Adelaide Hills Hears From Australia First On Refugee Question

The Adelaide Hills area has received full attention from Australia First over the last week or so , culminating in a picket at the Inverbrackie detention facility and a hall meeting in Lobethal last Saturday .
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The party announced last week that it was our intention to hold a public meeting at Lobethal on Saturday .The meeting was effectively advertised in a main piece in The Hills Courier newspaper on Thursday . Last Friday evening , Radio 5AA became aware of the meeting and later in the night Jim Saleam was interviewed by the talk-back presenter .This was positive publicity for Australia First . Jim managed to explain that whether ''legal'' or ''illegal'' refugee privilege was extensive and that the numbers were limitless . The presenter agreed , pointing to the population/food crisis in the Third World and the failed wars of our government as factors fuelling the problem . Many callers supported their arguments .
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Come Saturday morning , a mini bus picked up Australia First members and friends from an agreed location and proceeded in convoy with other cars to the Inverbrackie detention facility . An Australian flag was planted at the front gate to ''reclaim the territory for Australia'' [!!] and a protest letter was delivered to staff . An impromptu meeting was held on the kerb to the interest of passing motorists and a neighbour who joined with us : '' the place is a lunatic asylum'' she said ''dangerous and threatening'' .
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The hall meeting was underway by 1 pm and proceeded over the next two hours , until it adjourned for private discussions .
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It is inappropriate , given the climate of intimidation against protesting residents , to say who attended from the local community . But the comments from the locals indicated that the meeting was on the button . Useful contacts were made .
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The meeting permitted locals to say what they thought [they certainly did! ] and Mr Stan Batten , President of the One Nation Party in South Australia , also added his support for the proceedings and from the podium urged an end to refugee immigration .
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We thank all AF members and other friends who participated .