Australian Doctors have once again weighed into the debate over the treatment of asylum seekers by the Turnbull Government, with an impassioned plea for ‘more humanity’ to be shown to some of the world’s most marginalized people. This letter has been written by Drs Alison Skene and Eloise House, and signed by 528 doctors from across the nation.
Dear Mr Dutton and members of parliament,
We, the undersigned, are Australian doctors from a diverse range of fields of practice. We share common goals of duty and dedication to our patients and respect for all human life. We follow the Australian Medical Council Code of Conduct, which states that ‘good medical practice involves using your expertise and influence to protect and advance the health and wellbeing of individual patients, communities and populations’.
We are very concerned about Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers who come by boat, and urge you to institute more humane policies as a matter of urgency.
Indefinite mandatory detention of women, men and children is harmful to their physical and mental health. According to a submission from the Royal Children’s Hospital to the Human Rights Commission National Enquiry 2014 ‘detention denies children, adolescents and families the basic environmental requirements for their health, development and their wellbeing…There is evidence that all forms of detention adversely affect parenting, family functioning and the mental health of children, adolescents, parents and families. There are considerable child protection risks…’ Severity of mental illness is related to duration of detention. Despair, self-harm, violence, physical and sexual abuse are predictable and well documented. The most recent files relating to abuse and degrading treatment on Nauru only add to the abundant evidence already available.
Australia’s current policies constitute denial of basic human rights, and are in breach of international conventions, including the right to seek asylum and the right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. They do not provide a fair, efficient and expeditious system for assessing refugee claims.
The asylum seekers currently in detention, including those in offshore facilities, are under Australia’s care. Our control of these facilities has clearly failed to prevent abuse.
As doctors, we cannot condone or accept treatment of innocent and already traumatised people, particularly vulnerable women and children, which knowingly and deliberately causes harm.
We urge you to immediately close the camps on Nauru and Manus Island and bring all detainees to Australia for rapid processing and appropriate medical and psychological support. Those found to be refugees should be offered resettlement in Australia or other developed countries that offer to take them.
All children currently in detention in Australia should be released with their families into the community, while their claims are rapidly processed.
We request that you urgently investigate the alleged abuses in our offshore detention facilities, including the role of the government and it’s agents, by supporting a high level independent enquiry, preferably a royal commission.
We urge you to work constructively with elected representatives from all sides of politics, regional governments and experts including UNHCR, to develop more humane policies that prevent desperate people attempting to reach Australia by boat.
Above all, we request a change in attitude towards vulnerable human beings seeking asylum to one of compassion and respect. This can be lead from the highest level of government.
Yours sincerely,
Dr A R MacQueen, Addiction medicine physician, Orange NSW
Dr Aaron Coutts, Junior House Officer, Toowoomba, Qld
Dr Abby Douglas, Infectious Diseases Registrar, Parkville, VIC
Mr Abid Khan, Medical Student, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Achala Manchanda, GP Registrar, Essendon, Victoria
Dr Adjoa Mensa, GP registrar, Hillside, VIC
Dr Adrian Gilliland, General Practitioner , Coffs Harbour NSW
Dr Alaa Hassan, GP, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Alessandra Briglia, GP, Hampton, Vic
Dr Alex Wodak AM, Addiction Medicine, Darlinghurst, NSW
Dr Alexandra Kent, Specialist Anaesthetist, Parkville Victoria
Dr Alicia Altson, GP registrar, St Kilda, Vic
Dr Alicia Quach, Paediatrician, Parkville, VIC
Dr Alison Care, Palliative Care Advanced Trainee, Kingswood, NSW
Dr Alison Skene, Pathologist, Heidelberg, Vic
Dr Alison Yhurstans, GP, Bellerive,Tasmania
Dr Alissa Tenney , Paediatrician , Newcastle, NSW
Dr Alyce Wilson, Junior doctor, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Alyson Kelly, GP registrar, Rowville, Victoria
Dr Amanda Newman, GP, Beaumaris, Vic
Dr Amit Maini, Emergency Physician, Melbourne, Victoria
Ms Amy Chan, Medical Student, Footscray, VIC
Ms Amy Gratton, Medical Student, Sunshine, VIC
Dr Amy Keys, GP, Cranbrook, Qld
Dr Andrew Dunlop, Lecturer, Flinders University
Dr Andrew Lovett, Paediatrican, Bendigo, Vic
Dr Andrew Pesce, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Westmead NSW
