Tag Archives: Manus

FRANK BRENNAN. The invidious choice for refugee advocates

Posted on 19 May 2017 by John Menadue

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.

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PETER HUGHES. Losing the plot on immigration policy

Posted on 10 February 2017 by John Menadue

If governments choose to make immigration policy based on populism, expect an increase in human suffering……  

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I am ashamed to be Australian.

Posted on 3 January 2017 by John Menadue

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 →

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FRANK BRENNAN SJ. A Welcome Deal and an Acceptable Legislative Compromise

Posted on 14 November 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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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!

Posted on 12 November 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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ROBERT MANNE. It’s Time

Posted on 10 November 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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MUNGO MacCALLUM. Concealing crimes in Manus and Nauru.

Posted on 25 October 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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ROBERT MANNE. Rescuing 1700 marooned people.

Posted on 7 October 2016 by John Menadue

   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 →

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HUGH MACKAY. A policy that diminishes us all

Posted on 5 October 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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JOHN MENADUE. Cruelty and evil have become banal

Posted on 1 October 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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MUNGO MacCALLUM. World’s best practice – the Gulags on Manus and Nauru.

Posted on 26 September 2016 by John Menadue

  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 →

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HUGH MACKAY. It’s time for a national conscience vote

Posted on 24 June 2016 by John Menadue

  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.

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FRANK BRENNAN. Asylum policies and the election.

Posted on 31 May 2016 by John Menadue

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

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Frank Brennan SJ. Why I am not just “getting over” the boats stopping.

Posted on 12 June 2014 by John Menadue

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 →

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David Isaacs. Impacts of detention on children.

Posted on 28 March 2014 by John Menadue

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 →

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