School Action Pack, April - July 2011

SCHOOLACTION PACK

FEB–APR 2011

Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners

Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers

Women’s rights In IranAmnesty International Australia

www.amnesty.org.au

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ContentsSECTION 01 UPDATES AND NEWS

SECTION 02 CAMPAIGNS02.1 Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners02.2 Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers02.3 Women’s rights in Iran

SECTION 03 MAKE AN IMPACT03.1 School conferences03.2 Youth activist profile

SECTION 04 INFORMATION04.1 Happy anniversary Amnesty International04.2 Contact us

Action


Let’s change the conversation

Solidarity for Campaign for Equality activists

Target

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Ten people and your local government

Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei

CAMPAIGN ACTIONS: AT A GLANCE

Cover: Aung San Suu Kyi waves to supporters after her release inRangoon on 13 November 2010. © Topshots/AFP

Amnesty International is part of the global movement defending human rights and dignity. We work with people in Australiaand our region to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. We campaign, conduct research andraise money for our work. Our active members, such as school action groups, play a vital role in achieving our aims throughwriting letters, sending online actions, organising creative awareness-raising activities and fundraising in their communities.

Campaign

Countries in crisis

Refugees and asylum seekers

Women’s rights in Iran

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The Amnesty International candleon stage during the U2 concertin Brisbane. © Kylie Jury

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Bono signs Amnesty International’sDemand Dignity petition onslums in Kenya with Jenny, a volunteer from Perth. © Lucy Macnamara/AI

If you would like to help out at events like this please contactyour local action centre (see Section 04.2 Contact us).

ON TOURWITH U2U2 continued its long history of support forAmnesty International by inviting volunteers to attend the 360° tour around the world.Activists and staff contributed to U2’s dramaticperformance of Walk On, a song written for Aung San Suu Kyi, by carrying lanterns onstage.

In Australia, our supporters asked concert goersto sign a petition requesting that the KenyanGovernment provide safe access to toilet facilitiesfor women. Thousands of women are forced towalk through dangerous slums late at night justto use the toilet.


BURMA UPDATECREATIVE CAMPAIGNING

Five community choirs joined with Amnesty International in a flash mob performance atFlinders Street Station in Melbourne in support of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi and themore than 2,200 political prisoners in the country.

More than 50 people suddenly broke into a four-part harmony rendition of the Queen song,I want to break free, on 24 October to mark the 15 years that Aung San Suu Kyi has spentin detention.

The Keynotes choir, Victorian Trade Union Choir, Brimbank Multicultural Community Choirand Living Out Loud choir, as well as members of the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir joinedwith Amnesty International supporters in the iconic song as a mock prison door waserected in front of them.

The song ties in to Amnesty International’s campaign promoting the rights to freedom ofexpression, association and peaceful assembly in Burma.

Watch video of the flashmob at www.amnesty.org.au/vic

RADIOS BRING REAL NEWS

Amnesty International supporters in Australia and the UK donated money to purchase7,500 radios for the people of Burma, increasing access to information from independentand international media.

Verity Coyle from Amnesty International UK was on the Thai-Burma border working withour local partners to distribute radios in remote communities. She said she could see theradios making a difference to people’s lives.

“I was deeply moved to hear how groups of people are glued to these radios for days,quenching a thirst for independent information,” she said. “One man told me he heardabout the election from listening to the radio, while a teenager in a camp for internally-displaced people explained that, ‘for study in the evenings we listen to the radio andtake notes, then the next day we go to school and talk about what we heard’.”

Miranda Midenhall, Jacinta Clearyand Emma Dreece burst into songduring Amnesty International’sBurma flash mob. © Michelle Tyrell

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In 2010 students and activists from across the country, the Asia Pacific and the world took action to defend human rights in Burma.

BACKGROUND ON BURMA

Burma is ruled by military authorities that have continually placed harshrestrictions on people inside the country. There are more than 2,200 politicalprisoners behind bars in Burma. The country’s most famous prisoner ofconscience, Aung San Suu Kyi, was recently released after spending 15 ofthe past 21 years under house arrest.

Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD),the winning party of the last election in 1990. Even though the party wonmajority support, the military authorities prevented them from taking power.

Since then, the military has locked up, tortured and even killed activists whohave fought for freedom in Burma.

In 2010, for the first time in 20 years, another election was held in Burma,but restrictions on people’s freedoms continued.

Amnesty International has directed activism towards the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes Brunei, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam andBurma. We are asking ASEAN to put pressure on the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners and support the three freedoms.


Burmese monks protest outsideBurma’s embassy in Colombo, SriLanka, against the Saffron Revolutioncrackdown, September 2007. ©AP/Eranga Jayawardena

Amnesty International has been campaigning todefend three freedoms restricted by the military:

FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

In Burma it is illegal to have more than five friendsin your house at one time. If you want to have afriend stay for the night, you need to ask thegovernment for permission.

If you were in Burma and participated in a peacefulprotest, the authorities could arrest you, put you inprison and threaten your life.

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

In Burma you cannot join a school group or politicalparty without putting yourself at risk. If you lived inBurma, you would be at risk by participating in yourschool action group.

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

In Burma you cannot openly criticise thegovernment in the media, on the internet oranywhere else without fear of punishment.

ACT NOW>>Tell the story of Burma’s political prisoners

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi is a timelyreminder about the other 2,200 political prisonersin Burma. Amnesty International is encouragingstudents to tell the stories of these prisoners ofconscience. Think of a creative way you can usethe story cards attached. Here are some ideas toget you started:

• Host an event.

• Stage a play.

• Speak at assembly.

Let us know what your school action group is doingby emailing [email protected].


SCHOOL GROUPS TAKE ACTION

Inspired by last year’s school action pack, many of you raised awarenessabout the need to protect the three freedoms in Burma. Seeking out thenumber three in your schools, you attached freedom signs to get peopletalking. Many of you also created posters and held assembly announcementsexplaining the situation in Burma.

Students at Duncraig Senior High School organised a school action inOctober showing support for thousands of political prisoners detained inBurma and calling on the Burmese authorities to protect the three freedomsof association, expression and peaceful assembly.

More than 80 students joined with school chaplain Abe Hatch to ‘shine alight for Burma’ by providing schoolmates with glow sticks, preparingplacards displaying slogans of support for Burma and organising a lunchtimejail stall.

Students at Duncraig High respondedto Aung San Suu Kyi and used theirliberty to support the people of Burma.© Duncraig High School

Burma’s opposition leader Aung SanSuu Kyi talks to relatives of politicalprisoners in Rangoon on 29 November2010. © AFP/Soe Than Win

A CONVERSATION WITHAUNG SAN SUU KYIDespite years of imprisonment and house arrest,Aung San Suu Kyi maintained her commitmentand fight for freedom for the people of Burma.Released in November 2010, she is now using herfreedom to call for the release of thousands ofother political prisoners in Burma.

Amnesty International’s youth activists from acrossthe world were given a unique opportunity to have a telephone conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi.

She talked about her experiences and reminded usthat the struggle for democracy in Burmacontinues. She encouraged us to use our freedomto speak out on behalf of the political prisonerswhose voices have been silenced.

ACTIVITY

Organise for your school action group to listen tothe conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi and learnmore of her story atwww.amnesty.org.au/crisis/comments/24272/.


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Student activist Myo Min Zaw wasarrested on 12 September 1998for distributing leaflets andorganising student demonstrationsin Rangoon, Burma’s largest city.

He is serving a sentence of 52years and was reportedly torturedduring interrogation.

He is now 33 years old and beingheld in Putao prison in KachinState in northern Burma, which isup to a week’s travel for his family.

U Khun Htun Oo is 67 years old and chairman of theShan Nationalities (one of Burma’s largest ethnicminorities).

He was sentenced on 3 November 2005 to 93 years’imprisonment, with hard labour, for opposing thegovernment’s plans for a new constitution.

He was tried behind closed doors in proceedings thatlasted several months and fell far short ofinternational fair trial standards: he was not allowed a lawyer, or at least not a lawyer of his choice, and hisfamily were denied access to him.