Dr Andrew Redmond , Physician , Brisbane, Qld
Dr Angela Marsiglio, Anaesthesia, Seddon, Vic
Dr Angela Matthews, GP Registrar, Sandringham, Victoria
Dr Anna Brischetto, Infectious Diseases registrar, Cairns, QLD
Dr Anna Lee, Obstetrician gynaecologist , Ivanhoe, Vic
Dr Anna McElrea, GP, Greenslopes, QLD
Dr Anna Peterson, Paediatrician, Bendigo, Victoria
Dr Annaliese van Diemen, Public Health , Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Anne Dawson, Paediatrician, Bendigo, Vic
Dr Anneliese Perkins , Obstetrician , Ashford, SA
Dr Anthea Woodcock, Rural and remote practitioner, Various
Dr Antonia Jones, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Ary Sudarmana, Paediatric Trainee, Parkville, Vic
Dr Aster, Paediatrics, Qld
Dr Avhan Bhagwat, GP, Kensington, Vic
Dr Barry Matthew Dale, Retired Haematologist, Bowral NSW
Dr Beena Kumar, Pathologist, Clayton, Victoria
Dr Belal Haniffa, HMO, Frankston, Victoria
Dr Belinda Drew, GP, Richmond, Vic
Dr Ben Walawski, GP, Mt Lawley, WA
Mr Benjamin Pojer, Medical student, Caulfield, Victoria
Associate Professor Bette Liu, Epidemiologist, 2052, NSW
Dr Brendan Jubb, Paediatric registrar, Westmead 2145
Dr Bridget Freyne, Paediatrician, 3051, Vic
Dr Bruce Day, Neurologist , Vic
Dr Bryony van Santen, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Albany Creek, Qld
Dr Caitlyn Lovett, Emergency Medicine, New Lambto Heights, NSW
Dr Camilla Holdstock, General Practice, Essendon, Vic
Dr Cara Fox, RMO, Gold Coast, QLD
Dr Carlo Pulitano, Surgical Fellow, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Carly George, Paediatric Oncology, WA
Dr Carmel Mason, Resident, Wollongong, NSW
Dr Carolina Radwan, Resident , Clayton, Victoria
Dr Caroline Bolt, Emergency, Fitzroy, Victoria
Professor Caroline de Costa, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Cairns QLD
Dr Caroline Smith, Consultant Pathologist, Adelaide, SA
Dr Carolyn Berry, GP, Midland, WA
Dr Casey Nottage, Public Health, Adelaide, SA
Dr Catherine Nyuthe, Psychiatrist, Ringwood East, Vic
Dr Catherine Ashes, Anaesthetist, Darlinghurst, NSW
Ms Catherine Brock, Medical Student, Austin Hospital
Associate Professor Catherine Cherry, Infectious Diseases Physician, Melbourne,
Victoria
Dr Catherine Gibb, Physician, Adelaide South Australia
Dr Catherine Smyth, Medical Registrar, Perth, WA
Dr Cathryn O’Sullivan, General physician trainee, Darwin, NT
Dr Cathy Soufan , Surgical registrar , 4870
Professor Catriona McLean, Pathologist, Melbourne, Vic
Dr Celia Bagshaw, Emergency Physician, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Charles George Luke Summers, Emergency AT, Port Macquarie NSW
Dr Charlotte Lemech, Medical oncologist, Randwick, NSW
Dr Cherry Lau, Emergency physician, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Chloe Lim, Registrar, Adelaide, SA
Dr Chong Zhou, Anatomical Pathology, Heidelberg, VIC
Ms Chrestyl Smoors, Medical Student, Shepparton, VIC
Dr Christine Ahern, GP, Casino, NSW
Dr Christopher Elliot, Paediatrician , NSW
Dr Christopher Lemoh, Physician, Dandenong, Victoria
Mr Christopher Loo, Medical student, Heidelberg, VIC
Dr Christopher Michael Angel, Pathologist, Melbourne, Vic
Dr Claire Helm, Emergency Physician, Kingswood, NSW
Ms Claire Lissaman, Final-year medical student, Fitzroy
Dr Claire Merry , Emergency Medicine, Logan Queensland
Dr Claire Mowry, Paediatric Registrar, Randwick, NSW
Dr Claire Noonan, GP, Orange NSW
Dr Claire Thompson , GP, Millicent SA
Dr Claire Toohey, GP, Elsternwick, Victoria
Dr Clare Boerma, General Practice, Blaxland NSW
Dr Clare-Ann Karunanithy, Psychiatry Registrar, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Claudia Toro, Paediatric oncology fellow, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Cleve Magree, Pathologist, Victoria
Committee of the Australian Chinese Medical Association of Victoria, Medical,
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Dr Cristina Murphy, Junior medical officer , Hornsby, NSW
Dr Cristina Shaw, GP, Coolbellup, WA
Dr Dale Stephanie Fox, GP, retired
Mr Damian ianno, Student, Heidelberg, vic
Dr Damien Gilby, Neonatology, Clayton VIC
Dr Daniel Engelman, Paediatrician, Parkville, Victoria
Mr Daniel Ko, Medical student, St. vincents hospital
Dr Danielle Ferraro, Medical Oncologist, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Danielle Harrop, Physician, Victoria
Dr David Cade, Consultant Physician, Deepdene, Vic
Associate Professor David Caldicott , Emergency, Canberra, ACT
Dr David Cameron, GP, South Australia
Dr David Hunchak, GP registrar, Colac, VIC
Dr David Miller, Farah , Brunswick Heads NSW
Dr David Pope, Emergency Medicine Specialist, Elizabeth Vale South Australia
Dr David Robert Clouston, Anatomical Pathologist, Mount Waverley, Victoria
Associate Professor David Templeton, Sexual Health Physician, Camperdown
NSW 2050
Associate Professor David Williams Pathologist, Heidelberg, Vic
Associate Professor Deborah Bateson , Primary care , Ashfield NSW
Dr Debra Blackmore, GP and Humanitarian worker, Currently: Bangladesh.
