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Monday, June 19, 2006
Removal truck seeks to relocate Canberra to Jakarta
On the eve of the parliamentary debate on the Government's controversial asylum seeker legislation, an 8-tonne truck arrived at Parliament House symbolising the Howard Government's apparent desire to relocate Canberra's law making role to Jakarta.
Colin Handley and I (we are pictured here just before our drive up to Capital Hill) drove up in the truck at lunchtime today. Thanks for the great driving Colin!
The truck was emblazoned with the words:
DON'T MOVE CANBERRA
TO JAKARTA
HUMANITY NOT APPEASEMENT
The truck was commissioned by businessman Ian Melrose, who last week released a Newspoll showing 74% of Australians would prefer to keep the current laws rather than change them in order to improve relations with Indonesia.
The truck starts an advertising campaign from Mr Melrose with a newspaper ad, targeting Senator Humphries and all coalition senators, to appear in the Canberra Times tomorrow.
ALP shadow Immigration spokesperson Tony Burke (TBC), Greens leader Bob Brown, Independent Peter Andren and Democrats leader Lyn Allison were there to greet the truck.
The police and security moved in and forced us away but not before the politicians had said their piece and our point was well made. The Police took Colin's and my details but no charges were laid.
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