Keywords: Temporary Protection Visas
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 June 2008
4 Comments
Hope documents the fate of the people-smuggling vessel SIEV-X and the 353 people who died when it sank en route to Australia. The film suggests a parliamentary inquiry is essential into the Howard Government's handling of the tragedy.
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AUSTRALIA
Australia's refugee regime may represent the Western world's worst practice. The Government has
abolished flawed and dehumanising temporary protection visas, but a more substantial review is required to ensure asylum seekers enjoy equal protection under Australian law.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 19 May 2008
1 Comment
Last week's Federal Budget showed Kevin Rudd's determination to stare down the prevailing economic wisdom, in order to stay on track as a man of his word committed to building a fairer Australia. The humiliating fate of his UK counterpart Gordon Brown suggests what might happen if he strays.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 31 October 2007
1 Comment
ALP Immigration Policy includes both change and continuity. It gives more priority to teaching English over testing, but there's still too much reliance on ministerial discretion rather than the judicial system.
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AUSTRALIA
It is looking more and more that Labor will win, and that the present unforeseen Coalition government majority in the Senate may be lost too. There are interesting moral questions arising from this analysis for us "bleeding hearts", among whom I am happy to count myself.
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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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AUSTRALIA
- Arnold Zable
- 04 July 2006
Refugee stories told by Arnold Zable.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Osborne
- 26 June 2006
2 Comments
Mr Howard has travelled to Indonesia to mend the rift in relations betwen the two countries. Critics of the proposed legislation designed to appease Indonesia, fear that Australia is in serious danger of surrendering its sovereignty by allowing another country to force its hand on policy matters, such as migration.
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INTERNATIONAL
Tony Kevin’s diplomatic career has directly lead him to investigate SIEV X.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Carmody, Morag Fraser, Peter Pierce
- 05 June 2006
Pride of Erin | Across the fence | Descending gloom
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 May 2006
Andrew Hamilton critiques Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay, Sending them Home: Refugees and the new politics of indifference.
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AUSTRALIA
Refugee lawyer David Manne sets new refugee legislation in its historical context, and exposes its radical and brutal character.
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