Previously Melbourne Victoria
Dr Debra Wilson, GP, Brunswick West, Victoria
Dr Deme Karikios, Medical Oncologist , Penrith, NSW
Dr Domhnall Brannigan, Emergency Physician, Hobart, Tasmania
Professor Dominic Thyagarajan, Neurologist, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Dominique Elizabeth Coleman , GP, Dromana,VIC
Dr Donna M Lenghaus, Pathology Registrar, Collingwood, VIC
Associate Professor Duncan McGregor, Pathologist, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Eleanor Marillier, Emergency Physician, Joondalup, WA
Dr Eleanor Sharland, GP, Fremantle WA
Dr Elia Mohamed, GP, Adelaide, SA
Dr Elif Ekinci, Endocrinologist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Elisabeth Anne Wynne, GP, Wembley Downs, Western Australia
Dr Elisabeth Wearne, General Practice, Victoria
Dr Elissa Campbell, Palliative Care Physician and Geriatrician, Nedlands, WA
Dr Eliza Eddy, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Sunshine, VIC
Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM, Paediatrics, Westmead
Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss, GP, ACT
Dr Elizabeth Thomas, Paediatrician, 3156, Victoria
Dr Elizabeth Wyatt, Emergency registrar, St Albans, Vic
Dr Elliot Dolan-Evans, RMO, Chermside, QLD
Dr Eloise House, Pathology Registrar, Heidelberg, Vic
Dr Emily Clark, GP Registrar, Glenelg, SA
Dr Emily Farrell, GP/sports medicine, QLD
Dr Emily Kelly, Obstetrics & Gynaecology registrar, Canberra, ACT
Dr Emily Perelini, Paediatric registrar, Clayton, VIC
Dr Emily Wilson , Paediatric Registrar, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Emma Bean, Anaesthetist , Darlinghurst NSW
Dr Emma Boulton , General Practitioner , Chatswood NSW
Dr Emma Jean Blackwood, Neurologist, Orange, NSW
Dr Emma Paige, Physician, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Erin O’Halloran , Emergency Registrar, Bedford Park, SA
Dr Eugene D’Souza, Psychiatry, NSW
Dr Eva Sudbury, Paediatric Fellow, Frankston, Vic
Dr F Amador Ibanez-Almarche, GP, Edmonton, Qld
Dr Farah Abdul Aziz, Surgeon, Nedlands, WA
Dr Faye Jordan, Paediatric emergency physician , Southport, Qld
Dr Felicity Pyrlis, Endocrinologist , Heidelberg Heights, VIC
Dr Felix Sedal, Senior Medical Advisor, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Fiona Lander, Public Health , Perth, Western Australia
Dr Fiona Liew, GP, Hillarys, WA
Dr Fleur Dwyer, GP, South Yarra, Victoria
Dr Florian Mutzke, GP, Mandurah, WA
Dr Frank C, Intern, VIC
Dr Freya Aaskov, Anaesthetist, ACT
Dr Gabriela Willis, Public Health Registrar, Hobart, Tasmania
Mr Gary Sit, HMO, Mount Isa, Queensland
Dr Gaurav Bhardwaj , Ophthalmologist, 3002, Vic
Professor Gavin Frodt, Medical Educator, Lithgow, NSW
Associate Professor Geoffrey Couser, Emergency Physician, Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Geoffrey Spurling, GP, Inala, Qld
Dr Georgia Wyatt, GP, Lismore, NSW
Dr Georgina Imberger, Anaesthetist, Footscray, Victoria
Dr Gillian Deakin, GP, Bondi Junction, NSW
Dr Gillian Riley , GP , Canberra, ACT
Dr Gina Smith, GP Registrar, Coolaroo, Victoria
Dr Glenn Mathieson, General Practitioner, Langwarrin, Victoria
Dr Glynis Johns, GP, Northern Territory
Dr Grace Leung, Physician, Nepean, NSW
Dr Graham Richard Varley, Provincial general Surgeon [Rtd.], near Braidwood,
NSW
Mr Hamish Curry, Orthopaedic surgeon, East Melbourne Victoria
Dr Hannah Green, Emergency Medicine Registrar, Adelaide, SA
Dr Hannah Lake, Psychiatry, Vic
Dr Hashini Bandaranayake , GP, Gosnells, WA
Dr Hayley Glasson, GP, Kiama NSW
Dr Helen Steele, GP, Victoria
Dr Hilary Hardefeldt, Resident, Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory
Dr Ian John Woolley, Physician, Clayton, Victoria
Dr Ian Leonard Cole, GP, Cairns Qld
Dr Ian Miles, Paediatric Anaesthetist, Westmead, NSW
