Keywords: Offshore Detention
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 18 June 2010
1 Comment
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 31 May 2010
22 Comments
The Coalition's new asylum seeker policy returns to the policy it put into practice under Mr Howard, adding new nasties. The Government's asylum seeker policy is bad; the Coalition's is worse. It is designed to appeal to human baseness, not to human generosity.
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INTERNATIONAL
Abbott's 'red arrows' asulym seeker ad is reminiscent of the 'reds under the beds' hysteria of the '50s and '60s. With an election on the way, the immigration policy reform agenda has been put aside as both Government and Opposition harden their policies.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Kerry Murphy
- 02 November 2009
3 Comments
When debating key issues such as the balance between sovereignty and the human rights of asylum seekers, we can sometimes forget that we're dealing with people. What's clear for advocates can pose difficulties for politicians.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 11 September 2009
1 Comment
On Wednesday, the Senate made two decisions which take immigration reform forward. The reforms
were approved with the support of the Greens and Independents, and one
Liberal Senator. Reading the Hansard gives some insight into the
current debate.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 11 June 2009
2 Comments
Sister Carmel Wauchope is a Sister of the Good
Samaritan and lives up to that name. Outraged
by the conditions faced by asylum seekers in detention in Australia, she has spent years visiting detainees and
advocating on their behalf.
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AUSTRALIA
- Susan Biggar
- 26 September 2008
12 Comments
Maybe we shouldn't have been surprised when the rejection letter arrived in the mail. After all, the Immigration Department is entrusted with separating the sheep from the goats, and our family, apparently, has some black sheep.
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AUSTRALIA
- David Holdcroft
- 04 August 2008
8 Comments
Last week's changes to Australia's asylum policy remove the worst aspects of a cruel system. The real test is if the Rudd Government is willing to take on the causes of forced migration, rather than continuing to shift the burden elsewhere.
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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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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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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 July 2006
The following is an edited text of an address given by Fr Frank Brennan sj ao, at the launch of his most recent book, Tampering with Asylum.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kristie Dunn
- 04 July 2006
Kristie Dunn reviews Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
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