ALDODA would like to publicly acknowledge the Wagga City Council especially mayor Rod Kendall, manager council business Grant Johnson and land and property co-ordinator Dianne Wright for their help and support in helping make this land available. 

The transport industry is the probably one of the least appreciated industry sectors in this Australia. Rarely, if ever, is there any recognition given to this critically industry sector which keeps this country moving and ensures there is food on our tables.

Once again our genuine appreciation to the Wagga City Council for enabling ALDODA to move forward with helping bring recognition to this critically important industry which has made this vast country what it is today and dates back to the bullock teams and camel trains of old.

Graham Cotter

Townsville

The Abbott government is planning more abhorrent amendments to the Migration Act.

The frightening Good Order Bill, if passed, in the words of the Hon Stephen Charles QC at the Senate hearing will "...in effect, result in guards being authorised to beat asylum seekers in detention to death, on the basis that they reasonably believe it is necessary - for some reason - to do so."

Julian Burnside QC, in his blog, wrote on April 25 of the forced military tactics used to drag innocent, traumatised babies, children, women who had recently given birth (three couples had tiny babies only three months and four weeks old), from their beds at Wickham Point detention centre.

They took tiny, completely dependent babies from their mothers and denied them feeding, they brutally handcuffed these innocent people.

A 9-year-old child was subjected to the military brutality of having his arms twisted and pushed up his back to be handcuffed.

This child was so terrified he wet himself.

Mothers lost their milk due to the terror of brutality. Mothers, separated from their tiny babies were refused toilet visits.

Please write, ring, email, contact your government representatives and make it clear this heinous Good Order Bill must not pass.

These refugees, human beings, despite the propaganda you hear from this government, have committed no offence by escaping wars, genocide, persecution, death, rape, disappearance and extreme poverty.

Please question the deliberate media-driven desensitisation of this government to the terrifying tactics they are using.

The Abbott government flatly refuses to disclose or discuss its extreme human rights abuses which are definitely in the public interest and enacted legislation to imprison journalists and citizens who do expose.

This government derided, defamed and ignored the HRC for exposing their extreme human rights abuses.

The Abbott government have a blatant, proven contempt and disgust for human rights, the rule of law and natural justice.

The Abbott government have systematically corrupted, destroyed and circumnavigated legislation to indemnify themselves and the arms of their state above civil and criminal law.

The Good Order Bill will take our country further into the company of the worst human rights abusers throughout history.

Please make it clear to all members of this government that you value the lives of your fellow, extremely vulnerable human family.

S Fletcher

Junee