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 [...]
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.
Maybe it's because it's not in the Pacific Ocean
The Age: The federal government has announced that it is in negotiations to set up a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in East Timor. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today she had spoken with East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta, [...]
The Rudd government's achievements
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Of course, that’s the famous quatrain [...]
Coalition announces border protection policy: a bigger, nastier Pacific Solution
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 [...]
Eternal return
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 [...]
Memories
By Mark Bahnisch on November 8, 2009
John Howard is on the front page of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph proclaiming “I’d stop the boats!”… Meanwhile, all week since the Newspoll likely outlier, the tone of the media coverage and commentary has shifted. Glenn Milne, with his accustomed [...]
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