Steps for reaching out:
Get to know the person you’re reaching out to by reading the introduction and talking points on the right.
Pick up the phone, or hit the e-mail button, and reach out!
Introduce yourself first: What’s your name, where do you live, why are you reaching out?
Make your point: Why do you hope Eric Abetz will support the adoption of a Global Magnitsky Act in Australia?
Offer hope, inspiration, and encouragement -- angry demands usually don’t work.
Eric Abetz has been a Senator for Tasmania since February 1994. He was Leader of the Government in the Senate from 2013 to 2015 and served various ministerial positions. Senator Abetz is also a member of the Human Rights Sub-Committee, leading the inquiry into whether Australia should adopt its own version of a Global Magnitsky Act. If this Committee recommends to Parliament that it should adopt such a law, the chances of it succeeding become much stronger!
Senator Abetz worked as a barrister and solicitor before entering politics. He is Christian and has three children.
Connecting with Senator Abetz on this issue:
The Global Magnitsky Act is a valuable tool in combating human rights abuses and gross corruption across the globe.
Australia cannot allow human rights abusers and money launderers to abuse Australia as a safe haven; not as a tourist destination, nor to hide their dirty money.
Adopting the Global Magnitsky Act helps Australia to uphold its commitment to the rule of law and protect all Australians.
