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Tag Archives: Manus
FRANK BRENNAN. The invidious choice for refugee advocates
Robert Manne’s latest piece on the future policy options for refugees on Nauru and Manus Island is now available here. The moral-political question is about the choice confronting those of us advocating a change of policy by the major political parties.
PETER HUGHES. Losing the plot on immigration policy
If governments choose to make immigration policy based on populism, expect an increase in human suffering……
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged immigration, Manus, Nauru, Peter-Hughes, policy, refugees, security, Trump, Turnbull
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I am ashamed to be Australian.
I decided to become a photojournalist to help refugees tell their stories, and to show their plight. I was stunned by the lack of compassion and the outright racism I saw in my countrymen. I was angry as only a … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Ashley Gilbertson, asylum seekers, Manus, New York Times, refugee policy, Roger Cohen
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FRANK BRENNAN SJ. A Welcome Deal and an Acceptable Legislative Compromise
The Turnbull government has struck a deal with the USA which provides hope at last for the 1600 proven refugees on Manus Island and Nauru. There’s still a lot of work to be done before these refugees, including children, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Eureka-Street, Frank Brennan, Manus, Nauru, refugee deal with US, Senate refugee legislation.
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JOHN MENADUE. A refugee swap with the US to end the horror of refugees in Manus and Nauru may be on the cards!
I hope that this is so but it may not be straightforward. There is history in such a swap that journalists and others should be aware of. In its last year the Howard Government negotiated with the USA what … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged John Menadue, Manus, Nauru, President-elect Trump and refugees, refugee swap
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ROBERT MANNE. It’s Time
The Turnbull government has recently introduced new asylum seeker legislation into parliament. It has two parts. The first part aims to prevent any asylum seeker who tried to reach Australia after July 19 2013, including those who have been … Continue reading
MUNGO MacCALLUM. Concealing crimes in Manus and Nauru.
Those eminent jurists Malcolm Turnbull and George Brandis are normally very careful with the words they use; indeed, Brandis did his best to bore a senate committee rigid as he spent many minutes explaining exactly what he meant by … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Media, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged 4-Corners, Amnesty International, Manus, Mungo MacCallum, Nauru
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ROBERT MANNE. Rescuing 1700 marooned people.
At present the chief priority of those concerned about the refugee situation in which Australia is directly implicated is to save the lives of the 1500 or so on Manus Island and Nauru and the 250 or so at … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged boat turn-backs, Manus, Nauru, Robert Manne
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HUGH MACKAY. A policy that diminishes us all
Occasionally in a nation’s history, horror over past events triggers a kind of national shame. Germany went through it – is still going through it – in the wake of the Third Reich. South Africa has not yet healed … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Australian values, Hugh-Mackay, Manus, Nauru, stolen generations, White-Australia
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JOHN MENADUE. Cruelty and evil have become banal
Malcolm Turnbull told the UN that our treatment of refugees is world’s best practice. Only a guilty conscience could allow such self deception. In her book ‘Eichmann in Jerusalem’, published in 1963, Hannah Arendt refers to the ‘banality of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged bridging visas, Hannah Arendt, John Menadue, Malcolm Turnbull, Manus, Nauru, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott
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MUNGO MacCALLUM. World’s best practice – the Gulags on Manus and Nauru.
At a sparsely attended audience well past prime time at the United Nations General Assembly, Malcolm Turnbull used his pulpit to proclaim that Australia’s border security was the world’s best. And it is – up to a point. Not … Continue reading
HUGH MACKAY. It’s time for a national conscience vote
Whatever this ill-conceived double-dissolution (double disillusion?) election is about, it is clearly not addressing the issue that, more than any other, is redefining what it means to be Australian.
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged asylum seeker detention, Hugh-Mackay, Manus, moral failure, Nauru, Stolen Generation, Syrian refugees
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FRANK BRENNAN. Asylum policies and the election.
The following is an extract from a speech by Frank Brennan at the Yass Catholic Parish Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday 28 May 2016. The full text of the speech is in the link below. John Menadue
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Eureka-Street, Frank Brennan, Manus, Nauru, refugee policy, Stopping the boats
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Frank Brennan SJ. Why I am not just “getting over” the boats stopping.
Some people keep saying, “The people have spoken. The Abbott government is right. The boats have stopped. So just get over it.” I am getting a little weary of this populist refrain. I am quite prepared to accept that the … Continue reading
David Isaacs. Impacts of detention on children.
I am a paediatrician. I specialise in paediatric infectious diseases but also work as a general paediatrician. For the last 10 years, I and my colleagues have run a Refugee Clinic at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where we assess … Continue reading
Posted in Refugees, Immigration
Tagged David Isaacs, duty of care, guardianship, Manus, Nauru, Post traumatic stress, Rights of the Child
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