November 3 2017

Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Dear Mr Turnbull and Mr Dutton,

We are writing to you as members of the graduating class of 2017 at Monash University
Medical School to express our disapproval, horror and shame at the treatment of
detainees being held in offshore detention on Manus Island and Nauru.

This week was the week you decided to cut off electricity and stop providing food and
water to the men under your care on Manus Island. This week was the week that Dr
Nick Martin spoke out about the medical neglect facing those under your care on
Nauru. And this week was the week that we graduated from medical students to
doctors, that is, we graduated into a profession whose very privilege is to be entrusted
with the honour of caring for the sick and vulnerable.

It is in this light that it feels important to write to you to say loudly and clearly that the
current treatment of those held in offshore detention is abhorrent. That we do not,
cannot and will not support the neglect of people, irrespective of their refugee status,
under Australian care.

The basic as enshrined by human rights covenants of which Australia is a signatory

must be respected. All detainees must be given access to food, water, shelter, safety
and adequate medical care immediately.

We Are Watching.

Yours sincerely,

Members of the Graduating Class of 2017

Monash University Medical School