Contact your Senators

ACT

Below are the names and addresses of your two Senators in the ACT, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator K. Gallagher
Unit A, Ground Floor, Law Society Building
11 London Circuit
Canberra
ACT 2601

Senator Z. M. Seselja
Shop B12, Canberra Centre, Bunda Street
Canberra
ACT 2600

NSW

Below are the names and addresses of 11 of your NSW Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator the Hon D. N. Cameron
PO Box 322
Springwood
NSW 2777

Senator S. Dastyari
PO Box 717
Randwick
NSW 2031

Senator the Hon C. Fierravanti-Wells
Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs
PO Box 886
Wollongong
NSW 2520

Senator the Hon W. Heffernan
Level 7, 100 William Street
East Sydney
NSW 2011

Senator J.R. McAllister
Suite 1, 1 Park Avenue
Drummoyne
NSW 2047

Senator the Hon F. Nash
Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate
Minister for Rural Health
79 Main Street
Young
NSW 2594

Senator D. O’Neill
Suite 3.12, The Platinum Building, 4 Ilya Avenue
Erina
NSW 2250

Senator the Hon M. A. Payne
Minister for Defence
PO Box 1420
Parramatta
NSW 2150

Senator L. Rhiannon
72 Campbell Street
Surry Hills
NSW 2010

Senator the Hon A Sinodinos AO
Cabinet Secretary
Level 28, 123 Pitt Street
Sydney
NSW 2000

Senator J. R. Williams
144 Byron Street
Inverell
NSW 2360

NT

Below are the names and addresses of your two Senators in the NT, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator N. M. Peris OAM
GPO Box 1596
Darwin
NT 0801

Senator the Hon N. G. Scullion
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Leader of The Nationals in the Senate
PO Box 40021
Casuarina
NT 0811

QLD

Below are the names and addresses of 11 of your QLD Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator the Hon G. H. Brandis QC
Attorney-General
Vice-President of the Executive Council
Leader of the Government in the Senate
PO Box 143
Albion DC Qld 4010

Senator M.J. Canavan
Nationals Whip in the Senate
PO Box 737
Rockhampton Qld 4700

Senator C.R. Ketter
PO Box 2246
Strathpine Centre Qld 4500

Senator J.M. Lindgren
PO Box 7056
Upper Mt Gravatt Qld 4122

Senator the Hon J. W. Ludwig
GPO Box 2477
Brisbane Qld 4001

Senator the Hon I. D. Macdonald
PO Box 2185
Townsville Qld 4810

Senator the Hon J. McGrath
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
PO Box 772
Nambour Qld 4560

Senator the Hon J. McLucas
PO Box 2733
Cairns Qld 4870

Senator C. M. Moore
PO Box 907, Fortitude Valley Post Shop
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006

Senator B. J. O’Sullivan
PO Box 3135
Toowoomba Qld 4350

Senator L. J. Waters
Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens
Locked bag 3004
Paddington Qld 4064

SA

Below are the names and addresses of 11 of your SA Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator C. Bernardi
PO Box 2192
Kent Town SA 5071

Senator the Hon S. J. Birmingham
Minister for Education and Training
107 Sir Donald Bradman Drive
Hilton SA 5033

Senator S. Edwards
187 Grenfell Street
Adelaide SA 5000

Senator D.J. Fawcett
Deputy Government Whip in the Senate
Commonwealth Parliament Offices, Suite 4, Level 13, 100 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000

Senator A. M. Gallacher
265 Churchill Road
Prospect SA 5082

Senator S.C. Hanson-Young
Level 7, 147 Pirie Street
Adelaide SA 5000

Senator A. McEwen
Opposition Whip in the Senate
PO Box 55
Torrensville Plaza SA 5031

Senator the Hon A. Ruston
Deputy Government Whip in the Senate
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
PO Box 1671
Renmark SA 5341

Senator R.A. Simms
PO Box 8117
Station Arcade
Adelaide SA 5000

Senator the Hon P. Wong
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
PO Box 6237, Halifax Street
Adelaide SA 5000

Senator N. Xenophon
Level 2, 31 Ebenezer Place
Adelaide SA 5000

TAS

Below are the names and addresses of 11 of your Tasmanian Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator the Hon E. Abetz
GPO Box 1675
Hobart Tas 7001

Senator C. L. Bilyk
Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate
PO Box 320
Kingston Tas 7051

