Protesters from the Love Makes a Way Christian movement have held a rally outside the federal opposition leader Bill Shorten’s electorate office in Victoria, calling for asylum seekers in offshore detention centres to be brought to Australia. Photograph: Melissa Davey for the Guardian“To be honest, the Nauru files shouldn’t be shocking, because we know this is happening, we have so much evidence. It’s time for something to be done.”About 35 protesters sang, “Where were you when the abuses came to light?,” and read out excerpts from the Nauru files outside Shorten’s Moonee Ponds electorate office. The protesters stuck paper dolls on which excerpts from the Nauru files were written on the windows of Shorten’s office. When contacted by Guardian Australia, a spokesman for Shorten said only: “Labor’s position on offshore processing is clear.”

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2016 01:18 UTC