He is being held in Putao prison in Kachin State innorthern Burma, where conditions are known to bevery harsh. He is in very poor health and continues to be denied adequate medical treatment.

His family are only allowed to visit him twice a year.

Student activist Ko Aye Aung wasarrested on 12 September 1998for distributing leaflets andorganising student demonstrationsin Rangoon.

He is serving a sentence of 59years and was reportedly torturedduring interrogation.

He is now 34 years old and beingheld in Kale prison in Sagaingdivision in northern Burma, morethan 900 km away from his family.

Su Su Nway is a 38-year-old labour activist and memberof the opposition National League for Democracy.

She was arrested on 13 November 2007 for puttingup an anti-government banner near the hotel inRangoon where the UN Special Rapporteur on HumanRights was staying.

She is currently serving a sentence of eight and a halfyears for her role in anti-government protests inAugust and September 2007.

The prison is more than 1,900 km from where herfamily lives so it is very difficult for them to visit andgive her food or medicine. She has experiencedoccasional spells in solitary confinement and has beendenied family visits, sufficient food and clean clothes.

Mie Mie is part of the 88Generation Students group andwas arrested on 13 October 2007for her role in the major anti-government protests that beganin August 2007.

She is 39 years old and a mother of two. In November 2009 shewas transferred to a prison innorthwestern Burma, which is1,290 km from her home, makingit difficult for her family to visit her.

Zarganar is a popular comedian inBurma who is serving a 35-yearprison sentence for leading amovement that collected moneyand supplies for the survivors ofCyclone Nargis, which hit Burmaon 2 May 2008.

He is one of around 20 peoplestill behind bars for theirindependent post-cyclone reliefefforts. All of them were arrestedfor delivering aid to the victims,for reporting on the cyclone andeven for burying the dead.

Zarganar was arrested on 4 June2008 after he criticised thegovernment’s handling of thecyclone relief situation ininterviews with foreign journalists.

U Gambira is a Buddhist monk and activist, who isserving a 63-year prison sentence for his role in themonk-led protests of September 2007.

He is a founding member of the All Burma MonksAlliance (ABMA), which was formed to further theprotests against rising fuel and food prices that the88 Generation Students group started the monthbefore. Those protests later became known as theSaffron Revolution, after the ABMA mobilised tens of thousands of monks to join the protests.

After his arrest, he was forcibly disrobed andsentenced in an unfair, closed trial in Insein prison.He was placed in solitary confinement on 13 January2009, and his health deteriorated when he staged ahunger strike to call on the ruling military governmentto release the detained pro-democracy leader AungSan Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners.

He was later transferred from Insein prison to Hkamtiprison, where he endured sustained torture and otherforms of ill-treatment. He was handcuffed and hisankles were shackled. He was also subjected toregular beatings and his mouth was stuffed with clothto silence him. He was also denied food and water forseveral days.

When he was transferred to Kale prison on 13 May2009, he was so weak that he was unable to speak.

Min Ko Naing is a veteran pro-democracy movement leader and the co-founder of the 88Generation students group(established in 2005).

He was arrested on 21 August2007, with 12 other members ofthe group, two days after leadinga peaceful march to protestagainst increased fuel prices. Inthe six weeks that followed, large-scale anti-governmentdemonstrations erupted acrossBurma, the largest protestsagainst the military since 1988.

He was sentenced on 11November 2008 to 65 years inprison for his role in the protests.

He spent more than a year inRangoon’s Insein prison where hewas held in solitary confinementfor more than 23 hours each day.After his sentencing, he wasmoved to Kengtung Prison inShan State in northeasternBurma, approximately 1,100 kmaway from where his family lives.

Khun Bedu, Khun Kawrio andKhun Dee De are three Karenniactivists serving sentences of 30years or more for their campaigningactivities against the May 2008constitutional referendum.

They are all in their 20s and been sent to prisons far from their homes, making family visits difficult.

They are from the Kayan ethnicgroup (also known as the Karenni,or Red Karen), most of whom livein the east of the country, inKayah state. They are all leadingmembers of an activists groupcalled Kayan New GenerationYouth (KNGY).

