Australia once signed an international agreement to welcome asylum seekers and we saw that broken. The LNP called them “illegals” if they arrived by boat. First Nation Peoples were aware that promises of a Voice to parliament had been broken by Australian governments in the past so requested their right to a voice be enshrined in our constitution on moral and ethical grounds and we voted No. Treaties and promises can be broken at the drop of a hat, and have by governments like John Howard’s. We saw Peter Dutton’s attitude when he laughed about Pacific Islanders with Tony Abbott and Scot Morrison on TV no less. Treaties are easily broken Howard simply got rid of ASTIC.

In addition, the announcement this week of an Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union Treaty is groundbreaking. Under this deal, Australia will provide migration pathways for people from Tuvalu facing the existential threat of climate change. It is the world’s first bilateral agreement on climate mobility.

Source: Australia’s offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking – and could be a lifeline across the Pacific