I’m writing to you as Deputy Leader, on behalf of the whole Australian Greens team, to ask you to help us establish a legal defence fund to protect Christine and our Greens MPs from those who don’t like what we say.
This is urgent.
What sets the Greens apart is that we stand up for what we believe in and speak out proudly.
However, Christine has had allegations of defamation made against her for comments made to a newspaper in June last year. She intends to defend the allegations in court. But we must not allow such allegations to have a chilling effect on our work.
Earlier this year the Abbott Government tried to tear apart the Racial Discrimination Act and leave our community open to vilification and abuse, with no effective protections. We will always speak out because we Greens don’t believe that it is acceptable for us to stand back and watch as members of our community are vilified.
This is about Greens MPs' ability to do our jobs.
Please, help us establish a legal defence fund to protect our Greens MPs from lawsuits which have the effect of keeping us from speaking up about what matters.
We need your help. These sorts of proceedings can take years and cost thousands and thousands of dollars.
Will you support our Greens MPs against litigation which attacks our ability to stand up and speak out about what matters?
Thank you,
Adam Bandt,
Deputy Leader, Australian Greens
PS – The Greens stand up for what matters. Regardless of the controversy or popularity, together with you we do what is right.
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