By Kim on May 27, 2010
The Coalition has released its policy on “border protection”. The press release is here. All the usual nasties are there (TPVs, turn back the boats, blah blah) but what’s significant is the return of the Pacific Solution: In government, we [...]
Posted in Howardia, Immigration | Tagged boat people, border protection, Christmas Island, Coalition, detention, Immigration, Liberal Party, pacific solution, people smuggling, processing, refugees |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 28, 2009
Lateline last night featured the best and worst of public debate. On one hand, Melbourne lawyer and refugee advocate Jessie Taylor was interviewed about her own footage of the conditions under which asylum seekers in Indonesia are attained. In a [...]
Posted in Howardia, Immigration, Media, Sociology | Tagged andrew bartlett, asylum seekers, commentariat, detention, Guy Rundle, humanitarianism, Immigration, immigration detention, indonesia, Jessie Taylor, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Lateline, Media, Philip Ruddock, political culture, refugrees, Rudd government, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 14, 2009
As the detention centre on Christmas Island reaches capacity, and Kevin Rudd dashes to Indonesia, you’d be forgiven for thinking some things never change. Reading over a piece from Amnesty International’s Claire Mallinson in The Punch, it would appear that [...]
Posted in Immigration, Politics | Tagged Amnesty International, asylum seekers, boat people, Christmas Island, detention, Immigration, indonesia, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Malaysia, mandatory detention, migration, pacific solution, Phillip Ruddock, refugees, Rudd government |
Asylum seekers and Indonesia
By Mark Bahnisch on October 28, 2009
Lateline last night featured the best and worst of public debate. On one hand, Melbourne lawyer and refugee advocate Jessie Taylor was interviewed about her own footage of the conditions under which asylum seekers in Indonesia are attained. In a [...]
Posted in Howardia, Immigration, Media, Sociology | Tagged andrew bartlett, asylum seekers, commentariat, detention, Guy Rundle, humanitarianism, Immigration, immigration detention, indonesia, Jessie Taylor, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Lateline, Media, Philip Ruddock, political culture, refugrees, Rudd government, Tony Abbott | 86 Responses