The undiscussed refugee never-never
When Tony Abbott promises to cut bureaucracy, I rather doubt ASIO is at the top of his list of places to look for savings. It should be, given that its budget has grown from 60-odd million dollars in 2001 to [...]
High Court stops Malaysian solution
It’s just been revealed that the High Court has prevented Chris Bowen from deporting asylum seekers to Malaysia. NB: Previous discussion of the legal action on LP is here. Update: The full decision of the Court is in this post [...]
‘Malaysia Solution’ signed: Roundtable
Chris Bowen and Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein signed the long foreshadowed agreement for a swap of asylum seekers at 2.30pm. There are some details, though not a lot, at the ABC.
Boat people tragedy
According to ABC News online, dozens are feared dead: Dozens of asylum seekers are feared dead after their boat smashed into rocks and broke apart in rough conditions off Christmas Island this morning. Customs crews and locals are frantically trying [...]
CPD post: Menadue – surely we’re a better country than this?
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Quick link: Why phoning the President of Nauru is a bad idea
Crikey published an excellent piece today by Cairns gynaecologist Dr Caroline DeCosta, who worked in Nauru in 2003. Read it here.
CPD post: Arvanitakis on population and immigration
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Abbott on population: Babies good, immigration not so much
When Tony Abbott was giving a press conference yesterday, alongside his wife, at a child care centre at Kippa Ring in the Brisbane outer northside electorate of Petrie, he was asked if his support for benefits designed to encourage Australians [...]
Reality check: Tony Abbott’s 7.30 Report comments on immigration
Tony Abbott tied himself in knots trying to explain to Kerry O’Brien tonight why, if he chose to use 2008 as a baseline for his immigration cuts (which is misleading, as the intake is on the way down), the then [...]
Reality check: East Timor denies dialogue on processing centre occurring
In tonight’s leaders’ debate, which centred almost totally on immigration, Julia Gillard reiterated her claim that dialogue was progressing with the Timorese government on the establishment of a regional processing centre for asylum seekers. That was before the debate descended [...]
Abbott’s race to the bottom on immigration
Katharine Murphy reports at the Fairfax papers: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is poised to unveil a significant cut in Australia’s annual migration intake as he tries to outflank Labor in the politically sensitive territory of boats and population. Polling shows [...]
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