| # | Name | Comments |
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| 101 | Inez Fongtoy | |
| 102 | Ana Vukalokalo | |
| 103 | david kelso | Traditions are culturally important to all peoples around the world. |
| 104 | George " Tiger " Lewis | I have been drinking kava with my fijian friends for 15yrs now and have seen no abuse from kava from them. I can't see why island traditions and ceremonies should be axed because of a minority group of indigenous australians abuse pacific islanders cultural history. I think the ban on kava is discriminatory. Im an aussie but most would disagree |
| 105 | Terry Hulme (snr) | |
| 106 | tom | |
| 107 | Asterios Tsantoulis | I support your campaign and if Australia is to truly exercise multiculturalism then the availability of Kava would not be an issue. |
| 108 | James Woodger | Banning Kava shows a blinkered, narrow minded, scattergun approach to harm minimisation. It makes the discredits the whole process. |
| 109 | Terence Chang | |
| 110 | Mark Woodger | |
| 111 | Anonymous | |
| 112 | Anonymous | |
| 113 | Anthony Evans | |
| 114 | Ifereimi Raicebe | I'm 100% for the Kava Petition. I'm in Melbourne and this ban on Kava has in most way disrupted our traditional Community functions. |
| 115 | Tito Mua | we have to have kava for us fijians... its tradition. |
| 116 | Irene Tavutavu | Kave safe. Liquor bad. Why make all suffer because of some other peeps who are irrisponsible.
Islanders use Kava wisely, so why punnish them because of others.
If no Kava, they will resort to Booze. I would rather they come home from a Kava Session. Not a Booze Session.
Laws being made by peeps who have no idea what is happening in the country, apart from their own little circle. |
| 117 | David Lane | |
| 118 | Jan Mitchell | |
| 119 | Jan Mitchell | |
| 120 | Ian Simpson | 15 years ago or more, I read an article about how aboriginal communities were sufferying from liver damage as a result of kava consumption.
Yes, you can imagine the state of livers if they had been exposed to alcohol abuse from an early age.
It was a University study and in all fairness the report did state that a SA brewery had provided $100k for the study.
Persistence prevails! |
| 121 | Megan Cox | |
| 122 | Herbert Powell | the kava ban is a knee jerk reaction to unsubstantiated claims on a tradition that goes back beyond the discovery of Australia itself. |
| 123 | paul menon | Kava is much less harmful than alcohol; it makes you friendly, not aggressive as alcohol does. And its god-awful taste would discourage overconsumption and getting drunk! |
| 124 | msharif | |
| 125 | Anonymous | This is a cheap shot of arrogance by the current Gov't which to punish us for the the way it is being abused by the aborigines |
| 126 | J Uate | kava is quite harmless,it is a national traditional drink in fiji,it is far better to have people who cannot handle alcohol drink kava with no effects. |
| 127 | Thomas Hill | Kava is the National Drink of all Pacific Islanders - restricting Kava is like banning the Aussie bloke from having a beer!!! Let the Kava flow freely.... and keep everyone on Fiji Time!!!! Ka Ka Ba Ba |
| 128 | Karyn Hill | Kava is Kool; I prefer Tomasi to be Kool.... |
| 129 | Talei Hill | My Dad is the King of Kava, dont make him sad... |
| 130 | Bianca Hill | Kava, guitar and relaxed Islanders - what a great mix. |
| 131 | Max Tomasi Hill | When I grow up I wanna drink Kava, please don't let it become extinct in Australia. |
| 132 | Talei Hill | How pathetic. To ban Kava within the Fijian/Pacific Islander community is like banning VB within the Australian community. A TRADITIONAL drink such as Kava has proven not to cause any illnesses/addictions nor does it make one impaired. How silly would Australia be, to have a methadone clinic FUNDED by the Government, but to ban a natural substance which has been used for many centuries.
Not only does Kava keep people from consuming alcohol in large consumptions, it keeps the community outside of their home countries in tune with each other.
WHY DON'T YOU BAN ICE? Kava is NICE =) |
| 133 | Zeb Filise | Never heard of any thing more stupid in my life. Than to ban Kava. You've got to be kidding |
| 134 | Patrick T.Hill | The reason i believe Kava should not be banned is; that islander people can become violent and hazardous under the influence of alcohol. That is why we choose our better alternative which is Kava, it is better for our health for our minds and our families.
KAVA ON! |
| 135 | jennifer ravisa | |
| 136 | inosi ravisa | |
| 137 | Julie Smith | |
| 138 | saimonidavui | Kava is our traditional drink.It cannot be blamed for others misery or political misunderstanding. |
| 139 | Anonymous | As an australian married to a Fijian.....I would much rather have a kava drunk husband than an alcohol drunk husband any day and the government has failed to think about the consequences of banning Kava and the increase in akcohol consumption that will occur within the Polynesian community and the social problems that will occur because of this. They have solved one social problem by creating another. |
| 140 | Shauntelle Akbal | |
| 141 | Esther Breckterfield Akbal | Ban Kava??No no no ~~~You can ban other drinks, but not kava, it's the only way we socialise on weekends, and sometimes weekdays, also keeps the family together. Please lift the ban!!!!! |
| 142 | Mohammed Akbal | You are discriminating the whole of the kava drinking society ,because of one particular group. You have not banned or limited the sale of alcohol or any spirits australia wide, so why ban kava???? |
| 143 | Losalini Nakauciri | |
| 144 | Kavaia Nakauciri | |
| 145 | Katherine Lobendahn | Please remove the restrictions on Kava imports. |
| 146 | Anonymous | we need our yagona.banning the importation of kava is same as taking away our traditions cause kava goes hand in hand with all our fijian traditions and customs. |
| 147 | Geir Henning Presterudstuen | |
| 148 | jone Niumataiwalu | I think it is unfair and a very biased desicion to ban our national drink, kava. You are not going to close down breweries because you worry so much about the abuse of alcohol and the lives of the indigenous people of this country. In my view the desicion is biased because you promote multiculturalism in this country and we should have the right to entertain our culture and part of it involves the presentation of kava. I believe it to be racial and unfair because other nationality of this country are allowed to practice to wear, and drink their own. I believe that their are better ways of policing this issue that could benefit both parties rather than the total ban. Therefore in my arguement mr. Prime minister if you want our vote in the coming election than you should justify your decision and lift the kava ban. This unconvicted desicion has caused, the rise of the cost of kava here and not in Fiji to help the poor farmers in villages but it has heiped greedy vendors and created illegal importers. |
| 149 | Maree Niumataiwalu | Banning kava would mean the over abuse of alcohol by Islanders who would usually sit quietly and indulge in their national drink. An alcohol intoxicated islander is not a pretty site, much louder, more dangerous than a kava intoxicated islander who would rather sit, joke, stay at home and then sleep. i allow my young family to attend gatherings which involve the kava drinking ritual, as they should know their culture which is performed as a family unit and involves other families. by banning kava the family unit will be broken. I as a mother would forbid my children to attend cultural gatherings knowing that kava was not present and that it would be substituted for alcohol. |
| 150 | Rosalyn Seini Tuinaosara | Lift the kava ban because I would rather see Dad on Kava than alcohol |