video

OCT 7, 13:00 to 14:00, Coffs Spells it Out: Stop Adani!

• OCT7 Coffs Spells it Out: Stop Adani! On October 7th, thousands of Australians across the country will be joining in the BIGGEST day of action we've ever seen to #StopAdani. Communities all over will be mobilising to literally spell it out for the pollies - in the form of human signs - calling on them to rule out giving $1 billion loan of taxpayers money to Adani for this dangerous and destructive mega coal mine. WHO: Everyone fired up to #StopAdani - no matter where you're from! WHAT: A giant human sign to #StopAdani! WHERE: Park Beach Coffs Harbour, near Surf Club WEAR: Red!! Or your #StopAdani shirt, so we stand out! BRING: friends, family, signs, sun protection, water This is a family friendly, fun, peaceful event. Tell all your friends about it and please share this event. We need as many people as possible to make the message loud and clear - together we can #STOPADANI

Complaints trigger Burning Warning

Click to enlarge

Coffs Harbour rallies to protect trees

"Coffs Harbour locals rallied today (July 26, 2017) to protect local koalas. The Greens stand with the community calling for an end to native forest logging and the creation of a new Great Koala National Park!" 

Dawn Walker MP

Greens call for an immediate halt to logging core koala habitat in Coffs Harbour region

Coffs Harbour Greens spokesperson, Councillor Sally Townley and NSW Greens MP, Dawn Walker have called for an immediate halt to logging in core koala habitat in State Forests in the Coffs Harbour region.

“There is compelling evidence that NSW Forest Corporation is not following its own guidelines and has targeted high quality koala habitat by increasing logging intensity since 2010. The area from Coffs Harbour to Kempsey contains the most significant koala colonies in Eastern Australia and almost half of the suitable habitat is located in State Forests. It is in this area that we have the best chance of conserving koalas, in the long term, if we protect their remaining habitat now” said Councillor Townley.

Stop Adani Protest featured on local NBN News

Pic from NBN site

Motorists were today invited to toot their support for an issue environmentalists claim needs critical attention.

They took to highways across the country calling for an end to coal seam gas licences and the proposed Adani Mine in Central Queensland.

http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2017/07/08/water-worries-at-heart-of-highway-protest/

Guarding the Galilee Film in Coffs Harbour April 26, 6.30-8.30PM at Bunker Cartoon Gallery

Presented by Coffs Coast Climate Action Group at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery, John Champion Way, Coffs Harbour

Enquiries: 0427071354

Stopping the Adani Carmicheal mega coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin is gearing up to be a massive campaign. This is where we draw the line and say: no more coal. Join us at the Bunker Gallery to hear what it's all about and how you can be involved. 

We'll be screening the 30 minute documentary Guarding the Galilee. Narrated and presented by Michael Caton, the film features reef operators, dive instructors, environmentalists and many more concerned about the impacts of the mine.

We'll also be launching the Coffs Harbour strand of the #StopAdani campaign - find out how YOU can be a part of this great battle of our generation and stop the biggest coal mine in the world to save our reef and our climate. 

Entry by donation, suggested $5. 

Drinks available for purchase and with finger food generously donated by The Happy Frog. (Thanks Kim.)

Please spread the word and invite all your friends!

Forest action outside Coffs Forestry Office this Tues 21 March at 10 am

The United Nations has declared Tues 21st of March as 'International Day Of Forests'.

This Tuesday 21 March we are asking Forest conservationists to rally outside Coffs Harbour Forestry Office with speakers
from the National Parks Association, Bellingen Environment Centre, The Greens, the Kalang River Forest Alliance, Coffs Harbour Climate Action and North East Forest Alliance.