Where to with asylum seeker policy?
The issue likely to cause the Gillard Government the most difficulty this week is asylum seeker policy, which is due to be voted on in the House of Representatives tomorrow. It seems the votes of cross-benchers Tony Crook and Rob [...]
Fantasy, politics and offshore processing
So, the Gillard government continues its bizarre negotiations with the Coalition over some legislative way to effectively overturn the High Court’s decision on asylum seekers, and revive offshore processing. A dire warning was provided to the Coalition by the Secretary [...]
Peter Beattie for PM? Labor implodes?
In the wake of the asylum seeker decision by the High Court, federal Labor’s cup of existential angst is spilling over. The problem now with the ‘hold your nerve with Julia’ strategy is that her personal and policy performance appears [...]
Breaking the stalemate on asylum seekers and refugees II
It’s become increasingly clear that the High Court’s decision yesterday does more than block the ‘Malaysian Solution’. It also has the effect of radically challenging the validity and viability of a range of offshoring approaches to asylum seekers, both tried [...]
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 [...]
Injunction against asylum seeker deportations to Malaysia granted
In news just in, the High Court has granted an injunction against deportation of the asylum seekers who have recently arrived on Christmas Island until tomorrow, to enable argument in a case brought to assert that their deportation is illegal [...]
‘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.
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