Search Results: Kevin Andrews
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AUSTRALIA
- Cec Shevels
- 15 October 2013
7 Comments
In the 2006 Census, the number of homeless exceeded 100,000 for the first time. Kevin Rudd described this as a national disgrace and promised to cut the number in half by 2020. His Labor Government did make some progress — there was a fall in the number of rough sleepers and there was a welcome reduction in homelessness among Aboriginal people. Yet by 2011, the homeless numbers had risen again.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 30 March 2010
22 Comments
Tony Abbott had a close association with B. A. Santamaria and personifies church ties with politics through his
relationship with the man he has called his confessor, Cardinal Pell. The question is whether Abbott is a one-off or represents a
larger group of Catholic Liberals.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 September 2009
4 Comments
In Life and Death: How do we honour the Patient's Autonomy and the Doctor's Conscience?
Frank Brennan's Sandra David Oration at St Vincent's Clinic, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 17 September 2009.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 20 April 2009
9 Comments
The military misadventures of nations
including Australia contribute greatly to the motivation of
asylum seekers. Australian immigration policy must de-emphasise border protection in favour of being a 'good international citizen'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Toohey
- 09 January 2008
1 Comment
Terrorism
involves the ancient crime of murder. Dr Mohamed Haneef is not charged
with murdering anyone, nor involvement in any murder. The ministerial
prerogative exercised by Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews should not
exist. From 26 July 2007.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
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AUSTRALIA
- Greg O'Kelly
- 25 October 2007
6 Comments
Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has decided to reduce the proportion of African refugees being admitted into Australia. In making his remarks the Minister has unwittingly but distressingly helped fuel the racism of some in our community.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 25 October 2007
2 Comments
Jack Waterford writes that Australia is likely to have a new government by December 2007.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Holdcroft
- 17 October 2007
6 Comments
Is Australia's refugee resettlement program primarily intended to help asylum seekers, or assist Australia's economy and nation-building? We need to ask on which set of values we want to base our society.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michele Gierck
- 17 October 2007
3 Comments
Using anecdotal evidence to back up government policy is dangerous. There are as many positive anecdotes about Africans as Minister Andrews has negative. Teaching refugees, you build relationships, offer students the opportunity to express themselves, and know that their life stories are respected.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 September 2007
4 Comments
The Howard Government must be given credit for increasing the size of our migration program, including the refugee and humanitarian component. But the deliberations of civil society should provide a fair go for all refugees, including those who arrive by boat without a visa.
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AUSTRALIA
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said recently: "Muslim extremists are a Muslim issue - not ours." The fault with this view is that it transfers ownership of this challenge from the elected leaders to a minority group who simply don’t have the resources to deal with such a global crisis.
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