Senator C. L. Brown
GPO Box 376
Hobart Tas 7001

Senator D. C Bushby
Government Whip in the Senate
PO Box 429
Rosny Park Tas 7018

Senator the Hon R. Colbeck
Minister for Tourism and International Education
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Trade and Investment
PO Box 603
Devonport Tas 7310

Senator N.J. McKim
GPO Box 896
Hobart Tas 7001

Senator the Hon S. Parry
President of the Senate
33 George Street
Launceston Tas 7250

Senator H. Polley
PO Box 1223
Launceston Tas 7250

Senator the Hon L. M. Singh
152 Macquarie Street
Hobart Tas 7000

Senator A. E. Urquhart
Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate
PO Box 360
Devonport Tas 7310

Senator P. S. Whish-Wilson
PO Box 5194
Launceston Tas 7250

VIC

Below are the names and addresses of 10 of your Victorian Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator the Hon K. J. Carr
62 Lygon Street
Carlton South Vic 3053

Senator the Hon J. M. A. Collins
Ground Floor, 1013 Whitehorse Road
Box Hill Vic 3128

Senator the Hon S. M. Conroy
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
PO Box 3162
Newport West Vic 3015

Senator R. Di Natale
Leader of the Australian Greens
Level 4, 199 Moorabool Street
Geelong Vic 3220

Senator the Hon M. P. Fifield
Manager of Government Business in the Senate
Minister for Communications
Minister for the Arts
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Government
42 Florence Street
Mentone Vic 3194

Senator G. M. Marshall
Deputy President of the Senate
Chairman of Committees
376 Victoria Street
North Melbourne Vic 3051

Senator B. McKenzie
PO Box 2047, Delivery Centre,
Bendigo Vic 3554

Senator J.E. Rice
240 Sydney Road
Coburg Vic 3058

Senator the Hon M. Ronaldson
Level 14, 90 Collins Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

Senator the Hon S.M. Ryan
Assistant Cabinet Secretary
PO Box 556
Moonee Ponds Vic 3039

WA

Below are the names and addresses of 11 of your WA Senators, along with a recommended, draft letter. Please cut and paste the text below, or modify as you wish to, and send a letter or fax to each of these Senators separately.

Senator C. J. Back
PO Box 3468
Success WA 6964

Senator J.W. Bullock
PO Box B58
Perth WA 6979

Senator the Hon M.C. Cash
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
Minister for Employment
Minister for Women
PO Box 1966
West Perth WA 6872

Senator the Hon M.H.P. Cormann
Minister for Finance
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
GPO Box B58
Perth WA 6838

Senator the Hon D. Johnston
183 Great Eastern Highway
Belmont WA 6104

Senator S. Lines
PO Box 1322
West Perth WA 6872

Senator S. Ludlam
Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens
8 Cantonment Street
Fremantle WA 6160

Senator L.K. Reynolds CSC
PO Box 984
South Perth WA 6951

Senator R. Siewert
Australian Greens Whip
Unit 1, 151 Brisbane Street
Northbridge WA 6003

Senator D. A. Smith
Deputy Government Whip in the Senate
PO Box 930
West Perth WA 6872

Senator G. Sterle
Mailpoint 22, Market City, 280 Bannister Road
Canning Vale WA 6155

 

Please cut and paste the text below, or modify as you wish to, and send a letter or fax to each of the Senators in your State or Territory separately. Or, better still, you can send this same message to your Senators electronically: email your Senators

[insert your address]

[insert today’s date]

[insert name/address of each Senator]

 

Dear Senator,

Thank you for passing the Senate Motion, on 2 February 2016, recognising that thousands of children are being harmed by Australia’s current family law system, and that a new, non-adversarial system is needed. My family, along with many others in our electorate, are grateful.

Please could you let me know how this major issue of child welfare – and of children’s rights – can now be advanced, and how the government can be encouraged to expedite essential changes.

Many children and families are currently being deeply harmed as a result of our slow, adversarial and unaffordable family court system. This harm is avoidable and must be stopped urgently.

There are alternatives, and I encourage you to review the recommendations of the recently launched “Children in Crisis” paper (at familylawreformcoalition.org) and of the federal Government’s own 2003 report “Every Picture Tells a Story”, both of which recommend a new, non-adversarial system for the majority of family separations.

Australia’s family courts deal with 200,000 adults a year, according to Family Court CEO Richard Foster at this year’s Senate Estimates. Remarkably, though, the Family Court has no idea how many children are affected by its decisions, but the number must be huge. I look forward to hearing your plans for helping save these children, and thousands in our electorate, from the great and avoidable harm to which they are currently exposed.

Yours faithfully,

 

[your name]