Dr Imogen Stafford, Rural doctor, NT
Dr Ineke Woodhill, GP, Jan Juc VIC
Dr Irene Moyer , Emergency medicine, Adelaide, SA
Dr Issma Katib, GP Registrar, Lithgow, NSW
Dr Iwona Accurso, Psychiatry registrar , 2210, NSW
Dr Jack Kirszenblat, Psychiatrist, Prahran, Vic
Dr Jack Wodak, Neurologist, Malvern, Victoria
Dr Jackson Harding, Anaesthetist, aeromedical retrieval specialist, Bendigo, Vic
Dr Jacqueline Boyle, Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, VIC
Dr Jacqueline Duc , Paediatrician, South Brisbane, Qld
Dr Jacqueline McCallum, Anaesthetics, NSW
Dr Jacqueline Yeoh, GP, Parkside, SA
Associate Professor James Forrester. King, Epidemiologist, Parkville, Vic
Dr James Mallows, Emergency Medicine, Penrith NSW
Dr James Yates, Critical Care, Epping, Victoria
Dr Janaki Siriwardhane, GP, Everton park qld
Dr Jane Deegan, GP, Brunswick, Victoria
Dr Jane Greacen, GP, Bairnsdale VIC
Dr Jane Reeves, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist , Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Dr Jane Tolman, Geriatrician, Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Janelle McDonald, Gynaecologist, Sydney NSW
Dr Jasmine Eldridge, Paediatric registrar, Maroochydore, Queensland
Dr Jaspreet Kaur, Psychiatric registrar, Osborne park, WA
Dr Jemma Dalrymple, General practitioner, Leichhardt, NSW
Dr Jennifer Chandler , Paediatrics , Cairns, QLD
Dr Jennifer Crawford, Anaesthetic Registrar, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Jennifer Dixon, Anaesthetist, Coburg Victoria
Associate Professor Jennifer Jill Gordon, General practitioner, Lindfield NSW
Dr Jennifer Koch, General Practitioner , Rosebud, Victoria
Dr Jennifer Lam, GP, Thornleigh, NSW
Professor Jennifer Reath, GP, Mt Druitt, NSW
Dr Jennifer Yan, General paediatrician, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Jenny Dowd, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Carlton, Victoria
Dr Jenny Worboys, GP, Warragul, Vic
Dr Jeremy Beckett, GP, Geraldton, WA
Mr Jeremy Gervasi, Medical student (final year), Fitzroy, VIC
Dr Jeremy Hay, GP, Frankston, Victoria
Dr Jeremy Miles Law, Psychiatric Registrar, Hornsby, NSW
Dr Jeremy Wong, Junior doctor, Melbourne VIC
Dr Jessica Griffith, Anaesthetist, Perth, WA
Dr Jessica Tidemann, Sexual health registrar, Garran ACT
Ms Jessie Rafeld, Medical Student, Melbourne
Dr Jessie Rucker, Intern (2017), Fitzroy, VIC
Dr Jo Crookes , GP, Phillip ACT
Dr Joanna Burton, Anaesthetics Fellow, Tweed Heads NSW
Dr Joanna Price, GP, Norwood, South Australia
Dr Joanna Richardson, Emergency Medicine Specialist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Joanne Newton, GP, 3930, Vic
Dr Jodi Allen, Junior doctor, Tweed Heads, NSW
Dr Joel Ziffer, General Paediatrician, Bendigo, Victoria
Dr Johanna Centra, Paediatrician, Geelong, Vic
Dr Johanna Nally, GP, Belgrave, Vic
Dr John Archer, Neurologist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr John Quinlan, Consultant, Wollongong, NSW
Dr John Raymond Oxford, Hospital medical officer, Warrnambool, VIC
Dr John Stanton, GP, West Brunswick, Vic
Dr John Whitlam, Nephrologist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Joseph De Luca, Physician, Parkville, VIC
Professor Joseph Proietto, Endocrinologist, Heidelberg Victoria
Mr Joshua Rosen, Medical Student, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Joshua Steadson, Paediatrics, Westmead, NSW
Dr Julia Harper Francis , Obstetrics and Gynaecology , Heidelberg, Vic
Mr Julian Gooi, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Prahran, Vic
Dr Julie Blake , GP, Gympie, Qld
Dr Julie Grant, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist , Henley Beach, SA
Dr Juliet Clayton, Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Parkville, VIC
Dr Juliet Lokan, Pathologist, Heidelberg Victoria