In the days leading up to theconstitutional referendum,activists in their home towncampaigned for a ‘no’ vote. Theyspray painted ‘no’ and ‘vote no’on walls and signposts. They alsoreleased balloons and handed out pamphlets carrying messagesthat urged people to vote againstthe constitution.

They were arrested on 10 May2008, the night of the referendum,and interrogated for 15 days,during which they were torturedand ill-treated.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ACTION PACK FEB–APR 2011 | SECTION 02.2CAMPAIGNS : INFORMATION AND ACTION

HIGH COURT DECISION ON REFUGEES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Amnesty International continues to campaign for the fair treatment of peopleseeking asylum in Australia. To be awarded refugee status, asylum seekersneed to prove that their health and safety would be at risk if they returned to their country of origin.

While nearly all asylum seekers who arrive by boat are genuine refugees, notall claims for refugee status are successful. Until recently, an asylum seekerwhose claim for refugee status was denied had no way to fight the decision.

But an important ruling made by the High Court of Australia last year, ourcountry’s highest court, found that refusing asylum seekers access to theappeal process was unlawful. Now asylum seekers can appeal rejectedclaims through the Australian legal system.

Despite this decision, asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by boat receiveinhumane treatment and have to go through the process of mandatory detention.

In an effort to shift public perception, Amnesty International has launched a national advertising campaign to encourage people to ‘rethink refugees’.

Let’s change the conversation about asylum seekers

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Image featured in AmnestyInternational’s advertising encouragingpeople to rethink refugees © AI

ACT NOW>>Ask your teacher to photocopy the attached actioncard so that each member of your school actiongroup has 10 cards.

Talk to 10 people who are not already convincedthat we should welcome asylum seekers andexplain why they should think again (using theconversation tips below).

For each conversation, ask the person to completethe card. Ask your teacher to send all the cards toyouth coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook, AmnestyInternational, Locked Bag 23, Broadway NSW 2007.

Let’s change the conversation

Start your 10 conversations about asylum seekersusing the tips below.

1. Ask an open question

“What would you do to save your family?”

Open questions make people answer more than‘yes’ or ‘no’ and start a conversation.

2. Personalise the conversation

“I know that if I was being chased by the Taliban, I would …”

This helps people think about what they would do,creating empathy.

3. Present the facts

• Asylum seekers are not breaking the rules – it is legal to seek asylum in Australia, even ifyou arrive by boat.

• Most asylum seekers who arrive by boat aregenuine refugees fleeing for their lives.

• Less than 2 per cent of all immigrants eachyear are asylum seekers arriving by boat.

4. Acknowledge objections

“I understand what you are saying. I used to thinkthat too, but then I realised …”

Listen to and acknowledge people’s concernsbefore countering them.

WANT TO DO MORE?

Influence your local MP

Amnesty International is encouraging people topressure all political parties to approach asylumseekers and refugees in a humane way.

As a group, write to your local member,encouraging them to rethink their position onrefugees. Ask your teacher to help you find out whothey are and where you can contact them and senda copy of your letter to [email protected].

RETHINK REFUGEES

“To save my child I would do anything; but what if my only choice was to put my son on a boat?”

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign encouraging people to rethink how they view refugees who arrive by boat. Advertisements haveplayed on most major television networks, telling real life stories of asylum seekers.

According to Amnesty International’s refugee campaigner Alex Pagliaro,advertising is just a starting point.

“Australians need to speak out to correct the many myths and misconceptionsthat are currently guiding the debate about asylum seekers,” she said.

Amnesty International’s campaign asks supporters to commit to having 10 conversations with 10 different people, to try and change their attitudeabout asylum seekers and refugees.

At the end of each conversation, supporters then encourage people to writea message to an asylum seeker in detention.

CAMPUS GROUP GETS CREATIVE

A university campus group in Western Australia came up with a creative way of asking their fellow students to think differently about asylum seekersand refugees.

Activists built a boat, complete with sails featuring statements of supportand solidarity, and promoted the three facts about asylum seekers:

• It is legal to seek asylum by boat.

• Nearly all asylum seekers who arrive by boat are genuine refugees.

