Tag Archives: Malaysian arrangement

PETER HUGHES. Manus and Nauru – time for the government to be creative

Posted on 13 August 2016

  This is a repost of an earlier article by Peter Hughes on 28 April 2016. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Supreme Court decision and the announcement by the PNG Prime Minister that Manus will be closed only bring forward … Continue reading →

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John Menadue. Slogans or advocacy.

Posted on 27 April 2016

At the last election, Tony Abbott gave us a long list of slogans. One of them was to ‘axe the tax’. And he did axe the carbon tax. But it was a serious mistake. With the continuing strong evidence of … Continue reading →

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John Menadue. The collapse of the Malaysian Arrangement has led to the depravity of Manus and Nauru.

Posted on 9 February 2016

Having done its best in Opposition to wreck the Malaysian Arrangement in 2011, the Turnbull government is now seeking the help of Malaysia over detainees in Manus and Nauru. For political cynicism, this is hard to beat. In May 2011, … Continue reading →

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Frank Brennan SJ. High Court not the answer to Nauru depravity

Posted on 5 February 2016

The moral depravity of Australian funded and orchestrated holding of asylum seekers, including children, on Nauru and Manus Island is to continue. On Wednesday the High Court made clear that it is in no position to question the retrospective law … Continue reading →

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John Menadue and Peter Hughes. Slogans versus facts on boat arrivals. Part 1

Posted on 30 December 2015

Reposted from 22/09/2015 How Tony Abbott helped to keep the door open for people smugglers. The ABC provided us with excellent coverage of the Turnbull-Abbott shoot out, but the various commentators still swallowed the myth that Tony Abbott stopped the … Continue reading →

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John Menadue. Abbott lectures London on how to ‘stop the boats’.

Posted on 2 November 2015

Tony Abbott has been at it again, this time in London, claiming that he stopped the boats and that Europeans should follow suit. It is an oft repeated untruth that he stopped the boats. His one-liners are not supported by … Continue reading →

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John Menadue. A graph on boat arrivals for lazy journalists.

Posted on 26 July 2015

I have reposted below an article I wrote on 8 December last year pointing out that Tony Abbott did not stop the boats. But the debate proceeds, assisted by journalists who still claim that Tony Abbott stopped the boats. He … Continue reading →

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John Menadue. Tony Abbott did not stop the boats.

Posted on 8 December 2014

The data just does not support the never-ending claims by Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison that they stopped the boats. The under-resourced and uncritical media accepts the Coalition’s line. I will come to the recent data, but first the evidence … Continue reading →

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