Associate Professor Justin Denholm, Infectious Diseases Physician, Melbourne,
Victoria
Dr Juviraj Arulanandarajah , GP, Eltham, Vic
Dr Jyoti chaku , Obstetrician , 2350, NSW
Ms Karolina Novak, Medical Student, Western Hospital
Dr Kate Alexandra Stewart, Pathologist, Malvern, Victoria
Dr Kate Cush, Emergency Physician, Sydney, NSW
Dr Kate Elizabeth Douglas, Paediatric intensive care trainee, Morningside, Qld
Dr Kate Molinari, GP, ACT
Dr Kate Murton , RMO , Newcastle, NSW
Dr Katharine Harrison, General Practitioner, Brunswick, Victoria
Dr Katherine Barraclough, Nephrologist, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Katherine Bond, ID/Micro advanced trainee, Heidelberg, Vic
Dr Katherine Howell, Paediatric Neurologist, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Katherine Langdon, Paediatrician and Rehabilitation Physician, Subiaco WA
Dr Kathryn Daveson, Infectious Diseases Physician, Canberra, ACT
Dr Kathryn Ducharlet, Renal advanced trainee, Fitzroy, Victoria
Dr Katie Coles, GP, Collingwood, Vic
Dr Katrina Janet Ross Watson, Physician, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Katrina Mclean, GP, Burleigh Waters, QLD
Dr Katy Jenaya Burley, Paediatrician , Westmead, NSW
Dr Kelly Hughes, Intern, Dandenong, Victoria
Adjunct Professor Kerry John Breen, Retired physician, Kew, Vic
Dr Khairul Mohamed-Noor, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Carlton, VIC
Dr Khashayar Asadi , Pathologist , Victoria
Dr Kim Manning, GP Registrar, Cairns, QLD
Ms Kim Pham, Medical Student, Fitzroy
Dr Kirrily Holton, Rehabilitation Physician , Daw Park, SA
Associate Professor Kirsten Black, Obsetrics and Gynaecology, Camperdown
NSW
Dr Krista Maier, GP, Seacombe Gardens and Whyalla, SA
Dr Kristy Fraser-Kirk, Ear, Nose & Throat, Head and Neck Surgeon, Nambour, Qld
Dr Kylie Brown, Emergency medicine, Noarlunga, SA
Dr Kylie Webber, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, North Adelaide, SA
Dr Kym Jansen, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Carlton, Victoria
Dr Laila Parvaresh , Public Health Registrar, 2157 NSW
Ms Laura Chen, medical student, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Laura Dansey , Anaesthetic Registrar, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Laura Linden, GP obstetrician, Traralgon, Victoria
Dr Lauren Giles, Neurology fellow, Heidelberg
Dr Leanne Balding, Cardiologist , Parkville, Victoria
Dr Leith Banney, Dermatologist, Nambour, Qld
Dr Leonora White, GP, Ashburton VIC
Dr Lisa Bamberg, Medical Practitioner, Neutral Bay, NSW
Dr Lisa Bendtsen, GP, Eltham, Vic
Dr Lisa Sullivan, Radiation Oncologist , Garran, ACT
Dr Lise Monique Kanters, GP, Mount Gambier SA
Dr Livia Jackson, GP, Caulfield, Vic
Ms Louise Manning, Final year medical student, Bendigo, Victoria
Ms Lucy Teague-Neeld, Medical student, Shepparton
Dr Lucy Woodhouse, GP, Sydney, NSW
Dr Lyn Eggleston, GP, Epping, NSW
Professor Lyn Gilbert, Physician, Westmead, NSW
Dr Lynda Weir, General Paediatrics, Subiaco, WA
Dr Lynn Koyama, Junior doctor, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr M. Alison, VMO, Trundle, NSW
Dr Madeleine McKinley, Pathology registrar, Heidelberg, Vic
Dr Mahala Hudaverdi , Cardiologist , Spring Hill, Qld
Dr Majo Joseph, Cardiologist, Adelaide, SA
Dr Maninder Mundae, Rheumatologist , West Brunswick , Victoria
Dr Margaret Potts, GeneralPpractitioner, Blackheath, NSW
Dr Maria-Pia Bernardi, Surgeon, Geelong, Vic
Dr Mariam Tokhi, General Practice, Pascoe Vale, Vic
Dr Marilla Lucille Druitt, Obstetrician Gynecologist, Geelong, Victoria
Dr Marisa Magiros, GP , Cronulla, NSW
Dr Marisa Magiros, GP , Rockdale, NSW
Dr Mark Adamski, GP, Charlestown NSW
