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Labor MPs to speak against Labor refugee policy at Canberra meeting.

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THE Canberra Refugee Action Committee is hosting two Labor Members of Parliament, Anna Burke and Melissa Parke, at a Canberra meeting to explain why refugee policy must change, including Labor Party policy.

In addition to the wave of international condemnation of Australia’s treatment of refugees, Australian Labor Party State and Territory branches have voted to change the current policies of the Party- in particular the policy of off-shore processing on Manus Island Nauru – in four States and the ACT.

Parke and Burke recently moved and seconded an unsuccessful motion in Federal Labor caucus to change the policy in this direction.

This community meeting is open to the public and hopes to promote a more humane way of treating those who seek asylum in this country.

The meeting will take place at 7pm, September 24, at the ANU’s Manning Clarke Centre.

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