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 |
By Robert Merkel on February 25, 2009
We haven’t had a warporn thread for a while, as the government’s Defence White Paper is still in limbo. But it seems that various bits and pieces are starting to emerge, so to speak. The ABC is reporting that the [...]
Posted in Foreign policy, Security | Tagged China, defence white paper, India, indonesia, navy, royal australian navy, submarine, submarines |
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