Mr Mark Elliman, Student doctor, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Mark Lewis Greacen, Retired, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Dr Mark Myerscough, GP, Darwin, Northern Territory
Dr Marlene Jennifer Kong, GP/Senior Lecturer, The Kirby Institute/UNSW
Dr Marsali Newman, Pathologist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Martina Mende , General practitioner , Queanbeyan NSW
Dr Mary Belfrage, GP, Fitzroy, Vic
Dr Matthew Faulkner, Anaesthetics Registrar, Footscray, Vic
Dr Matthew Knox, Emergency, St Leonards, NSW
Mr Matthew Pitkin, Medical Student, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Matthew Webber, GP, Pasadena, South Australia
Dr Matti Gild, Endocrine Trainee, Randwick, NSW
Dr May Sian Oh, GP, Yokine WA
Dr Megan Brown, Nephrology advanced trainee, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Megan Campbell , Public health physician , Sydney NSW
Dr Megan Higgins, Registrar, Brisbane, Qld
Dr Meghan Rose, RMO, Murdoch, WA
Dr Mei Ling Yap, Radiation oncologist , Campbelltown, NSW
Dr Melanie Burnet, General Practitioner, Carindale, Qld
Dr Melanie Dorrington , GP, Bungendore, NSW
Dr Melanie Marian Burnet, General Practitioner, Carindale, Qld
Dr Melanie Thompson, Paediatrician, Broome, WA
Dr Melinda (Min) Berry, Emergency physician, St Vincent’s Hospital and Sydney
Children’s Hospital, NSW
Dr Melisa Vazquez, Anatomical pathology registrar, Heidelberg, Vic
Dr Melissa Cameron, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, East Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Melissa Kaufman, Intensive Care Physician, Box Hill, VIC
Dr Melissa Witt, GP registrar, Adelaide, South Australia
Dr Meredith Forsyth, Paediatrician, Adelaide, SA
Dr Mervyn Leong, Intensive Care Registrar, Darlinghurst, NSW
Dr Metta MacNeil, Pathologist, Box Hill, Victoria.
Dr Michael Christie, Pathologist, Parkville, VIC
Dr Michael Edmonds, Emergency Physician, Adelaide, SA
Dr Michael John Coombes , Cardiologist , Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Michael Jonsthan George Bloom, Occupational & Environmental Physician,
Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Michaela Mee, Emergency Physician, Victoria
Dr Michelle Dutton, GP, Fitzroy North, Vic
Dr Michelle Johnston, Emergency Physician, Perth. WA
Dr Michelle Williams , Paediatrician, Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Mikkaela McCormack, Anatomical Pathologist, Mount Waverley, Victoria
Dr Minh Le Cong , GP, Mount Isa, Qld
Dr Miriam Boxer, Radiation Oncologist, Liverpool, NSW
Dr Miriam Brooks, GP, Hazelbrook, NSW
Dr Misty Lee Blakeman, Paediatrics, Subiaco, WA
Dr Nalin H. Dayawansa, Physician Trainee, Prahran, Vic
Dr Nalini Hooper, Emergency , Melbourne, Vic
Dr Namrata Shetty, Psychiatry , Hamilton, NSW
Dr Natalia Kovaleva, Medical Intern, Epping, VIC
Dr Natalie Johnston, Psychiatrist, Tamworth, NSW
Dr Natalie May, Emergency Medicine, Bankstown, NSW
Dr Natalie Mulcahy, GP, Southport, QLD
Dr Natasha Holmes, Physician, Heidelberg, VIC
Associate Professor Nesrin Varol, Gynaecologist, Sydney, NSW
Dr Nicholas Chrimes, Anaesthetist , Clayton, Victoria
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris, Addiction Medicine Specialist, Surry Hills, NSW
Dr Nicholas Silberstein, General Practitioner, Brunswick, Victoria
Dr Nicole Gaffney, Respiratory Physician, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Nicole Isabella Anderson, Rural Medical Practitioner, Smithton
Dr Nicole Pfeffer, GP, Carindale, Qld
Dr Nicole Sladden, Anatomical Pathologist, Adelaide, SA
Dr Nina Robertson, GP, Lismore, NSW
Dr Ohnmar John, GP, Brunswick West, Victoria
Dr Palmyra De Banks, GP, Narre Warren Victoria
Dr Patricia Constance Edmunds, GP/Psychotherapy, Graceville Qld
Associate Professor Patrick Charles , Physician , Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Patrick Doube, Paediatric Registrar, Subiaco, WA
