Yesterday, the Minister for Immigration, Chris Bowen, announced that the Government had met its promise made in October last year to release the majority of children from immigration detention by June 30th this year. While congratulating themselves on their ‘great achievement’, the Government failed to acknowledge what will happen to the 329 children still left
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‘It is an extravagant waste and it needs to stop’ [1] (Stephen Smith, 2004 (ALP Shadow Immigration Minister on Manus Island). Today’s announcement of the restarting of Howard’s failed ‘Pacific Solution’ is a dark day for human rights in Australia. The Labor government which condemned the Pacific Solution is now intending to use former Prime
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This year’s “tough budget” theme is about to be replayed over and over to get us in the mood to accept cutbacks. It is as good a time as any to ask about certain expenditures made in our name which are without merit or reason. Two thousand asylum seekers are being locked up on Christmas Island
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Miqdad Hussain. A name that sadly is unknown to many people. Miqdad was a 23 year old Afghan man who died in an Australian detention centre last week in Cape York, one of five who have died in detention since last August (four by suicide). Miqdad hung himself in the early hours of the morning
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Two cents is what it cost each taxpayer to pay for Christmas Island funerals in Sydney last week. Two cents for little orphaned nine year old Seena to say goodbye to his dad who drowned in the Christmas Island tragedy. Two cents for Madian to bury his beautiful eight month old baby Zahra. As I
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