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secrecy provisions in the Border Force Act </span><font face="Verdana,sans-serif" size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">might be interested in an initiative kicked off by Psychologists for Peace on facebook encouraging groups of psychologists
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there’s one already up of a group from UQ – other groups and university departments might like to follow suit to emulate – feel free to plagiarise/adapt the message below from the P4P Convener.</span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am write for two reasons. First, I am glad to say that the team has put together another great newsletter. You
can download the PDF here:</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwfrbkarv6n26ct/PFPnewsletter-winter2015.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwfrbkarv6n26ct/PFPnewsletter-winter2015.pdf?dl=0</span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (and
it will shortly also be available online at the APS website,</span></font><a href="https://groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://groups.psychology.org.au/pfp/</span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ).</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Second, as members of Psychologists for Peace, I know many of you have concerns about recent policy developments
and legislation that relate to the work of psychologists in immigration detention. As you may know already, last month the APS signed a joint statement by peak health professional bodies condemning the secrecy provisions in the Australian Border Force Act
2015 which threaten jail for up to two years for health and medical professional who disclose information about the conditions in Immigration Detention Centres: </span></font><a href="http://www.psychology.org.au/news/media_releases2015/15June/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.psychology.org.au/news/media_releases2015/15June/</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I have been in discussion with the APS National Office and the conveners of some other interest groups about what
else we might do to draw attention to the ethical dilemmas this legislation poses for psychologists and other health professionals working in those settings. Here are some options for members and groups to consider:</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">* Psychologists for Peace have set up a Facebook page where we hope to host photos of groups of "Psychologists Concerned
about the Border Force Act" as some doctors and other health professionals have been doing. If you are interested in joining (or organising) a local event or cluster group to post their own photos, you can contact me by email (or go to the Facebook page here:
</span></font></span></font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PsychologistsForPeace/photos/pb.112522668856912.-2207520000.1438590275./751102298332276/?type=3&theater" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.facebook.com/PsychologistsForPeace/photos/pb.112522668856912.-2207520000.1438590275./751102298332276/?type=3&theater</span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> ). </span></font></div>
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<font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">* There is a rally in Brisbane this Saturday and it would be great to see some psychologists alongside the doctors, nurses and social workers who have led these gatherings thus far:</span></font><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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Place</span></a> in <a href="https://mail.psychology.org.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=odMw7z01MUKWjpM3jIoTFZm1AW_eo9IIzUNlWC-n7d7sdVnuWeG-kpAxTel7nftQdd7SZ4DZTy8.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fpages%2fBrisbane-Queensland-Australia%2f102146663160831" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-decoration: none;">Brisbane,
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">* There are also some online petitions you might consider signing - the first is from a mental health nurse who
spent 5 years working as the team leader of the Torture & Trauma Counselling team on Christmas Island: </span></font><a href="https://www.change.org/p/the-house-of-representatives-repeal-without-savings-the-australian-border-force-act-2015-no-40-2015-part-6-secrecy-and-disclosure-provisions-section-42-secrecy-to-eliminate-the-repealed-statute-completely" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.change.org/p/the-house-of-representatives-repeal-without-savings-the-australian-border-force-act-2015-no-40-2015-part-6-secrecy-and-disclosure-provisions-section-42-secrecy-to-eliminate-the-repealed-statute-completely</span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">* There is also a Get Up petition urging the Government to ratify the Optional Protocol for the Convention against
Torture (OPCAT):</span></font><a href="https://www.communityrun.org/petitions/ratification-of-the-optional-protocol-to-the-convention-against-torture" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">https://www.communityrun.org/petitions/ratification-of-the-optional-protocol-to-the-convention-against-torture</span></font></a><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">These are of course all matters of personal choice for individual members, but they do represent a way of letting
the public know that psychologists share the concerns of other health professionals who have spoken out on the secrecy provisions of the Border Force Act. </span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Much of this discussion now comes in the context of last week's release by the APA of the Hoffmann Report on the
APA's collusion with torture - we really need to examine our own processes to ensure we don't compromise our own ethical principles for political expedience, either as an organisation or as individual psychologists. </span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">All good wishes,</span></font></span></font></div>
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