Australians know how it feels to help others, to act with compassion, to do the right thing.

In Australia, the Federal Government’s offshore detention regime has denied us that opportunity; apparently for our own good. They claim they need to protect us from threats posed by people from other countries fleeing persecution and conflict, but: it is not good for us, and it is protecting us from an imaginary threat that does not actually exist.

The alternative is simple: Treat human beings in need, whoever they are, with respect and humanity.

No human being's life is worth less than another's. 

That’s the beginning of our story.