Dr Patrick Stapleton, Critical Care, Orange, NSW
Professor Paul Haber, Gastroenterology, Camperdown NSW
Dr Paul James Appleton, Generalist practice, Civic, ACT
Dr Paul Lawton, Nephrologist, Darwin, Northern Territory
Dr Payal Singh , GP registrar, Dandenong victoria
Dr Penelope Ward, Intern, Melbourne
Dr Penny Wilson , GP, Broome, WA
Mr Philip Feinstein, Director of Music for Refugees, Rose Bay, NSW
Dr Phillipa Costley, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Carlton, Victoria
Dr Philippus Visser, Emergency Physician, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Prashadhinee Soma Devan , Psychiatry registrar, Westmead, NSW
Dr Priscilla Tan, GP, Applecross, WA
Dr Prudence Johnstone, Gynaecologust, Geelong, Victoria
Dr Rachael Marie Norman, GP, Southport, Qld
Dr Rachael Moulden, GP, Nundah , Qld
Dr Rachel Jones Lumby, ICU, VIC
Dr Rajni Joseph, Geriatrics , Footscray, Victoria
Dr Ramila Varendran, Geriatrician , Garran ACT
Dr Rebecca Barnes, Emergency Medicine Advanced Trainee, Gosford NSW
Dr Rebecca Burgell, Gastroenterologist, Prahran Victoria
Dr Rebecca Davis, Emergency Specialist, Bankstown NSW
Dr Rebecca McDonald, O&G registrar, Clayton, Vic
Dr Rebecca Ruberry, Anaesthetist , Ipswich, QLD
Dr Rebecca Young, Sports & Exercise Medicine Doctor, Richmond, Victoria
Associate Professor Renate Kalnins, Pathologist, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Renee Harkin, GP, Thornton, NSW
Dr Renee Wong, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Carlton, Victoria
Dr Rhonda Barringham, GP, Lawson, NSW
Dr Richard Harris, Anaesthesia, Adelaide, SA
Dr Richard John Sloman, GP, Newport, Victoria
Dr Richard Lea , Anaesthetist, Woodville, SA
Professor Richard Osborne Day, Physician, Darlinghurst, NSW
Mr Rob Bohmer , Surgeon, Hobart, Tas
Dr Robyn Thomas, Palliative Care Specialist, Tasmania
Dr Roisin Reynolds, Pathology registrar, Macquarie Park, NSW
Dr Rolf Tsui , General Practitioner, Lower Templestowe, Vic
Dr Roohila Yusuf, GP, Winston Hills, NSW
Associate Professor Rosalie Grivell, Obstetrician, Bedford Park, SA
Dr Rose Iron, GP, Coolum Beach, Qld
Dr Ruja, Consultant Psychiatrist, Richmond, Vic
Dr Russell Hoyle, Psychiatrist, Wembley, Western Australia
Dr Ruth Armstrong, Medical editor, NSW
Ms Ruth Little, Public Health, Flemington, VIC
Associate Professor Ruth Marshall , Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and
Rehabilitation Physician , Lightsview South Australia
Dr Ruth Osborne, Emergency Physcian, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Sally Greenberg, Oncologist, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Sally Stokes, GP, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Dr Sam Harkin, Hospital Medical Officer, Bendigo, Vic
Dr Samantha Critchley, GP, Hazelbrook, NSW
Dr Samantha Kaiser, Paediatrician, Perth, WA
Dr Samuel McGinness, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Registrar, St
Leonards, NSW
Dr Sandra Neoh, Physician, Heidelberg Heights, Vic
Dr SandraMarshall , GP, Gawler SA
Dr Sara Cargill, GP, Fairfield NSW
Dr Sara Chohan, GP , Burwood, NSW
Dr Sarah Berhard, Geriatrician , Nedlands, WA
Dr Sarah Cush, GP, Fitzroy, Victoria
Dr Sarah Giutronich , Paediatric surgeon, Sydney, NSW
Dr Sarah Josephi-Taylor, Clinical genetics trainee, St Leonards, NSW
Dr Sarah Leeder, Rehabilitation Medicine , Douglas, QLD
Dr Sarah Lucas, Paediatric Registrar, Randwick, NSW
Dr Sarah Mares, Psychiatry, Fairfield NSW
Dr Sarah Martin, Paediatrician, Brisbane, Queensland
Dr Sarah McNab, Paediatrician, Parkville, VIC
Dr Sarah Newman, Emergency Medicine, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Sarah Sibson, General Practitioner , Adelaide, South Australia
Dr Sarah Verbeek, HMO, Warragul Vic
Dr Scott Moody, General Medicine, Woolloongabba, Qld
