National Letter-Writing Network.
For information, email: austrefugeenetwork@gmail.com
See also Petitions
Tips on writing to politicians
How to contact your local politician and be heard (ABC News) 6 Dec 2017
Leanne Minshull from the think tank, Australia Institute Tasmania, says that contacting politicians can and does bring about change.
Contact details for Federal Politicians:
Letters to Members of the House of Representatives
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Letters to Senators
PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
- Scott Morrison, Prime Minister
https://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm
phone: (02) 6277 7700. - Peter Dutton, Minister for Home Affairs
Peter.Dutton.MP@aph.gov.au
phone: (02) 6277 7860. - Alan Tudge, Acting Minister for Immigration,
Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
Contact Form
Electoral Office: (03) 9887 3890
Canberra Office: (02) 6277 7790 - Anthony Albanese, Leader of the Opposition
A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
Phone: (02) 6277 4022 - Kristina Keneally, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
senator.keneally@aph.gov.au
phone (02) 6277 3512
Also send a copy of your email to your local member of parliament:
- Contact details for State Premiers and Chief Ministers (April 2020)
- Contact details for State Attorneys-General (April 2020)
- Download a list of
Federal MPs and Senators Dec 2019 - Download a list of
Senators – Email, phone and addresses – correct as at 23 Sept 2019 - Members of the House of Representatives as at 18 Sept 2019
Email addresses – ACT MPs
Email addresses – NSW MPs
Email addresses – NT MPs
Email addresses – Qld MPs
Email addresses – SA MPs
Email addresses – Tas MPs
Email addresses – Vic MPs
Email addresses – WA MPs - Senators as at 18 Sept 2019
Email addresses – ACT Senators
Email addresses – NSW Senators
Email addresses – NT Senators
Email addresses – Qld Senators
Email addresses – SA Senators
Email addresses – Tasmanian Senators
Email addresses – Victorian Senators
Email addresses – WA Senators
NB Some MPs and Senators now use a contact form and have no public email address. We have used the standard format for their emails in the lists below, but take no responsibility if the email bounces.
Letters to Editors
(Below are the major capital cities newspapers, but also write to your local newspaper)
- The Australian: letters@theaustralian.com.au
- Sydney:
SMH: letters@smh.com.au - Melbourne:
The Age: letters@theage.com.au - Brisbane:
The Courier Mail: https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/letter-to-the-editor - Adelaide:
The Advertiser: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/letter-to-the-editor - Perth:
The West Australian: letters@wanews.com.au - Hobart:
The Mercury: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/letter-to-the-editor - Northern Territory:
NT News: https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/letter-to-the-editor - ACT:
The Canberra Times: letters.editor@canberratimes.com.au
Postcards
Download and print A4 x 4 Postcards – Onshore Detention Conditions
Download and print A4 x 4 Postcards – Iraqi Interpreters postcards – A4 x4
or
Download a single copy you can tweak and paste into your email.
2019 e-Xmas card – download, copy and paste into your email to your favourite MPs and Senators.
Feel free to use this image in emails to politicians at Christmas – calling for the Biloela family to be freed.
(Thanks to the Grandmothers and – Jack Chadwick for this e-Xmas card)
Postcard Calling For Family Reunion – download, copy and paste into your email to your favourite MPs and Senators.
(Thanks to Justice for Refugees)
#Save Medevac Postcards – print and send to Senators in your State
#toNZ Postcards provided by Rural Australians for Refugees
– #toNZ Postcards – use for Prime Minister
– #toNZ Postcards – use for Members of Parliament
– #toNZ Postcards – use for Senators
Biloela Postcards
Let us go Home to Biloela – use for Members of Parliament
Let us go Home to Biloela– use for Senators
Other Letter-Writing Groups
Canberra Refugee Action Campaign: Letter-Writing Campaign
Combined Refugee Action Group: Letter Blitz Group
Bendigo Rural Australians for Refugees: Letter-Writing Page
For information about ARAN’s Letter-Writing Network:
Email: austrefugeenetwork@gmail.com