• Asylum seekers arriving by boat make up less than 2 per cent ofAustralia’s annual immigration intake.

Perhaps their action will inspire your school group. If you have a creativeidea or have already held a school event, we would love to hear from you.Email [email protected].


University of Western Australiastudents with their boat asking peopleto think again about asylum seekers.© AI

Visit www.rethinkrefugees.com.au

Watch and share videos with your friends, read blogs, tell us about your conversations with other Australiansand watch how attitudes change when we all get involved.

Hi, I’m an Australian school student and while you are in detention I wanted to say:

Signed________________________________________________________________________

Thank you! Your message will be sent to an asylum seeker in detention.

Name ____________________________________________________________________

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Former asylum seeker 17-year-oldFarida Dad with her mum Maryam, dad Hussain and younger sister Zohaloutside their Sydney home. © Hamish Gregory/AI

CAMPAIGNS : INFORMATION AND ACTION

As we have detailed in previous school packs, Amnesty International isworking with the Campaign for Equality, an Iranian women’s rights group of women and men who are committed to ending discrimination againstwomen in Iranian law.

In Iran, women are considered to only be worth half the value of a man insome areas of the legal system. For example, women cannot choose howthey dress in public, choose their own profession or run for senior politicalpositions.

Men have all the power in the country and can ban women from applying for a passport or even leaving the house.

Campaign for Equality is made up of Iranian men and women who arepeacefully campaigning for the Iranian government to treat women fairly.The group provides legal training and visits women in their homes to discussthe need for laws that treat women equally.

They are also gathering one million signatures on a petition calling for a review of all Iranian laws to try and remove all discrimination againstwomen from the legal system.

There have been some recent changes that do reduce discrimination. In 2007, laws were changed to give equal compensation to men and women following traffic accidents and to allow women to inherit a portion of their husband’s property.

HARASSMENT AND ARREST

Men and women in Iran have been targeted by authorities for campaigningfor equality.

In one case two women were charged with:

“spreading propaganda against the system in favour of a feminist group (the Campaign) by distributing and collecting signatures for a petition tochange laws discriminating against women, and for publication of materialsin support of a feminist group opposed to the system.”

Amnesty International considers people arrested and jailed purely for gettingsignatures on a petition to be prisoners of conscience. Prisoners ofconscience are people that are arrested for their ideological or peacefulpolitical action.

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A card made by a student to supportAlieh Aghdam-Doust, a member ofCampaign for Equality who isimprisoned in Iran © AI

ACT NOW>>Get creative

Campaign for Equality has a website where peoplecan upload messages of support for the men andwomen in Iran who are fighting for equal rights.

This term we are keen to make a film we canupload to YouTube to let the people in Iran knowthey have global support.

We are asking students to make a sign telling usyou support the Campaign for Equality.

Some ideas for slogans are:

1. I support the Campaign For Equality

2. My school supports equal rights

3. Free Campaign for Equality activists

Once you have made your sign, send it to youthcoordinator Daniel Scaysbrook, Amnesty International,Locked Bag 23, Broadway NSW 2007.

Or simply take a photo of your poster and email itto us at [email protected]

In the next school pack we will include a link soyou can see the results of your action.


Last year students made cards in solidarity withAlieh Aghdam-Doust, who is currently serving athree-year prison sentence for her involvement inthe Campaign for Equality. Thank you for youraction and support!

For more information about the work of theCampaign for Equality, you can visit their websitehttp://sign4change.info/english/


MAKING AN IMPACT

School conferencesSCHOOL CONFERENCES

Amnesty International has school groups across thecountry and, in some regions, school conferences areheld annually.

The conferences allow students involved in school actiongroups to meet and discuss the actions and campaignsthey have run at their schools and within theircommunities. The one-day conferences are interactive,involve workshops on creative ways of campaigning andprovide information and a forum for discussion ofhuman rights.

School conferences will be run again in 2011. To findout if there is a conference in your region or to helporganise one, please contact youth coordinator DanielScaysbrook at [email protected].

FOCUS ON THE NSW SCHOOL CONFERENCE

A school conference was held in NSW last year, drawing 60 school studentsfrom eight schools to learn about and discuss human rights.