Dr Sebastian Belfrage-Maher, HMO, Footscray, Vic
Dr Shab Cook, General practice, Wollongong, NSW
Dr Shalini Arunogiri, Psychiatrist, Fitzroy, VIC
Dr Shane Luland, GP, Maleny, Qld
Dr Shangeetha Kumaresan , Emergency Doctor, Liverpool, NSW
Dr Shannon Morton, Psychiatrist, Springwood, Queensland
Dr Sharat Lal, Psychiatrist, Wollongong NSW
Dr Sharon Monagle, GP, Beaumaris, Victoria
Dr Shaun Brown, Pathologist, Ballarat, Victoria
Dr Shaun Greene, Emergency Physician , Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Shaun Monagle, Pathologist, Box Hill, Victoria
Dr Shea Wilson, GP, Alexander Heights, Western Australia
Dr Shiraz, Emergency Resident, Epping, Victoria
Dr Sida Hou, GP, Crestmead, QLD
Dr Simon Judkins, Emergency physician , Melbourne, Vic
Dr Simon Rowe, Resident medical officer, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Siobhan Mullane, Paediatric Registrar, Parkville, Victoria
Dr Smita Samuelraj , GP, Kiara, WA
Dr Sneha Parghi, Obstetrics & gynaecology, Richmond, Vic
Dr Sonali de Sylva, Psychiatrist, Toowong, QLD
Dr Sonja Morgan, GP, Highgate Hill, QLD
Dr Stephen Douglas Joshua, Psychiatrist, Victoria
Dr Stephen Lambert, GP Registrar, Mackay, QLD
Dr Stephen Parnis, Emergency Medicine, Victoria
Mr Stephen Sharp, Final year medical student, Fitzroy, Victoria
Dr Steuart Rorke, Pathologist, Frankston, Victoria
Dr Steven Hurwitz, Paediatrics, Kogarah, NSW
Dr Steven Kao, Oncologist, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Stuart Anderson, GP, Maffra
Associate Professor Stuart Marshall, Anaesthetist, Melbourne, vic
Dr Sue Jacobs, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Newtown. NSW.
Dr Sujata Trivedi, GP, Kingston, Tasmania
Dr Suren Jayaweera, Endocrine and General Surgeon, Monash Health, St
Vincent’s Health, Vic
Dr Suresh Kumar , GP, Brisbane, Qld
Dr Suzanne King, GP, WA
Dr Tammy Bennetts, GP, Bunbury WA
Dr Tarini Fernando, Pathology Registrar, Box Hill, Vic
Associate Professor Terry Brown, Emergency Medicine, Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Thea Madeleine Bloom, Paediatric Advanced Trainee, Parkville, victoria
Dr Theresa Naidoo, Paediatric Registrar, Hobart, Tasmania
Dr Thinn Thinn Khine , Adult medicine , 3195, Vic
Dr Tim Senior, GP, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, Airds, NSW
Dr Timothy Martin, Intern, Victoria
Dr Tina Thomas , Psychiatrist , Moonee Ponds, Echuca, Vic
Dr Tineke Fancourt, Anatomical pathologist, Heidelberg Victoria
Dr Trent Yarwood, Infectious Diseases Physician , Cairns, Qld
Associate Professor Trishe Leong, Pathologist, Heidelberg VIC
Mr Tristan Leech, General Surgeon, Frankston, Victoria
Dr Trupti Prasad, Paediatrician, Melbourne, Victoria
Dr Van Luu Le, GP trainee, St Leonards, NSW
Dr Vinita Rane, Sexual health physician , Clayton, Victoria
Dr Vivian Liang, Critical Care Resident, Victoria
Associate Professor Warren Ward, Psychiatrist, Herston Qld
Dr Wendy Sexton, GP / rural generalist locum, Perth, WA
Dr Winston Storer, Emergency Registrar, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
Dr Yasmin Whately, Anaesthetist, Heston, QLD
Dr Yoko Asakawa , Paediatric registrar, Fitzroy, Vic
Dr Young, Emergency specialist, Albany, WA
Dr Zain Hindawi, Psychiatrist, ACT
Dr Zara Mason, GP, Labrador, Qld
Dr Zara Watson, ENT Registrar, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Zeff Koutsogiannis, Emergency Physician, Heidelberg, Victoria
Dr Zina Jawad, GP, Laidley, QLD
Dr Zoe Burgman , GP , Kingscliff, NSW
Cc Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, Hon Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition, Hon Shayne Neumann, Opposition spokesman for immigration, Hon Richard Di Natale, Leader of the Greens, Senator Nick Xenophon
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