Maribyrnong Council’s new local laws will harm our community. These laws punch down on people experiencing marginalisation and fail to protect dignity, equality and human rights. Councillors paid lip service to Footscray Community Response’s recommendations (which @innermelbcl@policeaccountabilityvic@westjusticeclc endorsed) to distract us from the reality that these laws are socially unjust, discriminatory and dangerous.
Write to your councillors. Tell them you oppose their use of private security guards to police public spaces and the scapegoating of marginalised members of our community. They need to tackle root causes of inequality rather than using knee-jerk responses that entrench suffering and exclusion.
Cr.Meredith@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Lam@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Pereyra@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Semra@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Thomas@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Yengi@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Cr.Tiwari@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au