No Security for Northam Community, Trenorden
Author: Max Trenorden
Published on: 24-November-2011
“The Federal Minister for Immigration’s representatives at every community meeting held with the people of Northam had assured the community that there would be adequate security and there was nothing to fear; the stark reality is that there was no provision put in place to ensure that safety of the community” says the Hon Max Trenorden MLC Member for the Agricultural Region.
Obviously the Federal Government have put politics and twisted rationalism theories first and security second” he said.
“A previous urgent plea to Federal Government which raised serious concerns about the fact the accommodation was for “Men Only” has been treated with disinterest and the Northam community has been conned” says Mr Trenorden.
“My information is that our police force is stretched to the limit, to the point where their response time as been questioned, the Wheatbelt is a vast area to control and I am also told that this situation could become absolutely untenable with the influx of people working at the detention centre and their families living in the Avon Region” according to Mr Trenorden.
“The Department of Immigration and Citizenship tries to justify this decision by saying “its detention centre provider Serco and the Australian Federal Police will retain primacy over the response to disturbances or civil disorder within the Northam Detention centre” well I say the community of Northam should have some very serious concerns” Trenorden said.
“It makes me wonder how these people come up with these priorities and still sleep at night knowing that this situation is totally unacceptable” says Mr Trenorden.