Amnesty International activist and speaker Najeeba Wazefadost gave theopening address, sharing her experience as an asylum seeker travelling toAustralia and spending time in mandatory detention.

Workshops on creative campaigning allowed students to plan an actionaround a human rights violation somewhere in the world. They also producedcampaigning materials, including screen-printed calico bags with imagesabout human rights.

In another session, they learnt about Burma and were some of the firstpeople in the world to hear the conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi,recorded days after her release from house arrest.

Students also participated in a drama and improvisation workshop whichencouraged them to think about how they could campaign in creative ways.

They gained more skills to assist them with campaigning and were able toshare ideas and experiences with students from other schools.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IN SCHOOLS

This year Amnesty International will be arrangingeven more visits to schools. Most regions have anetwork of speakers who can come to your schoolto talk about human rights and the work done byAmnesty International.

To register your school’s interest please contactYouth Coordinator Daniel Scaysbrook by email:[email protected]. Be quickbecause a timetable will be finalised early this year.


Youth profile:

Dorothy Tran

Age: 19 From: Sydney, NSW

Dorothy got involved in Amnesty International by joining her school action group atStrathfield Girls High School in year 8. Originally involved in the Stop Violence against Women campaign, Dorothy continued her involvement with Amnesty International when she finished school. “I always wanted to keep helping, so when I turned 18 I went to a volunteer informationnight and got involved,” she said.As a volunteer Dorothy has been involved in lots of campaigns, including our work to stopviolence against women in Papua New Guinea, defend the three freedoms in Burma and to urge Australians to rethink refugees. Dorothy is also assisting school action groups by providing resources and information aboutAmnesty International’s work. Dorothy says she has a keen interest in economic rights – in particular the rights people are denied due to poverty. She is currently in her third year of International Global Studiesat Sydney University where she is an active member of the Amnesty Internationalcampus group. She plans to continue her involvement with Amnesty International wellinto the future. When asked why, she said, “I like working with everyone who is passionate about thesame things I am”.

To become a member or to find out about groups

in your region phone 1300 300 920

or [email protected].

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ON THE WEBRemember to check the website regularly for updates. Join our social networking sites too and start contributing.

Home page www.amnesty.org.au

School action pages www.amnesty.org.au/schoolaction

Facebook www.facebook.com (search for Amnesty International Australia)

Twitter www.twitter.com/amnestyoz

MySpace www.myspace.com/amnestyoz

YouTube www.youtube.com/AIAustralia

50Amnesty International turns 50 in May this year.

That means for the past 50 years groups like yours have taken action todefend human rights.

From 28 May Amnesty International Australia will be working with schoolgroups across the country to celebrate our anniversary along with supportersaround the world.

Keep an eye out for the next school pack, which will tell you more about thisexciting opportunity.

Happy 50th anniversary


Phone a friend

Did you know you have a local ActionCentre to help your group? They haveaccess to all kinds of information includingfree materials to help you organise yourgroup, event or human rights actions.

ACT/Southern NSW

Call: 02 6202 7500

Fax: 02 6202 7508

Suite 8, Level 1, The Bunda Building, 134 Bunda Street, Canberra ACT 2600

New South Wales

Email: [email protected]

Call: 02 8396 7670

Fax: 02 8396 7677

Level 1, 79 Myrtle StreetChippendale NSW 2007

Queensland/Northern NSW


Call: 07 3136 6400

Fax: 07 3216 0235

Level 1, 354 Brunswick StreetFortitude Valley QLD 4006

South Australia/Northern Territory


Call: 08 8110 8100

Fax: 08 8110 8101

14 Grote Street, Adelaide SA 5000

Tasmania


Call: 03 6221 1000

First Floor, 130 Macquarie StreetHobart TAS 7000

Western Australia


Call: 08 9476 4800

Fax: 08 9476 4801

Suite 70, City West CentrePlaistowe Mews, West Perth WA 6005

Victoria


Call: 03 9412 0700

Fax: 03 9412 0720

Suite 8, 134 Cambridge Street Collingwood VIC 3066

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