keywords: Pacific Solution
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Chris Johnston
- 12 September 2007
An archive of Chris Johnston's cartoons.
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AUSTRALIA
- Keith Harvey
- 27 June 2007
2 Comments
The Government’s "fairness" Bill provided that new agreements should compensate employees for loss of particular award conditions. Since individual agreements remain the cornerstone of the Government’s laws, the fundamental right of employees to bargain collectively and be represented by their union remains absent.
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INFORMATION
- Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis
- 18 May 2007
Letters from Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis
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AUSTRALIA
- David Corlett
- 02 April 2007
4 Comments
What matters is not where the 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers will be processed – Christmas Island or Nauru – but the nature of their reception and processing.
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AUSTRALIA
- Phil Glendenning
- 21 August 2006
The Parliament has shown it is no longer willing to play politics with the lives of asylum seekers. But this latest victory simply maintains the status quo, and eight more people have been sent to Nauru in the past week.
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INTERNATIONAL
Stowaways’ rights to seek asylum are being denied, argues David Manne.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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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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INFORMATION
- Michael McKernan, Frank O’Shea, Mark Deasey, Morag Fraser, John Carmody, Brigid Hains, Pip Robertson
- 03 July 2006
Peace drums, Irish visitor, Travellers’ tales, Epiphanies, Deep structure, Counter-terrorism kits, Circling the square
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser, David Glanz, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bullen
- 26 June 2006
Dr Seuss’ books, Peace under fire, The good life, Sidney Nolan
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AUSTRALIA
- David Nichols and John Wiseman
- 26 June 2006
Community Development projects can make a difference
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